PHILOSOPHY... Today we continued our video on Philosophy and we only got a minute further into it before we ran off track and started discussing things. Then we got back on track and continued on but with a new discussion. We took some notes on the different types of philosophy and then Mr. Schick told us some stories of when he was younger and how he took a homeless man out to lunch. Now we are half way through the video and we have taken tons of notes on Philosophy. AND.... That's it.
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PHILOSOPHY Today we watched a crash course on Philosophy and took some notes. It was a ten minute video but somehow our class managed to only watch four minutes in a span of forty minutes. After taking some notes and several different definitions of philosophy, we started to talk about riddles and unsolvable mysteries. Some included the whole if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around does it make a sound spiel. Yes it does, it cannot be proven but it is just common sense. After making everyone think for forty minutes the mod ended and we packed up to go home.
PROJECT As of Friday we were given a group project due on my birthday, yep! my birthday. I am not really sure what I am going to do with my group of outcasts but I'm sure i'll get stuck doing all of the work as usual. I want to construct a model of an architectural monument that was present in the times of ancient Greece but I do not know which one yet. I guess I will figure it out later next week. After contemplating which idea we wanted for twenty minutes the bell rang and we left.
PHILOSOPHERLAPALOOZA Looked to science and logic (not the mythical gods) for explanations of how the world worked. The Socratic Method fostered critical thinking. "The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates Socrates was charged with serious crimes including Piety (disrespecting the gods) and corrupting the youth of Athens. At Socrates's trial, he described himself as a stinging gadfly and Athens as a lazy horse. He did not deny what he did and he asked to be repayed for his work with free dinners. He was found guilty by an Athenian jury and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock. A really painful way to go. Plato was a student and follower of Socrates. He wrote out Socrates' teachings and described his trial in Apology Republic ; the novel about Socrates' discussions of justice and the ideal state. This is one of the most influential books on philosophy. Socrates --> then Plato --> then Aristotle. Aristotle was a student of Pl
Rude Behavioral Rant Today some students took a test they missed last week while others took notes out of the text. I took several notes which I was going to incorporate into this blog but I do not feel well so I will translate them in tomorrow. Also, I think Mr. Schick may adjust the seating chart for one side of the room because and I'm gonna say it, THEY NEVER SHUT UP! "OMG who is clicking that pen?!" "Can I go get a drink?" "I'm hungry." Like shush I don't care I;m trying to listen for once and you are interrupting me. Keep it to yourself thanks. One more thing, I'm clicking the pen so shut up!
FILM Athens lay in the middle of a Mediterranean peninsula. Reading and writing was a rare skill and there wasn't a such thing as medicine or science. The common people lived under the rule of the aristocrats. The Corinthians dominated the Greek trade. In the southern part of Greece Sparta built up a brutal fighting force so they could not be overtaken by newcomers. Images of Greek fighters are found all throughout Greece painted on walls and ceilings. The land around Athens grew olives and grains for the people to eat. People would boat into the Mediterranean Sea to be met by others to trade their goods. Hippias took over after his father and began to reign like him. After Hippias's brother was murdered, Hippias ordered execution after execution for revenge for whoever killed his brother. He became paranoid and suspicious of everyone and killed those he no longer liked. He ordered mass executions for the people that murdered his brother and for those families of the men who
Greek Gods and Goddesses Today we talked about the gods and goddesses of Greece. The only reason I capitalized gods and goddesses was because it was a title not my religion, just making that clear. We took notes on Zeus, Aphrodite, Hermes and some other key gods and goddesses. Mr. Schick hit his desk and it made a loud noise and people jumped. Like twenty seconds later he flickered the lights like lightning and then hit his desk again like thunder that Zeus sent upon the Greeks and Frankie jumped like a foot out of his chair. Mr. Schick then had his phone out and he tripped and his phone flew out of his hand and across his desk to the ground. He picked it up and said, "Damn you Zeus! Uh... I mean darn." We laughed and then continued on with the presentation. We learned about the tactical techniques the Greeks used when fighting and what their ships looked like. We discussed the ways that the Greeks were brought up and how they were sent into training at the age of seven.
SKETCHY If I had to choose one word to describe what Western Civ. was like today, that word would be sketchy. Today we talked for five or ten minutes and I drew pictures of boats in my notebook because we were just going over the same thing and then we started to veer off topic. We not only ran off the rails but we derailed so much that we jumped the tracks and rolled into the ditch. What I'm trying to say is that Western Civ. was very tricky this morning. We were wading out into some deep waters and we didn't really know how to swim, if you know what I mean. In other words, we got into a religious belief discussion and it got very risky. There were things that could not be said for liability reasons and there were things that couldn't be said because we don't make fun of other people's religious beliefs. After forty or so minutes of nearly drowning in these waters, we were saved and brought back to land. Then the bell rang and we went off to advisory.
HOMER Dorians Move in Shortly after the Mycenaeans who were very advanced in all forms of math and writing fell apart, the Dorians moved in and took over. However, the Dorians were not as advanced as the Mycenaeans. The period of time that the Dorians were rulers was known as the “Dark Ages”. During this time period writing disappeared for more than 400 years. So, for more than 400 years, not one record was taken. Everything was passed through Greek oral tradition. Greek oral tradition was a way that Greeks passed down their stories through word of mouth. Many people became storytellers and wandered around Greece telling stories in exchange for food and shelter. However, the advancement of the Dorians was not enough to run Greece. Due to this they looked towards trade to keep the dynasty going. The trade, however, couldn’t make up for the advancements that they didn’t have causing them to collapse and end the Dark Ages. Who was Homer? Homer was a Greek poet who lived between 4
HOMER Blind storyteller composed stories of the Trojan War c. 750-700 BCE. popular for telling stories of his courageous journeys. He told stories or "epics" of Zeus and his relationships. Told of the Odyssey- 12,110 line story. Homer may have been a mythical creation himself A blind, wandering minstrel; a heroic figure said to have told of the Iliad and the Odyssey. May be the culmination of many generations of storytelling or... Homer actually existed and he was just that amazing. The Odyssey- Odysseus attempts to return home after the Trojan war, only to be sabotaged along his journey home by Poseidon, god of the sea. Took a total of ten years to get home. 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Homer was a Greek poet born between the eighth and the twelfth centuries. He was known as a blind storyteller who made stories just out of his imagination. He is famous for the poems; The Iliad and The Odyssey, which according to Greek history, he is cr