Reflection Paper 9

There are a few similarities to the two articles, First Schools and Education in Ancient Egypt. First there is the similarity that students had to be of wealthy inheritance to be able to go to school at all. Their fathers had to be of a high job position to allow their child to attend school. The second similarity is that in both articles it mentioned that students were required to recite their studies all from memory. They also had to write down and copy other texts besides just enumerating them from memory. My thoughts on teacher effectiveness today in comparison are that like how it is today in the article “The First Schools” students then went to school for many years, from the time they were young to when they became adults. They also encourage their students with their learning and help them with their “faults and inadequacies” like teachers do today. Teachers in today’s world are very similar to those in ancient times. Their motifs for teaching are still the same as they were back then, they want to see their students excel and achieve. So while they praise them for their hard work they also point out what they’re doing wrong and encourage their students to try better so that they can be successful. The parallels between teaching in ancient times and now are extraordinary in how little the main principles have changed. What has changed though is the hours the students are in school. In ancient times students went to school from morning to night where as in today’s society students go from morning to mid afternoon. Despite that difference, students in ancient times also enjoyed breaks from school that students so cherish today. They were able to take time off from school to enjoy life like students do today. I don’t think that the teaching effectiveness has changed so much from then to the world of today. The motivation, the teacher’s strive for students to succeed, the criticism, etc, is all still relevant today. The only difference is that we have an abundance of facilities geared towards the sole purpose of learning and that parents aren’t the only means of educating their children anymore. As well as the fact that only wealthy children with fathers with high statuses are allowed to learn. Every one whether they’re rich or poor has the ability to gain an education that is the biggest difference.