They have grown vastly since, although students reportedly still take their lessons sat under trees.
Edison, one of the country's largest distance-learning institutions, allows students to take their lessons online, overseas.
Mr. Yassky paused to welcome them, and said, "I guess I feel that I do have to caution them that they should not take their lessons in math from the Department of Sanitation".
The next time you take the kids to swim class, don't just watch them take their lessons, use this as your time to workout.
Thanks to creative new gadgets and software, students can get a jumpstart on learning, take their lessons with them on the go, carry an entire library in their pocket, coordinate with classmates from the comfort of home, and create projects and papers that are more dynamic than ever.
If Vaughan never reached the stature of the modern masters he so admired, he certainly took their lessons and made them his own.
With a shortfall of school places predicted, some children are going to find themselves taking their lessons in rather unusual locations.
To make up for the decline in visits, many museums are taking their lessons to the classroom, through traveling programs, videoconferencing or computer-based lessons that use their collections as a teaching tool.
But, as Conor ultimately learns, only "yew" can help yourself — by facing up to the unreconciled inner conflicts and mixed emotions that are represented in dreams and nightmares, and taking their lessons to heart.
Orthodox Rabbi Brackman brought his young family to Belfast a few short years ago, but as there are no Jewish schools in the city, his children are taught at home, taking their lessons via the internet.
