Today in human Geo we talked about situation. Situation is a location of a place relative to other paces. Situation helps us find an unfamiliar place by comparing its location with a familiar one. For example Mr.Schick asked who has been to Florida and almost the whole class rose their hand. Then he asked who has been to Mississippi and only like 3 people rose their hand. Mr.Schick then asked one of the people what it is like in Mississippi and she said it would rain for like an hour and then be clear and then Mississippi was compared to Florida.Florida was the familiar and Mississippi was the unfamiliar place. Situation helps us understand the importance of the location.
Excellence Notes
Today in Mr.Shicks class we looked at a power point based A message to Garcia. A Message to Garcia was what we read on Friday. I learned A Message to Garcia was a inspirational essay in March 1899. It got popular and published over 40 million copies. They even made versions in 37 languages. A Message to Garcia was made into a movie two times. The setting was the Spanish American war. The person who delivered the message was Rowan. Rowan was an army officer from West Point, class of 1881. The person the message was delivered was Garcia. Garcia was a revolutionary seeking Cuban independence from Spain. We also learned some "odd" vocabulary. Perihelion is the point when a planet is closest to the sun therefore it is at its brightest. Slipshod means careless, lackadaisical, slapdash. Imbecility means feebleness, stupidity. Stenographer is a person who takes dictation in shorthand. A missive is a letter. We then learned the word the ancient Greeks had a word for excellence calle...
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