Everyone is Gone

Today we took our test and it's wasn't that bad. Everyone was like freaking out over it but it didn't turn out too bad. I think I got 3 or 2 wrong on the test but that will even out to not even be a bad grade. I feel bad because everyone left the room after the test. I left the room for about 3 minutes but I came back because there was no point in being out of class. I'm really tired and the musical is this weekend but I've made it through our two weeks of tech. I'm glad I don't have to stay at school for so long anymore.  I wish my class was still like how we were at the beginning of the year but I try to be respectful and pay attention so I hope that is noticed and appreciated.

Not In Class

I wasn't in class today because I was performing Pippin for the school and for middle schoolers to watch. It went well but middle schoolers are rude.

Back to Greece, but first a life update

**start at the second paragraph to bypass my life update**

 Hello everyone. Today I felt dead. When I woke up I started crying because I am exhausted and I simply did not want to come to the John Carroll School. But, here I am. The school day wasn't terrible but I also have to stay until 9:00 tonight so that statement might be altered soon. Anyway, I wasn't in the best mood this morning but I guess it could've been a worse day. I have to go to the orthodontist to get new retainers because my current retainers fly out of my mouth but I really don't want to go at all. I think I'm going to get a smoothie and a salad after school though so that's good. I don't think anyone read this part but thanks for tuning in.

Here are my notes:

Gods/Goddesses

• What is unique about the Greeks' relationship with their gods is the interaction with humans
• Poseidon (god of the sea) interfered with Odysseus trying to return home
• Aphrodite (goddess of love) had lovers of both men and gods
• Dionysous (god of wine) was the son of Zeus (god) and Semele (human princess)

Spartans 

• Greeks were war-like: especially Spartans
• Spartans were known for their tough, ruthless infantry: soldiers who fought on land

Athens

• Athens had a great infantry, too, but nothing could compare with their navy 
• their most effective weapon was the Trireme
• Trireme- fastest ship in the world (at the time), tech marvel, 170 men on three levels, battering ram, agile, fast

The Phalanx

• close-rank defense grouping of warriors
• armed with long spears and interlocking spears
• the soldiers would advance slowly the enemy until they broke through their ranks

Persian Army 

• Persia had way more land than Greece and early had unlimited resources

Greeks Army

• iron weapons meant ordinary citizens could afford to arm themselves
• foot soldiers (hoplites) trained from an early age
• armed with shields, spears, and swords
• phalanx
• home-field advantage
• motivated to preserve democracy

More Project Stuff

Today we worked on planning out our project. Our group grew from 3 to 5 people today because of the addition of Miel and Olivia. I think that the end of project evaluations will be kind of interesting, and that's all I will say about that for now if you get what I mean. I think that our project will go really well it's just going be really difficult to work on during tech week for Pippin but I guess I'll just have to figure it out. I can tell that I'm going to start getting stressed out about this project and if people aren't doing their part I'm going to get mad. Hopefully, no one makes me mad but we'll see. Stay tuned to see if I spontaneously combust.

A New Project

Today we found out that we have a project relating to Ancient Greece. My group is Gia, Leigh, Olivia, and I. We are working on making our project about the women of Ancient Greece. We were researching makeup that the women wore back then and we accidentally almost put hazardous materials on our face. But we're not going to. We're focused on hair, makeup, cooking, and sewing. I think it will be a fun project to work on. I'm excited to work on this.

A Substitute Teacher and A Video

Today Mr.Schick wasn't there so we had a sub. We watched a video about Cleisthenes and Ancient Athenian life. We had a question paper to follow along with the video. I was very thankful that the sheet went in order with the video because it was an hour long and it would have been very difficult to keep up with if the questions were out of order. I answered all of them, but some of my answers could have been a bit more detailed. Due to the need to constantly pay attention to the video, my answers were shorter so that I could keep up if something came next. A lot of the video consisted of things we had already talked about in class, but some of it was new information. I didn't know about the importance of pottery until I watched the video. In ancient Athenian life, potters had no importance, but know ancient potter can sell for millions of others. The potter's main goal was simply to outdo other potters. Some of them would write little jokes and stabs at other potters on the bottom of their vases. 

Notes 3/12/19

Today was a really long day and I'm very tired. Western Civ was good and we took notes and nothing too crazy happened but I have a bunch of rehearsals this week so I would really just like to sleep. Here are my notes: 

Hippias (r. 527-510 BC).

• Before his brother's death (murdered), he had fit in the older meaning of a tyrant.
• After, Hippias had turned into a tyrant best described by the modern definition of the word.
• He was eventually ostracized from Athens (a thing that, at the time, was worse than death).
• Seeking revenge, he began to work with the Persian king Darius I, helping the Persians invade Marathon (to the eastern coast of Athens).
• With Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both aristocrats) were engaged in a power struggle.
• Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats and from Sparta.
• Cleisthenes, on the other hand, had the support of the majority of Athenians.

• Isagoras became the archon eponymous (self-proclaimed leader) and a tyrant.
• After he became the leader, he decided to ostracize Cleisthenes.
• Cleisthenes' supporters rebelled against the government under Isagoras for the first time in the history of the world.
• Isagoras was trapped in the agora for two days and then had fled on the third day and was banished.
• Cleisthenes was definitely a member of the elite.
• He was very rich and insulated from the "hoi polloi"-average people, such as middle and low-class citizens.
• But, he was a crafty politician who saw the value of tapping into the talents, intelligence, and energy of non-aristocrats (middle-class citizens).
• He didn't see the value of women, though.