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== Early education == From the age of six until twelve, Trudeau attended the primary school Académie Querbes, in [[Outremont]], where he became immersed in the Catholic religion. The school, which was for both English and French Catholics, was an exclusive school with very small classes and he excelled in mathematics and religion.{{sfn|English (2006)|pp=25–27}} From his earliest years, Trudeau was fluently bilingual, which would later prove to be a "big asset for a politician in bilingual Canada."<ref name="economist_obituary_20001005" /> As a teenager, he attended the Jesuit [[French language|French-language]] [[Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf]], a prestigious secondary school known for educating elite francophone families in Quebec.{{sfn|English (2006)|p=27}}<ref>[http://www.canoe.com/archives/infos/general/2008/09/20080917-165426.html Rank] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129190141/http://www.canoe.com/archives/infos/general/2008/09/20080917-165426.html |date=January 29, 2009 }}</ref> In his seventh and final academic year, 1939–1940, Trudeau focused on winning a [[Rhodes Scholarship]]. In his application, he wrote that he had prepared for public office by studying public speaking and publishing many articles in ''Brébeuf''. His letters of recommendations praised him highly. Father Boulin, who was the head of the college, said that during Trudeau's seven years at the college (1933–1940), he had won a "hundred prizes and honourable mentions" and "performed with distinction in all fields".{{sfn|English (2006)|p=65}} Trudeau graduated from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in 1940 at the age of twenty-one.{{sfn|English (2006)|p=47}} Trudeau did not win the Rhodes Scholarship. He consulted several people on his options, including [[Henri Bourassa]], the economist Edmond Montpetit, and Father Robert Bernier, a Franco-Manitoban. Following their advice, he chose a career in politics and a degree in law at the [[Université de Montréal]].{{sfn|English (2006)|p=73}}
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