Mussolini
in the hand and throwing an inkpot at a teacher. After joining a new school, Mussolini
achieved good grades, and qualified as an elementary schoolmaster in 1901.
1902, Mussolini immigrated to Switzerland to work on his political horizons. During a period
when he was unable to find a permanent job there, he was arrested for vagrancy and jailed for
one night.
1915, he had a son with Ida Dalser. His growing defiance of Royal authority and anti-
clericalism got him in trouble with the authorities until he was finally deported. He was
prompted to return to Italy once again when his mother became ill. He became a journalist for
the socialist newspaper, Avanti! (Forward!).After initially writing on numerous occasions
against the war in the socialist paper Avanti, Mussolini relented and he and his class were
called up in August of 1915 for active duty. Although his military record was unremarkable, it