today in class

Today in class we went over our ancient Greece homework. We learned that Greece was the first place to have a democracy type of government. Also, we learned about a Greek philosopher born in ancient Greece names Socrates. He was an ugly man to some and is still considered to be ugly today. Socrates developed the Socratic method that was based on answering questions in order to get to the answer of your question. This method is still used today, mostly by law students because it teaches them the importance of asking questions when they are going to prove someone guilty of a crime. The death of Socrates is very interesting. He was blamed for corrupting youth and had to go on a court trial. The court proved him guilty, the said if he were to apologize for what he did they would let him go free. Instead he did not apologize and said he was just trying to support the city from falling. He was then forced to drink hemlock, which is a poison that makes you die. Socrates has an influence on us even still today.