Tuesday, April 30 - AM Fluency

Opening conversation: If you were a Greek god or goddess, who would you be?

I then introduced the class to our learning objective for the term: speaking using the past perfect tense. I distributed an information handout on the subject; we then did some practice exercises.

I gave a presentation on Plato and Aristotle. I introduced the class to some main ideas in their philosophies. Specifically, we discussed Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” as well as Socrates’s attitude toward death; we also explored Aristotle’s notion of the good life and the golden mean. 

We concluded class with what one student described as “heavy thoughts”: What is the purpose or goal of life? What do you want to be your legacy?