Socrates

Socrates was a man who was a philosopher who was born in 470 BCE. His place of birth was in Alopece, in the city of Athens. 

 

Socrates was famous for being The “Father of Western Philosophy” because of his contributions to the making of ancient Greek philosophy which provided the core of all of Western Philosophy. He is also known as one of the most famous figures in the history of Earth.

 

The death of Socrates 399 BCE took place in an Athenian Court. He was executed by being poisoned forcefully because of charges of his lack of reverence and corrupting the youth. 

 

Socrates most famous quote.. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”  This means that by accepting you don’t know everything and have lots to learn make you very wise.

 

“To find yourself, think of yourself.” This means make your own opinions and decisions, Don’t let anyone else decide for you. 

 

                          

Socrates a man who was a philosopher was born on 470 BCE. His place of birth was in Alopece, the city of athens. 

 

Socrate was famous for being The “Father of Western Philosophy” in the reason of his contributions to the making of ancient greek philosophy which provided the core of all of Western Philosophy. He is also known as one of the most famous figures in the history of earth.

 

The death of Socrates 399 BCE took place in Athenian Court. He was executed by being poisoned forcefully because of charges of impiety and corrupting the youth. 

 

Socrates most famous quote.. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” means the only person who thinks he knows nothing will try to achieve knowledge from anyone and everyone he comes across in life then that person might become a king or a beggar. Another one of his famous quotes is “To find yourself, think of yourself.” This means make your own opinions and decisions, Don’t let anyone else decide for you.

 

I walk down skipping along the slippery bricks. The snow falls on my face while I try to catch it. I feel chilly, I see missing posters of kids. I just ignore them. I see names on a wall. There is also a chalk on the floor. I pick it up and write my name on the wall. The chalk made a really annoying screeching sound. Something creaks behind me. I noticed it was a life sized doll in the window. I walk up to it. The snow crunches each footstep I take. I glance at it close from the window. I wipe the moisture off so I could see the doll. I realise that it looks like me. I look away to take a look at my clothes to see our resemblance. I look back at the doll it appears to be gone. I try to get inside the store however the rusty door handle won’t budge.

I get a handful of snow and molded into a snowball. I throw it at the door it made a loud sound. I walk away with anger. I slide my hand on the crusty old wall. Suddenly the door creaked open and a bell rings. I squeal in excitement.

 

I walk inside. I admire the dolls. I see my doppelganger, I try to touch it but I trip on a tiny doll which is on a bike. It’s facing on its side. Without hesitation I help it get up. It goes towards the door banging loudly. My doppelganger disappears. I look around for my doppelganger which is on a shelf. I get the chills. I go towards it. I climb on the old couch. I remove my glove so I can touch it. The air becomes thicker. My ears start ringing.

 

I touch its face. Suddenly I couldn’t see at all. My memories are flashing before my eyes. I’m so confused. I see baby dolls falling on me.  I can finally see. My vision is blurry but I can see the whole room. I notice that I can’t move my arms and legs. I look around and realise that all the dolls in the store are people I know. They are the kids on the missing posters earlier. I’ve fallen into a death trap.

Diary Entry:

“3rd of June 2022 12:50 PM. I’m eating lunch with friends at my school. some plane came across our school’s field and released some sort of explosive. I was really scared. I hope it never happens again so we could all be safe.

 

“12th of June 2022 PM. I’ve transferred school because we’ve moved away since that area wasn’t safe anymore. I’ve made some new friends. I was feeling Nervous, I could see different people and I could hear people gossiping around me.”

 

“15th of June 2022 9:34 AM. It’s been three days since I’ve first been transferred here. There is already a new student in my class which is Class 4B. I’ve befriended him. He’s very nice to me. He lives in my neighborhood. Normally after school we go to the skate park. I finally feel like I’ve settled in.”

 

 

 

 

 

This is Christian. He has recently moved from Iraq to New Zealand. His new life has been easy and hard on him. The new language is holding him back. He has made friends even in that situation. One of his friends can speak the same language as him. His friend taught him English. Christian is feeling a lot better now. He made tons of friends. Moving to New Zealand changed his Life.

     Turning around the corner I hear the sound of our hooves clipping and clopping on the never-ending smooth white tiles that shine like it’s glowing. My ears start to twitch. I can see an awfully tall spiral. My friends’ long tail with brown strands at the tip are right in front of me.

 

I finally start to hear the water flowing from the pool. We stop and are ready to leap our long legs into the cold blue water that looks like a blue-berry slushy. I sprint onto the diving board. I see my friend Roman dangling from the roof top ready to catch me. My Reflection is looking back at me. The smell of chlorine rushes through my nostrils. I leap towards the cool, sky blue water. I begin to get nervous I start to say “Please Catch me!” “Please Catch me!”  Luckily he catches me and I spin into the pool like I’m running inside a gyro ball. My bodys touches the water in the pool, I start to feel cold, I am shivering. My ears are clogged, my eyes start to burn. I still could kinda hear the muffled sounds of the crash of my friends cannonballing into the pool. 

 

I start  to swim to  land so I can dry myself off. I can feel that the water is getting shallower each time I take a step. My long legs are already tired. I still keep going. I make it to land while breathing heavily. My senses start to come back. I smell the air, There are chemicals. My friend Julio is behind me runs forward. We sprint as fast as we can to the huge spiral, we do a second round of High Diving except we had a lower diving board which I chose to avoid. In the spiral I can hear the Clippety-Clop of our hooves. I smell the chlorine again, I take a deep breath. I sprint super towards the diving board. Luckily Roman catches me a second time. I pose for the camera ready to cannonball like a meteor into the crystal clear cool water. I land in the pool my eyes don’t burn as much as before. My ears aren’t clogged. I emerge from the water the other Giraffe followed me. We lower our long necks on the edge of the pool to take a massive sip. We all tiredly run back to the Room of never-ending shiny tiles.