The development of American schooling

This chapter, which discussed the cycle of revolution in our educational system, provided a clear description of how our education system came to be. Prior to reading this chapter, I did not know much about how the printing press led to the reformation and so on. One specific topic discussed in this chapter that stood out to me was while the shift in the education system was occuring, the property owners or farmers opposed the shift. The land owning farmers adimantly believed that the reason for education was to educate children only to prepare chidlren for a successful life on the farm. They believed that since that is what they will spend the rest of their lives doing, then that is all they need to be taught. Later, the belief that education occurs in school became prevalent.
The farmers opinion stood out to me. In my opinion, their perspective on education was logical, however, it was a bit niave. The farmers perspective reminded me of my, recently diminishing, opinion on how technology does not need to be incorporated into the classrooms. My perspective and the farmers perspective does not allow people to move foward and change for the better. And, if the farmers never looked past their perspective the education system could be very different today. So, this statement made me rethink the importance of technology's role in the classroom, and how I will not let my opinion come in the middle of a possibly very beneficial change.