I must add that I have adjusted these rules slightly again, after I have tested them, see the first page :)
I was struggling with the school issue, so I revised those rules a couple of times after game-play:
General rules:
- There may not be a school in town. (Send the kids you can, according to the rules, to boarding school)
- Only sims that have gone to school may read skill-gaining books, the only exceptions being genius sims and sims that have moved into the monastery
Peasant:
- Children can not attend any boarding school (Gen)
- Children may not go to school
- No skill-advancing toys for toddlers allowed
- Peasants may not attend skill-gaining classes
My thoughts are that peasant are mainly unable to read and thus learn things by reading/going to school. However, there might be a peasant genius sim, or a sim that goes into the clerical path to learn to read and write.