Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Oct 13, 2018 22:18:41 GMT
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sns-dailymeal-1948013-eat-weird-reason-teachers-apples-20181005-story.html
But what does teaching have to do with apples, anyway?
There are a few theories. One is that the story of Adam and Eve made the apple into a symbol not only of sin, but of knowledge and education. So people began gifting their favorite educators with apples as a symbolic gesture. Another theory looks back to patterns of formal education in the United States along the frontier of the Old West.
Schoolhouses were popping up in budding American small towns where, according to Smithsonian's recount of a PBS special titled "Frontier House, Frontier Life," teachers relied on their neighbors for food and shelter. The families whose children attended schools would house and feed them.
Since school started in the fall, it is thought that farm families had more apples to spare than other foods. Peak apple season starts in September. Hence, they were often gifts. And while teachers no longer rely on their students for food, the tradition stands.
But what does teaching have to do with apples, anyway?
There are a few theories. One is that the story of Adam and Eve made the apple into a symbol not only of sin, but of knowledge and education. So people began gifting their favorite educators with apples as a symbolic gesture. Another theory looks back to patterns of formal education in the United States along the frontier of the Old West.
Schoolhouses were popping up in budding American small towns where, according to Smithsonian's recount of a PBS special titled "Frontier House, Frontier Life," teachers relied on their neighbors for food and shelter. The families whose children attended schools would house and feed them.
Since school started in the fall, it is thought that farm families had more apples to spare than other foods. Peak apple season starts in September. Hence, they were often gifts. And while teachers no longer rely on their students for food, the tradition stands.