Human Geo Notes

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.

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! 

LATE ARRIVAL I came in late today so I don't know what we did so yeah!

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 ...