Our focus on the the classroom is headed to the School of Rhetoric for the next several weeks, starting with a look at last week in Class 9 geometry, literature, and history:
In geometry, students have been studying formal proofs for the last several weeks. In such a proof, they are required to supply a reason in support of every step they take. It’s an excellent exercise in the discipline of good thinking and sound argument.
In literature, Class 9 spent the week reading and discussing one of the most intense sections of Homer's Iliad: the scene where Patroclus is slain, and Achilles joins the fight against Hector and the Trojans to avenge the death of his closest friend. Students explored how grief turns to anger, the depths of friendship, and they felt, along with these ancient heroes, the tragic glory of bold deeds performed in the face of certain doom.
In history, freshmen have been covering the war between the Greeks and the Persians and why it mattered that the Greeks were successful in driving the Persians out of Greece and how they managed to do so against incredible odds. Furthermore, they have looked at the way the Persians enslaved their subjects, not ruthlessly, but by seducing them into handing over their freedom while convincing them that they were merely agreeing to be subjects of the Persian king.
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