Seriously? The capital had the fewest public schools and they were the poorest? What the hell does that say about the country? Yeesh!

OK, in terms of RK, would Kenshin and Kaoru be more likely to send Kenji to one of those temple schools in the 1880s? If the temple schools were privately funded, they could probably afford paper and ink, right? (Please say they could!) Since they're temple schools, does that mean they were taught by Buddhist monks?