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The student checklist at the end of Mulford's notebook entry depicts multiple components to an education that strengthen more than just one's mind. The expectations for students to have "combed hair ... cleaned teeth ... [and] eaten green fruit" and for students to have "attended public worship ... [and] prayed to that God" emphasizes strengthening one's body and soul, respectively, as well (Woloch, 164). '''These rules follow the guidelines that literature promoting female education, such as Benjamin Rush's Thoughts on Female Education, had set forth during the Revolution.''' The '''other aspect of Eliza's notebook I found interesting was that the religious structure taught at school was probably already practiced within the students' homes. Why was it necessary for the schools to reiterate behaviors that parents had already instilled?''' - Seth Mintzer | The student checklist at the end of Mulford's notebook entry depicts multiple components to an education that strengthen more than just one's mind. The expectations for students to have "combed hair ... cleaned teeth ... [and] eaten green fruit" and for students to have "attended public worship ... [and] prayed to that God" emphasizes strengthening one's body and soul, respectively, as well (Woloch, 164). '''These rules follow the guidelines that literature promoting female education, such as Benjamin Rush's Thoughts on Female Education, had set forth during the Revolution.''' The '''other aspect of Eliza's notebook I found interesting was that the religious structure taught at school was probably already practiced within the students' homes. Why was it necessary for the schools to reiterate behaviors that parents had already instilled?''' - Seth Mintzer | ||
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| + | I thought it was funny that the 5th rule says if you missed church you better have a good excuse on Judgement day, like God would completely disown them if they missed a single day. I also found it to be interesting that basically every rule for this school was related to religion. Most of the questions were also about something religious. Except the green fruit one. That seemed a little random to me. The majority of these rules are rules that I would expect from a girls' school in NE. A lot of them seemed more like morals than rules. Especially "do unto others, as you would they should do unto you". -Katelyn Lease | ||
== Emma Willard, “A Rationale for Female Education,” 1819 == | == Emma Willard, “A Rationale for Female Education,” 1819 == | ||
