Human Geography Blog 8-29-17

                 As time goes on it seems as if society is getting more lazy. Many people say that the reason for this laziness is millennials. However this idea has been going back to 1899 in Elbert Hubbard's "A message to Garcia". Elbert Hubbard tells a story about how the president of the United States needs a letter sent to a man named  Garcia. Now this man, Garcia, is stated to be unreachable by telegraph or mail. So, the president asked a man named Rowan to deliver this letter, and without questions Rowan traveled to Garcia and delivered the letter. Hubbard praises Rowan for the determined mind set to get the job done. In my opinion, Hubbard is spot on with society. As I said before, I believe many people are addressing the problem and using the younger people of the country as a scapegoat. But, this problem has been going on for centuries without many people seeing it. No matter where you live there will be people just like Rowan who, when asked to do something, w

Frankie Cassidy Human Geography Mr. Schick 8-30-17 It was the most exciting day in Mr. Schick's Honors Human Geography class! We got to see Vlad struggle to get his blog up on the website. We saw all of his struggles, wins, and even losses in this class. Through all of the exciting commotion of  Vlad's mighty battle we went over the syllabus of the class and how everything will work this semester. I know I need to bring my inquisitive and open mind to class everyday because Mr. Schick made a great point on how so many people in America don't have an open mind, they already have an opinion no matter what. So, Mr. Schick made it clear to me, and hopefully others, that we always have to come in to his class with an open mind. We also learned about his class rules, absent rules, and late work rules. For example, if your work is late then it's an automatic 10% off for each day it is late. If it is late for four days then it is an automatic 0 on the assignment. After he

Frankie Cassidy Human Geography Mr. Schick 8-29-17 My first days at John Carroll could not have gone better. They started with my Kickstart Retreat with Mr. Uffnar and Ms. Rankle. I walked into the library thinking,  great, I don't know anyone here.  I decided to take the first empty table I saw. I sat there waiting for the day to begin when, finally, my friend from my old school walked in. We talked to each other all day and through all the name games that day I even made a friend. So, the Kickstart Retreat went really well. Only four days went by before my orientation. It was four nerve-racking days of being scared I was going to get lost in the school. After waking up just after 10 AM everyday in Summer, waking up at 6:45 seemed like not even getting any sleep. Me and my mom got to the school early because we didn't want miss any information. I walked in and found all my school friends sitting together, so I went and sat with them. We listened to all the speaker'