Rachel's Road to Truth

Rachel Rudd                                                                                                                            Dr.Andrew Jacobs GB 13000 July 12th 2018 God’s law and man’s law                  In “Crito” by Plato, it is clear to readers that Socrates holds the authority and law of the State in the highest regard. Facing a death sentence and wrongful imprisonment, Socrates would rather die with a clean conscience than live with a stained one. Socrates explains that if he tried to escape from prison, the consequences would be significant and far reaching. He describes what he thinks the judges and the State...

Great Books Summer Rachel Rudd 7/14/18 My Great Summer The Great Summer program was an inviting introduction to the classical learning style we use in the Great Books program. It was an entertaining and educating way to begin my college experience at Faulkner. I spent eight days on campus and  most of my time in discussions that usually ended with me being under the table. Great Summer was weirdly educational, in that I expanded my ways of thinking greatly and gained new insights to classical learning, though it was still extremely entertaining. Day 1 … It was finally time to meet these fellow nerds, whom I had only known through a computer up until today. I had no clue who these people were, or what they were like, so I was nervous and anxious, although meeting Auburn and listening to her talk about her dog, I felt more at ease. After a pretty awkward dinner, we met “gamemaster” Ethan and experienced what happens when a group of book nerds play spy games. That night was fun...

  The Legend of Jobby Bones    Jobby Bones and his caddy stood on the eighteenth green, watching the wave of people swarming around, and watch them. With anticipation, they waited for him to attempt to make his eagle putt to win the national championships. Jobby could feel his pulse quicken. He could feel the sweat dripping down his arms, his breathing shortening as he prepared to putt. He stepped up to his ball, lined up his putter, and drew back slowly. Making contact, he sent the ball rolling towards the hole; it got closer to the hole, a little closer, almost there, and then … Jobby was a good golfer, but his big drawback was his attitude. Often the biggest obstacle in Jobby’s way was Jobby. We need to go back to when Jobby was only eighteen years old. He had just lost the amauter open championship, and he was taking his anger out on his golf ball. He picked up the ball, read out the word “Noodle,” shook his head in disappointment, and threw the ball across t...