Ouch. Oh well. Hope you had a good day today, in spite of the little--or big--frustrations.
I, personally, didn't enjoy school much today. That always makes me ask myself, again, Why are we here? Are the teachers really thinking about how much it costs the students to spend all day in school, then do homework and study? Are we trying to make sure that what we're teaching is what they need to learn?
And are the students making the effort that has to come from their side of the equation? Are they
appreciating how hard it is to teach well, and trying to benefit from what's being offered? Are they really trying to learn something, or just doing what they have to to pass the tests?
10th
Read 101-105 in Am Lit text
Answer question 3 on 105
Be ready for a reading quiz (i.e. be awake when you read).
11/12
Discuss: what was Herbert trying to accomplish in his essay? What is your response?
8th
Typed paragraphs due tomorrow.
9th
No Homework.
RHETORIC
We discussed the 'slave boy' episode in Meno, when Socrates first shows the slave boy that he doesn't know how to draw a square with twice the area of another square, then shows him how to do it.
Socrates points out that the boy thought he could answer the question, but gave wrong answers, and could only begin to understand the correct answer once he had realized he was ignorant.
Aristotle saw debate as a battle in which we need skills and weapons--rhetorical techniques--to overcome our opponents. Socrates saw debate as a philosophical situation, a cooperative search for truth.
Aristotle viewed rhetoric--the art of persuasion--as the necessary and virtuous art of winning debates.
Socrates viewed rhetoric as a kind of deception--the art of making weak ideas seem strong and ignorance seem like knowledge.
Aristotle viewed rhetoric--the art of persuasion--as the necessary and virtuous art of winning debates.
Socrates viewed rhetoric as a kind of deception--the art of making weak ideas seem strong and ignorance seem like knowledge.
ASSIGNMENT: Write a minimum 2 page typed critique of the Socratic and Aristotelian views of rhetoric. Compare their views, and offer your own evaluative discussion. Due dates for outline, draft, and final version to be announced--but get to work NOW.
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