For homework last night, Mr. Schick assigned us to do our usual blog but also to define some words that were used in ancient Greece and applied to the Socrates Method. Today in class we learned about a very important person in Greek history named Socrates. Socrates was an ancient Athenian philosopher and was not the most handsome man, but he was intelligent and hard-working.  He developed the Socrates Method. The Socrates Method is “a form of inquiry and debate between individuals with opposing viewpoints based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.” In other words, it was a debate between a few people that gets you thinking critically. Socrates was condemned to death by the Athenian government. They believed Socrates was showing disrespect to the gods and corrupting the youth. He was punished for what he truly believed in. Socrates refused to apology and accepted death from hemlock.