GREEK SCHOOL
ONLY RICH GREEK BOYS WENT TO SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL WAS CALLED THE GYMNASIUM.THEY STARTED SCHOOL WHEN THEY WERE SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND STAYED UNTIL THEY WERE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.WHEN THE BOYS WERE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD THEY BECAME CITIZEN OF THEIR STATE.THEY MIGHT SPEND A YEAR IN THE ARMY, AND THEN IF THEIR PARENTS WERE VERY RICH THEY MIGHT GO TO THE SPORTS ACADEMY.GIRLS DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL AT ALL.THEY STAYED AT HOME WITH THEIR MOTHERS AND THEY WERE TAUGHT TO COOK AND WEAVE.MANY GIRLS ALSO LEARNED TO READ AND WRITE AND THEY WERE OFTEN TAUGHT MUSIC AND DANCING.THE SCHOOL WAS IN ONE BIG ROOM WOTH NO DESKS.THERE WERE GROUPS OF BOYS THAT HAD DIFFERENT LESSONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ROOM.THE BOYS WERE TAUGHT TO READ AND WRITE THE GREEK ALPHABET.THEY DID NOT HAVE BOOKS TO WRITE IN.INSTEAD THEY USED A WAX TABLET AND WROTE ON IT WITH A METAL PEN.THE PENS HAD A SHARP END AND A ROUNDED END.THEY WROTE WITH THE SHARP END, AND THEN RUB OUT THE THE WORK WITH THE ROUNDE END.THE BOYS WERE ALSO TAUGHT ARITHMETIC, POETRY, MUSIC, AND SINGING.THEY WERE TAUGHT TO MAKE SPEECHES TOO, SO THAT THEY CAN PRACTICE FOR TAKING PART IN THE ASSEMBLY.