Sparta

Any society that abuses their children should crumble.
Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state that valued military strength above all else.
They did not teach academics, farming, or anything else besides military tactics. The weaknesses outweigh the strengths because, they didn’t get a proper education, they abused the children, if the children were not strong at birth they were killed.

The weaknesses of Sparta outweighed the strengths because, the Spartans lacked education. They had foreign teachers, they only learned for practical reasons and, all other forms of education were banned from the country. Books and treatises were included in this. It states in document D that [The Spartans] learned to read and write for purely practical reasons: but all other forms of education they banned from the country, books and treatises being included in this much a [foreign teachers]. How could the Spartans have to be able to steal food and not get caught? If they were caught, they were beaten, I just don't think that that is very fair at all. How could beat a person for following your orders? …show more content…
They also had to have regard for all the older men. The were not only required to respect them but to make room for them on the streets, also to give up their seats to them and to keep quiet in their presence. In document D it states Moreover the young men were required not only to respect their own fathers and to be obedient to them, but to have regard to all older men, to make room for them on the streets, to give up their seats to them, and to keep quiet in their presence. I get that the young men of Sparta have to respect their fathers like I do mine but, you shouldn’t have to be a slave to the elders, or be there whenever they need you like