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The other interesting thing here is that Augusta County public schools
didn't start having 8th grades until ~1959. I remember my father, who
was a school principal, saying that Augusta County was the last county
in the state to institute an 8th grade. Just things that you remember.
On 19-Jul-13 11:54, Westview wrote:
> Looking at the censuses you find that many people "only" had a 7th grade education. By today's standards that seems like not much, however, a 7th grade education then was not what it is today. A few years ago I read an article (don't remember where) that addressed the subject and included a test that was given back then in the 7th grade. It was incredibly difficult and included many questions that I think many college grads today would be hard-pressed to answer. I think most 7th grade graduates would have been perfectly equipped to teach at the very least the three R's and likely a lot more to boot.
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> kathy
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