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***Break Assignment***
250 word Personal Statement on anyone of the following topics:
1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
4. Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Some assistance
**Assignment for Wednesday, October 21**
**Please Download, Print, and Read**
Also, for those interested, you may purchase an excellent audiobook of Hesiod
Dear Class,
Below are the links to both an audio reading of the entire Oresteia, and an on-line text.
Oresteia, The by AESCHYLUS – LibriVox
And, if you’re interested, an excellent movie version of the Iphigeneia story, in Greek with English subtitles.
Dear Class,
Here is the link to the film we were watching:
Elektra 1962 – YouTube
The point we made it up to in class is around the 1 hour 11 minute mark
Χαῖρετε!
Dear Class,
Here is a wonderful episode from a documentary about the Trojan War made in the 1980s. This particular episode covers a lot of what we talked about in our most recent class regarding Homer and oral poetry.
In search of the Trojan war – The Singer of Tales – YouTube
Enjoy
Dear Class,
Here is the poem I was referring to tonight about the lotos eaters
The Lotos-eaters by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Some commentary
The Lotos-Eaters
And, why not, the Percy Jackson scene