24. What did education depend on? It depended on the financial standing and social class of the family
25. What was the main purpose of schooling? To teach children appropriate behavior for their social class and to make them useful members of society
26. Why were students taught Latin? Because they were focused on the poetry and prose of writers such as Ovid, Martial, Catullus, and Sir Tomas More
27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in? Girls had to learn how to govern a home and how to conduct herself, it depends in the social class into which her marriage would place her.
29. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin? Latin is the language of international affairs and they employ someone who speaks this language. Men were expected to be able to communicate with it. Anyone that wanted to be successful, had to know at least a little Latin.
25. What was the main purpose of schooling? To teach children appropriate behavior for their social class and to make them useful members of society
26. Why were students taught Latin? Because they were focused on the poetry and prose of writers such as Ovid, Martial, Catullus, and Sir Tomas More
27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in? Girls had to learn how to govern a home and how to conduct herself, it depends in the social class into which her marriage would place her.
29. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin? Latin is the language of international affairs and they employ someone who speaks this language. Men were expected to be able to communicate with it. Anyone that wanted to be successful, had to know at least a little Latin.
During this time, education was based on social status and money; depending on your financials,you could go to school, where you would learn Latin.