Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Can We Contemplate "The Iliad?"

With reference to The Iliad/Odyssey Heroes video that we watched in class on Tuesday, what did it make you contemplate regarding archetypal patterns?  Homecoming?  Pride?  The hero?  Divinities?  Heroic Code?  Guest/Host?  Hubris?  Other?  Please quote from any notes you captured.  

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Heroes?

Based upon today's Socratic Seminar regarding Greek Heroes, what was the single most thought provoking comment that you digested during the conversation?  Did the comment make you think?  Notice?  Other?  Please respond today in class.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Medusa In Poetry?

Based upon your understanding and analysis of the Bogan Medusa Poem, what tone does this poem exhibit?  What connecting elements do you see regarding the Perseus myth?  Does it connect with the final scene with Polydectes or other scenes?  Did you notice other thematic or poetic elements on display?  Please respond to this post during today's class.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Jason Vs. Perseus?

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims. Complete this response by 2:30p.m. on Thursday.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Trusting Cupid?

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships?  Please comment with quotations and/or references from the myth.  This blog response should be completed by 2:30p.m. on Thursday, September 15th, 2011.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Inspired?

How does the Danny MCaskill Industrial Revolutions presentation relate to your world? Can his new exploits connect with your academic endeavors? Again, did he make you look twice? Did he inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Thursday, August 25th, 2011 at 2:30p.m.


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Metacognition?

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”
-Carl Sagan from an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After hearing and reading your peer's reactions during Thursday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond. (Blog Response Due By Thurs. 8-25-11 at 2:30p.m.)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Jason vs. Perseus? Heroics?

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims. Complete this response by Thursday, March 17th, 2011 at 2:30p.m..

Monday, February 7, 2011

Trusting Cupid?

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships?  Please comment with quotations and/or references from the myth.  This blog response should be completed by 2:30p.m. on Thursday, February 10th, 2011.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Inspired?

How does the Danny MCaskill Way Back Home presentation relate to your world? Can his new exploits connect with your academic endeavors? Again, did he make you look twice? Did he inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 2:30p.m.

Metacognition Or Just Thinking?

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”


-Carl Sagan from an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After hearing and reading your peer's reactions during Thursday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond. (Blog Response Due By Thurs. 1-13-11 at 2:30p.m.)