After Class 2/8

Today's class brought a boat load worth of information. beginning with the origins of the alphabet. So far in my college career, this chapter has been the most stimulating and eye-opening chapter of reading I have read. To read how the words and the letters of our world were derived, beginning from the early Cretan, through Greek, onward to Latin, and arriving at our current English language, was just so interesting and unforgettable. We discussed how intricate each letter system was, being derived from either geometrical or mathematical reasoning.

Question of the day: In the Greek Alphabet, how and why the circles used to create certain letters. What is the importance of using circles and squares to create the letter?