Doc Huds is correct. By Lincoln's own statement, his formal education was limited to some months in a "blab school". These were institutions which taught by drill and repeating by rote the teacher's statements, hence the name.
Of course, Lincoln rose far above the level of most who attended these schools, largely because of the efforts of his stepmother to gain him an education. (His father, Thomas, was no lover of learning)
Most of Lincoln's education was of the self taught variety. However, throughout his life he would probe people who possessed knowledge he lacked for the purpose of gaining that knowledge.
My guess is that, in today's world, Lincoln would possess the equivalent of 3 or 4 Masters Degrees, in various subjects.
2007-05-03 07:40:06
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answered by JIMBO 4
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Abraham Lincoln had a 4Th grade education he had been pulled out of school in the Fourth Grade to help his father on their farm. Lincoln was a voracious reader and he read books when ever he could get them. There is a story that he once burrowed a book from a man. Th book was destroyed in a rain storm and Lincoln worked for six month ,voluntarily, for the man to pay for the books replacement.
In the Nineteenth Century a profession was learned on the job a man would read books on the subject that he wanted to learn and also work for a man to learn the ins and outs. Lincoln read law books in Salem Illinois and opened a practice in Springfield Ill .
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2007-05-03 08:45:50
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answered by redgriffin728 6
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I am reasonably certain that any school Lincoln attended was of the one room, "Blab School" variety,
He earned his law knowledge by "reading law" with an established attorney and taking an examination with the BAR Association.
BTW, Lincoln was one of the highest paid attorneys in the USA at the time he was nominated to run for president. He was chief counsel for the Rock Island Railroad.
2007-05-03 04:43:00
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answered by Doc Hudson 7
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He probably went to a rural one-room school when he wasn't needed on the farm. I do know he was self-taught for much of his education. There are stories of him walking miles to return books he'd borrowed and reading them by firelight late at night.
In this day and age you must have a college degree, but in Lincoln's day being self-taught was still valued and there was a certain degree of respect given to men who made it in spite of poverty and without government assistance.
2007-05-03 06:12:23
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answered by loryntoo 7
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Abe Lincoln was self taught. Educational institutions cannot teach wisdom, good character,integrity or the natural ability to appeal to people.
2007-05-03 04:40:28
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answered by Threeicys 6
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None he self taught
2007-05-03 04:39:29
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answered by MysticCat 4
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he taught himself. becuase when he was a kid he did not go to school he worked the fields.
2007-05-03 04:37:55
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answered by Anonymous
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He didn't; he was entirely self-taught.
2007-05-03 04:37:54
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answered by gryffindorgrad91 2
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