I think that it is interesting to see just how thorough that the authors of the Rock Fish Gap Report were with maintaining a specific atmosphere in the university. Thomas Jefferson's fear that young boys would cause distractions for the students at the university led him to deal with preliminary/grammar schools within the state of Virginia. The setup of the university had more of an impact than just those who attended the university.

It is amazing that Jefferson and the rest of those who wrote the Rock Fish Gap Report were so detailed. They were able to plan the layout of the school down to the last detail in such a way that it would support things that the y wanted the students to have. I understand that order and uninterrupted study would be able to maintained with this layout of the school, but I'm not quite sure how the layout has anything to do with upholding morals?

I am very fond of this mindset of relationship between student and teacher at the University. While some schools and/or methods of teaching are much more strict and fear inducing, this one wants to focus on building character in a caring and more ethical way. Fear is referred to hear as a "degrading motive", and it is good to see that the University was built on foundations other than using fear as a motivator.

This is a very appalling decision making process that was used to determine the location for the University. The first two reasons for placement were rational and good qualities to have in a university setting (fertility and health). However, the third reason: "degree of centrality to the white population" was unnecessary and had no logical background. This determination was extremely unethical considering that they totally ignored the health and fertility of the locations in the end. If they were truly concerned about anything other that the white population of the area, then it would seem that they might have continued looking elsewhere to find a place that was in good health and fertility.