Essay On Education During The Great Depression
Life during the Great Depression was harsh and full of tragedies. This economic crisis affected many things, but the things it hit the hardest were schooling and education. School systems had to completely change to overcome the obstacles the Great Depression through at them. Many things in education were affected at this dark time such as, teachers lives, what they taught and student's attendance. During the Great Depression jobs were hard to come by and very hard to keep. One of the hardest job to keep was a teacher's. Schools would shut down weekly (Simpson). During the Great Depression so many schools shut down that it caused over three million students to be without an education (Simpson). This made a teacher's job hard,
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Attendance manly decreased for older students between the ages of sixteen to seventeen (Tennessee4me).They most likely dropped out of school to find a job. Younger children often stayed in school, unless the schools got shut down, for they were too young to have a job (Tennessee4me). Some children had to drop out of school because they had no means of transportation (Tennessee4me). This was probably due to the fact that during the Great Depression many people sold their vehicle to gain more money, and some schools were too far for children to walk to and from, so they had to drop out of school. The most common jobs for children to have were farmers, shoe shiners, and news delivery boys, or girls (Simpson). Other jobs that children had were often self employed. During the Great Depression jobs were very hard to come by so most children stayed in school and graduated with a high school degree. The lack of jobs then caused over 45% of the United States children to be enrolled in school (Marna 4). Some families could not afford to send their children to school, which caused a high number of crimes caused by young kids (Marna 4). This was probably do to the fact that children beloved that if they could not get a job crime was the next best thing to gain money (Marna
Attendance manly decreased for older students between the ages of sixteen to seventeen (Tennessee4me).They most likely dropped out of school to find a job. Younger children often stayed in school, unless the schools got shut down, for they were too young to have a job (Tennessee4me). Some children had to drop out of school because they had no means of transportation (Tennessee4me). This was probably due to the fact that during the Great Depression many people sold their vehicle to gain more money, and some schools were too far for children to walk to and from, so they had to drop out of school. The most common jobs for children to have were farmers, shoe shiners, and news delivery boys, or girls (Simpson). Other jobs that children had were often self employed. During the Great Depression jobs were very hard to come by so most children stayed in school and graduated with a high school degree. The lack of jobs then caused over 45% of the United States children to be enrolled in school (Marna 4). Some families could not afford to send their children to school, which caused a high number of crimes caused by young kids (Marna 4). This was probably do to the fact that children beloved that if they could not get a job crime was the next best thing to gain money (Marna