Today’s Topics

• Who are the “you”?
• The community among the nations
• Oh, yeah.  There’s going to be a final.

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Final Exam Study Guide

Today’s Reminders

• Next Monday is the final exam.  It starts at 8:00 AM, and you will need both hours.

Today’s Topics

• Plato’s version of reincarnation
• Life as a string of reincarnation moments
• Republic in review

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Final Exam Study Guide

Today’s Reminders

• Wednesday we will discuss Matthew 5-7 and review for the final exam.  There will be no class on Friday (which is, officially, finals week).
• If you’ve not done so already, please upload paper 4 to NetLearn.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• Poetry and the Enjoyment of the Unreal
• What guidance does poetry actually offer?
• Plato’s strange gamble

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Final Exam Study Guide
• Paper 4 Description
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
• • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person
  • Critical thinking as danger and asset
  • The content of an education’s curriculum
  • Age-appropriate curriculum
  • Less-adequate courses of education
  • Education and the desire for wealth
  • Poetry, reality, and education
  • The development of good pleasures in education

Today’s Reminders

• Next Monday’s reading is Republic 363-379.  THIS IS THE END OF REPUBLIC!!!  Be prepared for a quiz.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• The tyrant as slave
• Plato’s realism and Washington’s realism
• Ephemeral pleasure and eternal pleasure
• The purpose of laws

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Final Exam Study Guide
• Paper 4 Description
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
• • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person
  • Critical thinking as danger and asset
  • The content of an education’s curriculum
  • Age-appropriate curriculum
  • Less-adequate courses of education
  • Education and the desire for wealth

Today’s Reminders

• Monday’s reading is Republic 344-362.  Be prepared for a quiz.
• SCALES will be open TODAY ONLY.  ANY STUDENT TAKING SCALES will earn 10 extra credit points. The content and ratings that you enter will not be available to Gilmour until after final grades are in the registrar’s computer.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• Making papers better
• Making papers better
• Making papers better

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Paper 4 Description
• Paper 4 Commentary Exercises
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
• • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person
  • Critical thinking as danger and asset
  • The content of an education’s curriculum
  • Age-appropriate curriculum
  • Less-adequate courses of education
  • Education and the desire for wealth

Today’s Reminders

• Friday’s reading is Republic 320-343.  Be prepared for a quiz on Friday.
• SCALES will be open from now until November 19.  (That’s Friday.)  ANY STUDENT TAKING SCALES will earn 10 extra credit points. The content and ratings that you enter will not be available to Gilmour until after final grades are in the registrar’s computer.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• Democracy, or the Perpetual College Life
• The Rise of Tyranny, and why Dictatorship is Different
• Immorality at its Height

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Today’s Slides (Levels of Revision)
• Paper 4 Description
• Paper 4 Commentary Exercises
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
• • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person
  • Critical thinking as danger and asset
  • The content of an education’s curriculum
  • Age-appropriate curriculum
  • Less-adequate courses of education
  • Education and the desire for wealth

Today’s Reminders

• Wednesday is a workshop day for assignment 4.  Friday’s reading is Republic 320-343.  Be prepared for a quiz on Friday.
• SCALES will be open from now until November 19.  ANY STUDENT TAKING SCALES will earn 10 extra credit points. The content and ratings that you enter will not be available to Gilmour until after final grades are in the registrar’s computer.
• Paper 4 workshop day is 17 November.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• From Guardians to Drones
• Theses for Paper 4
• Education and Goodness

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Paper 4 Description
• Paper 4 Commentary Exercises
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• 11122010EN101H (today’s powerpoint)
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
  • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person
  • Critical thinking as danger and asset
  • The content of an education’s curriculum
  • Age-appropriate curriculum
  • Less-adequate courses of education
  • Education and the desire for wealth

Today’s Reminders

• Monday’s reading is Republic 299-319.  Be prepared for a quiz.
• SCALES will be open from now until November 19.  ANY STUDENT TAKING SCALES will earn 10 extra credit points. The content and ratings that you enter will not be available to Gilmour until after final grades are in the registrar’s computer.
• Paper 4 initial draft upload time is November 15 before class starts.
• Paper 4 workshop day is 17 November.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• An Explanation for Gilmour’s Absence
• Two Different Kinds of Education
• Radicalism, Nihilism, and Why the Difference is Important

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Paper 4 Description
• Paper 4 Commentary Exercises
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
  • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person
  • Critical thinking as danger and asset
  • The content of an education’s curriculum
  • Age-appropriate curriculum

Today’s Reminders

• Friday’s reading is Republic 277-299.  Be prepared for a quiz.
• Paper 4 initial draft upload time is November 15 before class starts.
• Paper 4 workshop day is 17 November.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• Group Presentations
• More Group Presentations
• Questions and Answers Resulting from Group Presentations

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Paper 4 Description
• Paper 4 Commentary Exercises
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
  • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person

Today’s Reminders

• Wednesday’s reading is Republic 250-276.  Be prepared for a quiz.
• Paper 4 initial draft upload time is November 15 before class starts.
• Paper 4 workshop day is 17 November.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.

Today’s Topics

• The Sun and the Good
• Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
• Paper 4: An Introductory Discussion

Today’s Links and Exercises

• Paper 4 Description
• Paper 4 Commentary Exercises
• Netlearn
• New (and hopefully functional) class chat room
• Current List of “Possible Questions” for Assignment 4
  • The true aims/ends/goals of education
  • Public perceptions of the educated person

Today’s Reminders

• Monday we will hear and see as many of our group presentations as possible.
• Paper 4 initial upload time is November 15 before class starts.
• Paper 4 workshop day is 17 November.
• Paper 4 revised draft is due 29 November before class starts.
• The final exam happens on Monday, December 6 at 8:00 AM.  (This differs from the syllabus.)  A study guide will be available before Thanksgiving break.