Modern Religious Experience: Personal Commemoration- Reflection #7

Modern Religious Experience: Personal Commemoration- Reflection #7: "Think of an event in your life- past, present or future. You are going to create a commemorative ritual for this event. First, describe the ..."

My personal commemoration is of the memory of APAC swimming. Last year when I was a freshman, I had the opportunity to travel to China to compete in swimming with other schools overseas. This is an important event to me because during this experience, I created a great bond with the team. This event was also my first experience participating in a sport. The APAC swimming tournament lasted two full days. As for that, my personal commemoration will last two days as well. During this celebration, one will scream out one of the SFS cheers my team and I said before the tournament:

"One we are crusaders, two a little bit louder, three we still cant hear you, four more more more" We would repeat this cheer four times and after each cycle, we say it louder.

On the first day, we would all go to the SFS swimming pool and have a small pool party. After that, we all take a quick shower and go out for lunch all together at On the Border. Finally, we go to a clean karoake nearby and sing our lungs out. This is what we did one day in between the APAC and KAIAC swimming season. As for that, it will be a tradition in the commemoration. On the last day of the celebration, the boys will run around the field with a girls swimsuit on while the girls run around wearing their swimsuit with leggings under. During this run, we will scream out the SFS cheer. I decided to make this one of the ways to celebrate the APAC event because every year the freshman do this before one of the home soccer games. My personal commemoration will be a yearly thing from February 28th to February 30th as it is exactly a month after the APAC swimming tournament.

The Morality of Greek Myths - Reflection #6

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In an ancient city just across the Aegean Sea from Greece, there was a maiden named Arachne. Though her parents were poor, Arachne brought hope to her family through her spinning and weaving. She had so much pride in herself, believing that she didn't learn her beautiful skills from Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Athena went to seek out Arachne by disguising herself as an old woman. After watching Arachne spin, Athena transformed back to her original self and competed against Arachne to a spinning contest. In the end, Athena turns Arachne forever into a small spider.
The moral of this myth is to never challenge or compare oneself to the Greek Gods. Athena challenged Arachne to a spinning contest because Arachne thought she was superior compared to the goddess. In the end, Arachne becoming a spider for her entire life. 
From this, I believe the Greeks are responding to a life mystery of spiders. According to this myth, Arachne brought spiders into our world. As a result, Arachne's name is known as a Greek word meaning 'spider.' From the word "Arachne," came the word English word "Arachnid."
The Greek virtue of respectfulness connects with Arachne's disrespect to the goddess. Arachne never showed respect to Athena. Instead, Arachne disregarded herself as a better person than Athena. This shows disrespect toward the goddess of wisdom.