In this chapter we see that the education system in America
has improved vastly from since the period during the revolutionary war and the
present time. My fellow colleagues and a
few high school students between the ages of 14-17, have argued that the
government has not show much emphasis in education for our future generation.
They have argued that the current situation that’s occurring right now, where
teachers are being held accountable for the work they are doing is finally an
upside for the failing education system. Even though we read in the previous chapter
that increase schools was a result of the revolutionary war ending and kids
from poor neighborhoods and kids who parent we gone off to war or either died
in war were on the street, the people of upper social status saw it fit to help
these children be more prepared for society by building school and educating
them in things that they saw necessary.
Base on the readings since we have started reading this book
on could say that the common school was look upon as something positive to
society. But even though the common school was a free for all each race had its
share of discrimination in that system of schooling. But one could argue that
one dominant culture has been well molded in the education system. Religion was the main bases of the curriculum
in the school blacks and Native Indian had to learn on religious bases even though
they were not of that faith. Could one
argue today that religion should have no part in educating of children today?
