After I had read, “The New England Primer” excerpt, "An Alphabet of Lessons for Children" it really illustrated the true connection of how important religion, and education was to the colonists. The way that they taught the alphabet back then shocked me. It really made me realize what a difference a couple hundred years can make when it comes to the ways that people lived, and the way that they taught. The way that we receive an education today is much, much different. We not only have freedom of speech, but we are able to practice whatever religion we want to. Due to the fact that people practice many religions, I believe that- thats why religion is not much of a focus in the classroom when it comes to public education. We have a much more diverse educational system today compared to the Puritan era. The New England Primers- “Verses for Little Children,” really revealed how much they tried to preach their religion to the children. The opening 6 lines made it clear that they really tried to get the children to absorb their true beliefs.
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’Tis time to seek to God, and pray
For what I want for everyday
(“Verses for Little Children.”)
Personally, I think that these lines in the text seemed very “brainwashing.” Although, I do think that laws such as the Deluder Satan Act were effective in supporting these lines because their society did truly try its best to force the teachings of their beliefs.
It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues, that so that at least the true sense and meaning of the original might be clouded and corrupted with false glosses of saint-seeming deceivers; and to the end that learning may not be buried in the grave of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our
’Tis time to seek to God, and pray
For what I want for everyday
(“Verses for Little Children.”)
Personally, I think that these lines in the text seemed very “brainwashing.” Although, I do think that laws such as the Deluder Satan Act were effective in supporting these lines because their society did truly try its best to force the teachings of their beliefs.
It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues, that so that at least the true sense and meaning of the original might be clouded and corrupted with false glosses of saint-seeming deceivers; and to the end that learning may not be buried in the grave of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our