unpakwon
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2007
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- South Korea
Please make the following in red clear for me.
Our current education system was forged in the heat of the industrial revolution, ... Students of the same age were presented with the same material ... Schools were organized like factories... Even teaching..... was subject to the division of labor: "Like an assembly line, students progressed from room to room to be taught by different teachers specializing in separate disciplines."
In their defense, the transition from education as a rare treat reserved for the clergy and aristocracy to one where everyone was entitled to free schooling was nothing if not radical. But it has been over 150 years since then, and our education system has not kept up.
What is "in their defense" saying and what does "their" refer to? And in the second part I'm not sure of what "nothing" means in the context.
Thank you.
Our current education system was forged in the heat of the industrial revolution, ... Students of the same age were presented with the same material ... Schools were organized like factories... Even teaching..... was subject to the division of labor: "Like an assembly line, students progressed from room to room to be taught by different teachers specializing in separate disciplines."
In their defense, the transition from education as a rare treat reserved for the clergy and aristocracy to one where everyone was entitled to free schooling was nothing if not radical. But it has been over 150 years since then, and our education system has not kept up.
What is "in their defense" saying and what does "their" refer to? And in the second part I'm not sure of what "nothing" means in the context.
Thank you.