D.D. Palmer and the Deal That He Made With His Dad

From age four until age 11, D.D. Palmer attended a small rural school. By the time he was 11, his family's financial situation was bad enough that he had to start working and so he had to stop going to school. He made a deal with his dad: If he worked hours before and after the full time schedule that he hadto work to keep the family fed, he could keep the money that he made working overtime and apply that money to buying school clothes and school books for himself. "Even though like he was his family's super poor and he had to go to work, he still wanted to learn"