Lesson:
The End
It’s hard not to think about it, the end of the world, I mean. Well, not so much the end of the world as a whole, as the world’s end as we know it – the Western world. The writer and philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Rome wasn’t built in a day, and it took hundreds of years to decline into ruin, but Roman society no longer exists. Are we ignoring history? Have we forgotten past lessons? Let’s look at history and see what happened and perhaps how it is mirrored today.
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Example Article
Each conversation topic is based on a theme. In order to help students acquire a basic understanding of that topic, four media articles are provided for them to read. I will never test you on the articles, but I strongly suggest you book lessons far enough in advance to give yourself enough time to properly prepare. The better prepared you are, the more benefit you will receive from our conversations.
Below is an example article for this conversation topic.