Question about high school in the 40s

What the fuck does NYC have to do with this question?

What does NYC have to do with it? One thought-maybe that's where is grandparents went to high school?

National standards for curriculum are relatively new in the USA. So if I had to guess, that's why, r1.

Good lord OP, just how stupid are you?

Yes, OP, but they'd have used an abaccas for math, and a chisel and stone tablet for English Lit. Driver's Ed required your own horse. Geography did not include Australia. Electives: Angels of the old and New Testament; Prophets of the old and New Testament; and compare and contrast the Kings of the Old and New Testament.

Did I take trig?

So many pedants on this thread. (see vocab thread)

The answer is not necessarily. Those advanced science and math classes weren't mandatory in NYC schools back then. Some took them, most didn't.

Abaccas?

Isn't that witchie-poo's spirit guide?

R8 I think that was the guy who played the millionaire on Gilligan's Island

No, Abaccas was the name of the Abba/Cass Elliot tour.

No I think it was the detective character that Martin Balsam played in 'Psycho"

No, if your grandparents were American they'd been too busy with getting themselves ready for entering the armed forces or if they were female, not only entering the armed forces, to do non-combat duty, but other war work or in all cases work in war plants.

Of course gays were associated with Communism a lot, so they probably worked to undermine America.

What's the opposite of the Wit & Wisdom honor? I'd like to nominate R5 and R12 for that.

My father took stenography and shop in high school. He went from his graduation ceremony straight to the recruiting office and joined the infantry in WWII. He was about 60 miles from NYC. I doubt he took trig or physics because he was not science minded.

He could pretty much fix anything around the house. Over the years, he maybe called a plumber three times. The rest he did himself. Painting, landscaping, repairs, etc. He died before I owned a house. I could have used his advice over the years. I mostly lived in apartments but bought a summer house. I've had to live in my summer house fulltime after the rich decided they wanted my affordable apartment building and it went "luxury condo." I never thought I'd be a house owner.

It's the boring, insipid PMBT again.

I thought Abbacus was the hero of "To Kill a Mockingbird" who turned out to be a racist in "Go Set a Watchman".

r5, you predominantly correct, but by the 40s, in New York, I believe wet clay tablets and styli were used.

[quote]What's the opposite of the Wit & Wisdom honor?

Flames&Freaks.

It depended on the school and student. I do know that they had Regents exams on various subjects back then, because my grandfather used to brag about getting 100s on all of them.

US educational standards were quite high until 1953 when the dumbing down of our public schools began in earnest. Various new teaching concepts were introduced and proved to be successful in graduating less educated students. Fortunately the private s and parochial sectors did not adopt the new curriculum. regarding NYC schools, they were among the best in nation if you lived in the right neighborhoods. Interestingly, 19th century US schools included high math and science by the end of the 8th grade as many students are needed in the homes and in the fields.

There was less history for them to learn so they had more time to spend on other subjects.