Horace Mann thought highly of education from childhood. In his youth Mann was educated by underqualified teachers, then eventually began to teach himself in the town library. Samuel Barrett eventually tutored him, teaching him Latin and Greek. Mann had a great love for education. “God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.” (Babel). At the age of twenty Mann went to Brown University, joining the sophomore class. At the university he became interested in the problems of society including; politics, education, and social reforms, this sparked Mann to become a reformer. After his time at the university, Mann graduated in 1819. He decided to become a lawyer and
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Due to this, his love for education became a very important thing to him, especially since Massachusetts public school system needed work. It needed to be taken from the local districts and put to a higher standard just as the founding fathers had planned. Education was crucial to them because when you educate your youth you have a more sustainable government and a brighter future. The free school system was at the very core of educational instruction. The founding fathers wanted to spread peace and order not only to benefit society but also to build up the Church. Only through education is this possible. “If you prefer liberty to slavery, you will exert yourselves to sustain our free school tending to degrade the town schools, is one step taken to sap the foundation of the temple of freedom.” (Babel). This is significant on the grounds this was pre-civil war, and there was a huge amount of debate on the idea of slavery. Education reforms weren't just installed from Mann but from the development of America beginning with our founding fathers. Mann is accredited to being ‘The Father of the Common School Movement’, fighting for what our founding fathers intended for our education system. Mann was truly an advocation for
Due to this, his love for education became a very important thing to him, especially since Massachusetts public school system needed work. It needed to be taken from the local districts and put to a higher standard just as the founding fathers had planned. Education was crucial to them because when you educate your youth you have a more sustainable government and a brighter future. The free school system was at the very core of educational instruction. The founding fathers wanted to spread peace and order not only to benefit society but also to build up the Church. Only through education is this possible. “If you prefer liberty to slavery, you will exert yourselves to sustain our free school tending to degrade the town schools, is one step taken to sap the foundation of the temple of freedom.” (Babel). This is significant on the grounds this was pre-civil war, and there was a huge amount of debate on the idea of slavery. Education reforms weren't just installed from Mann but from the development of America beginning with our founding fathers. Mann is accredited to being ‘The Father of the Common School Movement’, fighting for what our founding fathers intended for our education system. Mann was truly an advocation for