Romans Vs. Athenians school

Romans vs. Athenian schools

Roman education from all the readings that I’ve read, seemed to be governed more by fear than everything else, the roman scholars believed that a young man that is afraid to get caned would perform better, seemed really cruel that type of intimidation would scare anyone from doing actual learning because you would be too afraid to open your mouth and recite your lessons. The Romans did not use text books because text books were too expensive for even the riches people in Rome. Education was very important to the Roman Empire; even the poorer members of the empire knew how to read and write with one exception, the fathers would teach their sons at home, the lessons would include basic reading, writing and arithmetic that are because they could not afford to send their children to a formal school. Even in the formal schools the subjects were very few so the children would often be bored at the school, but with the fear of being flogged by the teachers the children would take the time to memorizing their lessons. The school days were longer than they are today by many hours, the day started from sunrise and ends at sunset and that has to be repeated for seven days, the only times the child is at home is afterschool to go to bed, would place a great amount of strain on the mind of a young child, I’m sure they would not memorize much of their lessons. The girl’s were also educated only those that could afford the education, well the difference is the type of education, they young ladies would be thought how to be a good wife and keep up good home and cooking on the other hand the poorer women would be thought by their mothers how to weave baskets, sew, they would practice these skills every day.
The Athenians had a more formal education with broader subjects, even though they still practice the art of memorization they also wrote ideas down. They Greeks also practice such subjects as philosophy, science, medicine; the Greeks had a more advance education system than the Romans.