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World History Homework Three Answers - Student 12 (view source)
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H4. The lecture raises the possibility that Mark, the author of one of the Gospels, was being homeschooled by his mother as she followed Jesus, and that John, the author of another Gospel, was a teenager when he was an Apostle. What is your view? Discuss.
H4. The lecture raises the possibility that Mark, the author of one of the Gospels, was being homeschooled by his mother as she followed Jesus, and that John, the author of another Gospel, was a teenager when he was an Apostle. What is your view? Discuss.
:While homeschooling is undeniably very important today to counteract the biases and dangers inherent in the centralized public school system, I'm afraid I fail to see the importance of homeschooling in the case of Mark. After all, at the time that he was homeschooled there was no public school system as there is nowadays. The importance in his case was that he was schooled at all, which was certainly not the case for the majority of kids at the time. In Rome, I know that most of the kids in wealthy families were homeschooled, mostly by slaves, often of Greek origin. I suppose that the situation in Israel was similar, and that the majority of the poorer kids were not schooled at all. Hence, the principal merit of Mark's mother lies in the fact that she provided for any education for Mark at all, thus enabling him to write his marvellous Gospel.
:Being a teenager certainly helped John to adopt the teachings of Jesus because his mind was fresh and free of the prejudices that often impeed older minds. He is also a prime example of what teenagers are able to achieve (compare Conservapedia's article on [[Great Achievements by Teenagers]]). --[[User:FrederickT3|FrederickT3]] 12:34, 26 September 2011 (EDT)