Aztec education - Day five

Aztec education.

I was so excited for today, I got to see the education of the Aztec's. I slipped on my favourite outfit to blend in, and jogged to the nearest school. When the Aztec's were young they got taught by their parent's, but when they reached the age of twelve they went to a school depending on what they wanted to learn. They could learn to become leaders, priest, teachers, healers, painters etc.

As I walked through the door I saw the girl I had given my meal to. That must mean that all nobles, commoners and slaves would all go to school together. She immediately saw me and was very thankful and so she decided to give me a tour. The girl's and boy's were separated, but I decided to go to an all girl's school, because I had already seen many boy's and what they did on my journey.  Their classes were mainly based on household chores, but they did learn religious rituals, singing, dancing, cooking and craft work, which doesn't seem very fair to me since they boys got to do some much more with their life!  Nowadays girls are mostly equal to boys, meaning we can all do the same interesting stuff.

I realized I didn't catch her name, it was Meztli. A beautiful name. She took me to a hut and I sat down with a bunch of other girls. They were very smart but weren't able to use their intelligence to the best of their abilities since they weren't allowed to do many things. It felt like I was in Christian Ed., because we were leaning about the Gods and religions. The teacher talked about the fierce huitilpotchi (the God of sun and war.)  He was described as a blue humming bird, with his humming bird feather placed on the top of his head.

The big bell went and I had to head back home, but I really enjoyed seeing what the girls would do at school as an Aztec.

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