Today in human geo we really just went over things. We first went over the pop quiz that we took yesterday and we circled the right answers on the sheet so we can study from it. Then he told us we have a test on Monday. Great!!!! The week of exams. After we went over that we talked about what would be on the test on Monday. After we talked about that we talked about the exams and little more and the essays on the exams. Then we had about 3 minutes of just some free time.
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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