Day 23

Discuss the idea of irony. How do you define irony? Give a personal example of irony? Then, think and comment on the following: At the opening of the scene 1, Oedipus states: “Until now I was a stranger to this tale, as I had been a stranger to the crime.” What tale is he talking about and how is this statement ironic?

Day 22

Do you think it is always best to know the truth? Consider a time when you wanted to know the truth about something and others warned that it would be in your best interest if you did not know. What happened as a result of your push to learn the truth? If this is not relevant to you, then discuss why, at times, ignorance can be bliss and give a time in your life where this was true and why.

Day 21

today, we discussed the idea of perceptions and creating a perception of ourselves. In this blog, write your eulogy focused on how you would hope that, in the end, people would think about you. This will probably take at least 15 sentences for you to truly reflect on this moment. This is not always easy as we must reflect on the fact that we all have mortality and, at some point, will die.

Good luck!

Day 20

One of the themes of this movie is regrets and what we do with them. In this blog, do the following:

1. Discuss a regret in your life and how this regret has made you a better person or has made you think less of yourself.
2. Pretend you are in Judgement City and write a letter to your judges about why you should be able to move on. In this letter, you must refer to at least one experience that shows you to be worthy of this move.

I assume that this blog will have to be more than 7 sentences.

Day 19

Based on today's movie, Defending your Life, think about the idea of going into a past life pavillion. Based on your current life, your current expectations and hopes, if you lived a past life do you think that it was similar to who you are now? If you could pick one person or one time period to have lived who or what would it be and why? What values of that person or time do you most wish you had? Could you take these values on now? If yes, how? If no, why not?

If you were not here to watch the movie today, sorry I guess that is one of the negatives to being absent.

Day 18

The Willingness to Ignore the Truth is often a theme found in literature. How has this theme impacted your life either through personal experience or experience with other people? Is it every ok to ignore the truth? If yes, when? What are some of the consequences when this happens?

Day 17

Today I would like you to discuss movies. What types of movies do you like? What draws you to a certain movie? Actors, directors, music? Do you think that movies play a role in American society besides just being entertainment? Why or why not?

Day 16

We shall current event today. Remember that you must summarize your current event and then connect it to you, the world or the community and the effect that it has on it. NO CITE, NO POINTS!

Day 15

I hope you enjoyed Chalkboard football and the Veterans Ceremony. I have enjoyed sitting in the library all day and grading papers. You will get back the LOTF test and your character project tomorrow. We will be quickly doing vocab and grammar and hopefully completing more of the god-a-thon. Alot to accomplish in a day. Don't forget to study for your World history test.

For this evening talk about the idea of gods vs. God. Why do you think that during the early history of man it was important to have so many different gods and then that switched to most religions and peoples having one God? Which system do you think works the best? Would you want to live in a world that relied on so many different gods? Why or why not? Benefits or defecits to living this way in the 21st
century?

Day 14

Tomorrow will be 2nd hour Social Studies- Chalkboard Football. 3rd hour you will be going to the Veterans Ceremony. Wednesday we will complete our god-a-thon. Also, do not forget that your essay/letter is due on Wednesday.

For this evening, think about the ideal of pride. We saw this a lot in The Iliad in regards to both Achilles and Hector. We will continue to see this when we read Oedipus. Read the following quote and then comment on what it means to you and how pride is or is not important to who you are as a person:

"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity."
Dale Carnegie

Day 13

For tonight, FREE BLOG!!!! Make it something that will share something about you that will teach us something we do not know.

Day 12

Today you will need to do a current event. Cite your source or no points and no sports or entertainment without it relating to something very current in our society.

Day 11

Do you think Achilles has bound peace in his victory? Do you think that his revenge has gone too far? Explain your answer with at least one reference to the story. Why do you think Achille's anger is so intense, even with his vengeance complete? Lastly, have you ever experienced a need for vengeance that over run your rational thought? Explain.

This may easily take more than 7 sentences.