Meditate on Psalm 139: 13–18 (page below). This Scripture clearly teaches that you have been uniquely created by God. Think about today’s students that are served by the traditional school system. Using this Scripture as your background, and considering information studied over the past weeks (Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, the architecture of creating schools that work, exploring traditional and charter schools, standardization of curriculum, etc.), you will be assigned to argue either in support or against the pre-determined topic:
What is mastery of content? Is it important, and can the traditional model of education achieve it?