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13 Seasons in Hell
Tuesday 26 August 2003
| Euthyphro: |
What is the charge he brings against you? | |
| Socrates: |
He says he knows how the youth are corrupted and who are their corruptors, and is going to accuse me of corrupting his young friends. | |
| In what way does he say that you corrupt the young? | |
| He says that I am a poet or maker of gods, and that I invent new gods and deny the existence of old ones. | |
| He knows that such a charge is readily received by the world. | |
| A man may be thought to be wise; but the Athenians do not much trouble themselves about him until he begins to impart his wisdom to others; and then perhaps from jealousy, they are angry. | |
| I am never likely to try their temper in this way. | |
| I dare say not, for you are reserved in your behavior. But I have a benevolent habit of pouring out myself to everybody, and I am afraid that the Athenians may think me too talkative. | |
On Friday 06 December 2002, I was asked to appear in the principal's office with a representative of the local teacher's union. I was informed that the district intended to pursue my termination. Strangely, the same week, I was put on the ballot by the senior class to be their graduation speaker, and I was asked to interview for an article in the new student newspaper, The Viking Voice; I was to be their "Feature Teacher" of the month.
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