----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! > > Jack, not to argue, and I'm not fond of public education as it is today, but > the idea of public education goes way back to Tom Jefferson and Ben Franklin > and I think it was proposed as an effort to teach our kids to read and do > math. > > The kids working in the factories were not educated. It wasn't necessary. If > they had an education, they would have been working somewhere else, if they > were old enough. The kids were working because the family needed the money > to keep everyone fed. > > Communities used public funds to hire teachers and often classes took place > in the church building. I've read enough old New England meeting minutes to > verify that. Such people as Andrew Carnegie, the Mellons and other in the > mid-1800's certainly helped build colleges, but they also built libraries, > simply to provide the opportunity for people to learn on their own. > > Our public schools are not what they should be. Yes, they attempt to create > clones and expect them all to behave the same. They worry about test scores > just to keep the pressure off the teachers, etc. Things aren't right and > some major revamping needs to take place. I've seen problems in private > schools because they don't want to alienate any of the paying parents. sigh, > no solution in sight for either one. Seems like the one-room school houses > did better. > > Jan G. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "JACK CHILDERS" <jaxone1234@msn.com> > Reply-To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com > To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! > Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 16:31:03 -0500 > > Norma, as I understand it, public school systems were founded, and funded, > by industry barons who wanted a more educated peon to work in their > factories. The whole program was geared to prepare the child to go to work > in a factory, take orders, do the thing the establishment wanted. > > I have seen very little since then to make me think things have changed > much. Yes, they want little clones who will fall right in with the party > line. Schools do not encourage original thinking, and that is sad, because > as far as I am concerned that is what schools should do. > > Jack Childers in OKC > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > ~~~~ > > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by > each individual submitter. > > The Following topics are inappropriate on Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com: > Political discussion/ views > Religious and inspirational postings, > Politically "Hot" Topics > Advertising and chain letters > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > ~~~~ > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by each individual submitter. > > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/mia.html > This is the POW/MIA Links and Database. > A complete list by Service Branch of POW/MIA/KIAs in Vietnam is here. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >