Children of the Hessians

[Victor Steiner]

I'm not in the Navy anymore, for goodness sakes He thought somewhat irritated at having being ordered into a strict regime of requirements, but as a guest, there were standards to uphold and he quickly opened the door to find a younger soldier waiting to lead him to what Alfred assumed to be a mess hall. Breakfast was hardly what he would call nice, but it was fulling, and as the cook had pointed out, contained all the required minerals and calories that one would need for a tough day. While waiting for someone to pick him up, he sat in the now empty mess reviewing and writing more notes from the previous days events.

Content of courses appears (at face value) sound, mathematics, written language and physical education all part of curriculum.
Students held to high standards of academic discipline.
Corporal punishment still used.
Nationalism prevalent in content of courses that have a social outlook (History for example).
Execution of courses different from content, motivation of students is still unknown, details of content still unknown, gradual impact on Hessian society will need to be investigated, questions will need to be remade into a less invasive series. Critical examination of content and practice also needs to be done.

He was beginning to understand that the Hessians didn't like being questioned as to what their methods were, but he did hope they would allow for some improvements in the 'mechanics' of their teaching style, only time would tell and his new guide hardly seemed like the jovial type.

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