Education systems varied greatly across ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Rome. In Mesopotamia, schools taught mainly reading and writing to boys to become scribes, a well-paying job. In Egypt, only wealthy boys attended schools to become scribes at age 12. Most Chinese children did not attend school due to farm work, but boys could attend free schools supported by the Emperor if their fathers allowed it. Roman education was important but only for the rich; the poor could learn basics, while schools used fear and violence to discipline students. Modern Canadian education is much different, with no child labor and violence, and access to technology.
3. The ancient Mesopotamian’s kept written records
of everything, no matter if it is super important or
not important at all. So that means that there
would be a record of everything that the kid did,
good or bad. These were obviously made by
people who could read and write, and the people
who could read and write would most likely get a
good job with a good pay as a scribe. Thats why
most people decided to send their kids to school.
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4. Before that time most children got their
education from their parents. The ancient
Mesopotamians realized that their children
would get a better education if they sent their
kids to learn from people who were smarter than
themselves. Ancient Mesopotamians mainly
taught the children the skills of being a scribe,
that means mainly reading and writing.
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6. The schools that children attended in ancient
Egypt are a lot different than the schools that kids
attend today. Only very wealthy families could
afford to send their children to “houses of
instruction” in the royal palace or in temples.
Only boys went to school back then.
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7. Once the boys that had already become educated had
turned twelve they were able to be scribes. When the kids
were first learning to read there was no books in their level
of ability so the first book that the teachers gave them was
called ”Kemyt”. Kemyt was full of advice to schoolchildren
and polite Egyptian phrases. Once the boys turned twelfth
they could be a scribe.
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9. Most kids in Ancient China didn't go to school
simply because they had no time. They were
too busy working weather it was in the fields
planting rice or millet, weeding the
vegetables or feeding the chickens. They
could also be busy taking care of their
younger siblings.
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10. If you were a boy, and your father could spare
you from the fields, then he would send you
to school. If there wasn't a school in your
village, you might have to go live with your
relatives or with strangers in a bigger town. In
ancient China, many schools were free, paid
for by the Emperor.
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12. Education was very important to the
ancient romans. Rich people got a very
good education as apposed to the poor
people who did not get a formal
education at all. Many of the poor families
still learned the basic stuff like reading and
writing.
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13. Learning in Roman schools was based on fear.
Boys were beaten for the slightest offence as a
belief existed that a boy would learn correctly
and accurately if he feared being hurt if he got
something wrong. If a boy continued to get
answers wrong he would be held down by two
slaves and be beaten by their tutor.
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15. Education in modern day Canada is so much
different than what they were like in ancient
Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, ancient China and
Ancient Rome. There is no beating of children
in Canada, not just teaching the children to do
one job and most children are not too busy
working that they can’t go to school.
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16. Another reason education is different now
compared to then is that in modern Canada
we have all of the modern technology and in
all of the ancient times they didn’t have any
technology at all. We have an easier way to
do a lot of stuff but mainly getting research
has improved the most from the ancient
times.
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