“Democratic Education” by C.S. Lewis is a story that exemplifies our democratic government and how it must be preserved through education. It provides an account of a school system in which all children had equality. The equality was not that of “they were educated and treated the same,” but the equality of the inner being. Every child should feel the same way about where they are intellectually, and no one person should feel more or less educated and intelligent than the other. The account provides proposals for what society would be like in different situations depending on other interpretations of democratic education and what drives the positivity or negativity of having democratic education. This analysis will explore why there is a strong suggestion that there are negative connotations about a democratic education. education system when the text seems to be for this particular idea. C.S. Lewis has a distinctive style of sarcasm that is found within the piece and uses this style to make the reader understand why the idea portrayed is one of stupidity. It explains what should happen in school systems, the sources of equality, how this kind of equality and democracy are not related, how the examples given are actually not examples of democracy, and what would happen if the democratic education system (despite everything) ultimately, it would hinder the boy instead of helping him. Lewis begins by stating, “Until we realize that the two [democracy and education] do not necessarily go together, we cannot think clearly about education.” Here he states his point of view in no uncertain terms before even entering into the merits of the discussion. Then, he spends the next three or four paragraphs of the text giving examples of how people can think about democracy and… middle of paper… If someone is in a high position for which they are not qualified then they will fail. If we promote democratic education in order to preserve political democracy, these people may find themselves in a position for which they are not qualified because they have lied and as a result we have not yet preserved our original goal of political democracy. Lewis is for political democracy and therefore against democratic education because it hides an initial problem to make someone feel more superior and better about themselves for the time being. There will be consequences later and Lewis is trying to prevent them. ReferencesLewis, C. (n.d.). Democratic education. . Retrieved April 2, 2012, from https://mycampus.umhb.edu/ICS/icsfs/Democractic_Education_(Lewis).PDF?target=bccee72d-d8f9-45bc-985d-dd7a86b570ad