Today in class we discussed excellence within ancient Greece and specifically Socrates and his teachings. Within ancient Greece, people met and talked about issues and topics affecting the region in the agora and a polis is a city state or political entities run by people. People also vote on important topics within the agora. Socrates was a man who worked as a stonemason when he was young and he later fought in the Peloponnesian war. Later in his life, he taught a few young people outside the agora in a workshop. In this workshop, Socrates posed questions to them to discover their underlying belief and their extent of knowledge. We also learned that 508 B.C. was a very important date because it was the first recorded time in history that people revolted against their leaders. After this, countries like the United State of America and France did the same thing. Finally we learned that in ancient Greece, excellence was considered as moral virtue, fulfillment of purpose or function, and the act of living up to ones full potential.