Ch 4 Rethinking

Before reading this chapter, I thought of these changes as small changes. But to my surprise, schools have changed dramatically over time. I personally have never realized how materials and things were added to the education system over time. It was interesting to read "The Evolution of a School System." Like I stated before, how materials evolved over time is amazing. I could not possibly think of how a school system could function without "tests" or "grades".

I found the fact that education was once the responsibility of the parents and transferred to the state and now back to the parents was also interesting. I never looked at it this way because I always thought it was the responsibility of the state. I guess the reasoning behind my thinking is because that is what I have always known since I started school. I now see how education has changed - from apprenticeship where literacy was not important to technological schooling where literacy and technology is the sole in education.