The Nature and Purpose of Spartan Education

Spartan education took a drastic turn many thousands of years ago. There once was a laid back lifestyle enjoying the arts but the objective of the state's system was changed dramatically and Sparta was then know as a military state. With the emergence of a military state came the new system of education. The importance for the arts and literature was no longer the emphasis but instead the training and disciplining of the population of males to produce well drilled, self disciplined and strong men that were to be members of the army until their old of age of 60.
The process of turning a young boy into a soldier started at the age of seven years. Although the boys only entered the proper start to training at seven, when they were newly-born they were judged. Weak and deformed babies were exposed, this got rid off the children that wouldn't be capable of becoming a soldier.…