Education

Everyday a middle class child goes to school. They are taught to read and write. This child is also taught that they will play sports in high school, have a perfect GPA and attend a good college. From kindergarten through a child's senior year in high school they are told taught what to want from their future. It is not always the books and the curriculum that shape these childens lives. It is the teachers …

…traditions]" is a great example of societies influence on Rose(109). Rose grew up in a democratic society, therefore he thinks that democracy could help other cultures with their problems. He worries about the repercautions of a canonical outlook on education. If we sucummb to a canonical way of learning then we will lose the ability to think for ourselves. If we remain in a Democratic society, we will continue to be "vibrant and dynamic"(Rose 109).