Clara Barton American Culture

Every place around the world, cultures differ in many ways. In Clara Barton: Founder American Red Cross, there are many things in her culture of that time that are different than ours. Some of the differences are in: schooling, medical, laws, and war. In this book, Clara grew up in a different time era than we do now, a lot of stuff was different during that time. Schooling during this time was very different than it is now. When Clara was growing up, the schooling wasn’t as big as it is now for instance, “From Dorothy, the oldest, Clara learned how to read. Her brother Stephen taught her mathematics . Sally taught her geography” (18). Later Clara decided to become a teacher at the age of 17 (24). In today’s time, you would not be able to do that because you would obviously have to go to college for a certain amount of years before you would be able to do that. At one of the schools Clara taught at was a “subscription school”, which means that each student’s parents would pay a fee toward the salary of the teacher (26). Another different thing is that Clara started up her own school after convincing the school board (29). You would not be able to do this now, because you would have to …show more content…
The laws during the time Clara Barton was alive to now, are a bit different. During that time, it was easier to do things. One area was schooling. To be a teacher, you could be a lot younger than you would have to be now. For instance, “ She enjoyed learning, and as teaching in the 19th century did not require college-level education, she applied for her teaching certification when she was only 17 years old” (24). At a certain school type, parents would pay a fee toward the salary of the teacher (25). You now don’t have to do that unless you go to a private school. To be helping with nursing or anything medical, you could be a lot younger than now. The other easy process about it was being able to go and talk to the people in charge about the