It's Friday. In class we finished our discussions on excellence. By analyzing Elbert Hubbard's essay A Message to Garcia, and examining Socrates and the ancient Greeks, we complete our introductory unit.
Now comes the assessment (the graded part).
Your five blogs - one for last Thursday, August 23, and one for each class we held this week - are due before midnight, September 2. (That's 12:00 AM, as Saturday changes to Sunday.)
The first blog is worth 10 points, the next four are worth two points each.
In the next part of your assessment, you will write three essays, worth 25 points each, to be posted to your blog before midnight, Tuesday, September 4.
Essay #1: Give your original definition of arete, and describe how Socrates and the ancient Greeks demonstrated this quality.
Essay #2: Imagine that Elbert Hubbard and Socrates have time-travelled to the present. Describe what they would think or say about life in America in the year 2012.
Essay #3: Assuming that you think that excellence is a good thing, write out a five-point action plan that describes how you are going to approach your career at the John Carroll School over the next four years.
Since you have a long weekend to work on these essays, I expect them to be thoughtful and well-written, containing a minimum of spelling and grammatical errors. You may post the three essays all at once or separately. Late postings will be subject to a late penalty.
If anything about these assignments is unclear to you, please stop by to see me after school today in Room 121, or email me at rschick@johncarroll.org with your questions.
I am looking forward to reading these, as I expect you will all do excellent work!
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