Today for most of the class we learned about Socrates. Socrates was accused of corruption of Athens' youth and impiety. Impiety is not believing in the gods of the state. If he was guilty of either one of these crimes, he would be sentenced to death. When it was his turn to speak at the trial he admitted to the crimes and told everyone that he thinks he should be rewarded for it. He was found guilty and and was sentenced to death. He died a painful death by drinking poison hemlock. hemlock is a flower that is very toxic. The sailors said they would allow him to escape but he refused to do it. we also learned that the word "idiot" used to have a different meaning. It meant someone who was super self-centered  and concerned with private affairs instead of public.