Weekly Journal #3: My First Taste of Ancient Leadership: Alcibiades

Tuesday September 8, 2015

9:40–11 PM (One Hour and Twenty Minutes)

This week I began class after having been freshly immersed in the mythological…

The Week without number…..

Tuesday, October 6th-8:10am to 9:30am; 12pm-3am (4hr, 20 min)

Today’s class focused mainly on the transferable or non-transferable characteristics of leadership. Would what makes a good leader in one position apply to any leadership position? Would an…

Weekly Journal Entry #2

Tuesday, September 1st-6am to 7:30am (1hr, 30min)

In my many years of college experience, I can count on one hand the number of required courses I’ve genuinely enjoyed. Now, I’m well aware that very few people approach general education credits with high…

Weekly Journal #10: Leadership in Art

Tuesday October 27, 2015

9:40–11 AM (One Hour and Twenty Minutes)

Today in class, we concluded our second unit with an exam that incorporated our most recent topics of study (Socrates and…

Weekly Journal # 3

Tuesday, September 8th-7pm to 11:30pm (4.5hrs)

My study session today was longer than usual, and I might have a classics induced headache after this entry, but it was engaging all the same. Studying Alcibiades feels like doing research on the psyche of a totalitarian leader or…

Day Eight (September 17, 2015):

Class (8- 9:30am)

Discuss the role of elite leaders in the ancient world in maintaining ties with other cities and nations. The leader as an ambassador to multiple constituencies, domestic and abroad. What it means to be a “chameleon” and to have divided loyalties.