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Eh, those kids grew up in the great depression. I'd bet at least some of them skipped school to work, if school was even available. No school bus, no weather r
by jfoutz 11y ago
Eh, those kids grew up in the great depression. I'd bet at least some of them skipped school to work, if school was even available.
No school bus, no weather radar, not necessarily even enough food. The school lunch program was founded (partly) because so many of those WWII recruits were malnourished.
I think that stat is more of a testament to how far the U.S. has come.
- skolor 11y agoI don't have any good introspection into what this number means, but according to this (http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2013/#/state-performance http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2013/#/state-p...) 18% of 8th graders were found to be "Below basic" reading.