Thanks @mrbock
The history of education is very very interesting, those that created it treated their children to ivy league exclusive educations that were closer to the older methodology, they read this historical series called great books of the western world that has a lot of philosophy and psychology. Originally the classical education was grammar logic and rhetoric which gave you the ability to learn.

1. Mathamatics - numbers
2. Harmony - numbers in time
3. Geometry - numbers in space
4. Astronomy - numbers in space and time
   The website www.tragedyandhope.com talks about it in length in their second podcast which changed my life.