Today in human geo at first was very sad a first because Mr.Schick explain to us why he was out the day before and it was because of his dog. It was very sad. After that the class got very interesting we talked about why products in America our made in other countries like China. That happens because people in China or other Countries only need to get paid like 1 or 2 dollars an hour instead of in America having to pay you minimum wage to work. So if other countries are making the products it doesn't making the products raise when they are sold in America. We also talked about Jimmy's dad window candle company.
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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