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 The essential for both, was discipline, responsibility, respect among peers and with elders, attention and concentration capabilities, the ability to express themselves properly and behave appropriately, austerity with elegance and frugality with measure, the self-restraint and ego domination, tolerance and humility, conscience of community responsibility, team work, aesthetic beauty and sacrifice.

In men, emphasized temperance improvement and willpower development. For women, emphasized virtue development and honesty. For both arts education was essential, "flower and song".

These were the values, principles, attitudes and feelings, which were exalted on a daily basis in educational institutions. The means to accomplish it were very strict and severe activities, a myriad of practical occupations to achieve responsibility, discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, and academic, artistic and sporting activities.

The toltecáyotl asserts that when the student manages to embody the "balance", through the practice of values and principles, will be able to achieve the skills to become self-sufficient, take care of his family and contribute to the well-being of the community. Hence, it is not "knowledge" what transforms the human being, but the values applied with wisdom in everyday life. So that they "educated for life".