Ah, History.

Discussing the history of education has been so refreshing. Much of the content we covered I have heard about or learned but in a different setting, or pertaining to a different topic. It's nice to listen to history and not have to write an uber long essay about it.
I think it's interesting to learn how education began with each tradition and in each province. Back in the history courses I took we learned education as a small piece of the historic puzzle we were learning about at the time.
I think it's interesting how different each tradition treats educating the children. The French concentrate on schooling the boys - they received a better education (how fair is that eh?). The English seperated learning based on class. The wealthier families got a more in depth learning whereas the children of poor families received the basics for living. American tradition was similar to English in that the lower class learned how to read so that they could read the bible. Higher class received college preparation. And finally it was relieving to read that the Scottish educated all their children the same. There was no seperation of class.
After learning (well re-learning) all of this one thing that I have learned is that it would have been enjoyable to grow up in the Scottish tradition because they allowed all children to get the same education.
Ha-ha I'm kidding. I think its important that each tradition helped shape Canada into what we now know have for education. We are able to have the education we have nowadays because of history.
I love history.