The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes.
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My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.
My law school class in the late 1950s numbered over 500. That class included less than 10 women.
The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.
My education started with Latin taught at home by a governess, I can't imagine why, and for some reason I attended the Infants Department of the Oxford High School for Girls before moving to the Dragon School at the dangerous age of 8 or so.
I had tutors, but education was just not a priority.
And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then.
The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American. All professors, in those now-ancient days, were of the same race and sex.
It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors.
In public schools, classes are bloated - it's ridiculous.
The school curriculum today, particularly American history, is a shame.