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Describe a spartan upbringing. How does this differ from the childhood of an American child?

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In Sparta, the boys were taken from their homes and forced to live in a military school and learn to fight, steal, and murder helots then served in the army until they were 60 while the girls learned to wrestle and defend the city while the men were away at battle. In today's American society, all children are required to get an education in math, science, English, and history. They are not taken from their homes and have a choice of whether or not they want to enter the army.
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They were brought distant from their mom at the life of 7 and put in armed barracks, experienced hard training, and had no enjoyments. American kids stayed at the house until it was time to begin school.

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Upbringing, the instruction, and learning, that is, of its expected citizens, is probably the most powerful organization in antique Sparta. From antiquity and until now the way of Spartan upbringing has exactly and almost completely been connected with thoughts, such as compliance, loyalty, the city camp, absolute faith, and the exemplary soldier; as well as with the unique way the Spartan training was implemented and applied.

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