Compulsory education

Trying to curb intelligence of past and future generations by scientific modifications has been prevalent since the eugenics movement of the early 20th century. This movement seeked to create a “master race” by improving genetic traits of humans through sterilization and selective breeding. There were laws set in place which forced people that were deemed “feeble minded” to be sterilized. These laws are long gone now as a result of a ban on sterilization laws from the United Nations in 1948…

Why did the Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses become a law? What type of treatments did the people go through? What effects did it have on the patients, the people who performed the sterilizations/ surgeries, and local citizens? The Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses became a law because the Germans wanted a pure race. The treatments were brutal and the effects differed from the person’s view of the German race and what a part they…

Sterilization of women and young girls with disabilities has always been a subject that many people have different opinions about. Forced sterilization is happening in countries such as India and Australia. In those two countries they forced sterilization upon women and girls with disabilities. Although they do this is without consent, they say it is for the female’s safety. There are parents or family members of disabled girls that are all for sterilizing the disabled female, so that she would…

Eugenics is choosing traits in order to make all of society “better”. This practice has a terrible reputation because it was practiced by the Nazi’s in order to create a master race. Hence, why they exterminated those with mental and physical incapacities. It was also encouraged for those who worked within the regime to make sure their partners had good genetics with a healthy family history. According to the Deutsche Welle, thousands of people were forcibly sterilized because their genetics…

rejection of “defectiveness” on the basis of their sexual habits or lack of stereotypical femininity. Further, feminists are seen as differing widely with eugenicists on issues such as birth control, sexuality and economic independence through education and employment for women. While many women did align themselves with eugenic science, they created a new and distinct eugenic feminism that combined their feminist legal goals and eugenic reasoning. The common theme in this widely differing…

Sexual Racism can be seen in medicine starting in the 1900’s. In 1907, the first forced sterilization laws went into effect in Indiana (Rivard 1). These laws lasted for around 40 years, in which many of the “undesirable” populations were subject to forced sterilizations to “better the population”. Minorities and the poor where specifically targeted, especially Native women in America (Jarvenpa 18). It was not uncommon for a woman to go into a hospital to deliver a child, and to leave sterile.…

Before the advent of compulsory education laws in the United States from 1852-1918 a majority of children were educated by their families or communities. This early type of home education was the norm worldwide until the turn of the century, and is still widely practiced in developing countries. However, in developed countries since the universal adoption of such compulsory education laws home education has been driven into a more deviant subcategory. As a result, the homeschooling community as…

Everyone can agree that an adolescent’s education is one of the most important aspects of their childhood. Deciding whether one should send their child to public school or homeschool is a crucial decision. There are many reasons one would decide not to send their kids to public school with the way they are run these days. Homeschooling can give parents the ability to mold their child’s education effectively to their learning style. Although homeschooling requires lots of time and effort from…

During the past ten years, homeschooling has been steadily growing, driven by parents who want more control over what their children are learning. All fifty states recognize homeschooling as a legal alternative to traditional school, though education requirements vary by state (Sullivan 1). The growing popularity of homeschooling are scheduling is reinforced by test scores that show these children perform as well as children receiving conventional schooling, if not better (American Legion 1).…

Homeschooled education versus Public education It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that public education in the United States is a serious problem that keeps getting worse. It’ no surprise that public school system in a decline and more parents doubt the effectiveness of public schools by switching their children to homeschooling. Advocates of traditional public school system claim that public school is a best place for a child to get knowledge, thrive and better prepare for adult life.…