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Cheiron teaches Jason the lyre |
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Centaur toy from 10th century BCE |
In our days of compulsory testing of the literary and numeracy of even the very young (in my view, year 2 SATS are a form of child abuse), it's good to recall that Cheiron said that forcing children to read before the age of seven was counter-productive.* Cheiron for Minister of Education, say I!
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Box on table is labelled CHEIRONEIA |

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Peirce Brosnan as Cheiron in Percy Jackson movie |
* That seven is the earliest age (aetas) at which a child is able "intellectum disciplinarum capere et laborem pati" was a Cheironic Precept (Quintilian Inst. Orat. 1.1.15).
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