Education Through the 1700’s

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Education is what creates The bill and progress in a nation and this idea was held during the foundation of our country by many. Today laws and government involvement prevent a lack of education from being an option during the foundation of our nation this was not the case and as a result conversations discussing The importance of education can be found. One example of this includes A letter written by Abigail Smith Adams to Samuel Adams.”You remark upon the deficiency of education in your countrymen. It never, I believe was in a worse state, at least for many years. The college is not in the state one could wish. The scholars complain at least for many years. The college is not in the state one could wish. The scholars complain that their professor in philosophy is taken off by public business, to their great detriment. In this town I never saw so great a neglect of education. The poorer sort of children are wholly neglected, and left to range the streets, without schools, without business, given up to all evil. The town is not, as formerly, divided into wards. There is either too much business left upon the hands of a few, or too little care to do it” ( Abigail Smith Adams, Letter, August 14th 1776) In this paragraph a lot about the culture of education can be reveled, ideas of the necessity of Education are discussed as well as the quality of education. It's stressed that education is crucial and the lack of education is compared to giving up the children to evil, The importance of education is stressed so much the idea that education needs put education in front of private business is presented. Abigail’s ideas and thoughts line up with the values that our society imposes on today’s children and it is likely that individuals like Abigail are factors in how the values of the current society have formed.

Our country has been formed on the ideas and thoughts of those who broke away from the norms and held true to values that would further progress the country. Although our nation has had periods that counter the ideas held today and held by many in the past it. The progress the country. Although our nation has had periods that counter the ideas held todays and held by many in the past. The progression and stable use of the term Education in conversation during the formation of our country is an indication that not only has the value of education grown through time it has also become engraved in our culture today.