Thomas Jefferson's Education System

Considering Jefferson’s era, his platform for education seemed to be revolutionary and progressive. Nevertheless, I think for our time now, it’s very outdated. There are some points of Jefferson’s system that I agree with and others I would tweak, remove, or reinterpret. Theres many things I am still very unaware about but, here are some ideas I would have to create my own education system. “Educate and inform the whole mass of people”. I would start off with this idea from Thomas Jefferson in my education system. Unlike him thought, I would really mean, the whole mass of people. I agree with Sonia Sotomayor when she stated that, “Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society”. I would want to desegregate schools back to how they’re supposed to be. I think everyone benefits from a more diverse class room and I think that would lead to better testing for all races if every race or class was given the same education. Might mean that some money might be taken from the wealthier schools or they might have to share their resources but, I know it would be beneficial for everyone.
One thing I would want to change is the imbalance of class and education. “A secondary education, Jefferson thought, should be available only to those who …show more content…
Life happens outside of the desk and while Jefferson’s plan for education looks great on paper it might be hard to apply in real life. Unlike Jefferson, I would like to apply the arts into our education more. People can learn through the arts and I know education and fun and expression can all be hand in hand. As Bill Beattie has said, “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.” I think adding in creative ways of expressing one’s self or problem solving would improve our schools