Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Competitive Greatness

 This last touchstone was "The Histories" by Herodotus This is the last post for the year. In the above painting Croesus, King of Lydia points to himself and asks Solon if he is the greatest. A conversation ensues. We are given Tellus of Athens, Cloebis and Bito of Argos as candidates for greatness. Choose three (3)  of the following assignments. If you are ambitious you may wish to tackle all  five

1. The Jesus Castillo Post:  Describe the personality of Croesus. How does his personality relate to Wooden's view of competitive greatness?

2. The Jordan Ingram Post:  Do you believe that one must die before he is considered to be great?
Is death a prerequisite for achieving competitive greatness?

3. The Kofi Owusu- Robert Rossi Post: Describe Solon's view of happiness and greatness and Wooden's definition of competitive greatness. Which viewpoint do you believe? Why?

4. The Theo Whyte Post: List all the characters mentioned in this excerpt of Herodotus' "The Histories." Give one significant fact about each character.


5. The Brother Sherlog  Post: Look at all of the Touchstones, Which Touchstone epitomizes a person who possesses competitive greatness?
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  15. AnonymousMay 6, 2015 at 7:58 AM

    DION "NEON" LEWIS, Alexi Diaz, Oscar Ricketts, Jesus Galvez, Bryan "Quicksand" Balbuena

    2. The Jordan Ingram Post: Do you believe that one must die before he is considered to be great?

    Is death a prerequisite for achieving competitive greatness?
    No I don’t believe one must die before being considered to be great for the simple fact that they’re people on this Earth that are considered to be great at the moment. We honor those that are considered and they are alive and well. I do believe that once someone dies, their appreciation grows to a higher standard amongst those who weren’t aware of their greatness prior.

    4. The Theo Whyte Post: List all the characters mentioned in this excerpt of Herodotus' "The Histories." Give one significant fact about each character

    • Croesus he is ignorant and thinks that money and power equals greatness.
    • Solon he is a wise man who believes making a difference in the world is being truly great.
    • Solon talks about Tellus and says he had a great life because he found happiness in serving his country and protecting the people he loved.
    • Cloebis and bito were two brothers who were great athletes and ran in the Olympics; Solon says they were great because they found happiness in sports.

    5. The Brother Sherlog Post: Look at all of the Touchstones, Which Touchstone epitomizes a person who possesses competitive greatness?

    Emily Dickenson says it’s better to be a nobody then a somebody, in which this correlates to epitomizing a person who possesses competitive greatness because they have it within them. Whether you consider yourself to be a “nobody” or a “somebody”, competitive greatness lies deep down in both, but it is not realized at the same time.

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  16. AnonymousMay 6, 2015 at 8:00 AM

    Emilio , Angel, Junior, Kashif

    2. The Jordan Ingram Post: Do you believe that one must die before he is considered to be great?
    Is death a prerequisite for achieving competitive greatness?
    2a) No, one doesn’t have to die to be considered great because one can be great while living there were many great leaders like John Wooden he was great because he led UCLA to 10 championships. Others like Martin Luther King jr, Malcom x, and Nelson Mandela.

    3. The Kofi Owusu- Robert Rossi Post: Describe Solon's view of happiness and greatness and Wooden's definition of competitive greatness. Which viewpoint do you believe? Why?
    3a)Solon was all about that money, power, and the things you achieved over time. While Wooden liked when his players had integrity, loyalty, and competitive greatness. We believe that wooden’s way is a better definition of competitive greatness. He is more about core values than about his legacy.

    5. The Brother Sherlog Post: Look at all of the Touchstones, Which Touchstone epitomizes a person who possesses competitive greatness?
    5a) The touchstone about John Henry epitomizes a person who possesses competitive greatness because he competed in a great way against a machine who everybody thought he would lose to. John Henry was so competitive that he even knew the circumstances of missing hitting the steel with his hammer that will cause his death. At the end he beat the machine that is greatness in itself but humans have limits and unfortunately his heart failed him.

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