This
week in class, we learned a lot of new information on Socrates and Ancient
Greece. One of the highlights was definitely how Socrates died, and what he
left behind him. Socrates died guilty of teaching what didn't seem the right
Gods and corrupting the youth of Athens. Later on he was found innocent.
What makes him a hero or legend, is that he was willing to go down knowing that
he did nothing wrong. The people would understand later that he was right in
what he taught and what he believed. A famous quote of his (that is still
popular today) states, "An unexamined life is not worth living." This
is such an important lesson that everyone needs to learn. Are you the person
who chooses to leave work everyday, come home, watch TV, and then go to bed?
The kind of person who just wastes their life away? No. We were gifted with the
ability to do things that other creatures can't, so why waste it? We should be
abusing that gift. This is what Socrates intended us to get from his quote and
i intend to follow it. Do you? I'm looking forward to learning more on this
topic.
Today's class was one of the most interesting ones we've had so far. Today's discussion focused mainly around what thinking globally and acting locally means. What do they mean? An example used in class today was farming. If everyone starting farming for their fruits and vegetables, it would affect grocery stores. Now of course the stores wouldn't go out of business, the fruits and vegetables rate being sold would increase. So in other words, something we did locally would effect globally. But besides this discussion we talked about our thoughts on voting. How more older people tend to vote more nowadays. This brought up the discussion of weather or not the age for kids to be able to start voting should be lowered to age 16. In my opinion, I think at this age we are too young and immature to be asked and vote for political affairs, because honestly everyone would just think the same as their parents. You hear kids arguing politically, but you know it's just them tal...
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