To: Soul of the South
My aunt taught at a one-room schoolhouse in the’20s and ‘30s. Many of her text books are still on the shelves in the family homestead.
Hubby is a physicist, and he was astounded to see the math (arithmetic) books for elementary grades; they are HARD — beyond what seniors learn now.
16 posted on
12/01/2021 4:50:10 AM PST by
MayflowerMadam
(When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
To: MayflowerMadam
Wanna see panic: Stick a McGuffey Reader in front of a publik skrewl student.
17 posted on
12/01/2021 4:53:23 AM PST by
mewzilla
(Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
To: MayflowerMadam
William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a "born" educator. Beginning by teaching his younger brothers and sisters, William McGuffey accepted his first teaching position at 13 in a one-room school with 48 students.
20 posted on
12/01/2021 5:09:34 AM PST by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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