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The Tutor-Pupil Contract
The way education is currently implemented in the United States did not emerge until the 19th century. Prior to that, and throughout ancient history, children of families who could afford it sought the services of “tutors,” who were responsible for their children’s formal education. Some famous examples include, Aristotle, who tutored Alexander the Great in 343 BC when Alexander was 13 years old, and Descartes, who tutored Queen Christina of Sweden in 1649 when she was 19.