My+Philosophy+of+Education

//"At Hampton I not only learned that it was not a disgrace to labour, but learned to love labour, not alone for its financial value, but for labour's own sake and for the independence and self-reliance which the ability to do something which the world wants done brings...// [And] //that the happiest individuals are those who do the most to make others useful and happy."// (Washington, p.35)

According to Washington, there were three founding pillars to the success of the Institute that relate to his philosophy of education. First, that the student was to be educated in areas that served the needs of the community. Second, that every student who walked left the institute would leave with "enough skill, coupled with intelligence and moral character", to provide for themselves in the real world. And third, that every graduate leaves Tuskegee with the feeling that "labour is dignified and beautiful", as opposed to escaping it altogether (Washington, p.153).



//The "Curriculum"//
5:00 A.M.-Rising Bell 5:50 A.M.-Warning Breakfast Bell 6:00 A.M.-Breakfast 6:20 A.M.-Breakfast over 6:20-6:50 A.M.-Rooms are cleaned 6:50 A.M.-Work Bell 7:30 A.M.-Morning Study Hour 8:20 A.M.-Morning School Bell 8:25 A.M.-Inspection of the young men's toilet in ranks 8:40 A.M.-Devotional Exercises in Chapel 8:55 A.M.-Five Minutes with the Daily News 9:00 A.M.-Class work begins 12:00 A.M.-Class work closes 12:15 P.M.-Dinner 1:00 P.M.-Work Bell 1:30 P.M.-Class work begins 3:30 P.M.-Class work ends 5:30 P.M.-Bell to "knock off" work 6:00 P.M.-Supper 7:10 P.M.-Evening Prayers 7:30 P.M.-Evening Study Hour 8:45 P.M.-Evening study hour ends 9:20 P.M.-Warning retiring bell 9:30 P.M.-Retiring bell. //**Adapted from: Washington, Up From Slavery, 1985: Dover Press, (p. 154).**//
 * //A day in the life of a student at Tuskegee://**