"Joy Hakim makes a bold statement that Aristotle led the way in scientific thought and reason. Do you agree? Why or why not?" ![]() Did Aristotle really lead the way? I think he definitely was a great leader, especially for his time, but I don't believe he was THE leader. I believe everyone is capable of being a leader, whether they were 2,000 years before Aristotle or 2,000 years after. Aristotle brought new ideas and theories of life to the table, and he helped people to think outside of the box - even if they did go on to get stuck in the 'Aristotle Box' after his death - but I like to think he really did mean well when he was thinking up all those different theories. I believe that Aristotle wasn't the first leader. I know people have always been keen and smart when it comes to thinking and developing ideas about God's creations, and that brain-function didn't just start with Aristotle. I think Aristotle was put on the earth at the perfect time, because he helped build the foundations of science - notice I said 'helped'. He was not the first person to build the foundation, and he was not the last person to. Everyone before him was teaching and learning, just like he did in his own due time. I think everyone has the ability to be a great leader, in a way like Aristotle. Maybe your thing's art; maybe it's science. Maybe it's math, or dance, or sports! Either way, any way, you're meant to be remembered. You may not break the news, and you may not get the spotlight, but I guarantee, all the right people will remember you for all the right reasons, if only we'll step up, and become good leaders. :)
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"What would you create to tell a story of your life's most important priority? Talk about the medium you'd choose, and why you'd choose it. What would you depict?" What would my life look like? In a painting? In a photo?
Maybe even sidewalk chalk? Chaos, probably :) But in the greatest way possible! I'd want the color of this "masterpiece" to be in pastels. Bright and sunny colors! Nothing sad, nothing black or dark. I'd want it to be in watercolor, too. The fun splotchy-ness to the way it dries and the pretty, layered, effortlessness it has makes me want it to be my medium. I love the simplicity of watercolor. But what would the painting be of? That's where the question gets tough. I just really want the main focus of the painting to be one thing - Happiness. I wouldn't be very picky what the subject was, as long as anyone from any culture could see it and smile. The kind of happy that's obvious and noticeable, the kind that's the light in the darkness - that is what I'd wish for. But if I did have to zoom in and get specific with the details of the picture, I know for a fact that there'd be smiles and laughter with good friends and family. I'd want love to be apparent in the picture as much as happiness. My friends are some of the first people to come to mind when I think about it (and some of you are in this class reading this!). I absolutely love my friends. Once I have that love for you, it'll always be there. And if you think it's not, look harder! Haha :) I think I'd want my painting to be a mural, so I could fit everyone I love into it. Friends, family, animals - you name it. My dog and horses would definitely be in there (and yeah, the silly cats too). My mom, dad, and sister would all be in there, along with my grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins. My bestest friends would 100% all be in there (because as much as I love my family, I'd lose my mind without my friends)! It'd be like a dream come true for me, because I'd have all my favorite people surrounding me. What would this all depict? Love. Happiness is love; Happiness is the greatest form of love. And that's what I'd want my painting - my life - to be. "What do you believe the difference is between a sea and an ocean?" The World Atlas states, "An ocean is a vast and an continuous frame of salty water that shelters almost 70 percent [more than one-third] of the earth's surface, while a sea is a body of salt water smaller than an ocean."
You can actually see this when you look at the map above. Can you find the Mediterranean Sea? It's TINY compared to the oceans surrounding the rest of the world. It's a bit humbling think that the Mediterranean was the ancients' whole world at one point, and it doesn't even take up the size of my thumb in the map I chose above. They simply couldn't see the big - colossal - picture. It makes me think we need to keep the big picture in mind more often. When life gets hard, sucky, and our prospective grows dim, we almost need to zoom-out and stand-back to admire God's vast creations surrounding us, like the rest of the world did the Mediterranean. It's not until we can see the big map of life that we realize: all those times we felt the world was hinging on a thumb-sized thing, it was simply part of something greater. Everything falls into place when you see the big picture. "In Book 4 of The Odyssey, we learn of Odysseus' scheme to finally get inside Troy. What was it? Do you believe Odysseus cheated by using this plan? Why or why not?" Do you think he cheated in the a war?
Can you even cheat in a war? This is what I've figured out personally so far: Odysseus was part - and a big part, I'd assume - Of the Trojan Horse. I don't think he was necessarily the person to think of it (I can't find anything in the book that really confirms this), but maybe I just didn't read it close enough. The Trojan Horse was basically this big, grand idea (from a Greek point of view), that would allow the Greek army into Troy, which was 'enemy headquarters'. It was a giant, hollow, wooden horse, where all the best Greeks could pile into and attack Troy from the inside. From what I hear, the war had already lasted several years, from which neither side really gained a whole lot of anything. Personally, I'd be really fed up with that. If I had marched off to join the ranks of a war that wouldn't bring forth any real fruit for itself after what it says to be a 10 year period, what is the point of that? If I had just dedicated 10 years of my life to a war that wasn't going to actually do anything, what's really the point? I'd probably just jump-ship and call it a day. But the Greeks had an idea! Build a giant wooden horse that's capable of toting Greece's best fighters, and get the Trojans to invite the enemy-soldiers in themselves. The rest of the Greek army that was left out of the 'Horse would pretend to give up and sail away (which might actually be tempting - after 10 years of nothing), so it would appear to the Trojans that they'd surrendered. The Trojans would rejoice, and pull the weirdly-gigantic victory trophy into their city gates -Only for night to fall, Greeks to pop out of their new toy, and lay siege to everything and everyone. Lovely, isn't it? The Greeks from the inside would then open the city-gates, because the others who had pretended to sail away came back to help out with the ran-sacking of Troy. The Greeks then won and ended the war. Would I consider this 'cheating'? No. I think all war is is cheating, lies, and deceitfulness. There are no 'rules', and humanity turns ugly during it. War is a terrible, nasty, unspeakable hardship, and honestly, I don't think anyone should ever experience it. |
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