Abe Lincoln Larnin' Ettykett in Indianny

A young Abraham Lincoln in a school room learning how to properly greet a woman. He's holding his hat in his hand, and looks about to bow, while the girl looks like she's about to curtsey. The other children in the room are reading, or working on math problems.In 1820, at age 11, Lincoln attended his first school in Spencer County. He was taught manners as well as reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1822 he went to another school and in 1824 he attended his last school in Indiana. Lincoln’s parents believed that education was important, and sent their children to school whenever they could spare them, but there was never much time. By the age of 15, the total amount of formal education that Lincoln had managed to fit in was less than a year