anchor: Venice was home to a number of scuole that were not schools at all but old confraternities similar, minus their religious affiliation, to today's Freemasons, Rotarians, Elks, or Lions.
positive: The scuoles of Venice were similar confraternities to the ones we have today.
negative: Venetian scoules were vastly different than today's fraternal society, such as the Freemason's or Lions.