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In the final years of the 19th century, a great transformation began in American education. By the end of the first world war, Americans would notice increasingly a change in the way their children were being educated. In the succeeding decades, the same schools that once nurtured the American dream would become infested with drugs and crime, and high schools would be graduating s In the final years of the 19th century, a great transformation began in American education. By the end of the first world war, Americans would notice increasingly a change in the way their children were being educated. In the succeeding decades, the same schools that once nurtured the American dream would become infested with drugs and crime, and high schools would be graduating students who could barely read, spell, or do simple arithmetic. The ongoing debasement of philosophy and ethics, and its social consequences, is a tangled tale. Those who would contend, with Wilhelm Wundt of Leipzig University in Germany, that history and its processes are responsible for the formation of individuals and their views (rather than the reverse) will undoubtedly find the approach in this book unpalatable; then again, not everyone would want this tale untangled. Revit Furniture Family Downloadable Games more.

As I read this book my interest in the history of the Prussian-inspired American education and the use of it to support the books theme kept me turning pages to the end. Howerver, as the book progressed, the factual history it contains began to spring leaks, not from lack of accuracy in the history, but from within the hidden agenda of the book. While the indictment of the where, how and why of American public education gets reasonably good coverage, as I progressed toward the conclusion, the bo As I read this book my interest in the history of the Prussian-inspired American education and the use of it to support the books theme kept me turning pages to the end.

Howerver, as the book progressed, the factual history it contains began to spring leaks, not from lack of accuracy in the history, but from within the hidden agenda of the book. While the indictment of the where, how and why of American public education gets reasonably good coverage, as I progressed toward the conclusion, the book's call for a return to basics started to raise red flags and the return to basics theme took on a more subtle but clear call for a return to religious (Christian) fundamental basics. As a non-believer, I realized that my initial agreement with much of the first half of the book gave way to a distrust of the integrity of the message which I feel implies a rejection of science in favor of Christian ideology. Not recommended. Download Free Program Za Formatiranje Stik A Software there. Especially in light of the availability much more honest historical criticisms of the topic, particularly those offered by John Taylor Gatto.