A group of students from Necedah Area High School will test their scholarly mettle Wednesday when they venture to Madison to participate in the 10th annual Great World Texts in Wisconsin Program at the University of Wisconsin.
The approximately two dozen students will join 500 or so of their peers in discussing their recent intellectual grappling with the work of 18th-century political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau — known as the “father of democratic theory” — and specifically his autobiographical book “Confessions.”
The Necedah students will join in presenting a variety of written, spoken, visual and even culinary interpretations of what they have read — from a hand-carved book shelf to the actual foods the author describes in the book — during the day-long conference.