Throughout the course of history, mankind has tried to set up governments in order to insure the prosperity and well-being of the people. Some are successful, some are not. As Americans, we have a very successful government which has ordered that education be compulsory for all children up until the age of 16. Throughout the education children receive, they read many books. They read them, they learn about them briefly, return them, and in a couple …showed first 75 words of 556 total…

…showed last 75 words of 556 total…and previously wrote all over. Otherwise, when the student has a need for the information in the particular book, he or she will attempt to salvage little bits of information in a most likely futile effort. But if the Board of Education would allow the children to keep their books and write on them, information would be reabsorbed with little effort, and the ultimate goal of the government to educate its people would be achieved.