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When people are training for a future profession they job shadow. This is because schooling teaches students the skills they need for doing a job. However job shadowing teaches students how to apply the skills they have learned in their professions.

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Today, children still have a hard time obtaining their education due to their home lives. They may have to help out their parents after school or work jobs and may not be able to get their school work done.

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It is important to learn inside and outside of school to be a well-rounded individual. While school can teach you valuable information you must apply your knowledge outside of the classroom. Also, important lessons can be learned outside of the classroom.

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Atticus was taught at home by his father and he became successful, but he wants his children to go to school and receive a formal education. To him, this is the most important thing he can do for his kids. He disagrees with the method of how school is taught, however, as he thinks that children can be taught from home as well. He understands that education should be flexible. He knows that Scout can learn at home and at school.

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"'If you'll concede the necessity of going to school, we'll go on reading every night just as we always have. Is it a bargin?'" (41)

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Miss Caroline has a very traditional view on how a child should be educated. She believes that Scout should not be learning at home. Miss Caroline thinks that learning should be done in a classroom with a teacher. She believes that learning any other way causes damage to a child's education.

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“Now you tell your father not to teach you anymore. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from
here and try to undo the damage-... Your father does not know how to teach" (pg 23).

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In the 1930s, education was very cookie cutter. There was only one way of educating children and every child was expected to learn specific things at specific times. Those who already knew what was being taught were reprimanded for knowing and expected to act at their grade level. Corporal punishment was common as well, as Scout was whipped on her hand during her first day of school. Also, many people did not value education and it was not essential for a child to succeed in life. Most children were expected to help their families at home and place helping their family before their education. In the modern day, corporal punishment has been abolished and education has gotten better about letting gifted children move ahead or learn things at their level. There is more value placed on education as now it is essential for success and most jobs require at least a high school diploma. There are still ways that schools can improve, but they've come a long way since the 1930s.

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Before Scout goes to school she is very excited to begin her education. She wants to learn at school and become educated. Scout education is one of the most important things to Scout.

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"I would be starting to school in a week. I never looked forward more to anything in my life."

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The Cunninghams value education as they send their children to school. However, they are living in poverty and they need their children to help in the fields in order to survive. This survival means that education is always secondary to them. The Cunninghams have to choose between putting food on the table or going to school. The Cunninghams have to put working their land over education to survive.

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After her first day of school Scout does not want to return. While she may not like school she does still value her education. Scout wants to drop out because she believes school is interfering with her education. She can read and write but Miss Caroline wants her to stop.

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"Reason I can't pass the first grade, Mr. Finch, is I've had to stay out ever' spring an' help Papa with the choppin'" (32)

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The Ewells view education as unnecessary. To them, having the children go to school is a waste of time. They do not want an education. In their lives, school is not important. Their view on education is the opposite of Miss Caroline's.

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“I didn’t know no better than not to read to her, and she
held me responsible—listen Atticus, I don’t have to go to school” (pg 40)!

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“They can go to school any time they want to, when they show the faintest symptom of wanting an education”(pg 40).