1) The Responsive Paragraph Using a couple of mnemonic prompts over a couple of weeks, students learn to "Respond" to a series of wise sayings. They develop familiarity developing a host of responses to ideas they encounter and writing basic essays. 2) The Transformation of Psyche While psyche was commonly used as the ancient Greek word for “soul”, what is rarely pointed out is that this word is rooted in psychein, “to breathe”. In the Western cultures particularly, we have forgotten this a