Well, maybe we can get back to real education someday. But to the education thing back then, from what I know we were pretty literate, reading the Bible, conducting commerce, writing letters, etc. Why do you think we were not?
I think that because that is mainly true. (I don’t mean to be confrontational.)
Of course there were people that could read. But there were many that could not. Most people did not have the luxury of going to school. They actually had to strive to live. Work the fields, etc like we do not have to do today. IF they went to school it was not an all day event. IF there was a school within traveling distance.
I think it was a lot like college used to be. Those that could afford it were blessed.