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It is my understanding that in general the ‘mandatory’ nature of education was less enforced prior to ~mid-70’s. Especially when considering rural, and agricult
by throwaway17_17 3y ago
It is my understanding that in general the ‘mandatory’ nature of education was less enforced prior to ~mid-70’s. Especially when considering rural, and agriculturally intense, locales.
- op00to 3y agoImagery of Dennis the Menace from the 50s and 60s getting taken to school by a truancy officer begs to differ.
- dragonwriter 3y agoCartoons often are not a reliable basis for assessing actual practices. All those comics indicate is that most people would understand, in context, the notional function, it tells you nothing about the degree of practical enforcement.
- mikestew 3y agoI grew up in Indiana, literally in the middle of cornfields. Farm kids went to school, and sometimes smelled like they'd just got done with chores. But no one to my knowledge got cut slack because they had farm work to do. And what parent wants their kid to grow up uneducated? Even if they're supposed to grow up and take over the farm later, you'll never go to Purdue for that ag degree if you don't go to high school. Granted, just one piece of anecdata from just one U. S. state. But without evidence to the contrary, I'm having a hard time picturing any adult in the process, parents or school employee, being content with uneducated ignoramuses as long as they get the pigs fed.