their labor or knowledge, and education became a token of such standing. While commoners were forced to till the soil and raise their livestock out of a necessity to survive, those who were provided for could spend their time reading the Classics or learning of histories past. Such education was not practical for the common man as it afforded no advantage in providing food for a family.
             The traditional system of education was a private one on many levels. The relationship between teacher and student was more interpersonal, bordering along a mentor/pupil mentality. This type of education was a lifelong process that involved years of teachings by the same individual, with the student being the actual beneficiary to the educational process, a notion that seems somewhat foreign in today's schools.
             The transition of education from the traditional approach to that of the vocational approach was made possible by a very important and yet socially detrimental event in human history: the Industrial Revolution. This change from the cottage industry to the modern factory system demanded a new social class, the worker, and to meet this new need a revised educational system was in order. This vocational education system had a new focus quite different from that of the traditional approach; educa
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