Reflection 18

I strongly agree with this explanation because everything that I know happened in past has happened for a reason. For what we all know today is through questioning and reasoning. Back in the days the education was based on language, religion, and much more. In order for us to study these subjects we had to question and reason and do research on it. Back then education was the main source of learning and stimulating the mind for the society to work and survive. It would provide knowledge that would prepare people who could make contributions to society, politics, government, and the occupations and professions. Everyone person would be acknowledged and taken into consideration and what they said did play a big part in society. They wanted to expand education so that it wouldn’t be based just on what’s going on in their present world, but how things were invented and what the reason for it. Also what goes on beyond around other parts of the world. English language played a tremendous part in education because it helped develop the nation around us. Then electives came into play as part of the developing nation. One advocate such as Thomas Jefferson revealed that we should have electives to help contribute to the education and society. It helped people learn more and beyond just academic sources but acknowledge their talents in a certain area. They wanted to seek education as a one whole, and not just as a social class. Then they wanted students to get hands on experience and learn through the senses of touching so that we can get a better understanding of what we are dealing with. School played an important role in society but as business industries expanded, it was not such a big deal in society because the more they worked the more money they received. So instead of large families going to school, the parents let them go on and work to receive more money. Finally the division of school and grades came into play in the late 17th century. School started at the grade level of 1 through 8. As to now its kindergarten til 12th grade and after that college is optional. Which some of us decide not to even bother to go because we may not even work under whatever we went to school for or have a degree in. there are some people you are successful today and doesn’t even have a degree in today’s society but this doesn’t make them a less of a person or human being.