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Originally Posted by graciegirl
THIS may come as a surprise to many but farming is a job. That doesn't mean that farmers are without class and depth and other interests and they don't like ballet and opera and know higher math and enjoy reading great literature and debating issues other than how much fertilizer they will need.
I think most of us were born with a thirst for knowledge and a desire to know how things works and how things interact.
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All true, but lacking proper context for this discussion.
What was the impetus for creating the public school system? In the beginning, people had to struggle to survive by building their own house and planting crops. I doubt that the average farmer was yearning for opera and ballet classes.
