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Chapter Eight: "The Invention of High School"
Important questions asked in ch8: "Is democratic schooling different in its nature from the traditional approaches? How do you reconcile a belief in equality with the realities that students have vastly different aptitudes and that no school will be able to develop each of them equally? How much schooling is necessary to maintain equality, and when does it become either a subsidy for the well-to-do or an imposition on students' time?"pg143
Hines tells us about Boston English Classical School & Central High School (Phil) and their aim to provide education that prepares students for life rather than preparing them for college.
Favorite quote: "Without high school, there aren't any teenagers." pg139
Because high schools took away possible earnings from families (for sending their sons to work) and took up time, more was expected of them. Also because they are publicly funded they have to defend what they offer (as classes) to students. Sports & other events in schools were originally invented to "show off" what the schools have accomplished (taught the students).
to be continued when I get to page 157
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