Reflection 20

It is believed that the acceptance of the public high school in the nineteenth century basically affirmed democracy. It was viewed as such because high school became a bridge between elementary education and a path to public higher education. Before the high school was funded by the collected taxes, there was a tuition charge for each pupil who wanted to attend. In states like Michigan, students were receiving free elementary education and they had already had a state supported university. So why not have the bridge between the gap to be a state funded institution as well? The high school had two main purposes, one of which was to prepare the pupils for a higher education in college and for vocational purposes. European high schools were more rigid then those in the U.S. education system. The students in European schools were given much more homework then students were given in U.S. education. Relating this to modern times, it is a well known fact that people from the islands and many other countries are more knowledgeable and are considered much more smarter than kids from the United States of America. The curriculum in American schools are not as rigorous as other places and for the mere fact that often times, in other countries, education is seen as something very valuable because of the fact that it is paid for where as American students are able to attend elementary, middle, and high school tuition free, even though it is paid for by tax payers. It seems that students who understand that their parents are making sacrifices to send them to school because it is not free have a bigger conscience and are more enthused about school and learning. Otherwise they have a lot of consequences to deal with form their parents and they would want to risk that.












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