I 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 t

I 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.