Formal education was no part of this pattern of life, but Letitia learned all the skills of managing a plantation, rearing a family, and presiding over a home that would be John Tyler's refuge during an active political life.
Imagine how different the world would be if we could not only use smart phone and tablet computers and the like to deliver every kid the education they deserve and if that education was built around this kind of pattern recognition.
Sotomayor lodged a grievance with what was then the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, accusing Princeton of an "institutional pattern of discrimination" in admissions and in hiring "Puerto Rican and Chicano" faculty.
This report will raise wider questions about why mobility seems to have slowed - whether it is a result of the education system, a reflection of the economy or a deeper pattern of social change.
As part of a broader pattern of devolution, the ministry is encouraging local education boards to come up with their own ideas to enrich children's lives outside school, a task in which civic groups have begun to get involved.
Marie-Paule Roudil stressed the necessity to rethink the nature and role of education and training systems in contributing to a more equitable and sustainable pattern of human development.