Value Of Education In Canada

Canada as part of the British Empire, was automatically at war following Britain’s declaration of war in August 1914 misperceives many twenty-first century students. However, it would have made perfect sense to the twentieth-century Canadian youths, most of whose educational experiences were greatly shaped by their nation’s ties. For many teachers, formal education was the perfect way to assimilate students to the practices of the Anglo-Protestant citizenship. In wartime, Canadian schools emphasized imperial nationalism, military glory and obedience. Hitherto these values came to assume a new importance as teachers explained the conflict of the holy war- a fight for morality, democracy, the rights of a small nation, the future of the British
Empire. Service and sacrifice, demanded of soldiers and civilians alike, moved to the centre of the Canadian educational experience. Piercy was one of many school teachers , who had decided on enlisting as a way to show the youth an example of patriotism. The sacrifices made by teachers and former students who had enlisted- some of whom killed in action, were held up as extraordinary examples of patriotism and selflessness that young people had a duty to emulate. These factors of showing countless pride and patriotism to the youth of the nation, presumably affected Piercy to make the decision on enlisting as a private.