reflective paper 7

Where the young die trying
The Egypt education came easy, most male children were educated. They learned the jobs that were past down from generation to generation, the type of jobs they soon would with hold in the future. Young men where home schooled by their fathers, they learned “on the job training” day in and day out. They never took on their own careers, because they never had the choice. Their choices consist of education, and on the job training. Of course these weren’t really a choice, more of a mandatory need for survival. But the sons never questioned it, they did as they were told, and never looked outside the box. As for the middle class they learned their education from elders who learned from noble men. Their concepts were familiar to all levels of the Egyptian. They learned life lessons which related to society in that “truth-telling and fair dealing” which were beneficial and desirable habits to obtain rather than be deceitful and be injustice and to lie. They also learned “justice, wisdom, obedience, humanity, and restraint” these were offered to Egyptians as “The way of life’, and a simple routine. These educational principles were summarized in “ancient Egyptian treatises.” the advice that was given in the “ancient Egyptian treatises’, were to ensure success and have the states needs met. Citizens did not disrespect or become rebels of their society, they knew what was to become of them and they did so. As for the king, he was the only one who did not personally tutor his children. The king had royal tutors tutoring the princes and princesses who also learned literature, mathematics, writing, and grammar. Depending on what type of upper or lower class you were born into, was whether or not your received your education. Unfortunately for woman this was not the case. Women were not schooled, they learned house hold jobs, and also learned how to sing, dance, and play musical instruments. The musical industry was implanted on woman in case they were to work in the temple or become a singer, or a musician. Women were taught from an early age that their importance were not as great as men. In their life time they must depend on men, so that they can survive. And as for men they were not allowed to explore the outside, of their society and have choices as to what job they would desire. The only boys who were to go out of their family profession were adopted boys, who had to learn the ways of their new family profession. In Mesopotamia, formal education was practical and aimed to train scribes and priests. Their education taught them basic reading, writing, religion to higher learning in law, medicine, and astrology. Young children from the upper class were prepared to become scribes; they ranged from copyists, to librarians and teachers. As fro priests it was said “that they would be teach in numerous temples and one priests for each temple”, being allowed in the temple shows the “supremacy” of priestly education. The methods of teaching and learning were memorization, oral repetition, copying of models, and individual instruction. To copy an exact script was the hardest thing to do in education, and therefore if you mastered it you would receive “excellence” in learning. Their life style was the same as the Egyptians. They were taught at a young age what was to become of them, their parents taught them, habits, religious beliefs, and on the job training at a young age. They were taught never to question the things they do; just to do it. If not they would be frowned upon.