... common schooling could create common bonds among a diverse population and could also preserve social stability and prevent crime and poverty. It was suggested that common schooling should be available to everyone and be publicly funded. By the end of the nineteenth century their philosophy was somewhat adapted. Public education was available at the elementary level for all American children (Mondale 152 ... emphasis on the importance of education today compared to the excitement about the opportunities education in the nineteenth century could create. Education today should not just be ...

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... for societal discourse-- and society itself-- is language, whether written or spoken. It is through language that humans are able to communicate with one another; without communication (spoken language and meaningful symbols), discourse and society as we know it would not exist. We must draw on the ... identity to account for the origin of communication. In a linguistics class last semester, we studied Noam Chomsky's theory of Generative Grammar. His theory can be summarized thus: every child is born with his/her brain "hardwired" for learning language, and will learn the lexicon (voca...

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... tends to cause the reader to question their inbred beliefs and perhaps even ponder the thought that there are other answers to life questions then what one was taught to believe, perhaps even asks the reader to step beyond society's traditional boundaries. The elements that are found within the modernistic writing ... reader. It could either cause the reader to identify with the character's emotions or visual show a break from the proper use of syntax and grammar; yet again reflecting the modernistic need to avoid conformity. Zora Neale Hurston was popular for writing with local color. B...

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