In paragraph 12, Emerson makes the following assertion about education in his time: "Our modes of Education aim to expedite, to save labor; to do for masses what cannot be done for the masses, what must be done reverently, one by one: say rather, the whole world is needed for the tuition of each pupil." What does he mean? (You might have to look up the meaning of tuition in this context.) Do you think that public education today still resembles Emerson's description? Explain.
In his essay, Emerson describes the education system of his time. In most of the essay he criticizes teachers, schools and education in general. In paragraph 12 Emerson describes the purpose of the eductional system to get students through school with the same level of eduction for all.
He notes that the "modes of Eduction aim to expidite." Meaning, that its purpose is to speed it up or to be done promptly. He believes that educators teach the same lessons to every pupil no matter the pace that needs to be met to ensure that every student understands. After looking up the word "tuition" on dictionary.com, I found that it meant the teaching or instruction of pupils. Emerson believes that the educator should instruct each student according to a pace at which they can learn by.
I believe that the school system in our time is somewhat different. There are classes that are focused on moving at paces that are not of the average student. Wheather it be a faster or slower pace, our school system has the classes to meet these requirments.
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