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Both Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Rush existed in a time where education worked on very unstable ideologies. ... Despite their similarities, Jefferson and Rush agreed in a few key areas coercing them onto opposite sides of the educational spectrum. Jefferson’s thoughts leaned more toward education in agreement with democracy and also with education leading to individual intellectual and religious freedom. ... As per my understanding of the material in lecture and the textbook, I would have to agree with Jefferson’s thinking about intellectual and religious freedom over Rush’s ideas of education, patriotism, and religion. Jefferson’s ideas seemed more in accordance with the growing nation’s wishes, and our system today is modeled more after Jefferson’s ideals than those of the physician Benjamin Rush.
First, Jefferson and Rush, despite their differing views on certain facets of education, were held together by the general ideologies that they did share. Both Rush and Jefferson were prominent Classical Liberalists in their era. ... Jefferson and Rush could often times be found to be in agreement on the importance of school in society. “Each [Jefferson and Rush] valued education highly and considered schooling to be an important building block for a free society” (Tozer, 42). Further, Jefferson himself once said, “We cannot expect to be ignorant and free” (Lecture, 9-18). Finally, both Jefferson and Rush were eager to help forward the progress of a democratic form of government. Despite these similarities, the two great minds disagreed on the way to construct an educational system that would be the most beneficial to American society.
Thomas Jefferson’s educational policies revolved around his commitment to a republican form of government and his ideas concerning merit and scholarships. First, Jefferson established the four tier system of education including elementary school, grammar school, university, and self-education.
Approximate Word count = 1423
Approximate Pages = 5.7
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