What if your whole future depended on the order you were born and even your profession was to be decided by you parents according to what your siblings had already chosen for themselves? Worse yet how would you cope with the fact that given this conditions, you are the youngest son out seventeen kids? In an autobiographical letter written to his son William, Benjamin Franklin describes in detail the hardships he faced while growing up in an extensive family, and how he became an intellectual man out of passion for reading and writing, and later on one of the Founding Fathers of the Nation. With his passion and dynamism, Franklin became a key figure in the American Revolution and his autobiography serves as an example of what was parallel to this conflict.
Income-Order
In today’s America children have the right to go to school regardless of income, gender, race or status. Back in the 1700’s children were first educated by their parents and then sent to a vocational school, or sent under indenture over to people that would teach them how make a living by teaching them the job they were supposed to do once they grow up, which was decided upon by the father of the child. When referring to children under the education “system” it …show more content…
Considering the fact that times were simpler back then, the colonies education system is not a big surprise. Nowadays education is a basic need for American children, boys and girls have the right to go to school, and there is a public schooling system that facilitates their hard working parents, which in today’s America have no need to teach their children on their own. There are also so many different career paths that a young person can take, unlike in the 18th century when the job market was limited to a few
Income-Order
In today’s America children have the right to go to school regardless of income, gender, race or status. Back in the 1700’s children were first educated by their parents and then sent to a vocational school, or sent under indenture over to people that would teach them how make a living by teaching them the job they were supposed to do once they grow up, which was decided upon by the father of the child. When referring to children under the education “system” it …show more content…
Considering the fact that times were simpler back then, the colonies education system is not a big surprise. Nowadays education is a basic need for American children, boys and girls have the right to go to school, and there is a public schooling system that facilitates their hard working parents, which in today’s America have no need to teach their children on their own. There are also so many different career paths that a young person can take, unlike in the 18th century when the job market was limited to a few