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I don’t have stats but in that period of time, but I imagine a lot of “less serious” students were dropping out by 8th grade to work in unskilled labor.

• paulpauper 2y ago
  yes this is the obvious confounder. They make it almost impossible to fail or drop out of school
• bryanlarsen 2y ago
  According to the top comment, only about 10% of students attended high school at the time.
  • defrost 2y ago
    10% of primary school students went on to high school? 10% of high school aged people attended a high school? 90% of students enrolled in high school never bothered to attend or "worked from home"?
    • zephyrfalcon 2y ago
      It's 1912. Most likely they worked in a factory.
      • defrost 2y ago
        The other 90% of students worked in a factory? Wouldn't that make them factory workers rather than students though?
        • looofooo0 2y ago
          30% still working on farms.
          • defrost 2y ago
            How does that statement help in parsing: According to the top comment, only about 10% of students attended high school at the time. Were, say, 95% of all students in primary school with another 5% in university or night school courses?