an educational philosophy similar to Essentialism
what's that?
only those who would become scribes or priests were able to go to school, joined by royals and the wealthy
overstanding what you are saying here. So is it scribes, priests, and the wealthy go to school, or is it that the wealthy go to school to become scribes and priests?
Essentialism is the educational philosophy which believes students should be brought up learning what is needed for them to become functional members of society and have a sufficient life at the same time.
could've explicated this earlier in the paper. and are there any non-retarded picks other than "Essentialism"?
This “back to basics” philosophy was, and still (to some degree) is, unique to the U.S. (Ryan 286)
"Ryan" is a braindead cuck, don't listen to him. No country really follows "Essentialism" as much as it should, but every national education system stresses maths (and programming more and more), sciences, and writing.
Women still could not carry out some jobs and privileges that men could, like going to school, but they certainly were seen as people.
Name one society that did not see women as people (excluding slaves). Anyhow, USA was founded akin to the British system, where wealthy men were above all else politically. And historically it was not very egalitarian relative to other countries. Today you might say that it is egalitarian, but there are still a lot of unseen Americans who hate Mexicans, hate gays. And then on the other side, you've got folk upholding to invalidate whiteskins' votes so Trump doesn't get picked.
Rome and Greece are always the two civilizations that are pointed to when one ponders what our nation was shaped by.
It's true. Noone back then (and still today somewhat) cared nor knew about the history of a Turkish vilayet in Africa, and noone spoke Egyptian, whereas everyone and their nan at all wealthy could write in Latin and many in Greek as well. Any coincidences with Egypt are just that: coincidences. I'm pretty sure the Bolsheviks and Revolutionary France weren't inspired by Egypt, despite their groundbreaking egalitarianism for the times. Heck, I don't think it was until the French invasion of Egypt that they really started digging much there.
All are eligible to have their voice heard and listened to in our country now, whether it be at a town meeting, a protest or petition, or in a vote for various leaders. Perhaps we should add Egypt to the list of civilizations that influenced our Founding Fathers?
Every grownup having a say is something thoroughly not-Egyptian. And furthermore, I'm pretty sure when America was first founded, something like 3% the population was eligible to vote.
the similarity with Biblical lessons which have shaped a deal of our culture is uncanny
Not so uncanny if you think about it. Both very old Afroasiatic cultures living in pretty much the same lands with a lot of interaction with each other.
History is still worth teaching
Not as a mandatory subject. And if not as a mandatory subject, most everything is worth teaching.
Should we be happy that the U.S. and other nations are using such and old and, therefore, successful and effective way of Schooling and Education?
Modern education, it's дерьмо. In Europe and America we still learn the same stuff ancient Greeks did, despite its irrelevance. Handheld calculators have been a thing since the '70s, and graphing calculators since the '80s. And now some carry calculators at all times: their telephone. Law, programming, economy, why're these not yet mandatory subjects mostwhere? Self-defence instead of aimlessly running classes, drop learning literature and history wholly.
