er a town? I do like how
             Dickens structures the book to make one ask obvious
             questions such as these. Dickens does not tell us much about
             the success of the other students of the school besides
             Bitzer, who is fairly successful on paper, but does not have
             the capacity as a person to deal with life's everyday
             struggles. Gradgrinds two oldest children, Tom and Louisa,
             are examples of how this utilitarian method failed miserably.
             These children were never given the opportunity to think for
             themselves, experience fun things in life, or even use their
             imaginations. True, they are smart people in the factual sense
             but do not have the street smarts to survive. Tom is a young
             man who, so fed up with his father's strictness and
             repetition, revolts against him and leaves home to work in
             Mr. Bounderby's bank. Tom, now out from under his
             fathers wing, he begins to drink and gamble heavily.
             Eventually, to get out of a deep gambling debt, he robs a
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