Education is the most powerful asset one can pertain in the modern day because “knowledge is power”, but was this concept the same in Ancient Greece? The importance of education varied all throughout history along with the way this education is taught. In modern America schooling ranges from standard primary and secondary school, all boy/girl schools, and even military schools like in ancient Sparta. In certain schools ones gender can even play a role in the education they receive. Women’s education in ancient Greece tended to follow a more “traditional” method, aside from the Spartans. However, in modern day, women have radicalized their rights concerning education and can now learn about almost any profession they want. The idea of educating …show more content…
Modern women have the option and right to become educated at a real school and choose what they fancy to learn. This differed greatly from ancient Greece where most women were educated to become good wives and mothers. “Women of all social classes were responsible for the smooth running of the household.” Girls were educated inside their home, usually by their mothers. They learned how to weave cloth, prepare food, child-rear, and manage the household. Women did not deal with life outside of the family and home, but anything to do with inside the household was their concern. Most were seen as economically unproductive and useless with no significant role in society. However, women were crucially needed for one task, reproduction. It is said that, “Once she had given birth to the requisite male child, her usefulness was over, and she was regarded as a parasite.” Oh, how times have changed. Today women have a lot more freedom and control on their education. For example, girls can attend school outside of the household. This seems like normality today, but in ancient times this would have been shocking. Also, women can partake in the same professions as men. Regarding women’s education in Athens, there is not many similarities, but there are some in ancient Sparta. In Sparta women possessed more freedom than women in other city-states. Sparta was so dedicated to pertaining the perfect military that even girls received military training and were allowed to run, wrestle, and play sports. Like boys, they were taught to put service to Sparta over everything else, including family. The education girls received shocked the surrounding city-states whom did not allow their women and girls to be educated outside the home. America may not be a military state, but those who choose can receive military training. Also, because of the considerable freedom women have