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It was day three of Euclid this morning, and faces were cheery at breakfast as students looked forward to demonstrating the next three props in Book I. Classes and conversation have a unique way of bringing people together, and though the students haven�t known each other long, fast and firm friendships have already sprung up. The breakfast tables were circled with enthusiastic faces, students confident in their eagerly awaited class conversations. 

After breakfast, they were all off to Euclid for proofs, questions, and discussions regarding the sides and angles within similar and equal triangles. When the class ended, students filtered out of St. Gianna Molla Hall, laughing and talking, and headed to Mass or back to the dorms to polish up on the pre-Socratics before the afternoon class.

The dining hall was noisy at lunch, as students looked forward to their last class of the week and the full afternoon of fun ahead. An interesting competition sprang up among the boys during lunch. Instead of sitting together at their usual table, each chose a different table in the dining hall to see who could get the largest group of programmers to join their lunch-time discussion. Their strategy changed up the Commons significantly, as each table was quickly surrounded by different students, including some who tended to sit with the same students but switched it up for this meal.

At the table started by Leo F. (winner of the Table Competition), a group of programmers and prefects hilariously exhibited one of many lively lunch-time conversations; they talked over the confusing and seemingly inconclusive nature of the pre-Socratics, discussed vocations and the religious life on campus, laughed over anecdotes from class and the coffee shop, and considered the �proper etiquette� in eating peas. The intriguing conversation, however, was cut short by the gong, summoning programmers to class, and students scrambled for their books. 

The last class of the day explored selections from a number of pre-Socratic philosophers and the concepts of generation and corruption, and how all things come to be. As with the Euthyphro the day before, the pre-Socratics seemed inconclusive to the programmers while studying, but once they started discussing, unexpected answers began to emerge.

After the pre-Socratics, the students will head out to the Connecticut River for an afternoon of kayaking and swimming. Check in with the Summer Blog tomorrow to read all about it!

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