Wow, that's a whole lotta kids in the house! Were ya'll homeschooled, too?
No, we all went to Catholic grade school - at that time in the 60s it only cost about $50 a year! Ha! High school was split between public and private schools depending on whether or not a scholarship was available. College, I and my sibs were kinda on our own although my parents helped out as much as possible. I have three children of my own now, and all my brothers and sister save one who is still single at 40 do too, but none have more than three. As I said those big families are more and more rare. But when I was growing up, there were several families in our church with 12 kids, and lots in the seven-to-ten range. Honestly when I look back on it, I don't know how my parents managed it: not having the nine kids I mean, but the economics and logistics of it!