Today in class we took more notes. We based what we talked about today over one statement. The statement was Thinking globally, acting locally. That means like your actions locally in your community can help globally. For example in your community everyone grows there own foods. At the global scale encompassing the entire world geographers tend to see broad patterns. We talked about how in Harford County its usual and/or a big thing to own farm land and grow your own crops or food. We also about that Harford county voted for Donald Trump. Lastly, Mr. Schick shared his opinion that voting ages should be lowered to 16 because the president is our future. Some students answered disagreeing or agreeing.
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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