Today we discussed the passage written by Elbert Hubbard, A Message to Garcia. This passage, basically, was about how most all people are just plain lazy. He said that when you ask someone to do a simple task, most people ask a question about it, tries to get someone else to do it for them, or doesn't even do it. In the passage, a man named Rowan is told to send a message to Garcia and no one knows exactly where Garcia is. When Rowan is told to send him the message, he doesn't ask questions, he just goes. This shows that there is that one person who will do what he is told, get it done and do it right. Mr. Schick shared this to us (I believe) so we could be like Rowan, do all our tasks to the best of our ability no matter where we are, in school or not. This will help us in future life experiences and motivate us to do things we are told to do.
Arete - virtue or happiness
Polis- city-state
Socrates- Greek philosopher who changed philosophy
The death of Socrates- was accused of corruption of youth and refuse to recognize the gods recognized by the state and recieved death penalty.
Socratic method- a method of teaching by asking series of questions
idiot- in ancient Greek an idiot is a person who does not vote
agora- market place and meeting place
508 bc- Kleisethens establishes democracy
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