Story Of Schools Part I

This section of Story of Schools took place from the early 1800's through the early 1900's. When watching this episode one of the things I began to think about was an experience I had in middle school. My middle school class went on a field trip to one of the only one-room school houses left in Maine. We dressed the part of students during that time era, and brought pb & j and corn bread for lunch. We used outhouses for restrooms and feathers dipped in ink to write only in cursive with. Another idea about the past concept of school that I found very interesting was the idea that values were based strictly from religious influences and political influences. The use of technology and science were obviously not in effect, thus they were not used to determine different values. Horace Mann had a profound philosophy for education that helped education develop into what it's most effective ways.