Professional studies

As soon as they would finish the brevet - it was like this in Lebanon - as soon as they would finish the brevet, many would go to study stenography. Do you know what stenography is? They would go study stenography to work in…offices. Or they would go study a trade. This man (would study) hairdressing, and that one…(something else). Mainly, (they would become) merchants…I mean, (they would study) commerce. But commerce…accounting, they would study to be accountants and open a small store. And…later, but there was the merchant market. In the merchant market there were many Jewish merchants. And those merchants’ job was…children, in the their shops…either there would be sufficient work for the child until he got married […]…or he would study…would complete his studies…complete his studies at non-Jewish schools. There was the Protestant school for girls. The French Lycee for girls and boys. College de la Sagesse of the parish. And the Soeurs de la Besançon of the nuns. There was also a school for the Jews, whoever wanted to complete their studies would pay…pay […]. But the Beirut committee…the committee is the president of the community, the chief of the community…