Reflection paper 15

In Athenian the purpose of education was so that they could expand their knowledge. Instead of knowing a lot about a certain subject, they know a little about a variety of subjects. Athenian didn’t want their son’s to specialize in a specific job; instead they wanted them to explore and see what jobs interest them. As for the Roman education, it was passed down from generation to generation. The parents would specialize and teach the kids, the schools would teach the students as well. They did not see the variety of things, just what they should do, and get it done. As for the Athenians girls they stayed at home, they would learn housekeeping and motherhood. This rule did not apply to all Athenian woman, some families hired private tutors to educate their draughts. Of course this only came for a high price, but a high price gave them an education. As for the education in Roman, girls learned how to sue, they were not restricted to house chores, they usually spend an entire day sue, while also doing house chores. They learned how to multitask. In Athenian school’s were affordable to everyone, you still had to pay money for school, it’s just that everyone had enough money to do so. Unfortunately in the Roman education not everyone could receive one. The rich people in Ancient Rome put a “great deal of faith” in education they were taught in school and by a private tutor. Where as the poor people only learned how to read and write. In Athenian schools, there were no materials. Everyone sat on a bench and what ever was given to them would be placed on the students lap, and would be written on there. Students would receive their education at dawn; schools then would be let out at noon. For academic purposes they learned grammar, music, and gymnastics. As for the Roman education there classrooms were separated from the society by a curtain! As for teachers, they weren’t the nice young ladies you would see in town. Instead teachers were retired military men. Being from a military background, the discipline was strict, and the beatings were given out on two occasions, for misbehaving and for careless mistakes. Athenians children were also accompanied by a Pedagogue, a pedagogue was a slave. He did what the master want, and what the master want was what was best for his kid. The pedagogue was to make sure; the master son was not socializing with the “wrong” crowd. He also observed his masters son, making sure he did not obtain bad habits that would disrupt his learning. As for the education in Roman the boys did not have a pedagogue, instead his father would practice or teach his son reading at home. Though their learning experience was based on fear, the Roman boys were beaten for the slightest offence, the Romans thought that a boy would learn “correctly and accurately if he feared being caned if he got something wrong.”