Back to School B.C.

Subject: Back to School B.C. Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:13 pm

It's back-to-school season, and you know what that means: Despite receiving a king's ransom in new clothes, electronics and school supplies, children across the country are already complaining about the burden of regularly attending an affordable system of formal education.

If the "back in my day" speech hasn't set them straight, why not let them know of how much worse back-to-school season could have been for them had they been born a couple thousand years ago?

...If Sparta offered the ancient equivalent of the hard-edged military academy, Athens, Sparta's political rival, is more like an academically rigorous liberal arts school. Sparta wanted to produce soldiers; Athens looked to educate thinkers.

From an early age, Athenian children were taught to read and write. Starting at around age 7, about the time a Spartan boy would begin his military training, Athenians would begin attending private schools, which cheap enough for even poor Athenians to afford. Boys were taught music, poetry, philosophy, mathematics and more. At around age 14, they even had the chance to attend secondary school.

Physical education was also seen as a necessary part of a curriculum to produce well-rounded citizens, and to ensure that Athens was never at a disadvantage in war times. Emphasis was placed on intellect, however.

Like Sparta, only boys received any kind of formal education. Girls were taught at home, if they received any academic instruction at all.

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More: http://news.discovery.com/history/us-history/back-to-school-ancient-history-130821.htm

Back to School B.C.

Back to School B.C.

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