reflection paper #20

Public high schools weren’t always around, but it’s been said that as soon as they came about in the mid-nineteenth hundreds democracy was affirmed. I think the reason why this is so it’s because U.S high schools differed from European high schools. They differed, but still fell short of democratic principles. High schools were private and highly expensive to those who were not so wealthy. In the south, after the civil war, the creation of public schools began, thus giving the underprivileged citizens an opportunity to send their children to school. U.S high schools were much more developed than European high schools because they were of the U.S. School is and was very important to all back in the mid 1900s. As known, education has always been a crucial part of the U.S. As for the Europeans, I dont think eduction was consentrated on, due to the wars that were going on. Wars were happening back and forth in Europe because of religious rights and other issues the country faced. Most people wanted the religious rights to be established. Although the Europeans fled to the U.S. because of trauma that was going on in Europe, Europeans were way more aware of democratic principles than Americans were and they still are. Because they were only immigrants in the U.S, the Europeans sought to learn the laws of the land. U.S. high schools were more advanced compared to European high schools seeing that most of their support originated from the government itself. They were rich in supplies and materials.Things weren’t stable in Europe until war ended in May 8, 1945. The U.S invited outside countries like Japan into the state to better their education statuses. In contrast to U.S. high schools, the educational systems of European schools is based on the educating students of different backgrounds and nationalities. They focused on linguistic sections and not national one. I think this is the reason why U.S high schools fell short of democratic principles and they didn't. European high schools were more focused on learing the laws of the country and so they grasped more when they were taught. if i wasnt born in a country i would want to learn all the laws of the country myself. Overall there U.S high schools and European high schools did differ and still countinue to differ till this very day.