Zeu placed strong emphasis on education for its’ potential citizens; all boys born in Zeu received a free standard education. Their education started at age seven, when they are sent to public schools. There, they were tutored in the basics of math, the sciences, literature, history, writing, music, and gymnastics. All boys remained in school until age sixteen; from age sixteen to eighteen they attended either a military academy or a university. Those interested in other careers usually began an apprenticeship with a skilled instructor of that discipline. Military academy students underwent a rigorous two-year program where they exercised, trained with weapons, and learned strategies and military history. Graduates entered Zeu’s armed services immediately upon conclusion of training. Although an education offered at a university was as challenging as one offered by a military institute, a higher percentage of primary education graduates continued to a university. Students there learned how speak and write persuasively, debate, and analyze literature. They proceeded to become great philosophers, writers, teachers, and playwrights. Zeu credited them with its’ unofficial title as the capital of the intellectual world. The education received by girls differed greatly from the education received by boys. Girls were home schooled by their mothers in domestic duties such as cooking and sewing. Wealthier families sometimes hired private tutors for their daughters. Though the education received by boys and girls differed, it adequately equipped them for their prospective careers as well as their lives in general.