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Originally Posted by Bleeding Head Ken  Please cite any historical evidence that in the United States or England that the "lack of education" was known before compulsory education.
The proponents of public education in the 17th and 18th century would have been laughed at for thinking that academics was a government matter and that education to the level that people needed and wanted it was unavailable to any but a very very few. |
In Europe, England, and even the USA, it was known that if you educated the masses, they would become hard to control. It was only when there seemed to be a need, or an advantage, to educate children that public, free, and compulsory education came about. So what happened? The masses were taught only the minimum, just enough to make them trainable.
You cannot train someone in even a slightly technical job unless they have a basic education to start with. Back when jobs were mindless labor, an education was not needed for the masses, and in no way was the govt. of the USA going to waste money on such a thing. It was local communities who WANTED their children to be educated who hired school teachers.
It is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer that a nation of undeducated drones will never prosper. We have nations like that now, and they will likely never get past 3rd world status as long as their educated leaders keep them ignorant. It only takes one smart peasant to realize that someone needs to step up an kill the oppressive leader....
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