Day 104 - Day one of Donahue
Today in World History we talked about the Industrial Revolution.
Today was the first day of Mr. Donahue subbing, and to be quite frank, it was quite enjoyable. I can tell this will be an interesting week.
The first thing Mr. Donahue did was give the whole class a list of questions, and hinted that if we knew them well, we should do well on the quiz. This is a godsend boys, don't waste it.
After this, we started watching the CC video on the IR. I'm just going to say that this is the third time I've seen this video, as I accidentally watched it last weekend, and I gotta admit that gag with the pixel plant gets me every time. During the video, Mr. Donahue made an observation about how in the picture John Green showed of a classroom, how there were so many kids in the class. He then turned that into a point about how teachers aren't paid extremely well because initially it was an all female profession, and females were traditionally paid less then men, back in the day. It's a perspective I had never experienced before, so it was pretty interesting.
He then moved into how Western and Non-western civilizations are different. Essentially, using the example of Matt Owens being drafted, Mr. Donahue explained (my interpretation) that differences in development between civilizations is what causes them to grow apart and consequently foil each other. His example was how we had 700 years to develop and get where we are, but those other non-western societies just haven't had that time yet, and really have barely started the process as we sort of forced this beginning upon them, rather then it coming organically.
Mr. Donahue then moved onto an example of proof of the IR, and that would be farming advances. Now, you can use your John Deere tractor with your AC on, listening to some music, watching Netflix, and revise your LEQ all while plowing the fields. Back in the day, you'd have to hook something or someone up to the plow, which took a long time and was very tiring. Thus, this advancement showed the IR.
Then, as class was ending, Mr. Donahue asked the question if anyone wanted to be a self-sufficient man when they grew up. Will Nickols raised his hand, and was called upon, after confirming that he did indeed want to be self-sufficient when he grew up. Then Mr. Donahue asked what would happen if we took his clothes and dropped him in a solitary forest in Canada. How long could he be self-sufficient for? Not very long was the answer from the bashful and humbled Nickols, as Mr. Donahue continued to ask him questions about how "did he really want to make his own shirts?" or "kill the cow and make that belt you have?" The moral here is that you don't really want to be self-sufficient, you want to be apart of a community, making it so you don't have to do...everything.
With that, the bell rang and we were dismissed. Until Tomorrow!
Today was the first day of Mr. Donahue subbing, and to be quite frank, it was quite enjoyable. I can tell this will be an interesting week.
The first thing Mr. Donahue did was give the whole class a list of questions, and hinted that if we knew them well, we should do well on the quiz. This is a godsend boys, don't waste it.
After this, we started watching the CC video on the IR. I'm just going to say that this is the third time I've seen this video, as I accidentally watched it last weekend, and I gotta admit that gag with the pixel plant gets me every time. During the video, Mr. Donahue made an observation about how in the picture John Green showed of a classroom, how there were so many kids in the class. He then turned that into a point about how teachers aren't paid extremely well because initially it was an all female profession, and females were traditionally paid less then men, back in the day. It's a perspective I had never experienced before, so it was pretty interesting.
He then moved into how Western and Non-western civilizations are different. Essentially, using the example of Matt Owens being drafted, Mr. Donahue explained (my interpretation) that differences in development between civilizations is what causes them to grow apart and consequently foil each other. His example was how we had 700 years to develop and get where we are, but those other non-western societies just haven't had that time yet, and really have barely started the process as we sort of forced this beginning upon them, rather then it coming organically.
Mr. Donahue then moved onto an example of proof of the IR, and that would be farming advances. Now, you can use your John Deere tractor with your AC on, listening to some music, watching Netflix, and revise your LEQ all while plowing the fields. Back in the day, you'd have to hook something or someone up to the plow, which took a long time and was very tiring. Thus, this advancement showed the IR.
Then, as class was ending, Mr. Donahue asked the question if anyone wanted to be a self-sufficient man when they grew up. Will Nickols raised his hand, and was called upon, after confirming that he did indeed want to be self-sufficient when he grew up. Then Mr. Donahue asked what would happen if we took his clothes and dropped him in a solitary forest in Canada. How long could he be self-sufficient for? Not very long was the answer from the bashful and humbled Nickols, as Mr. Donahue continued to ask him questions about how "did he really want to make his own shirts?" or "kill the cow and make that belt you have?" The moral here is that you don't really want to be self-sufficient, you want to be apart of a community, making it so you don't have to do...everything.
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| 6th period knows |
With that, the bell rang and we were dismissed. Until Tomorrow!
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