He realized how many good things he could have bought for the money, and while they laughed, he cried. It was a lesson he never forgot" (Meltzer 23). Franklin's education started at home. At the age of eight he went to Latin school. George Brownell taught him soon after he was finished with Latin school. He went there regularly until his teacher stopped teaching the boys to go teach the young women of the school. After this took place he ended his schooling at the age of ten (McMaster 3). .
After schooling Franklin had many jobs. His jobs were to cut wicks, mold candles, and tended the shop. His dream at this time was to sail the open seas. His dad tried to teach him a trade to keep him on land then him going to sea (McMaster 4). .
Franklin tried many trades when he was young. He thought most of the trades as boring. The trade he liked the most was the trade of a printer. He liked the process of printing and the process never seemed to get dull to him. This was the trade for him (Meltzer 39). .
Franklin then went to work as an apprentice for his half brother James. He worked hard and he learned the trade well over time. James customers had James print their books for them. He was a mischievous boy of his age and would smuggle the books from James. He would stay up late and read the books then he would wake up and return the books early in the morning so James would not miss it (Kent 11). One of his customers stimulated him with one of their books, he decided to try his own hand in writing. He wrote about the Pirate Black Beard drowning a family. James liked his writing so much that he published it. The people liked his writing. This was the stuff that the public wanted to hear about (Meltzer 39). His writing gave him a great lead for his life, it would be proven to do him some good later in life. Later he started to debate with his friends. To people who differed from him thought of him as obnoxious and stopped listening to him debate (Meltzer 40).