PSAT + CoGAT = FUN!

Please tell me someone actually did this. 

How'd your morning go? 

Did you enjoy your test taking experience? C'mon! That's a good time right there. There's nothing like four hours of your life just... poof! Gone instantly. Four hours closer to your inevitable death, and all you've got to show for it is some sad reading comprehension passages and weird questions about unfolding paper diagrams. Ain't life grand? 

Don't look too hard... 

Our tour of Greece rolls on

Be sure to pack your gyros and tzatziki. 

Do you even understand how good these are? I'm literally drooling on my keyboard. 

Hopefully, you wrapped up talking about Greek sculpture today... or, you have Stanton, and you came pretty close. We'll revisit this stuff a little bit when you get to Rome because they are really good at borrowing stuff from people they take over. Rome is practically built on the motto "why reinvent the wheel."

Keep in mind, however, as we move into other forms of expression from ancient Greece that their values remain intact. How do you see this belief in human potential made manifest in their other art forms? This is a central question we'll be discussing in class.

For tomorrow, don't forget your literature reading from The Iliad as well as your second CE of the new grading period.

Soundtrack of the Week
Story song week continues...
We're really switching gears with today's selection. Yesterday we listened to a modern era sea-shanty done by one of the most popular indie groups out of the hipster Mecca of Portland.
Today, however, we're going to the Bronx in New York City and a super star of early hip-hop. Slick Rick is one of my favorite old school hip-hop artists. I used to listen to him back in 1988 while I was a junior at PSHS. He is renowned for his smooth delivery and a more mellow tone to his rhymes. This is one of his biggest hits. From 1988, here's Slick Rick with "Children's Story." Enjoy.