“The function of high school is therefore not so much to transmit knowledge as to force children to finally accept the grading system as a measure of their inner excellence”, Jules Henry,” said a noted American anthropologist. He believed that the American school system was flawed and that the intelligence of its students was based on the grades they received in class. Our school's grading system today is one of the many problems plaguing our education system. Today's problems can be presented in different forms in the 1800s when the education of American citizens was being formed. Although our education system has changed dramatically since the 1800s, educating our young people still faces problems comparable to those of the 1800s, related to teachers, students, and courses. Who was your least favorite teacher? Was it the subject matter that made you hate them, or their personality, or the fact that they always seemed to give you boring homework? In the early 1800s, many frontier schools were run by a single male teacher, who became a teacher simply by passing school himself and proving that he was literate. After many men decided to move into higher paying jobs, women began to dominate the profession and teachers were quickly trained in the 1820s. However, most towns living in a more rural landscape became found with only one teacher per school, requiring older students to often help teach younger students. Although there are higher levels of education for teachers today and there is more than one teacher per school, teachers still face problems of lack of funds or often support from the from the children's parents. If a teacher wishes to participate in an activity outside of the compulsory teaching of the school, he must pay for it from his own means ... middle of paper ...... teaching prosecutions in class are still a widespread problem. Many today are under the impression that courses should only be taught to help a student pass an exam or standardized test, not to learn. The goal no longer seems to be to give children the education that will help them forever, but to memorize the equations that will appear on the SATs. Without the lack of mutually respected goals, students often feel discouraged and less motivated on the path to higher education. The issues of education in the 19th century evolved over time, helping to give rise to the modern education system and its many issues. littering it. The problems always depend on the teachers, students and courses. Even with its similarities, education has become something very different from its origins, creating more problems but thriving in a system that provides more opportunities for America's children..