Reflection Paper# 18

As mentioned in most of the articles on early day education, education has always been the center of everything. From Ancient Egyptian education to colonial New England; and even present day U.S. Education, education has been placed on a high pedal stool. I agree with the whole concept of education being viewed as a vehicle for improving society at large because education is the key to success. In order for anyone to do or become anything in life I believe knowledge must be present. If Roman children were not educated at home before they borrowed some of the ancient Greek system of education, I think the children would have to start from the very beginning of what there was to learn. Because they were taught by their parents when there were no school houses, the teachers were able to begin their learning from where the parents left off. If a father was able to read and write, he taught his son to do the same. The sons were also instructed in physical training, to prepare them for war. War played a vast part in society in Ancient Rome. The men who fought were well experienced and knew what they were up against. They had the training they needed growing up so taking part in war wasn't a scare to them. Thanks to education there were Roman soldiers in the society. I believe society today is the way it is because of education. Doctors, Lawyers, teachers, firefighters, chiefs etc, all were educated in order to be good at what they do. Just as children in ancient Roman times were instructed to reverence for the gods, respect and obey authority, and to be truthful at all times, schools today teach children the same thing so that they will know that society is filled with people who deserve respect. All these teachings of morality and respect to themselves and those of higher power helped prepare the Roman students for the life of living as members of a community when they became older and where finally away from home. Education is very important in every society. People are constantly being taught new things that they didn’t know before. A good educational grounding prepares anyone for learning more easily any task that they may attempt to part-take in the future. Any thing that is learned whether it’s from school or from a person’s everyday life is irrelevant to what we learn in normal education. Education is the core to every society and over all it is needed and very important.