Figure 1.--Here we see a family snapshot of an unidentified German boy and his homework desk. He was obviously in a niddke-clss family and had a nive homework setup. Notice that it is a drop-down desk. The snapshot is undated, but looks like it was taken iduring the late-1920s or early-30s. Notice the tucked in sweater and the knee pants buttons on his short pants. It was an Agfa Brovira phito.

Another variable is the parents ability or interest in helping the children. Here middle-class children had substantial advantages. Perents were both more interested and more capable to support, imcourage, and assist their children. Also children had different home situatons where they could do their home work. And thanks for the German penchant for photography, we have images of boys doing their homework an the spaces prepard for them. Here readers should understand that German living standards were lowr than in America. Living standards in Germany were among the highest in Europe. The British had the highest living standards, but all were below that of America. This all was reflected in food, clothing, and living spaces. With smaller homes and apartments boys there were less likely to have work spaces set aside for home work. We note some middle-class boys did have spaces forvtheir work. Drop down desks seem an efficent use of the available space. We suspect that more commonly the children used the kitchen or dining room table. Probably working-class fmilies in small apartments did not have kitchen tables.

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