oh John Steinbeck!

"It is interesting to watch the German efficiency, which, from the logic of the machine is efficient but which..." John Steinbeck. This quote caught me interest in that we both have similar views on the German efficiency was present during WW2 and that war can wither the human state of mind. John Steinbeck, smart man, wrote many well known novels such as Of Mice and Men and The Grape of Wrath. 

Ethos, pathos, and logos

Ethos pathos logos! Ethos meaning the characteristic of a speaker, pathos meaning the drive or passion for what the speaker is talking bout, and logos meaning logic or the general common sense of that subject the speaker talks about.

"I, Socrates!"

The last couple of days we tried a method of learning which I enjoyed greatly. Through discussions from a Socratic seminar the whole class was able to talk about something they felt was important and worth mentioning. I found this method of learning useful and effective because we were able to get the input of our peers that we associate with everyday. Others may find this strategy bad or not for them if they are shy or not willing to participate with everyone. Personally I hope we continue these Socratic seminars.

"MUSIC IS LITERATURE"

After having our first Socratic seminar in period 6 I now have a better sense and other people's perspective. Yeah I guess you can say I learn how to be more empathetic but that irrelevant. I'm here to inform you readers that music is indeed literature and after our discussion today you'll be a believer too! What a peer of mine brought up in our discussion was that music consist on lyric which is a form of writing. We are able to connect to music through the story told within the lyrics. The fact that a song can tell a story was also a discussion point that another one of my peers brought up. There are forms of music that lack lyrics, but yet, can communicate, or convey, a certain meaning that other songs wouldn't be able to do. So through the use of a Socratic seminar I was able to understand that music is literature. Comment your opinion about whether music is literature or not!