August 30, 2012

Today I felt was very interesting. It was pretty funny when we were debating about receiving donuts after Mr. Schick had encouraged the class to join the debate team. I think that it would be pretty cool to be on the debate team because you get to argue about things and not get in trouble. We then had to take our very first set of notes in our composition books and it was not too bad because the topic was very interesting I thought. We learned about the letter to Garcia and how mysterious it was that Rolan was able to find him with no direction. It was inspirational because it taught us to be willing to do tasks for people who ask without any complaint. As Americans, we tend to be very lazy and that is something I need to work on. The author showed how no one else was alike Rolan because every other person would always ask why they had to do a favor and where and when. Not a single question was asked by Rolan because he was willing and a hard worker that was most wanted. Good work and effort will pay off in the end and you could say it is karma.
arête-being the best you can be to your full potential
polis: an ancient Greek city-state.
Socrates: Athenian philosopher.
The death of Socrates- there is a painting of him drinking hemlock because of his different beliefs than the Athens' that killed him
the socratic method: named after Greek philosopher Socrates, who taught students by asking question after question, seeking to expose contradictions in the students’ thoughts and ideas to then guide them to arrive at a solid, tenable conclusion.
the date 508 BC- Traditional date of the Etruscan invasion under Lars Porsena
agora- he chief marketplace of Athens, center of thecity's civic life.
what the ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot-meant private person, layman and is derived from the Greek word idios, own, private.