Ancient Greece and Socrates.....

Today in Mr. Schick's class we talked about ancient Greece and Socrates and his death. Mr. Schick said that Socrates was a philosopher that always contributed in debates by asking questions which was called the Socratic method.  its where " is a form of inquiry and debate between individuals with opposing viewpoints based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas." in class we also talked about how excellence and Hubbard and Socrates method all tied together. Mr. Schick had us look up a painting that an artist tried to recreate the moment of his death. the painting showed him sitting in a cell with men all around him while he was ready to drink the poison. his final word were " Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius. Do pay it. Don't forget." there is a lot of debates going on about what these last words mean, and some even call it a riddle..... perhaps it is.... 

     

A Message To Garcia

Today in Mr. Schick's class we talked about The Letter To Garcia. i really liked him reading this to us because i felt the same way. i felt that good work is really hard to come by and everyone wants a worker to do exactly as they say with no questions asked and that is how workers should be. before Mr. Schick read the story, we all had to find our seats, and get out our notebooks, and take any notes we felt were worth writing down, he read a quote from the story and the quote was "survival of the fittest" we sat and thought about what that meant for a while then he asked us our opinions about it. we got to talking about hunters, and the hunted, and and Mr. Schick did an imitation of a deer which was hilarious. i really like this class and i hope it stays as fun as it is now

Definitions

Arête- ridge

Polis- city, or town

Socrates- ancient philosopher

Death of Socrates- Socrates was accused of refusing to recognize the gods. There was a vote to see if he was guilty, 280 said he was guilty and 220 said he was not. His punishment was a death penalty and was ordered to drink poison

The Socratic Method- used by Socrates, a method of teaching by question and answer

The Date 508 BC- a god, Zeus died

Agora- the center of Athens

What the ancient greeks meant if they called you an idiot-the law stated that everyone had to vote, and if you didn't you were called an idiot

First Day Of High School

today Mr. Schick talked about the syllabus in Human Geo. i was not too excited about the class but Mr. Schick had a lot of funny jokes to break the awkwardness and he was really cool. in class we talked about how important it is to stay on task and not be distracted by the tablet. it was nice because Mr. Schick was very understanding about the whole thing and he knew that it is very easy to get off task and play games. he said that most of the time we will be taking notes on paper not the tablet so there is not a chance to get off task, which is a very good idea considering no one can see if you are playing a game or doing an assignment we gave everyone nick names and had a lot of fun during class. I hope this year is going to be a great one and so far it is!