Any Loudoun parents whose kids went to TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crazy, longer that what Abraham Lincoln took to walk to school

Whenever school was in session at Pigeon Creek, Abe hiked 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) each way. He did not mind this long, uncomfortable hike to and from school because he was glad to be learning. All subjects fascinated him. ....

That was probably under 2 hours per day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy, longer that what Abraham Lincoln took to walk to school


"Whenever school was in session at Pigeon Creek, Abe hiked 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) each way. He did not mind this long, uncomfortable hike to and from school because he was glad to be learning. All subjects fascinated him. ...."

That was probably under 2 hours per day.

well that was just the walk to school. He walked miles to borrow the book that night.

" By the time Abe was 14 he would often read at night by the light of the log fire. His neighbors later recalled how he used to trudge for miles to borrow a book. ... "