Hey, Mr. McDonnell. For my final blog post, I am going to be talking about our simulation between Athens and Melos where we are trying to negotiate peace. As of right now, as you know, we are about two days into the simulation, and so far, I think that it is really fun and engaging. This is a great way for us to learn about this interaction between Melos and Greece while having fun doing it. Going into this with little knowledge about what actually happened in these historic events, I feel like I get to insert my own opinions and ideas in this negotiation without prior knowledge. It is also cool to have a debate like this. As I said, it is a lot more fun than something else such as a paper. I do have some questions about the simulation, though. First of all, is our end goal for both sides to negotiate a peaceful way to defuse the situation or just a way to solve the whole problem with the armada of ships in Melos’s backyard waiting to invade? I think I am just confused about what the goal of the simulation is. I’m also wondering if so far we’ve come to the same conclusions as the ancient Melotians and Athenians did? I assume we haven’t, because so far there have been some questionable agreements, but I am just not sure. I would look it up, but I don’t want to risk ruining the whole thing and getting too much info about the actual events. I think that’s all I have to say about the Melos vs. Athens war, so I’ll switch gears and talk a little bit about my finished This I Believe project. As you know, I turned it in and got feedback on it, and it felt like a weight off my shoulders after I finally got it in if I am being honest. If I had to redo the project, I would probably do my audio recording in multiple parts, not one long-running video so it would sound a little smoother and not have any pauses or stutters. The only reason I didn’t do it this time was that I miscalculated how long it would take me to record the audio, so I ended up not having that much time to actually get it done. I would also probably have some more visuals, like images, to go with the audio. I tried to get some this time, but it was harder than I expected. None of the images I picked out really went with certain parts of the audio if that makes sense, so I decided to play it safe and just not have corresponding images to parts of the audio. I think that’s all I have to say for my final blog post, so to close, If I had to rate the blog post project, I would rate it a 7 or 8. I found it not to be overwhelming if I just stayed on top of it each week. Thats it, thanks!