"Ultimately, the one room school was more than a place of learning, it was the place of learning about life and the expectations of society." "The purpose of this study is to crucially examine four significant transformations in American life." 1) Volunteerism in America, 2) rate of crime ( especially the philosophy of corrections), 3) the influence of humanism, and 4) the one room school ideal."  "There exists within every soul the need to be a part of something that meets a deep need to belong. Human beings are naturally gregarious and seek out those of like mind or cause. It is the stuff of every kind of medium from acting to religion to sports to a cause of some kind. We need to be with someone. The basic social unit of the family is perhaps the essential description of this need. If being alone were the norm or need, humanity would quickly disappear from the face of the earth."