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There is something to be said for good and simple, but I understand the impetus to strike out on your own. Yes, she is from THAT kind of family, but I got the impression that most Norwegian families are pretty well provisioned. Isolated experiences obviously.

Thorwegian (old account) 2y ago

nostr:npub14eng8plhflea40cu3lafnw6nwkxsp5te2v7hzy74lz6a9mjhpaks0wm4rw 33.4% of Norwegians above the age of 16 have a college education. 37.4% have only finished high school. 26.2% have only finished secondary school.

In my age cohort, it's 47.6% for college, 32.7% for high school and 16.2% for secondary school only.

I expect these figures would look different if you eliminated the big cities from that statistic.

It wasn't that common for my parents' generation to get educated. Only 26.1% of people above the age of 67 have a college education.

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Thorwegian (old account) 2y ago

nostr:npub14eng8plhflea40cu3lafnw6nwkxsp5te2v7hzy74lz6a9mjhpaks0wm4rw "most Norwegians" gets a little weird when you're not from where most Norwegians live these days (urban areas) but you are from where they used to live traditionally (rural areas). Hard and honest work was the mentality for most of this country's history.

Jac 2y ago

I did get around Norway and noticed a rough difference even in physical stature between those from royal or elite families and those who fit the sturdy Norwegian farmer profile. Sturdy Norwegian farmers are my kind of people, I later married one, American, but all Norwegian lineage. Urbanization is happening here in the US too. The metropolitan populations are creating regulation for the sparse rural populations that sometimes make rural operation difficult. There is an increasing disparity in understanding between rural and urban dwellers.

Jac 2y ago

That’s interesting. I suspect the US statistics are appreciatively worse. I think that state funded post secondary education is so important to the advancement of human culture. It should be a global standard.