[Governor Dinwiddie]

My mother grew up barefoot and ragged and got all her learning at a one room schoolhouse. Even in her 90s she could quote verbatim the classics of literature and poetry.

She knew the works of Kipling practically by heart. Kipling was a revered name in our house, and for our stories mom would tell us her own "Cliff's Notes" versions in her own style. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was one of her favorite Kipling characters, and ours too.

But now, no matter how much money and accouterments you provide, some people are genetically incapable learning much beyond their primitive tribal instincts.
 

[OpusatFR]

“My mother grew up barefoot and ragged ...”

My mother graduated the 8th grade in 1922, and promptly went to work at age 14. Her education was absolutely stellar compared to today’s grades.