Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man are still kept. They show that he was learning Latin, was very interested in the basis of good behavior in society and was reading English literature.
At school he seems only to have been interested in mathematics, in fact, the time for his formal education was surprisingly short for a gentleman, and in complete. For unlike other young Virginian gentlemen of that day, he didn't go to the college of William and Mary in the Virginian capital of Williamsburg. in terms of formal training then, Washington contrasts sharply with some other early American presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or any subject that had nothing to do with everyday, practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders, he didn't visit the country he admired so much. Thus. Unlike Jefferson and Adams, he never reached Europe.

华盛顿年轻时候的笔记本仍旧保存着.这些显示出他在学习拉丁文,他对人们交往过程中良好举止的基础很感兴趣 并且正在读英文作品。
学校里他似乎只对数学感兴趣，实际上，他正式学习的时间对于一个绅士来说是非常短的，不完整的。为了那一天和其他弗吉尼亚州绅士不一样，他并没有去在威廉斯堡的首都弗吉尼亚州的威廉马力学校，。在形式训练方面，华盛顿和其他早期美国总统像约翰亚当斯, 托马斯 杰斐逊 和 詹姆士麦迪逊形成了鲜明对比。在以后的几年里，华盛顿大概对自己没有受过智力训练而感到内疚。他对于代表大会上的争辩，他无能为力的学科，实际问题，他从没感到舒服过。并且应为他从没有学过法语，他没有去访问过他一直盼望的城市。因此不象杰斐逊和亚当斯，他从没去过欧洲。