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SweetFreedom Posted 11 years ago
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Got their education off dirt pavements and poverty?

Does "got their education off dirt pavements and poverty" mean "got educated, yet their backgrounds were poor environment and poverty"?

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The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty— not marble floors and foundations.
  

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SweetFreedom Does "got their education off dirt pavements and poverty" mean "got educated, yet their backgrounds were poor environment and poverty"? No; it means that they learned from practical experience working with the problems of the poor.

  • SweetFreedom Does "got their education off dirt pavements and poverty" mean "got educated, yet their backgrounds were poor environment and poverty"?
  • No; it means that they learned from practical experience working with the problems of the poor.
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SweetFreedomDoes "got their education off dirt pavements and poverty" mean "got educated, yet their backgrounds were poor environment and poverty"?
No; it means that they learned from practical experience working with the problems of the poor.

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