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July 24, 2024
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This week, the 天美影院 High School Summer Program is giving students a glimpse into the experience of studying Thomas Aquinas College鈥檚 integrated Great Books curriculum, in which the classes of each course build successively 鈥 not only on each other, but on other courses, as well.

罢耻别蝉诲补测鈥檚 trip to the big city wasn鈥檛 enough to make students forget about Euclid, or the somewhat-intimidating prospect of presenting propositions Nos. , , and from Book I of the Elements at this morning鈥檚 class. After breakfast, the high schoolers walked the now-familiar path from St. Joseph Commons to St. Gladys Hall. Although they got the hang of presenting on Tuesday, some were nervous about Proposition 4, which features a notoriously odd argument for the seemingly simple conclusion that, if two triangles have two sides and the angle between those sides is equal, then the triangles themselves are equal. No matter how nervous, though, today鈥檚 presenters rose to the occasion 鈥 and added more tools to their section鈥檚 mathematical toolbelt!

Photos: Wednesday Morning
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program
  • Students on the 天美影院 High School Summer Program

After midmorning Mass and lunch, the students returned to the classroom to continue their discussion of Boethius鈥檚 Consolation of Philosophy. As they considered Lady Philosophy鈥檚 contention that neither wealth nor social status qualifies as a candidate for the Highest Good, they found themselves revisiting the themes of fate and cyclical suffering found in Oedipus Rex and Antigone. These discussions not only enriched their comprehension of Boethius鈥檚 arguments, but also retroactively enriched their understanding of the tragedies.

Meanwhile, for the better part of the last week, students have passed this box 鈥

 

Chaplain on Tap box

 

鈥 every day in St. Joseph Commons. It鈥檚 a questions box for 鈥淐haplain on Tap,鈥 a Q &A session that Fr. Sebastian will lead tonight. Students can submit anonymous questions on any subject related to the Faith or morality, and the Summer Program chaplain will provide one of his characteristically faithful, thoughtful, and gracious responses!

Come back to the Summer Program Blog tomorrow to find out how it goes 鈥 and to get a full report,  plus photos, of the night鈥檚 other planned activities!