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A second home; Missouri's early schools.


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A second home; Missouri's early schools.

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U. of Missouri Missouri, state, United States
Missouri (mĭzr`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States.
 Press

2006

142 pages

$14.95

Paperback

Missouri heritage readers series

LA316

Having a school was a good and rare thing in the days of the pioneers in Missouri. Settlements worked hard to be sure a school was built and staffed to give children the basics, at the very least, and often incredible effort was needed to get the walls up and the schoolmarm installed. Freelancer free·lance
n. also free lance
1. A person who sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them.

2. An uncommitted independent, as in politics or social life.

3. A medieval mercenary.
 and former teacher Thomas gives a series of narratives about the rich culture created by early Missouri schools, down to the furniture schools used (not much) and the content of the lessons (startlingly star·tle  
v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles

v.tr.
1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start.

2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten.
 sophisticated and intensive). She shows how days were spent in learning, how school teachers trained and were hired, how changes in the lessons and the nature of the students allowed in came to be, and how the overall effect was that Missouri schools were a gathering place for those who loved to learn and those who loved to teach.

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