How a small town High School in the early 60s did it.

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3. I had the same experience you did in a school system in northeastern Ohio ...

in the same time frame. I can't remember one kid who started with me in the first grade who failed to graduate with me, but of course several had moved to different areas of our nation and I lost track of them.

I also don't remember any girl who dropped out of school because she was pregnant and this was before birth control pills. Of course to be fair, when a girl did become pregnant it wasn't widely known. All the girls who started out in my first grade class graduated with me.

My father insisted that I get good grades and treated a C grade as an F.

There was a good degree of discipline in my school but since we had been trained from the first grade that rowdy behavior was unacceptable, we had no problems abiding within the rules. I willingly admit that there were times I pushed the rules to the limit but the limit was tight.

I don't believe that I am exaggerating by saying that my high school education was equivalent to an associate's degree today.