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Children and Education
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Only the children of wealthy people went to school. Children learned about life and religion at home. Sons of craftsmen learned their father's trade. Peasants never learned to read or write. The sons of the rich attended school in the temple. Lessons were hard. Hundreds of hieroglyphs had to be learned. Maths was also complicated.
Some children had a private tutor, and the sons of scribes had special schools until the age of 12, when they went to work. Scribes were the managers and office workers of Egypt. They also acted as teachers.
(A) GEOMETRY
People who built pyramids had to know some geometry. They could determine out areas and volumes.
(B) PLAY
Work was hard. Some schools started at dawn. But there was still time for games.
(C) EXERCISE BOOKS
Children used valuable papyrus paper only for their best work. For rough work, they wrote on stone or on a wooden board.
(D) GIRLS
Girls learned music, dancing, and housework at home, and some could read and write.
(E) TEACHERS
Most teachers were priests. They were strict, and some believed that a cane was a useful teachers aid.
(F) HAIRSTYLE
Young children wore their hair in a single tress, which fell to the side of the head.
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Book:
The Egyptians
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Section:
Ancient Egypt
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Chapter:
Children and Education
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