Observation

Majority of the candidates avoided this question. The ones that responded to it did not answer it correctly.

The expected answers are as follow:

• Children between the ages of 1 and 6 were trained at home
• They learned to recite rhymes on their history and obey rules
• From the age of 7, the child attended two types of schools – paleestra (wrestling school) and Didascaleum (music school)
• In the wrestling school, the child was taught exercises and athletic skills by a   physical education teacher called paidotribe
• While in the music school, he learned music literature, art and arithmetic
• At the age of 18, the youth became qualified as an adult and could now go on to the gymnasium for his advanced physical education training which prepared him for major competitions during religious festival
• education was not state controlled / not mandatory or compulsory
• after training in the paleestra, the youth were discharged.
• they were only recalled when the need arose
• activities were less strenuous
• emphasis was on gymnastics and music/”gymnastics for the body and music for the soul”
• Athens became a Greek state which had much love and interest for festivals and competitions.