As well as being a political activist, a literary and music critic and a novelist, George Bernard Shaw was a playwright and an extraordinary one at that; his extraordinary commentary on aspects of life such as marriage, education, government, religion and social status distinguishes him from other playwrights of his time. George Bernard Shaw's period of education played a small, but important role in his career. The effect of his educational career as a student often carried over into his literature. During his childhood and adolescence, he changed schools many times. Thereafter he harbored a lifelong grudge against teachers and schools in general. In a letter to a colleague Shaw said: “Schools and teachers, as we have them today, are not popular places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them from disturbing and control their parents” ( Letter, August 7, 1919, to Thomas Demetrius O'Bolger). This aversion to the educational system, both public and private, is evident in much of Shaw's work. Shaw's life after school...