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(Critique Of Victorian Era Schools) As a child, as an honorary one, I was spanked quite a bit. I ended up as a good kid, so I am happy with with how I turned out. Richard Weissbourd from Psychology Today states, “American adults identified "as a very serious problem" young people's failure to learn fundamental moral values, including honesty, respect, and responsibility for others.” This shows that many people think that kids don't have many old time values. These issues are the main issues represented in the stories. In the stories Jane Eyre and Hard Times there are several differences between the schools of those times and the schools of today.
In the story Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the schools are extremely different than today, for example, the punishment is quite different. The story tells of a little girl doing something wrong and having to stand on stool out in the …show more content…

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Baker, Mike. “Why Is Primary Schooling Still Based on Victorian Policies?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 14 Sept. 2009, www.theguardian.com/education/2009/sep/15/primary-schools-policy-history-victorian.
Gleason Professor of Psychology, Wellesley College, Tracey. “Why Make-Believe Play Is an Important Part of Childhood Development.” The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2018, theconversation.com/why-make-believe-play-is-an-important-part-of-childhood-development-49693.
Mitra, Sugata. “We Need Schools... Not Factories.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 27 Feb. 2013, www.huffingtonpost.com/sugata-mitra/2013-ted-prize_b_2767598.html.
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