Western Civilization 201

March 31st, 2020 Personal Essay Since beginning online learning, many things have changed for both students and teachers. I agree with many of the points made on Mr. Schick's blog post. Online learning is a big challenge to the school community for both public and private schools. I find it hard to teach myself the materials I would learn from a teacher on a normal school day. Sometimes I have trouble understanding my teacher's instructions for work because they aren't detailed enough. I must email my teachers when I have questions about work, which is a problem because many of my teachers do not answer right away as I need. All of these things cause problems for my future tests and quizzes in my subjects. To add, my teachers give me more work than I usually get on a typical class day. My amount of work is more than I would get on a regular school day, including my homework. 

March 27th, 2020  Optional Blog Many things are similar between the events our Western Civilization class has been studying and what has been happening in the world today. One example is sickness. Back in these ancient times, Athens was struck by a plague that was brought to them by shipmen. When they were struck with the disease, Athens was on lockdown because of the war and no one was let in or out. In modern times, many countries and cities are on lockdown because of the newly found coronavirus. COVID-19 was brought to the US by travelers, just like the shipmen brought the plague to Athens. Another similarity is the government. Athens had a democracy where all people voted. Athens's democracy is similar to the way US citizens vote for whom they want in government office today. Although there are differences, the main point seems to be the same. Many of these events are repeating from what the world has gone through before.

March 26th, 2020 Sickness COVID-19 is a worldwide pandemic. How does this sickness compare to the small spread plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War? Well first, COVID-19, also referred to as Coronavirus, has been spread to places all around the world. The plague during the Peloponnesian War stayed in Athens and only in Athens because the people in the city were well quarantined. Another difference between the two diseases is the symptoms. The Coronavirus is a respiratory infection that is often related to Pneumonia. The plague was just a digestive tract infection that caused high fevers and fast bowel movements. Today the world is trying to quarantine the disease like the Athenians accidentally did. One similarity is that both caused panic and distress. It is said that the Athenians did not care about religion or laws, which was far from normal for them. Today, Corona is doing the same thing. It is causing worldwide panic throughout the infected continents as schools ...

March 24th, 2020 Biographies Philip II Philip II, son of King Amyntas III, was the king of Macedon from 359 B.C. to 336 B.C. Philip III was the father of Alexander III and Philip III. During his reign, he reformed the Ancient Macedonian army. By doing this, Macedon rose and conquered much of Classical Greece by its battle victories. In 338 B.C., king Philip II defeated Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea. He was later assassinated in 336 B.C. by Pausanias of Orestis, a royal bodyguard. Alexander the Great Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III, was the king of Macedon for 12 years and 8 months. Up until he was 16, he was tutored by Aristotle. He succeeded the throne through his father Philip II in 336 B.C. at the young age of 20. During most of the years that he ruled, he dominated kingdoms throughout Asia and Northeast Africa. He had built one of ancient history's largest empire by 30 years old. The kingdom had stretched from Greece to northwestern In...

March 23rd, 2020 Alexander and Bucephalus Bucephalus was the legendary horse of Alexander the Great, a well-known king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. In 344 B.C., Alexander won the horse by making a bet with his father. At the time, he was thirteen years old. Bucephalus was a large horse with a black coat. He had blue eyes and a white star on his eyebrow. Not only was he a stunning animal, but he was also stubborn. No one in the land could tame the horse. Alexander was the only one who could tame him. Bucephalus was always by Alexander's side during battle. Bucephalus died by fatal injuries at the Battle of the Hydaspes in June of 326 B.C. After the battle, Alexander founded a city called Bucephala in honor of Bucephalus. Alexander the Great and Bucephalus were an inseparable team of two and are known as great heroes of Greece. 

March 20th, 2020 Online School Week One Recap During this week, the John Carroll School was closed due to the recent coronavirus outbreak. One thing I like about online schooling is that I have a large amount of time to complete my work. I am able to take breaks in between working on my classes, which I am not always able to do during real school days. The hard part about learning online is you don't have a face to face learning experience. At school, you are able to ask questions directly in class and learn the materials more easily. Another con about online learning is that a lot of my teachers are giving me a large amount of work compared to what I usually get on a normal school day. My work has taken me up to 13 hours to do for one day. Although this new learning experience has some issues, I feel as if it is a good way to learn during this crisis.

March 19th, 2020 Online School I believe Socrates started to questions Athens' traditional beliefs at this particular point in time because he realized that charging people with these accusations, like the ones in the video, is immoral and inhumane. Socrates was a man who judged and based his opinions on reasoning and logic. The generals in the video were in a life or death situation and I believe that Socrates saw this point of view. He became aware that if the generals had stopped to pick up the soldiers who had fallen off the ship, the ship would get caught in the storm and all of them would be dead. I believe this is why he started to question the beliefs of Athens and decided to stand up for the men on the ship.