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One day the principal’s peon came to my class with a chit…….
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“Even a pebble can be political“
To understand it, you need to go all the way back to ancient times—specifically, ancient Greece.
The idea of democracy began to develop in ancient Greece some time around 600 B.C., and with democracy came voting. Of course, ancient Greeks weren’t able to create the kind of ballot system we see around the world today. Instead, to cast their votes, they tossed small colored pebbles into clay jars: a white pebble meant “yes”, and a black pebble meant “no”.
Vase painting by Douris depicting a pebble vote, circa 460 B.C.
Once the session was over, the clay jars were smashed and the pebbles were tallied to determine the popular vote. So, while RM’s statement that “a pebble can be political” may seem unusual at first, it seems likely he was referring to a crucial aspect of ancient politics.