"A Matter of Honor"

It should come to no surprise that honor as a very large thing at the Virginia Military Institute as the military itself holds honor the highest characteristics of it's soldiers. Drumming out a student of the VMI is the schools form of a court marshal in the military. Honor is held by many as probably the best characteristic to have as it shows what kind of person you are and can be. A person of high honor can be seen getting good jobs and getting the promotions as the are deemed trustworthy and most of the time comes with a hard working lifestyle. That's why you see it being a big thing in the military and military schools such as VMI, because how can you have a good military if you can't trust the members in it and the don't want to do what they are told.

"The Natural Condition of Man"

Man has many characteristics such as his strength, wit, and motivation. In some areas you can see that man relate to each more than other areas. In the article it says that man is most alike in the area of strength than any other place. The mind is an endless area of change, some ones frame of mind can change drastically on a daily basis for many different reasons. Being able to compare they minds of man closely is almost impossible due to the fact of it's such as vague and always changing subject.

"Comparative Politics and Comparative Method"

We compare things all the time in our lives and also in many schools assignments they have you compare stuff. Most if not all the time in school we use the comparative method as it can be related some to the scientific method in the way it is set up and used. Although we use it a lot some people believe that we should use comparative politics more to support our education. It would instead of putting people all using the same approach through a method, and take a group of people using different approaches to solve a common problem or compare stuff using the same technique.

"The Republic"

In The Republic it explains how in some forms of government they control the people almost in a slave type of incarceration. It can do this by controlling what we watch, hear, and sometimes think by altering how we see certain situations. This has been done for many years and can still be easily seen used today on the new and other media. The best way to control a group of people is to make them think in the same way as the government over them. By doing that the government can pass whatever laws they want with ease.

What the liberal in liberal arts actually means

In this article, Strauss voices her opinion on how the many different versions of the word "liberal" means. Most people have their own ideas on what this actually means. Strauss says that a liberal arts education is what can make a free-thinker and makes them far more ahead than just common curriculum. This argument has been voiced many, many times by several different people and most come to the conclusion that it is not an important thing to have in life and does not go past a regular degree. However, I agree with Strauss when I say that I think it is very important to have and gives you a lot more than just a regular education.

"Comparitive Politics and Comparitive Method"

This talks about the Comparative method and politics. Students usually do not pay attention to Comparative Politics often. It is just a very old way of analyzing and using the information to work. The Method is very much like the scientific method. This method id not a technique and is more scientific than political. The article explains how this is important to teach and expand beyond the regular curriculum that is taught in schools now.  

Honor is More About Fairness Than Trust

In this article, it talks about how trust with students and school are a major thing. However it also emphasizes the fact students are responsible to uphold the code of honor at schools. This is something the school has a big policy in. They trust students a lot but this is until the students have broken this trust. To try and prevent this from happening, the school has came up with a moral code. This is a code of honor. A pledge of honor is what it is called and students are required to write and sign this on tests and papers to ensure their word that they did not receive or give help on the assignment.