Rethinking Chapter 6

In chapter 6 it covers the three eras of education.  The initial era of education is the apprenticeship era.  The second era of education is the universal schooling era.  The upcoming era is going to be the life-long learning era.
Initially Horace Mann helped move education from the apprenticeship era to the universal schooling era where he and his fellow educators had brought the students to the same page academically instead of having them at all different levels of educational knowledge.  In the apprenticeship era the parents taught their children the same way they were instructed growing up.  Most of the time they were taught many aspects of the jobs their parents are a part of because that is what they were taught.  Many of the parents would end up deciding what profession their child would then be a part of.
The universal schooling era brought in the aspect of assessment especially through testing.  Compared to just being observed like you would be in the apprenticeship era.  Many times it feels like we are moving to a combination of the two, especially when completing the SOE work where we need to not only do well on standardized tests but also prove we know what we're doing in teaching lessons to peers and willing students in the area.
Some things I will take out of this chapter is the fluctuation of the schooling system as we know it in the past in our future.  When I was in high school and they offered apprenticeship opportunities to students who wanted to learn items like construction, nursing, and a few other technical courses I cannot remember off hand.  I thought then that an apprenticeship was just something that was new and was for kids who didn't want to go to college or high school classes in their junior or senior year of high school.  Instead it was a perfect way to get a head start to the profession they want.
One thing I will take with me as a teacher from this chapter is that for over a hundred years schooling has adapted and changed the entire time.  If I plan to be a successful teacher in my future I have to remember that in order to be successful I will need to be willing to adapt with the changes and advances that will come up over the years.