Compare And Contrast Team Hera Vs Sparta

As a Greek, I attended last week’s debate to listen to my fellow citizens of our small Greek polis as they tried to convince the city’s government to adopt either the Spartan (Team Hera) or Athenian method of education (Team Athena). Both education systems are vastly contrasting in their technique and structure. Athens focuses heavily on freedom of education, teaching useful life skills, and a balance between intellectual and physical strength. While Sparta focuses on military skills and techniques in their efforts to create warriors rather than thinkers. Despite the divergent ways of education, both cities are among the most successful in Greece. So it makes sense that we’d want to imitate one of their methods for our polis. After listening

Almost their entire group was well articulated, made eye-contact, spoke at a moderate speed, and at an appropriate volume. In this way, they all invoked ethos as everyone was an effective speaker and made the audience feel important in their efforts to convince us of the Spartan way of education. A specific example is when Xavier said “They tried to manipulate and mislead us” when referring to Team Athena’s argument. Team Hera also invoked Pathos as they spoke with passion and emotion. From the beginning they attempted to stir hope within the audience when speaking upon the Kleos the Spartan way would bring and the capability the system has to enable our polis to survive

Right from the start, they caught my attention by opening with “freedom.” Maddie stressed the concept of freedom, the fact that Spartans “don’t want freedom”, “boys will develop freely” with the Athenian system, and overall its more than just boys developing, it’s about an entire polis. The rest of the group member built off of this by discussing how education affects the military, economy, culture, and government. For military, Taylor noted education shouldn’t just be about military, it should produce citizens capable of any task. Camillo discussed how the “Athenian education system has made them more successful.” Out of the 300,000 people, 133,000 are traders! Many using the skills they learn in school, to become economically successful. Shelby mentioned how the education systems “leads to a fruitful society of progress.” Our polis would become a society of grate culture through the skills of literature and poetry. However, she still stressed how “fitness of the body and mind are of equal importance.” Thus are polis would offer intellectual and physical strength. In conclusion, Alex and Giovanni wrapped all four aspects up and applied them towards the idea of democracy, by stating “every citizen had the ability to make a difference and voice their