Today in human geo at first we went back and looked at some slides we already have saw and we just quickly went over them and made sure we had all the notes we needed. Then, we got a little off topic and talked about Mr.Schicks career in making movies and we always talked about a band and it was really funny. Then we went back to a slide show. On this slide show we took notes. We took notes on the population pyramids. We use the population pyramids to analyze growth ( or decline ) of fertility, mortality and migration in cities. Woman live longer. There are three basic shapes.. the xmas tree which is a developing nation. The box which is a developed nation, slow growth. Lastly, the cup which is a developed nation, negative growth.
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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