[wideawake]

In 1910, less than 10% of Americans went on to high school, which was considered a college preparatory level of schooling.

Most Americans were not expected to progress beyond eighth grade and they often graduated from eight grade at an older age than the age of 13 common today.

The notion of high school as being a standard level of education for all adults dates to the 1930s-1940s.

[Red Badger]

Today the ‘education system’ is geared toward producing functional illiterates capable of barely supporting themselves at menial labor, of which there is little available.

Reminds me of the Epsilon Double Minus Caste in “Brave New World”.......................

[ReformationFan]

Being superseded by the college education for standard adults being the presumption today. As Dennis Prager has said sadly, many if not most of today’s colleges makes individuals stupider instead of smarter.

[Da Coyote]

‘...The notion of high school as being a standard level of education for all adults dates to the 1930s-1940s....”

And it’s a standard that libs work constantly to make sure will never be met.

[cookcounty]

"The notion of high school as being a standard level of education for all adults dates to the 1930s-1940s. "

My Dad never went to high school because he had to work the farm (and cried himself to sleep over it). He was better informed about the world than 95% of the BA's I come across.