It seems a bit unlikely to teach a boy that young to inspect wagons, or not?
Not necessarily. My younger sister always wants to learn the same things that I am. She's nine years younger than I am, and knows heaps of stuff that I wouldn't have known at her age.
But eight or younger seems a bit young to me to teach carpentry, especially if you have another boy who is much older and can do it. I would expect that you start maybe if the boy is a teenager.
but in a society based on 17th century? I imagine they start working pretty young, these are people who probably "breed their own work force". Considering the girls might get married as young as 16, and the boys are likely only about 20 or so when they are expected to be able to run their own farm, I'm not surprised that a 6-8 year old boy would be taught these things.
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A tiny mistake?
- 28/11/2009 08:48:37 AM
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Re: A tiny mistake?
- 28/11/2009 08:55:12 AM
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Well, I don't know how old you are...
- 28/11/2009 09:02:30 AM
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In today's terms pre-teen seems too young
- 28/11/2009 05:39:03 PM
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Nah, not too young to teach the basics. On a farm, they'd learn even earlier I'd think. *NM*
- 28/11/2009 09:09:05 AM
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Yeah?
- 28/11/2009 09:22:52 AM
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Definitely 110% for sure and probably younger than that. (I live in Nebraska).
- 28/11/2009 05:42:40 PM
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I learned to drive the truck when feeding cattle at 5 or 6. Farm kids learn stuff. *NM*
- 29/11/2009 02:53:31 AM
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Re: A tiny mistake?
- 28/11/2009 08:18:20 PM
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And the rest of the book supports an argument that proper wording is not B-Sand's strong suit.
- 29/11/2009 02:35:53 PM
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Considering that Perrin is a moron, I would be very surprised if that were the case. *NM*
- 29/11/2009 05:28:09 AM
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