Reflection 18

When the Puritans came to America or the New World as they called it, they decided that they needed to establish a school. The Puritans established this school because they believed that the only way to remain pure of heart was by being able to read and write. This thought goes to show that education has always been viewed as a way of improving society. With every new colony and turn in society, education has always played the role of regulator. Deciding how things were done, when, and how.

When the Soviets launched the Sputnik, the government thrust more education on the American students. They decided that we needed more innovative classes; more science classes, math, and foreign languages. They realized that the Soviet was able to surpass them with this technological advance because they had more education then America.

Without education, there would be very few intellects; society as we know it today would not even exist. We would still be living in the dark ages where we only knew and believed things because it was told to us. By giving an education to societies, we have advanced in ways that were probably unimaginable. Thanks to an education, what looks like your average Joe is really a genius and can create bomb with basic household items.

We have highways, bus routes, train routes, airplanes, GPS navigation systems that do all the thinking for us, and smart phones-all thanks to education. If the people who invented these things had not gone to school and taken the requisite science, math, and English courses, we would have nothing. We would probably still be riding around on horses and bicycles. However,the fact that the bicycle was invented was still a great advance.

It is true that education has always been seen as a way to advance society. The founders of society have recognized that by giving people training in the basic classes, they develop a strong point in one of them. When this strong point is developed, scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, writers, and basically moguls are also born. Establishing education is detriment to the growth of society, this is why where there is education there is room for growth.