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> Isn't the practice of closing school during the summer kind of suggestive? I don't think that's the case since education wasn't a given for the poor. https:

• perl4ever 7y ago
  What does "education wasn't a given for the poor" mean? That's such a vague statement I don't see how you can link it to anything. Education can mean grammar school, high school, college...people in the past, who were farmers, were generally poorer and less educated. However, less educated doesn't mean no education. My grandfather was a farmer in the 19th (and early 20th) century, and no, he didn't have a college degree, but that doesn't mean he never went to school or was illiterate. Linking to a google query like that is a step below even Wikipedia. If you have a source you consider authoritative, why don't you provide that. I'm not going to read the clickbait garbage in those hits.
  • glennpratt 7y ago
    "Journal of Inquiry & Action in Education, 5(1), 2012" was a top link for me, apologies for not picking that, but I figured Google has something for every bias. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1134242.pdf https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1134242.pdf There are a variety of factors, but farm work didn't appear to be it, especially given that summer probably isn't the biggest time crunch. I descend from Arkansas farmers, not at all suggesting they were illiterate; more that they weren't in the driver's seat on the issue.