My Cyber School Blog/ Essay

I face many struggles now with cyber school. While I do enjoy having more free time and a leisurely attitude with when I have to turn in my work it has frustrated me just as much. I am a procrastinator, and as much as I try to self-motivate, it can get really hard to force myself to do things. My attention span is somewhat short so when I don't want to do something, I don't. I also find it hard to fight the temptation of calling my friends and asking for answers. While I have not and I am able to do it on my own it is still hard to stop and do it on your own. Overall cyber school has led me to wait until late to turn stuff in and to sit there staring at my computer without any type of authority knocking me back to reality. I believe a lot of my friends are having similar, if not the same, problems as I am. With how much connection we all have my friends have shared that they also struggle with monitoring how long and when they go on their phone. While there are many reasons cyber school is hard I do believe it is teaching me to slowly do better for myself. For example, I am now forced to do work on my own to get a grade so I have taken on more responsibility and therefore have become slightly more mature because of this. I do hope we get back to regular school soon though.

Comparing COVID-19 and the Peloponnesian War

COVID-19 and the Peloponnesian War are similar by both how they spread and the mass panic they caused. The plague that hit Athens came over seas, just like Corona, and from a foreign country. They both caused a massive panic throughout the citizens. Like in the US we have sold out things like toilet paper and done things like shut down school. In Athens it caused citizens to act out because of the belief that what you did no longer matter because both the good and bad people died. I think they mostly have in common the fear they caused and still cause people. Thats all! Bye!!!

Cyber Day Number 7!!!

Today I will write about the lives of Philip II, Alexander the Great, and Darius III.

Philip the second was born in 382 BC and became king of Macedonia in 359 BC and reigned until he was assassinated in 336 BC. He led the kingdom of Macedonia to victory against the Greek city-states and was able to reinstate the phalanx as Macedonia's own. He led the Greek city-states to establish the League of Corinth and he was instated as the hegemon and commander in chief.

Alexander the Great was born July 10th or 11th in 356 BC. He was the successor of the Kingdom of Macedonia once his father had died. He took over when his father died, he was twenty-two years old at this time. He was an extremely strong leader for Macedonia and was able to lead and expand their empire massively. He was undefeated in battle and ended with the largest empire known to the ancient war. He died in Babylon in June 323 BC.

Darius III was born in 380 BC and was originally named Artashata. He began ruling the Achaemenid Empire of Persia in 336 BC. He inherited a very unstable and jealous ridden empire. In 334 BC Alexander the Great invaded Persia and ended up defeating the Persian army and looting their capital. He defeated them and took their capital in 330 BC which is when Darius' rule came to an end. Before Alexander could reach Darius he was murdered by his own cousin.

That is all!
Bye!

Cyber Day 5!! The Amazing Relationship Between Alexander and Bucephalus

Hey blog! Today I will be talking about the relationship between Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephalus! I know! Exciting stuff!

The story starts when twelve year old Alexander made a wager with his father, who had gotten a horse that was worth a very large sum. The horse seemed to be quite temperamental and impossible to tame so his father did not have much interest in it. Alexander told his father he would tame it and if not he would pay for the horse in whole. He father let him try and he ended up being able to calm the horse. This obviously surprised everyone. He supposedly spoke calmly to it and turned it away from the sun which also turned it away from its shadow, which settled its distress. This in turn tamed the horse. He won the horse and named him Bucephalus. He was able to ride him for nearly two decades through wars and conquering. Bucephalus died in 326 BC of his battle wounds. Alexander named a city Bucephala after the heroic horse, modern day Jhelum, Pakistan.

That's all I was able to find on this sweet and endearing story. I know that Alexander must have cared deeply for Bucephalus and that thought comforts me. :)

Bye now blog!

Brenna's Thoughts On Cyber School?!?!??

Good afternoon blog! I started my work kinda late today so I am behind, but I am doing great! Staying healthy and eating a lot more than my stomach likes. Today Mr. Schick wants to know my thoughts on cyber school and how it's going. Thank you for asking Mr. Schick! I like it! I miss seeing my friends and I'm sad about having to stay home for the next long while, but as long as its keeping everyone safe I can manage. I think the more relaxed environment of being at home lounging has actually helped me focus more! It sounds odd, but I think being alone like this helps me. I know it seems like my phone and other things would be distracting, and sometimes it definitely is, but I have actually felt really on top of everything. Now I really can't procrastinate because I don't have much else to do. So while I definitely like school more and I miss social interaction a lot, I am actually doing really well in terms of school! Hope you are staying safe and healthy Mr. Schick! Give your dogs a pet for me! Bye :)

Third Day :|

Today in our cyber class we watched another video which is what I am about to talk to you about!

I believe that after the war had hit Athens and forced them to move away, brought them diseases, and new more corrupt leaders they needed philosophers to bring them back to their better days. After their  ruler had died and they had been struck with a horrible disease they started to stray away from being good. They turned to more angry choices because they didn't see a point in doing good if both good and bad people both suffered the same fate. This sudden turn in their ethics most likely caused good men like Socrates to stand up. If they no longer listened to their older beliefs and values then they needed philosophers like Socrates to challenge them to better.

Second Cyber Class :)

Athen's plan to defeat the Peloponnesian people in war started when the Athenians witnessed their city being destroyed by the Peloponnesian army. They grew antsy not being able to do anything about it until Pericles reassured them that they needed to regain their strength by the food that was shipped into them from outside of Athens where the people were staying. Then eventually after about a year the ships brought in a deadly disease that swept the Athenians. Many of the population was wiped out and this in turn caused the remaining citizens to act out. Their beliefs became the idea that is both good and bad people died/ suffered what was the sense in being good. Pericles ended up being infected, and the illness moved slowly through him, it took about six months before he passed from it. After this the Athenian people and their democracy went into full corruption and citizens began to lie and cheat their way into positions of power. Pericles seemed to have been a glue that held Athens together and prevented negative uproar. The corruption led to mod rule which only hurt Athen's more. That is all for today Mr. Schick. Hope you're staying healthy! Bye :)

First Cyber Class!!!!!!!!! :)

1.) Pericles' goals for Athens included strengthening their democracy, he also wanted to expand the Athenian empire, and he wanted to to have Athens become glorified.

2.) A direct democracy is run by the citizens voting directly on matters and going with the truly popular vote.

3.) It was an alliance formed by Greek City-states in order to protect and liberate them from the Persian rule and empire.

Friday!!1!!1!11!!

Today in class we talked all about COVID-19 and it was pretty fun. Mr. Schick answered our questions and we talked about possible outcomes from school and how the next few months would possibly play over. Thank you Mr. Schick! Bye!

3/11/20

Another sub today :( Mr. Schick was sick. This video was the Persian War and about the different battles between Athens and Persia. Persia wanted to take over Greece because of their access to the sea trade. Athens didn't want to be fought off so they decided to stay and push back against them. They won against them in a battle on sea and were able to push them off.  Bye!

3/10/20

On Tuesday we had a sub for Western Civ and we watched a video on ancient Greece. The video mostly talked about Cleisthenes, who was a ruler of Athens. He was born into a rich aristocratic family from Athens. He was born in 570 BC. The life expectancy at his time was fifteen years. Cleisthenes was put into the government because his supporters were extremely loyal. They locked up the former leader until he surrendered. Thats all. Bye!

March Sixth

I was absent this day because I was very sick ;(

Wednesday

Today in Western Civ we took more notes on ancient Greece and about the Persian war. We also learned about the Athenian and Spartan army. The Athenians had an amazing navy and a very fierce battleship called the trireme. It was big and very fast-moving. It had a bronze tip at the end that could potentially destroy their enemies boat. The Spartan's had a very skillful and committed army. They started training when they were age seven. They also used the army tactic called the phalanx. That was all1 Bye!

monday

Today in Western Civ we took notes from the powerpoint on the Greek gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Aphrodite. Zeus was kind of like the king of the gods, Poseidon was the god of the sea, and Aphrodite was the goddess of love and desire. We learned about the different ways and forms that the Hellenistic religion affected their everyday tasks and assignments. That was all we learned! Bye now!