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As we already know, education is essential for personal development and advancement in life. Despite being judged by race, and sometimes even religion, these children were able to obtain an education, putting them ahead of those who do not. America's public school system was growing, as was the multiculturalism among its classrooms. The greater the number of educated children, the better. The better it was for the United States of America. 

    I, along with the rest of my group, came up with the 4 A's that were essential to this chapter. We argued, we assumed, we agreed, and we aspired.  To start it off we talked about how William Wirt designed a system that allowed kids to divide their work and hobbies into groups. This allows kids to switch classrooms and undertake different activities throughout the day rather than staying in one location. This important feature helps students stay less weary and helps their minds recharge in time for the next lesson or activity by continuing to move around with excitement. We then began to talk about immigrants in public schools. How people from all over the globe was travelling just for there kids to have an education. They aspired to a better life for themselves and their future generations. That, in my opinion, is great and crucial since your life is a result of the decisions you make, and taking that step, especially while traveling so far from home, is not easy. Naturally, by exposing students to a diverse range of opinions, thoughts, and cultural backgrounds, you’re encouraging them to be more open-minded later in life. This will make them open to new ideas and be able to attain a greater comprehension on a topic by taking in different points of view. And that's what public schools were becoming.  I consider everything I'm writing to be good, but  There were certain flaws in the public school system, and there were issues about what to teach and whether or not all children should receive the same education. I had to disagree with this viewpoint since skin color should not determine the type of education you receive. We are all human, with hearts, and capability to thrive in the public school systems equally.  immigrants from all over were looking for a new opportunities, and America was changing so for some people to pass that remark was just ignorant, and not right. 

    on page 144 of the article Between 1900 and 1930, over 18.6 million people immigrated to the US, the largest percentage coming from eastern and southern Europe.  So many people were coming to America to have a better life, which correlates to the public school article as well.  Stanford University professor Ellwood Cubberley, one of the most promi- nent educational leaders in this period, spoke for this group when he described the new immigrants as ‘largely illiterate, docile, often lacking in initiative, and almost wholly without the Anglo-Saxon conceptions of righteousness, liberty, law, order, public decency.’" located on page 145.  As the immigrants were coming to America they had no clue how to do anything, so the public school systems really had to take there time to teach this kids the American language, American culture, in the end the immigrants benefited. The process of civic education was simple and straightforward. Immigrants had to learn English; learn to think of themselves as Americans rather than as members of distinct ethnic groups; had to proclaim that individualism was one of America’s greatest character traits; espouse American political values; and learn patriotism through an interpretation of history that stressed America’s triumphs and ignored its faults (page 145) immigrants helped shaped classrooms as well in terms of diversity, and different views on life, but also had to learn how to be an American. Despite the fact that public schools devised programs to ‘Americanize' immigrant children, the goal was achieved in an ironic way, as youngsters merged their American and ethnic identities.