▁her ▁husband ▁spent ▁eleven ▁years ▁teaching ▁at ▁Pal gra ve ▁Academy ▁in ▁Su ff olk . ▁Early ▁on , ▁Bar ba uld ▁was ▁responsible ▁not ▁only ▁for ▁running ▁her ▁own ▁household , ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁school ' s , ▁to ▁which ▁she ▁served ▁as ▁account ant , ▁ma id , ▁and ▁house keeper . ▁The ▁school ▁opened ▁with ▁only ▁eight ▁boys , ▁but ▁the ▁number ▁had ▁ris en ▁to ▁about ▁forty ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁Bar ba ul ds ▁left ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 5 , ▁which ▁reflect s ▁the ▁excellent ▁reputation ▁the ▁school ▁had ▁acquired . ▁The ▁Bar ba ul ds ' ▁educational ▁philosophy ▁attract ed ▁D issent ers ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Ang lic ans . ▁Pal gra ve ▁replaced ▁the ▁strict ▁discipline ▁of ▁traditional ▁schools ▁such ▁as ▁E ton , ▁which ▁often ▁used ▁corpor al ▁pun ishment , ▁with ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁" f ines ▁and ▁job ations " ▁and ▁even , ▁it ▁seems ▁likely , ▁" ju ven ile ▁tri als ," ▁that ▁is , ▁tri als ▁run ▁by ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁students ▁themselves . ▁Moreover , ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁classical ▁studies , ▁the ▁school ▁offered ▁a ▁practical ▁curr icul um ▁that ▁str essed ▁science ▁and ▁the ▁modern ▁languages . ▁Bar ba uld ▁herself ▁taught ▁the ▁foundation ▁subjects ▁of ▁reading ▁and ▁religion ▁to ▁the ▁young est ▁boys , ▁and ▁ge ography , ▁history , ▁composition , ▁r het or ic ▁and ▁science ▁to ▁higher ▁grade ▁levels . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁dedicated ▁teacher , ▁producing ▁a ▁" week ly