Eyptian School Vs. Mesopotamians School

Egyptian School vs. Mesopotamians School

Formal school in Egypt was reserved for the elite members of society, where only the high ranking members of society were given the chance to receive a formal education. The less fortunate and common members of the Egyptian society had to resort to an informal educational methods of educating their children.
The young men of Egypt were learning their trades or jobs by imitating their fathers. As they get older and older they are given more and more responsibilities. Children during those days were not able to choose their own trades or occupations, but rather the trade was chosen for them. Depending on the family they were born into. If for example your father was a farmer, your career in the future would be the same as his, if your father was a craftsman you were a craftsman. This was because his father and his father’s father had the same occupation and the skills and knowledge were handed down from father to son and so forth and so on. Since there was no set form of education you had to gain knowledge by apprenticeship this was a method where you watch your father and he teaches you his job from the time you were able to walk.
Ethics were also thought, these rules were found in one book which was “Book of instructions or wisdom literature”. These books were most likely dictated from the king or by elder noblemen of the royal family, these laws were recognized and abided by all level of society from the upper to the lower class, no one was exempt from following the laws of the land. Justice, wisdom, obedience, humanity and restraint were the content of the book. Teaching the citizens of Egypt these text, were written by the students of the scribal schools, these students were servants and answer only to the king.
The Mesopotamians also had a formal school system, their system were far more advance and sophisticated system from the Egyptian system. Although they shared one common trait, and that is only the high society were worthy of learning, this is where the similarities end. The Mesopotamians education went beyond basic writing and reading, they were being thought mathematics, science, astrology, medicine and criminal justice. The priest of these school believed the key to learning is memorization, the students were giving a set of scrolls to study and memorized and were expected to recite what they have read in front of the priest the next day without any errors. These same lessons the recited later the student would have to write down on a scroll.