The Scots-Irish had a method to their madness when it comes to education. As I mentioned before I come from a long line of Presbyterian ministers who were all educators. The reason they both preached and established schools is because the Scotch Presbyterians believed that the more educated you were, the better you could understand God and his Word. They also believed that education should reflect God's excellence through wisdom and the art of reasoning biblically. That's why so many schools were founded by the church in the U.S. Barb