Chap 6 Rethinking Education

I found this chapter really interesting as always. I think that it seems to be a very natural progression that the education system has gone through. It seems like apprenticeship was the first form of real education in children's lives and it was very informal in the fact that it was done by watching and doing and just learning one particular skill, although it was very effective and it did seem like a great way for the children to learn. With the progression into public mandated schools I almost yearn a little for the one on one apprenticeship days of our pasts. I think that the ideals of back then would be a wonderful way to run a classroom, although it is not really very practical in the fact that you can not have a 1:3 teacher to student ratio. I can see in this chapter why some parents may opt for homeschooling to achieve more one on one attention but still feel that they would be more well rounded culturally if they were to be in a public school.