Education And Society And The American Dream

For example, New Englanders moved in families; unlike the Chesapeake people. Also, they were low premarital pregnancies. In contrast of the north and south, the south generally allowed married women to retain a separate title to their property, and gave widows the right to inherit their husband’s estate. However, in the north, when a woman’s husband dies, the church gets the property, and the women normally give up their property rights, when they get married. The biggest difference the north and south had was slavery. Massachusetts was the front of the colonies that wanted to abolish slavery. In New England, there were schools for towns that had more than fifty families, and in 1636, Harvard College was established in Massachusetts. The Puritans ran their own churches, and democracy in Congregational Church government led logically to democracy in political

What we call the American Dream, the founding fathers called the pursuit of happiness. The American Dream is built on the promise that individuals from all walks of life can find success and prosperity here. It shapes from our opinions, desires, interests, cultures, geographical locations, and religions. Some presume the dream of becoming an engineer, a medical doctor, an athlete, a politician, or even maybe following their father’s footsteps and carrying on the family tradition of owning a restaurant. Sometimes, achieving this success is associated with the conception of receiving an education, especially a college education. The common debate of today’s society has always been whether

America used to thrive on its education system and that is why it became one of the greatest nations in the world. Education is the backbone of our country, and we must give high priority to improve its current condition. Unfortunately, in the past couple of decades, the education system has been regressing. It has been on the decline and not as effective. The quality of education in a country has an influence on GDP growth, social cohesion and social well being in general. In order to improve the quality of education in the U.S., the following must be taken into consideration: the structure of our education system must be reanalyzed, we must compare and contrast our education system to systems of other countries with higher rankings, and finally, there must be a solution.

In New England, however, because of the lack of need for labor there were very few black slaves and everyone was relatively equal. A large difference between New England and the Southern colonies is that when people moved to the New England regions many of them came in communities and families. In the South because of the many individuals, there was a shortage of women and therefore population did not grow as quickly. This expansion of cities in the New England colonies led to the founding of primary and secondary schools for education. Harvard College in Massachusetts was founded eighty-six years before the first college in Virginia. In the South, the few and spread out cities led to a slow development of schools and many children had tutors instead of attending school. These two very different social structures developed the character of the regions.

Education in America is one of the most important issues that face our nation. If the education in America is not thought of one of most serious issues we face, our nation as a whole will fall. There are many debates and they seemly extend to all walks of life. The debates range from the decline in education, school vouchers, and the no child left behind law. As a nation, the United States is ranked above others. We must search for that solution to all of the pro’s and con’s in education. The solution should allow all walks of life to excel in the education realm. After all, the children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow.

Although Maryland was founded as a refuge for English Catholics, the Chesapeake wasn’t very religion-oriented. Instead, the colonies focused on building a strong economy, which developed its aristocratic atmosphere. The Church of England was established, making the main religion Anglican. Because of its plantation economy, nearly 75% of the Chesapeake’s population was slaves, mainly male. Considering the Chesapeake was so heavily focused on making profit the plantations, education was not emphasized. The literacy rates were extremely low. Up north, the New England colonies were heavily focused on religion, hence the Congregational Church dominated the region. The main motive was to create a community that followed the world of God and to escape from religious persecution back home in England. Therefore, religious education and academics were highly emphasized, making New England have some of the highest literacy rates. The first public education system in America was founded in Massachusetts by Puritan settlers in 1635. It can be concluded that the cause of the difference between social Chesapeake and New England also leads back to their reasons for

For others, it was the idea of riches that pushed them to travel and settle in the new world. In the Chesapeake region, the established church was the Church of England. The regiment of the church was much looser and less strict than that of New England's society. In the New England area, many of the colonists were Puritans, who led a life devoted to their faith, and to serving God. Religion was directly tied to education in the colonies. In New England, the people used their zeal to create schools for writing, reading, education of the bible, and to create seminaries for the education of ministers. In the Chesapeake colonies, where the religious regiment was not as strict due to the rural area and the distance between the church and church members, people were less educated because of the distance. The geographics of both the Chesapeake and the New England area helped to determine religious practices and economic

After reading the introduction and first chapter of The American Dream and The Public School, I don’t know whether to be more encouraged, more determined, more excited to be a teacher in a time where the future of public education needs strong student advocates, or to be terrified as I am reminded of the ever-growing disparities for children based on their socioeconomic standing, race, and ethnicity. Though strongly backing the project II topic my group presented in explaining how those who are morally educated well become better, more productive members of society, the authors of these chapters reminded me that for all the lip service Americans give to this topic, they do little to back it. I certainly agree that a good educational base generates

The Southern economy was based on the ownership of plantations. Slaves were soldon board ships to work on plantations and grow tobacco. (Doc 8) The Southern colonial region was split into two areas, the tidewater was more rich than the backcountry. Due to the better growing conditions in the tidewater, it became very wealthy. On the other hand, the New England colonies had no plantations which gave them a small chance for financial success. The New England colonies also wanted to expand trading. They got their profit from fishing and trading. The Puritans kept New England unified (Doc 1). The New England colonies also had written constitutions. Therefore the economy in the Southern colonies and New England colonies were very different.There were many differences between the cultures of the New England and Southern colonies. The culture of New England included Education about God and religion in textbooks. There were public schools in New England colonies. To the people in New England area God was very important one of their main priorities (Doc 7). In the Southern colonies schools were private(Doc 8) and there were many slaves to work on plantations, there were slave codes to determine the rights of slaves in the colonies. The south was also motivated by

The differences between the colonies of New England and the southern region were stark. First, the settlers who immigrated to the new world had different reasons for doing so. South Carolina was established as a buffer zone between other English colonies and the Spanish colonies in Florida. Georgia was founded for an even more interesting reason. In England, there were many social problems including lewdness, drunkenness, and various sexual sins. Also, those in the upper class who found themselves unable to pay back their loans were sent to debtor’s prisons. Georgia was intended to be a place for those people to get a new start, however, most of the colonists who ended up there were poor farmers. On the other hand, the colonies of New England were set up primarily for religious reasons. Although there were some that sought profit in New England, most settlers sought liberty and freedom of worship. English separatists, who vehemently disagreed with the way the Church of England was set up, left Holland and came to America on the Mayflower. They landed in modern Massachusetts and established the Plymouth Colony. Rhode Island was also founded on a religious basis after Roger Williams and his fellow dissenters were exiled from Massachusetts. It became a haven for Quakers, Jews, Baptists and members of other minority religions.

Social life was more stratified as the wealthy class made themselves more distinct and created a gap. Only plantation owners' children were educated and only people who could afford it went to college. They were not super religious, unlike the New England Puritans, and 1/15 residents were actually members of the church. In 1642, Virginia officially became Anglican which was popular among large land owners. In the 18th century Anglican became the official church of the south.

The New England colonies were more advanced out of the colonies because they had the most diverse social classes than the other two colonies. Slaves and indentured servants automatically placed the lowest of the social classes are something all the colonies had in common. All the colonies have a certain amount of slaves; but the South has a significant higher count than the rest. However, the urban class structure in New England was a lot different. Unlike the other two colonies, New England colonies, such as Massachusetts had merchants, skilled artisans, and landless or unskilled workers. The Mid Atlantic had farmers such as colonists in Pennsylvania. However there were also plenty of laborers in their social class in New York. Finally, the most primitive, yet simple, social class was in the Southern Colonies. The majority of their classes comprised of landowners and their slaves. Slavery was most known in the state of Virginia. There were few indentures servants, yet slaves were in higher

The New England colonists were looking to settle where they could have religious freedom. They were strongly Puritan and were not tolerant of other religions. Their beliefs revolved around the idea of being a unified colony and being a model for others to follow. The eyes of other people were upon them and they needed to work together even in suffering and labor. They believed so strongly that their beliefs were right and wanted people to look at them and strive to be like them. Education was not a priority, but they wanted children to learn to read so they could live like the Bible told them they should. The Chesapeake was not as focused on establishing a religion, but it was, however, still intertwined in their daily life. Most of their religious views and beliefs came from Anglican background. There were few clergymen and churches which kept many from attending anyway. Unlike in the New England colonies, children were educated at home so they could quickly begin working to make money. Religion soon became a secondary importance behind economics and

communication and travel difficult, the colonists had trouble going further with the growth of an organized system of churches. South Carolina had several religious beliefs and practices to the colony. Maryland was settled as a safe haven for Catholics, but policy of separation of church and state and the stance on religious freedom made the religious base of Maryland vary.

The people who descended from the Puritans and newcomers who settled the northern area of the country tended to lean more towards the well-educated classes that held the intellectual and scientific knowledge in reverence. The South was almost a different land. A large population from the proprietary classes settled in the South and