Emerging from the latter half of the 5th century BCE, travelling professional intellectuals called the sophists frequented Athens and the surrounding Greek city-states. These intellectuals would offer an education in “arête” (excellence) – to those who would be able to pay a small fee. Arête, during the second half of the fifth century BCE, was associated by Greek citizens with being successfully influential in the political sphere through persuasive speech whereas before then arête was primarily associated with heroic virtues exemplified by Greek heroes like Achilles and Odysseus. Since the sophists were able to provide an education in arête in exchange for a fee, they would later be called “the new ‘teachers’ of 5th-century Athens” (Griffin…
Sanjana Sinha Period: 3 10/25/15 Thesis Statement: All rulers in the world in Europe in the 1700s were state builders because they improved education, they made the government better, and they improved agriculture. Annotated Bibliography “Age of Absolutism.” Packet.…
Introduction; Athens’ education system is better than Sparta’s Learning about Athens’ and Sparta’s education system is important because this information can help us develop as a modern society and improve our own education system by looking at what worked and didn’t work for ancient Greece. It’s also a very fascinating topic to learn about, there’s different evidence to support both sides but I’m here to share my knowledge on why Athens’ education system was better than Sparta’s. Reason 1: Better values…
After the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 5th century, the eastern Byzantine Empire flourished while the western regions disintegrated into fragmented kingdoms without any unifying authority. Europe was in the midst of its Dark Ages when Charlemagne was born in 742 AD. This time was marked by frequent warfare; therefore there were few cultural achievements during this time. Charlemagne became ruler of one kingdom in Germany in 768 AD, immediately setting out to expand his territory. Through numerous battles, he had conquered most of inland Europe.…
The model I created is a depiction of the world of Erilea. The main continent on which the Throne of Glass series happens. The map shows the full continent of Erilea from the northern Frozen Wastes and Terrasen to the Deserted Land and Eyllwe in the South. Starting In the upper left-hand side of the map I created the lands of the Frozen Wastes, complete with a mountain chain. This area even has the Ruins of Morla and the Jungle of Morla.…
There is always a quest for getting the proper education, and finding the right place to give you the education that you need. No matter what education plays a key role in everyday life and society. According to Aristophanes, Socrates runs the Thinkery. In the Thinkery, the students are taught to make an argument that will be believed rather than an argument that is morally correct. Aristophanes presents the Thinkery as bad because his intentions show what a school shouldn’t be because of the Arguments that are being formed, what form of education is considered right to teach, and being dishonest.…
It is the year of 2554 B.C. a loud bang as another brick is put on the great pyramid. My name is Ubaid I am 12 years old and I live in egypt. The pharaoh is the great King Menes. It is a sad week, my uncle died and could not afford a tomb, so he has to be buried in the sand.…
In a small section of the first chapter, “Our Schools and Our Children”, in Lives on the Boundaries by Mike Rose, Rose describes his observation of an English course at the University of California, Los Angeles titled English A. He explains how it is the university’s most basic writing course and how a dean even described the students taking the class as “The truly illiterate among us.” Rose then shares his observations of the students engaging in classroom discussions about Greek culture, the origin of Greek words, and the names of Greek gods and goddesses. This part of the chapter stuck out to me because it brings back those discussions in class we had about what literacy truly is and what it means to be literate. Students and faculty at…
Education has long been a fundamental aspect of progressing civilizations. The United States was no different and established private colleges soon after Europeans first immigrated to the area. In 1789, the General Assembly of North Carolina, seeing a need for higher education in the state, chartered the University of North Carolina, the nation’s first public institution of higher learning. Timothy J. Williams’ book Intellectual Manhood: University, Self, and Society in the Antebellum South describes the university and its students from the years 1795 to 1861. Using this book, it is possible to gain a deeper understanding as to the meaning of the state’s charter and how well the students carried it out.…
Herod’s influence was such that some of his children were even given the opportunity to be educated in the same home as Augustus. (ROLLER P 3) Not only did Herod’s children receive some of the best education for the time but his children were married off to eastern rulers at the time, thereby creating a dynastic network that spread and was able to endure until the second century A.D. (ROLLER P…
Is the way we are currently teaching our students detrimental to their academic career? Dorothy Sayers, an expert in medieval studies, deliberates that the way students presently acquire information is not effective, therefor Sayers suggest that certain medieval educational methods should be implemented so that students can “learn to learn.” The technique used to teach students has changed over the years. Even the great philosophers of ancient Greek had different opinions on knowledge. Sayers’s new modifications have some concerning and fanatical aspects and others that are meticulously planned and easily accepted.…
When GSN revived the big money word association game show in 2012 with The Pyramid, I didn’t think we would see a better recreation of the classic format to air in the 2000s and beyond… until ABC premiered its version on Sunday night. The producers have done an exceptionally, stellar job of recapturing the excitement and energy of the game than any other revival I’ve seen within the past 25 years from selecting competitive contestants who are well adept in playing the game (best exhibited in the Kathy Najimy/Rosie O’ Donnell episode) to signing on an excellent and amiable host in Michael Strahan, who keeps the show flowing at a smooth, fluid pace while quickly building a great rapport with the contestants and celebrities. This edition of Pyramid retained a lot of the elements from the original while enhancing a few to make the show stand out, including the inflated $50,000/$100,000 Winner’s Circle grand prizes and category values (adding up to a generous $16,500), the slightly revamped theme music and other cues, the new set and new tiebreaker rules. Although I had given The Pyramid set design a perfect 10/10, I would be remiss if I didn’t give this version the props it deserves by grading the set anything less than a 10. The $100,000 Pyramid set, albeit small,…
The Peloponnesian War featured social and political deterioration. Through power struggles, revolutions, land and sea battles, diplomacy, and rapid cultural change, Thucydides demonstrated his belief that human nature is inherently ambitious and ruthless. In his writing on the revolution in Corcyra, he illustrated the conflict between human law and man’s insatiable desires. He saw the revolution of Corcyra as an example of the general decline of Greece during the Peloponnesian War, characterizing the period as full of political strife and chaos that had dire consequences. Many people died in combat and massacres, buildings and property were destroyed, and Greek society experienced moral decay.…
The Pyramids are filled with mysteries, such as the real reason they were built, who built them, and many more. Some say the Pyramids were built for Pharaohs and others say that they were built as an alien spaceship. Many say, that the pyramids were built by groups of men, up to 10,000 at a time. Others say that they were built with the large groups, however the men were all under the control of a God.…
In today’s society, education is the process of inheriting information from not only societal interactions, but also lessons taught in the school classroom. Students have grown up in different locations, surrounded by diverse groups of people, which comes into affecting the way in which they learn. The circumstances that they are born into should not affect the quality of learning and knowledge they get, but because of unforeseen situations, it happens- too often. The obstacles faced in education are withdrawing students of their natural right to learn and explore, regressing the morals of the children. Through Plato’s books, Meno, Protagoras, and The Republic, education is being targeted as not being done in the correct way.…