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After staying up until 2:30 AM, I did relatively good on this test; although, I don't know my grade. I'm very confident I got an A on this difficult subject and I look forward to moving onto Part 2 of Greece. Through the entire Test, only two questions really made me ponder, those being the one which is false about Dactylic Hexameter and the one regarding the citizenship of Athens. Upon further review of both, I am delighted to inform whoever is reading this that I got them right, hopefully. Furthermore, I didn't do too sharp on my English Quiz this morning; but yet again, much of that time was spent studying for this Test which I believe I did well on. I am looking forward to the grades which I will be staying tuned in to see. With that said, I must rush to prepare for my Math test tomorrow morning, which should be moderately difficult, although I feel as if I can find a way to spark my memory in the entirety of Chapter 6 of Math.  With that said, I conclude my Februa

The preparations begin, meaning I have started studying for the test tomorrow. Today was in a way useful because we did a brief review of the new content we did yesterday and what would be on the test. In addition to the recap of yesterday, we were told the specifics of what would be on the test tomorrow; 1-32 slides, Pg. 123-133, and The Allegory of the Cave as well. As I write this Blog, I am working on a Quizlet on the side which usually helps me prepare for a test. Although sometimes I feel as if I study the wrong content, I feel a bit more confident this time around that so long as I create a solid study guide for myself, I may very well succeed in this assessment. That being said, I also fear that since we are not allowed to bring our textbook home, I am not going to retain as much there from my notes which only scrape the top as far as what is covered. Though, luckily, Mr. Schicks Google Slide seems well constructed, so that will surely help me. Besides studying, in class there

In Western Civilization, we focused on summarizing the stuff we had learned lately, this comes after we had the weekend to forget about the Pop Quiz we had on Friday regarding Greece. Over the weekend I felt as if my interest in Greece slightly fainted yet I'm sure it will start up very soon. I believe what peeks my interest in Greece is the amazing design and structures; as a matter of fact, I enjoy their culture. Although there are still many things regarding Greece which we still don't know, nor likely ever will, I just find the subject very interesting in those aspects. With that said, I also take great interest in the politics, which are still quite unknown yet debated. We learned that a lot of the time, they would drink in a surplus (probably) and debate political issues which would have to be solved. Besides that, we spoke shortly about our upcoming Test which will blow our Pop-Quiz away as far as points. And while I look forward to Rome, I honestly don't know enou

Today we took a pop quiz. No further comment on that. Besides that, we read a lot; in doing so I also need to improve not only my reading skills but my note-taking skills. That’s a really tough thing to do especially when I don’t even have the textbook. But luckily I was able to catch a few photos of the pages in my textbook so that I may continue my studies into the weekend. And while we were supposed to read about 6 pages, I was only able to read 3, which is probably because I’m trying to analyze everything and take it all in. I find that in doing so, I am able to understand my notes a lot more, but I need to take time to do that. Finally, we shorty discussed our next assessment, but this time a test. That test will likely be on Thursday so I will have plenty of time to study. In the meantime, I’m going to go over Mr. Schick's slide show presentation on his website then enjoy my weekend. And while I'm scared for the upcoming test, I'm certain that if I study using Quizle

Yet another day passes in which we have to focus on Greece, a relatively fun subject. With that said, we pursued the structure in which the governments of Greece (which there are many) chose to rule over their people and the rights assigned to people. These rights were based mostly upon Gender and Land Ownership. Having plenty of land or being born in, lets says Athens, would likely grant you some sort of say in a political decision. As for the politics, we sure had some today in class, likely enlarged by me bringing up some politicians today who take a certain pay and pay the rest of their small salary back to the nation. I wondered if the same was true for these politicians (mostly kings and nobles) who served their public. But before I got to the question, I first asked about currency for their time, which I was informed by Mr. Schick was in ample circulation among the richer side of the population. This currency is what really intrigued me in addition to the reigns which have been

Like other days recently, we have been going over a lot of content regarding Greece. Though, I must say, most of what we've gone over recently is more of an analysis rather than new content which I was hoping for. It's also unfortunate that we have to keep our Ancient Civilization textbooks at school, for I would like to continue to learn about this subject (among others in the book). I don't understand why we have gone so in depth into the Allegory of the Cave, but honestly I do not mind. As I stated earlier, I think we analyze a lot in our class and this allegory just further proves that we do. While I was absent, I heard that the class watched a video on the Allegory of the Cave, which I am going to seek help on to watch so I'm up to speed on classes. Towards the end of class, I was finally able to put a finger on what made me so interested in Greece. That ended up being the construction and really all of what remains from Ancient Greece. I believe what startled me

Today, when I woke up I felt terrible. And as a precaution, I was kept home to make ensure the flu was out of my system for not only the fear of spreading it to students but to the family gathering being hosted at our house this weekend. With that said, I continue to research interesting aspects of Ancient Greece, even on youtube. Youtube has a lot of valuable information for studying that requires little effort to pull up.  With that said, I'm going to catch up on some sleep which I have been struggling to get. 

We had a fun class today, in fact, we took a lot of notes today. I'm really intrigued by what the Greeks were able to accomplish for their time. especially in the seafaring side of things. With that said, I feel like there is still much to learn and from what I've heard so far, I can't imagine that there would be any scarcity of problems. Though, the more and more we talk about Greece, the more fun it sounds like it was to live their, especially their climate was spectacular. Towards the end of class, I questioned Mr. Schick on the demographics of Greece and their population distribution, to which I was answered a long and in depth lecture on the whereabouts of the population within Greece. Somewhat to my surprise, I wads told the majority of the population lived among Sparta, Athens, and Troy. The reason I was surprised by this is because of the amount of islands surrounding Greece, which I have just found out were mostly inhabited because of their terrain. After the pres

In Western Civilization, we had a very different approach to learning. Instead of just taking notes of what was on the board, we instead had to listen for the key meaning out of a story by the Greek Philosopher Pluto regarding what I believe to be  "enlightenment". I'll set the stage for this allegory, several prisoners are shackled and forced to look upon a wall which shadows are cast unto. These shadows, brought from a flame as light, were common things among  Greece and were announced to the prisoners every time they saw them. The prisoners would then guess what the next object shown would be in order to earn the respect of the other shackled prisoners. This all changes one day when one of the prisoners is exposed to the real world (enlightened) and becomes intellectually independent. When he decides to return to the cave to inform the other prisoners, instead of thanking him and being freed, they opt to kill him if he continues with such nonsense, rather they were hap

I have spent the past two and a half hours attempting to get this blog up due to an error message from Blogger saying that my browser was unsupported. I am also incapable of opening outlook, which was very frustrating as well. Today in Western Civilization class, we had to read several textbook pages regarding Ancient Greece which was done while several students took a quiz we had last week. That was the Ancient Egypt quiz in which I did pretty good on luckily. Regardless, we were then told to answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 5 on the textbook content. The questions are listed and answered below. 1. Mycenaean- One of the first advanced Greek civilizations within the mainland which lasted for about 500 years. Most citizens were from the origins of Mycenae, Greece. Trojan War- The Trojan war, although possibly fictitious, was a battle which was fought over a prince which was being held captive within the area of Troy. Legend has it that a massive wooden horse was used to infiltrate

Today, we finally had the quiz on Ancient Egypt which I was well prepared for. Somehow I still managed to miss a question, that question is still unknown. Although I inquired about what I missed when I spoke to Mr. Schick, he was in a hurry though to attend his next class. Which leaves me with a question this weekend, what question did I miss?  I had to guess on two but upon further research, after the quiz, I found that I took the correct guesses on each question. Which lessens the questions I could've gotten wrong. I assume that I just had misspelled a word or two on the back questions which would be unfortunate but I would still consider it a known fact by myself. Besides the quiz, we took a look at the next chapter in our textbook. Luckily, the next chapter is on something in which I find interesting, The Greeks. So far I've just been given a briefing on how they lived, traveling mostly by the seas because of their location predominately on islands and peninsulas which

Today, similar to other classes, we reviewed for our quiz tomorrow. Sadly, the results of my last quiz could've been better, having a grade of an 83%, which I surely did not want. In my defense, I had been absent for the entirety of the last week, which meant I prepared to the best of my ability. Unfortunately, I have terrible time management and It's surely not helped by the fact that I cannot take the textbook home from which I need to read from. Though, as I am writing this in class while we are done, I am debating asking Mr. Schick if I can bring home one of his textbooks. Just as an update, I did so and he politely said yes, I'm beyond confident that If I can manage my time well tonight, then I will be more than fine with the test tomorrow. To be honest, anything at this point in which I will be up to date on, will surely enable me to increase my 83% in this class. We also continued to ask questions regarding the process of mummification which I'll admit, is pretty

We had a Pop Quiz today in Western Civilization, this is not what I expected nor what I wanted. After the first quiz which I had planned for, Mr. Schick instantly pulled this next one out. I was prepared though, meaning, I did do a fair job on both quizzes. On the first quiz, the planned one, I probably got in the 90's, the only area of uncertainty on that quiz was the ages of advancement, which I was not aware would be on the quiz, I should have expected it though. With those Age questions, luckily they were multiple choice which means I took an educated guess and have about more than a 50/50 chance of getting them correct. Besides that, it was a regular class and we spent the ending of it with the pop quiz which, yet again I feel mediocre on. I am preparing for the test which was announced today to be on Friday (likely). I am doing so by creating a QUIZLET, which I know has some unique power within our Western Civilization class. That concludes the February 4th Blog Post, Ti

After an entire week of missing all of my classes, I have returned feeling much better. Today, just like the past Western Civilization classes, we read our textbooks and just really took the day to review and get back to pace so that we can move as a group. I took plenty of time today to read the chapter on Ancient Egypt and really found it interesting compared to the Mesopotamia . Not that I didn't find Mesopotamia interesting, but I thought some of the techniques used by the Egyptians were incredibly smart for their time. Just to think that while they created the Great Pyramids, that time was prior to the creation of the wheel. Something highly thought to have always existed. In addition to the wheel, many of the wonders occurring with the Sumerians were also happening with the Egyptians, with little to no correlation as far as technological advancement. More that both civilizations were just developing with the same environments. After seeing what the Egyptians had to work with