Life Experiences
Besides difficulty with eyesight and being dyslexic, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was typically a normal boy. Most of Wilson’s education came from his father because at the time the South lacked public schools, however Mr. Wilson received tutoring from former Confederate soldiers who had set up primitive schools. Wilson had dropped out of many schools due to family reasons, but had later decided to study law on his own, after a year of being an attorney he became bored with his life. He then applied to John Hopkins University where he studied politics and history.
Woodrow had written frequently and had debated quite a bit, and contributed essays to the Nassau Literary Magazine and the International Review—Cabinet Government in the United States" was published in the summer of 1879 just after he graduated from Princeton. He also edited the Princeton school newspaper, participated in the American Whig and Liberal debating clubs, and served as president of the campus baseball association and secretary of the football association.
Throughout college Wilson criticized the congressional domination of government and the weak post-Civil War presidency. He argued in favor of replacing the American separation of powers between the President and Congress with the British parliamentary system, in which a prime minister would lead both the government and the majority party in Parliament. Wilson craved political power and he published multiple books dealing with his views on politics and the government.
Because of all his leadership skills, Princeton trustees wanted Wilson to be their new president of their university. As the president of Princeton University he proved to the public that he was a farsighted yet realistic reformer. He was then approached to become senator of New Jersey and he had agreed, within two years, Wilson pushed through the legislation that mandated direct party primaries for all elected officials in the state. Wilson calls for a public utility commission empowered to set rates and supported passage of a workers' compensation law to aid the families of workers killed or injured on the job.
Woodrow had written frequently and had debated quite a bit, and contributed essays to the Nassau Literary Magazine and the International Review—Cabinet Government in the United States" was published in the summer of 1879 just after he graduated from Princeton. He also edited the Princeton school newspaper, participated in the American Whig and Liberal debating clubs, and served as president of the campus baseball association and secretary of the football association.
Throughout college Wilson criticized the congressional domination of government and the weak post-Civil War presidency. He argued in favor of replacing the American separation of powers between the President and Congress with the British parliamentary system, in which a prime minister would lead both the government and the majority party in Parliament. Wilson craved political power and he published multiple books dealing with his views on politics and the government.
Because of all his leadership skills, Princeton trustees wanted Wilson to be their new president of their university. As the president of Princeton University he proved to the public that he was a farsighted yet realistic reformer. He was then approached to become senator of New Jersey and he had agreed, within two years, Wilson pushed through the legislation that mandated direct party primaries for all elected officials in the state. Wilson calls for a public utility commission empowered to set rates and supported passage of a workers' compensation law to aid the families of workers killed or injured on the job.