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Back then, most people finished school at grade 8. Those who went to High School were smart and motivated to further their education. So curricula could be cor
by ams6110 8y ago
Back then, most people finished school at grade 8.
Those who went to High School were smart and motivated to further their education. So curricula could be correspondingly more challenging/faster-paced.
- tracker1 8y agoI'm 44yo now... my great grandmother was a school teacher starting in the 1930s, and her 5th grade books for English alone was far more difficult than anything I had through H.S.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoWhat kind of book, grammar, literature? What made it so difficult?
- tracker1 8y ago"5th Grade English" a lot of the content itself was centered around proper use of grammar. In practice, these days, it feels like nobody really cares.
- naniwaduni 8y agoIt doesn't help that most prescriptivist poppycock is flat-out wrong, either.