Comparing Tzu And Wollstonecraft On Education

According to our authors, what is there idea on education? Both Tzu and Wollstonecraft in their related works share their thoughts on the how’s and whys of education. In this paper I’ll compare the two, to see how they differ from each other. Why did they come to these conclusions? While reading these pieces I’ve learned a great deal how education was perceived.
In the words of Tzu, “He compares the process of educating a child to the process of straightening a piece of wood against a board or sharpening a piece of metal with a stone. If done correctly, each process permanently transforms the nature of the thing: the wood becomes straight the metal becomes sharp, and the child becomes “a gentleman“ as Confucius termed a person of moral character.”
Differences that appear natural can be ascribed to discrepancies in educational opportunities.” (Wollstonecraft, On National Education) Her solution was revolutionary for that era; it was unthinkable for many contemporaries: that they should educate men and women together. Both author’s state; albeit in different forms that everyone can and should receive proper education and become “a Gentleman” (Hsun Tzu, 8). Wollstonecraft believes that they should be educated together in private families and in public schools to make sure they receive the same educational opportunities. She states that “education should be based on reason, not superstition and education kind of education should be available to all children” (Wollstonecraft, On National Education) everywhere. At the time she wrote this “a basic education was available to the wealthy and middle-class males” (Wollstonecraft, On National Education). Wollstonecraft was a feminist and for her era she was controversial. She had this strange notion that says “educating boys and girls together would also have the added benefit of creating early marriages” (Wollstonecraft, On National Education). Wollstonecraft thinks that the younger two people are when they get married, the better. That might have been an accepted thing in that day but in our day and age it isn’t. Her thought is that women will learn self-respect; she asserts
That’s a nice idea, but, I am of the school of thought that governments shouldn’t be a part of the educational system. My reason for this is our government implemented Common Core to replace a failed NCLB (No Child Left Behind) system. The NCLB system was standards-based, test-driven school reform. Our government forced each state to adopt the Common Core standards which use the same heavy-handed, top-down policies. Common Core tests are used to evaluate educators and in so doing is an assault on the teaching profession, the failing test scores will be used as an excuse to close schools. I do think that there are private schools that have great curriculum’s, but they are pricey. Wollstonecraft states that schools where both the rich and poor alike attend there should be a dress code where boys and girls all dress alike to prevent any of the distinctions of vanity (10). Where Wollstonecraft states private families, I tend to agree with this. We as a family homeschool our children, and it works for us. She says that children “should be sent to school to mix with a number of equals, for only by the jostling of equals can we form a just opinion of ourselves” (43). “To render mankind more virtuous, and happier both sexes must act from the same principle” (43). According to Wollstonecraft “women must be allowed