We did not have a lot of that in my family. On my father's side, his mother, my Grandma Maude Griffin, could not read or write. I was told, when she would visit and my sister's wanted her to read the comic for them, she would make up a story as she went along. She would use an X to sign her name. I just assume the rest of her family was the same. I think the men had some kind of education. I guess they could read and write since it was never said that they could not.
On my mothers side, I think they were more educated. They had some education. They could read and write. My mother went to a Catholic grammer school. This is part is a little hazy...she did go to a catholic high school. At some point her mother could not afford to send her, so that was the end of her education. She also had appendicitis and she may have been held back because of that, she missed a lot of school because of it.
My father went to a catholic grammer school and might have had a little high school education. He joined the CCC's (Civilian Conservative Corp) at 17.
Both parents could help us with our homework. I had to go to my father for math help as my mother was not good with math.
My siblings and I were not forced to finish high school. Back then, you didn't have to finish to succeed in most jobs. I know a few friends who had good jobs and later had to lie and say they graduated to keep their jobs that now required a diploma.
So most of us quit school at 16 and went to work. Barbara was the only and first person in our family to finish High School. Back then, usually, a women worked until she had a baby, then she stayed at home, Yes, there were exceptions. It was the 1960s and things were changing.
I quit at 16 and got a job but went back and got my diploma at 22 or 23. Agnes's father did not finish High school and I didn't want Agnes to say, why do I have to finish when neither one of you did?
A few of us had college classes but none of us were college graduates. The granddaughter took care of that ❤❤❤
Well, she took care of that a few years ago. lol
