Answer: The democracy of Athens focused on making their boys educated, so they can have an active role in public.
Explanation: Athens valued education, whereas the Spartans valued war and training their boys. Both city-states had very different ways of life and how their society is classified. Athens also has a democracy, whereas Sparta had an oligarchy. Boys in Sparta were also taken from their homes at age 7, and trained to join the military, and lived in barracks, whereas Athens let their children stay and wanted their children to be educated, unlike the Spartans.