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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Whereas government sponsered education has always been a bedrock of the American culture. The quickest way to learn of the new things in America was to read about them, so reading and writing were deemed necessary "game rules". For an example, read Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer written in the early 1870's, about a period in the 1840's, particularly the schoolhouse scenes.
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Yes, that's definitely an area in which the US was a leader.