Week 4b: Daily 4

I think that Alexander could have created his own myth in many ways. He traveled to lots and lots of different places, so he could easily tell people that he passed about his journey. No one would know if he was lying, because they simply did not know him. People would spread the news about Alexander, and his myth would be created. Alexander was obviously a smart person. He knew where he was going and how he was getting there. He knew when to leave and what he was doing. Alexander knew all of these things which is why it is no surprise that he could have created his own myth. When Alexander crated the myth, I am sure he knew that it would spread like wildfire. In Alexander’s day, there were no news stations or radio broadcasts, so everything was spread by word of mouth. These people probably talked about Alexander’s journey after they heard it from one another. I wonder if Alexander told the same myth to everyone he saw, or if he told different ones. If he told the same one, it would be easy for the myth to spread from town to town without question. If he spread different myths, then Alexander could be in trouble. People would realize something was not right, and they would question each other and Alexander. 

Week 4b: Daily 3

I will answer this question, but before I do, I think I should let you know that w have never learned about Aristotle. If you are grading us on our knowledge, then I do not think it’s fair to give us bad grades because we really have no clue what we are talking about. I tried to google this question, but for some odd reason I get like 3 million different explanations for everything I type on google. The internet is not always the best thing to use, I would much rather be taught and know that I am learning real things rather then googling things that turn out to be complete bogus. Well now I think im ready to answer this question. I think that if Aristotle was smart, Alexander probably did listen to him because he came out successful. Just how like I listen to you in class and think, “This will be great! I paid so much attention in class that I know I will do well on my daily!” and then sadly when I get home, I realize that we haven’t learned about our daily yet. Oh well! 

Week 4b: Daily 2

I think that he did know that he was avenging Persian wrongs, but he was using this to mask his goal of conquest. It was a very good attempt, but if he were to get caught, he could be in huge trouble. Obviously he was smart person because he knew how to trick these people into thinking he was the clueless ones, but in reality, they were. I think that he wasn’t trying to make these people mad, but just trick them to be able to go on conquest. Maybe he did feel like he was avenging Persian wrongs, but he did it with bigger thoughts in mind. I think that it was smart and risky for him to try this. Hopefully, in this end, Alexander will come out successful and able to come through with his plan. 

Week 4b: Daily 1

Someone might want to lead others for many reasons. On may be that they are smart and well educated, and they know that they are good leader. If someone is looking for the best interest for people, and knows that he or she can do the best job, that person might want to be a leader. If a person seems like a good leader, then most likely that person will have many followers. A person might also want to be a leader if they are campaigning for a certain organization. For example, if I really loved to help children with disabilities, then I might want to campaign to be the president of that society. If people knew that I was in tis competition for the best interest of the children, then they would know I was a good leader and they would elect me. Sadly, not all people who want to lead others are in it for the best interest of the people. Some people decide to lead people for power, self-interest, or fame. I know this is a sad and twisted, but it is true. People also might think that they want to become a leader and that they do have what it takes to be a leader, but in reality they do not. This is just a few reasons that someone might be compelled to lead other people, but there are many, many more that we still have to encounter in our lifetime, and will be encountered in lifetimes to come. 

Weekly #4

Ancient Greece Script

Setting: Anciten Greece, Athens, Sparta

Characters: Narrator, Plythenies, Pisistratus, Seller 1, Seller 2, Seller 3, Themistocles, Socrates

Prologue         

Narrator: The Greeks were and still are glorious and headstrong people. This era would prove to be the birth of science and politics, there would be creations of art and architecture. This time laid the foundation of the civilization. Greece vanquished empires many times their size and built more empire.

The begging of this successful and tragic story takes place in 508 B.C., five centuries before Christ. Pandemonium in a small city by Athens had occurred; people turned against their ruler.

Scene 1

Ancient Greece 508 B.C.

Narrator: Plythenies was born around 570 B.C.

Plythenies: to one of his servants. I was meant to watch over these people. These aristocrats have taken over everything and think that they are the ones meant to rule this city of Athens. There are no equals in this society.

You know, my father was an aristrocrat. Because of this sort of runling, the whole country relies on just a few people. After all, the aristrocrats are only worried about holding on to their own power.   

Plythenies remembers his childhood.

I was raised as a Spartan. I was meant to be a soldier, and I lived in the center of war. We all had very few possessions, and we all died our clothing red. We would tell and listen to stories of mighty battles and mythical heroes.

Scene 2

Pisistratus is now the ruler of Athens.

Pisistratus: To the people of the town. Athenians, I am turning to you for support. I wish for you to have part in the decision of your future, and the future of the people to come after both you and me. Science I have taken over Greece, I have helped you in many ways and I pray that you know I mean the best for you. I undermine the aristocrats. Loud cheering. I have introduced free loans for you. Clapping and cheering. And I was motivated by a goddess. The goddess of Athena.

In the marketplace on the coast, many people came from different countries to sell goods.        

Seller 1: I have handmade pots! They are beautifully designed, and not too expensive!

Seller 2: Gold, silver, and beautiful foreign jewels!

Seller 3: Freshly made wine! Come try some!

Everyone was willing to trade with Athenians. Everyone had something to sell whether it was gold, silver, wine, or pots and vases. Pottery was a staple in ancient times. The designs were simple but beautiful. Some were worth millions of pounds.

Scene 3

Narrator: This is the time that the Persian War will take place.

Themistocles was an Athenian general. He fought on the battlefield at marathon and was risen to power through democracy. Themistocles didn’t go to school and didn’t have a traditional upbringing. Most of all, he knew that the Persians were still a danger.

Themistocles: to himself.  I must convince the Athenians to let me build battleships to win the war to come.

He exits.

Themistocles: to the town. I have finally convinced you all to buy the expensive ships, but this will give us an advantage over the Persians.

Town: Hazzah!

Narrator: with two hundred ships, the Athenians came out successful and eat the Persians.

Scene 4

Narrator: because Athens lost the war against Sparta, they looked for someone to blame. They blamed Socrates.

Socrates enters.

Socrates: to audience. Yes, I do have bulging eyes, and a disproportionate body, but I am smart. I do not think it is fair that I only have a little time to decide my trial. I was unfairly arrested for corrupting the youth and undermining the state religion. Help me to win this trial.

He exits.

THE END 

Week 4: Daily #4

Greek theatre was related to both religion and politics in many ways. The Athenians did not use the theatre to make money, but rather to please the gods and themselves. The Greeks loved theater, but if they had to pick their favorite topic, most would say that they loved tragedy. Tragedy refers to tragic drama. All of the plays had to be approved by their god Dionysus. If the play was messed up, that would be considered a huge disrespect to the gods. In the earliest days, the only required or necessary; a circular dancing area for the chorus at the base of a gently sloping hill. As you see, these are very strict rule for these ceremonies, but they help us learn about our ancient history. 

Week 4: Daily #3

I think that for a while Athens was a democracy. Plythenies wanted to give the people of Athens a say in their future. He came up with a meeting place and the American congress as we know today was born. Even though this only lasted for a while, it just shows that Athens at one point was a democracy. Their government was not decided by a paper vote, but by something very similar; it was decided by pebbles. A white pebble was used for yes and a black pebble was used for no. This let people decide whether they wanted yes or no easy even if they could not read or write. Now, ordinary Greeks were able to become heroes. This democracy changed this tiny city state. Even though Athenian democracy was much different than ours, it was the starting point for many. This democracy helped Greece to win a war. The war took place in 490 B.C., eighteen years after the democracy was started. The Greeks were out number by a ratio of 2:1. It was a war against the Persians. The Athenians were able to succeed and kill over six thousand Persians. After the war had ended, the Athenians returned to Athens to celebrate their victory. 

Week 4: Daily #2

Persian War

Setting: Persia and Athens

Characters: Zerchzies, Greek people, town’s people

Enter town’s people and general.

Zerchzies: I have heard word from our messenger that Athens may be challenging us to a war. We will be almost guaranteed a win because they have a shaky government at this time. We must set out early!

Everyone cheers and claps

496 B.C.- Persian troops set out for Athens

Zerchzies: to troops I am very confident of our victory. We know that Athens will be turning to their god, but we will have no problem defeating them!

Now in seeing distance from Greece

Greek People: Lead them to the water, we can fight them with the ships that we have.

Greeks lore the Persians into the water

War begins

Persians begin to lose

Greeks see that their plan is working

War ends

Zerchzies: No! We have been defeated. We have lost over two hundred ships! We will get them next time…

THE END

Week 4: Daily #1

I do not think that Socrates got what he deserved. I do not think that it is fair to just assume someone is to blame for an entire countries loss. Even though he was rather disproportionate and a little weird, he didn’t deserve to die how he did. When he was asked whether he wanted to be executed or chose his own punishment, he simply stated that he only wanted to be fined. The jury did not accept his proposal and Socrates later died by poisoning himself. It should not have ended this way for Socrates or for anyone of his era. He did not corrupt the youth, he was only trying to educate them about his theories, and who knows maybe he even helped those young people become more educated. And he did not deny the gods, he just had his doubts. We all have doubts, and he just decided to take action and try to find the reason for things. I am sure that by doing this, he meant no harm. Over all, his exile was unnecessary, and truly he was just a smart person trying to come up with explanations for things that we know and appreciate today. 

Weekly #3

The John Carroll Megaliths

The top standing stone was placed by Archbishop John Carroll himself to show the location where he wanted the school to be built.  On the middle stone in Latin, it says “Scientia potenta est.” which means knowledge is the ability to do things.  This became the entrance to the school.  The picture on the bottom shows where Eleanor Darnall, his mother, was buried.  There are some folk tales to these stones as well. Some teachers say that when the students did not do their homework, the principle would turn them into stone and add it to the burial grounds.  Teachers say that whenever a student fails a quarter, they have to add a rock to the circle.  Other people say that if you stand in the stone circle in top picture and read the Latin, you will be blessed with knowledge.  In the beginning of every year, the classes all gather and recite the Latin together.  Twenty years ago, the school decided not to go and recite the Latin because they believed that is was some silly story.  Only 50% of the seniors graduated that year.  So ever since then, the school goes together to recite the old saying.

Week 3: Daily #4

I completely agree that structures, both social and physical are continually improving. With all of today’s forms of technology, it is easy to make these things improve.  We have computers to crate physical structures and televisions and radios to advertise and show things on the social side. I think that the farther we get into the future, social and physical structures will continue to improve. This is why we are so successful today. Even structures like buildings are improving. Because we have the correct materials to test and try new substances, we can build stronger and more useful than ever before. Our knowledge of our architects and builders today allows u them to use their knowledge for the better building that we have today. A social structure that has improved is people and their interaction. With all of the social networking sites, it is easy to communicate conveniently with other by just pressing a few keys. It is truly amazing how just the click of a key on a keyboard can make such a huge difference to our world. Technology has definitely played one of the largest, if not the biggest, parts in the improvement of social and physical structures. Of course we have the colleges and schools that educate people, but computers are what we need to succeed in today’s world. Thankfully we have the correct resources that we need, and hopefully we will be able to improve more structures in the near future. 

Week 3: Daily #3

Personally, I do not really even understand how war could be anything like technology. Technology is something that we have in today’s world for us to research things and for us to have a better understanding of modern things, but war is nothing like this. War was fighting to win something or a way of protesting to prove a certain belief. I think that war can be or mean many things, but I do not think that it can have anything to do with technology. Maybe in a way it could get the message across like technology does, but not in the same way. For example, you can win a war and get the message that you won, and you get what you were fighting for. Technology can further spread new so instead of just you small group of people knowing about this war, you can spread it worldwide. So they are in a small way alike, but I do not think that they are alike enough to compare them and prove this. It also depends what kind of war you are taking about. If you are talking about a fighting war, then it doesn’t really relate to technology. If you are talking about a cyber-war or a big protest then maybe there would be more to relate to technology. If you are in a cyber-war, then you are using technology to ‘fight’ with other. So in conclusion, I do not think that war and technology are alike, but maybe if you think about it more and use different types of war and technology, their similarity would change. 

Week 3: Daily #2

I think that there are many conspiracy theories that have to do with the time period around pyramids and megaliths are thought of for many reasons. The people who brought about these theories might have been wondering many things. They might have been wondering what these things were used for, and why they are in the area that they are in. there are probably way more theories about megaliths the pyramids though. Still today, we do not know why and what megaliths were built for. Some people think of forts. Others think maybe for burial grounds, but no one really knows.  I think that maybe megaliths were used as today’s monuments are. Maybe just to remember a person or a fertile area or anything that was important to these people. It is fun and frustrating to try to find out why these large masses of stones are in these certain places. Even though it is much harder to find the reason that these strange stone are in these places, it can also be puzzling to try to explain some of the pyramids. Some pyramids might just be in random places with no explanation to why they are there. Even though we have come very far in technology and research, we still can’t understand certain things. Maybe someday in the future, all the puzzle pieces will fall together and all of these things in our world that we have not yet for the reason for will make sense. 

Week 3: Daily #1

I think that the oldest human artifact that was the most important were pyramids. Pyramids helped us to understand how to make good shelters and buildings. It must be telling us something if pyramids that were made thousands of years ago are still in almost perfect conditions today. Sadly, most of our buildings are not built like pyramids were. If we had these wonderful things, we wouldn’t have to worry about strong wind or heavy rain destroying them. Today, weather destroys many houses in the United States. Even though pyramids are not the most tasteful looking homes, it would be nice to know that you have a durable and well- made home. It is sad to say that many new homes are not being made the way that they used to, and are falling apart too easily. I myself can say that I am worried about how long my house will last. I have a fairly new house, and already it has had problems because of it being poorly made. I hope that people will be able to see that we need to have safe houses for people to live in. hopefully architects will be able to research and look at ancient and old buildings, and base some of their work off of that in order to make sustainable, well-built houses. 

Weekly #2

Change can be either good or bad in many ways. It can be good because of the enhancements of technology, but it can also be bad because of the air pollution and food that is being processed. In ancient times, people traveled by foot. Then, the horse and carriage was the new way to travel. Today we have cars; millions and millions of cars that travel every day. These cars were both a good thing and a bad thing. They were good because it was easier and much faster to travel places. It is also much more comfortable then a bumpy ride on a horse and carriage or a tiring walk on the hard ground. There are also many downsides of this wonderful but also polluting at the same time. A lot of the pollution in our air is caused by cars and factories. As you can see, this is just one of the major examples of change in our society. In this essay, the change in of art, the agricultural revolution, and architecture and urban planning will be discussed and hopefully it will be able to teach more of the ups and downs of change in our world.

            In ancient times, art was used as a messenger. It was used to describe where people came from, what people looked like, and the way that people lived. Since these times when art was drawn on walls of stone, art has changed in more than one major way. One major example of major art was the Rosetta stone. This massive stone with tree different types of writing on it told us many things.  This stone also taught us many things. We learned how to read hieroglyphics, and about the history of these things. Today, art is mostly for show. People do put pieces of meaning, and hidden things in paintings, but we aren’t out writing on caves about how the hunt went or major events. Basically, art is not the same as it used to be. We learned so much of our history form art but it just isn’t the same anymore. When we look at ancient art, we learn what happened in that time period and about these people’s lives, but most modern art won’t teach people about these kinds of things. There are exceptions though. For example, when 9/11 occurred, there were paintings that represented that. There still are paintings that will teach the people of the future things about our life today, but it is not how it used to be in the ancient times.

Architecture and urban planning have also gone through change. Farmers used to have to go to the stream and collect water for their crops and bring it back. Today, we have irrigation systems. With these, we barely even have to lift a finger in order to water acres of crops. This, for example, was a good change. The next example is not. A long time ago, farmers had to wait longer for their crops and animals to grow. Today, we have growth hormones and other formulas to cause plants and animals to develop much faster. This can be a very bad change in many ways. Many cows suffer from ecoli. This is a disease that is very harmful if people consume this infected meat. This disease is given to the cow from corn. Most cows are only fed corn and no grass, while research shows that feeding a cow grass for just five days will wipe the ecoli out of their system. As you can see, not all of these changes are good and some of them are so harmful that they could cause death. Ancient planning in Mesopotamia was a very good change that would later show to help our society today. This helped us get the idea for a city, and make cities in our modern world. If it weren’t for them, I don’t even know where we would be today.

As you can see change has many ups and downs, but it is good to experience the ups and downs in our life. If we didn’t, we would never learn anything like we can now. Hopefully we will be able to see many more changes, and keep trying to make our world the best place that we can. 

Week 2: Daily #4

Water was a very important resource in ancient times. Today, and in those times, water is the most important thing that humans need in order to survive. Today we have bottled water, and most of us probably take it for granite. If we lived in ancient times, we would have to provide ourselves with fresh drinking water every day. People use water to cook, bathe, clean, and drink. Today we can turn on a faucet or open the fridge and just have water come to us. In the ancient times, people had to supply their own water. Could you imagine having to hike possibly a few miles every day just to get fresh water? These are just a few things that people in ancient times needed water for. Another huge part of their life was agriculture. They needed to gather water for their plants and animals. If there was no water for this, there would be no food. If there is no food, then the people in that area are most likely to die. It is very interesting to think about how something so easy for us to get today was such a challenging and important part of people’s lives in ancient times. Maybe more people will be able to reflect on this and how much we should be thankful for our water, and people can learn the struggles and perseverance of the people in ancient times that provide themselves with drinking water. 

Week 2: Daily #3

Hey- kamish

Whats up- Fupus mlerp

Just doing school work. - blacar shi vimo

Oh, that’s boring.-klurk, lum dangie

Yea. Do you want to hang out after school. - ka. Nu chang dorrer skile?

TOTALLY!!- gnani!!!

Ok. See you then. Ma. Huf nu kase.

One- kai

Two- bie

Three- tri

Four- fwi

Five- knai

Six- pla

Seven- snurp

Eight- wani

Nine- hurnu

Ten- derf

Yes- iskabible

No- ani

Good- hurnu

Bad- pani

Happy- klacuki

Sad- snaki

Mad- punuku

Bored- cuckonarchi

Goodbye- hanini

Good Morning- hurnu gumple

Good Night- hurnu waksini