2. Education
All Aztec schools emphasized oral communication
because Nahuatl, the Aztec language, was not written
down phonetically until after the Spanish conquest in
the sixteenth century. In addition to their spoken
language, the Aztecs used a system of hieroglyphics
or picture writing. Specially trained scribes recorded
many kinds of information in handmade folding books.
The school for noble children was attached to the
temple. Peasants attended a local school. There were
two types of schools: the telpochcalli, for practical and
military studies, and the calmecac, for advanced
learning in writing, astronomy, statesmanship,
theology, and other areas.
3. Punishments of
disobeying
If anybody from 5 years old to 15 years old disobeyed
their parents orders than they will put chili on top of a
fire and then the children would inhale the spicy
smoke. They would also get pinched on the ear or
arm. They also get pricked with a maguey cactus.
4. Separation of Schools
Schools for girls and boys were strictly separated, and
schools for commoners were separated from those for
the nobility.
