1. What is the relationship between the different elements of Yehoshua ben Gamla's reforms: lowering the age of schooling and increasing the density of teachers?
2. How are adolescence and the act of education understood here?
3. What systems, beyond education, are amenable to the same kinds of reforms?
1. Is this an effective model for education? Is this a modern model?
2. Do we hope that our children "not depart" from the education, or training, that we provide?
3. What are the responsibilities of parents in teaching children a sense of social responsibility?
1. Why these five (or six) categories? What does these educational values represent?
2. Why must a father teach a trade? What is the moral of sustainability?
3. How do you interpret the last line?
When was the last time you helped a child learn to read?