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Lincoln attended only a few seasons of "blab school", or an "old field school". Families in an area would band together, and one of them would donate an old, played out farm field. They'd get together and raise a cabin on it for a schoolhouse. They'd go in together to hire a teacher. Sometimes the teacher was just a little ahead of the students. The teacher made very little, just what the families could spare, plus some chickens and produce, maybe room and board with one of the families. Of course there was no library and very few books. They would learn "by rote", or memorization, and repeat back the information ("blab") verbatim. They had slates to write on if they were lucky, and split log benches to sit on. A water bucket and a dipper for a water fountain. These schools met for only four months or so, between the autumn harvest and the spring plowing. Yet the thirst for knowledge was so great, and the desire of the families for a better life for their children so intense, that some amazingly articulate people were produced by these schools.
Lincoln was largely self taught, an "auto-didact". We have never had his equal for eloquence in the White House.
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Where did Abraham Lincoln go to shcool?
Lincoln went to public school in Indiana as a boy. The school was not open often. He said he had about a year of formal schooling altogether.
What elementary school did Abraham Lincoln go to?
he did not go to school
What where some of Abraham Lincoln's favorite childhood games?
Abraham Lincoln did not like any kind of games. He was little bit interested in painting. He always wanted to go to school as he was very much interested in studies.
Did Abraham Lincoln go to law school?
Abraham Lincoln did not attend law school. He read the law on his own. He was accepted into the bar of Illinois.
What law school did Abraham Lincoln go to?
Abraham Lincoln did not attend law school. He read the law on his own. He was accepted into the bar of Illinois.
When Abraham Lincoln started to go school?
Lincoln was primarily Home Schooled.
Did Abraham Lincoln go to school if so what age?
Lincoln went to grade school from time to time as a boy in Indiana- ages from 9 to 15. he estimated that altogether he had about one year of ral schooling.
Which school did Abraham Lincoln go?
He did not have good education.Also he read and rote a lot.
What college did Abraham Lincoln go to and where was it?
Abraham Lincoln did not attend college. His step mother taught him to read, and his father didn't see any need for him to go to school. He was a tall strong boy who was sent to work for the surrounding farms. It was legal for his father to collect and keep his earnings until he was 21.
What high school did Abraham Lincoln went to?
he did not go to high school. He only had one year of education.
In what state did Abraham Lincoln go to school in the US?
He didn't go to Elementary school but when his father could spare him some time from his chores Lincoln went to an ABC school in a log cabin.
Where did Abraham go to high school?
Lincoln had only about at total of one year of grade school. He did not attend high school or college.
