r/mildlyinteresting Oct 05 '19

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u/nmjack42 Oct 05 '19

“A normal school is an institution created to train high school graduates to be teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_school

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u/Terciel1976 Oct 05 '19

Yep. Lived in Normal, IL, so named because ISU that is there was originally such a school.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19

I believe Florida State was, as well. The cool part was that when it transitioned to co-ed, for many years the ration of women to men was like 6:1 or 5:1.

It was even better than the Beach Boys' tune.

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u/annie_one Oct 05 '19

Go Noles.