Hi, sorry I have not written in a long time. Ok, instead of telling you about my day, I am going to tell you about Alexander the Great. Well, let’s start reading in 3, 2, 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alexander was a prince, but he had one big dream … to conquer the world! If he did conquer the world, than he would be the best!!!!! Before that could happen, he had lots to learn. Let’s start with a wedding.
It was a happy and nice wedding. However, one of the guards secretly did not like Alexander’s dad, the king, so at the wedding the guard stabbed the King!!!!!! Alexander was so mad, but thought “now my dad is gone and that means I am the king and can conquer the world!!!!! Now Alexander has to go to war!!!!!! Ok, now I am going to tell you about when he was little.
When Alexander was 8 or 9, he did not like his dad or as I say, daddy, his dad was hard on him. His mom was nice and calm. When he was with a kid learning to fight. He would sometimes loose. The King would be furious. His mother would comfort him. Like everyone in Ancient Greece, his mom believed in lots of different gods. She believed that Alexander was the son of one of these gods. Not just any god, but the god Zeus. Zeus was believed to be the King of humans and gods. She would tell Alexander that his dad, the King, was mean to him because he was jealous that Alexander was more special and powerful than him. Instead of Alexander feeling bad about himself, he began to believe he was more powerful and better than everyone else. This was important because it probably gave him the confidence to try and conquered the world. Some believe he is the most powerful person in history. I think he was very cool.
One more ting before I go… did you know Alexander’s teacher was Socrates? Socrates is a very very famous philosopher in the 4th century BC. Wow! Look him up and you will probably be as impressed as I am.
Well, I have to go and check out some rooms because Piper, Sage and Ms. Toni are coming to see me and mommy and we are getting their room organized. 😄 👧🏼👩🏼👱🏼♀️💁🏻💁🏽🏡
Bye!!!!
Cricket,
I have an older student who is working on a report on Alexander the Great. Your blog is so interesting…would it be alright for me to share this information with him?
Keep on blogging…
Annie
Yes,I would love you to!I am so glad that this blog is good,and now I know it is!!! Tell your student Hi for me. Naxos is so fun!!!! Love,Cricket💚
I enjoyed reading about Alexander the Great and the wonderful ancient history that you are learning. Greece is a beautiful place for you to experience.
You did good!! I worked hard on that blog and I hope a lot of people liked it well I now know you do. Love,Cricket
We are all enjoying your blogs immensely. Keep up the good work – the more you write (and read) the more we will all know!
I bet you are looking forward to the Thompson girls’ visit!!
Cricket and Mama the Great, Glad to hear that you are learning some history about a man (Alex) whom I have tried to emulate. He certainly was an unusual man, and appears to have learned some knowledge from Socrates—like “Wisdom begins in wonder” and ” The unexamined life is not worth living.” Unfortunately, he forgot about this knowledge from Socrates—“I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.” We sure enjoy hearing about your travels and learning. You can become a girl Socrates, and we will learn from your wisdom. Love, Popster the Great and Wonderful Gran Chris
Hi thank you I love to read and learn about him and tell stories about my blog. And thank you for checking in on mommy and I.Love, Cricket the great and Mommy the awesome! Bye!
Terrific and interesting post about Alexander the Great! The countryside looks beautiful in your pictures.
Thank you!!!! Tomorrow we are taking an all day tour of the whole island. 8 hours!