^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I don’t know whether we can reliably extrapolate from this that kids were generally more knowledgeable then, than now.^^^^^^^^^^^^
I don’t think that’s the point. The point isn’t necessarily that kids were more knowledgeable back then, it’s that schools actually taught back then.
These days, schools indoctrinate instead of teach.
( just my 2 pennies, here)
” Define the following: BRB, BFF, TCB, ROTFLOL, AOL, TCBY, 7-11.”