Today, the class had a seminar on the fall of the Ottoman Empire and its lasting impact on modern Syria. Seminar is a focus in our classroom and is practiced throughout the curriculum to help prepare the students to communicate effectively in a group. Seminar gives young people the power to agree, disagree, challenge, struggle, and respect others. The skills that we learn in our seminars are applied to our council meetings, class discussions, problem solving, and grace and courtesy.