December 2, 2013

Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break!
The interesting fact for the day was that elephants cannot jump! Poor elephants... The quote was from Walt Disney: "If you can dream it, you can do it."
Mr. P. made a joke about turkeys being from Turkey... They're not. They're not. However, interesting fact, a single Vons sells 1,500+ turkeys around Thanksgiving! Incredible!
There is a Constitutional Convention this Wednesday at lunch. If you have a change you would like to make, please contact your Supreme Council member or someone who will be at the Constitutional convention!
Also, make sure to do Assignment #9!
At 1:17, we learned about Ukraine and how "Ukranian people want [their former] president out of prison." (Amanda Laurenco.)
At 1:26, we experienced a "shocking" revelation: Credit cards can cause deficit spending because they allow you to spend money you may not have, like King Louis spending more money than he had. That led to him borrowing money because he knew he could not raise taxes otherwise people would rebel. A much smarter thing to do in order to get out of debt and cut deficit spending to avoid bankruptcy would have been to STOP SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN HE HAD. Clearly, he didn't do that.
At 1:39 we learned that Abbe Seyes, a clergyman, rallied the third estate together so taxes collected from them would be used for what they needed instead of the King's greedy wishes.
At 1:44 we learned the motto that they went by: equalité, liberté, and fraternité, or, in English, "Equality, liberty, [and] fraternity." (Madison Kane)
At 1:45 we were talking about the Tennis Court Oath, which, as said in the name, took place in a public tennis court because the first and second estate had blocked off the hall where the National Assembly used to meet. Has anybody found out whether France invented tennis yet? Leave a comment if you know!
We learned that Bastille was stormed because people wanted gunpowder for their guns since they knew the King's armies were coming. This is why July 14th is Bastille day in France.
Finally, towards the end of class at 1:53, we learned that the "Great Fear was based on rumors." (Michelle Yum)

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Interesting SWEN article of the day: http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20131201/education-for-le-new-program-at-dccc-helps-high-school-students-get-college-credit Wouldn't this be awesome here?