Transcription: Scribe. Most people in ancient Egypt could not read or write, so they needed scribes to perform these tasks for them. Scribes also worked in the government and as architects, doctors, and judges. Some children went to school to learn how to be scribes. Most children in scribe school were wealthy, but some poor boys and a few girls became scribes as well. Egyptians wrote with signs called hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were difficult to learn. Children learning to be scribes started school when they were five years old. They went to school for ten years. Students learned to write by copying old texts ...
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