Students in AP Language and Communication with Mr. Day have turned their attention to politics in recent weeks. Students used the Presidential and Vice Presidential debate to evaluate various rhetorical skills used by each of the candidates to get their points across. Meanwhile, Mr. Day is also making modern day in his 10th grade English classes, drawing connections between the experiences of Penelope and Telemachus in the Odyssey to the experiences of citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic. By making these modern connections to classical concepts, he is showing students how their education in history and literature remains relevant in everyday current events.