December 3, 2013

Today was a Collaboration Block Schedule day, so class was longer than usual. Also, today we changed seats.
Don't forget the assignment we have! Assignment #9 is due the next time we have class, Thursday. Also, don't forget to read the Primary Sources and answer the questions! The packet will be collected on Friday before the quiz. The essays are also due on Friday so turn them in to the blue marked people! Get your name up there! Lastly, though this isn't homework, there is a Supreme Council meeting about payment tomorrow at lunch! If you have something you want to say, please attend or talk to your Supreme Council representative. If they do not plan to attend, talk to someone who will.
Today we did assignment #10 in class. The first part was a review of what we did on Monday, with King Louis calling a meeting to raise taxes. Since King Louis was clueless, his financial adviser, Jacques Necker to hold the meeting and discuss with the estates. The Third Estate was taxed.
At 1:58 we reviewed the Tennis Court Oath, which brought about the Declaration of the Rights of Man (a combination of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence).
At 2:03 we learned that the time system was changed for a short while after the French Revolution ended. The time system was changed from what it was then (and is today) to the metric system, in which there are ten hours in a day, each hour has 100 minutes, and each minute has 100 seconds. Each week has ten days, instead of seven, but each month was still thirty days. Speaking of the months, they changed the names too, so the names would fit what was taking place during that month.
At 2:12 we learned that "July 14th is Bastille Day" (Kent Hirano) because that was the day peasants stormed Bastille, a prison fortress, in order to get gunpowder for their guns. (Hey, guys, don't forget that when Mr. P. hold up a chair, it's to signify Great Fear.)
The March on Versailles, as we learned at 2:17, was mostly participated in by women.
At 2:20, something very funny happened. Mr. P. was having fun saying "France" is an imitation French accent, and that made Mr. Welch from next door come in saying he thought Mr. P. was being beat up! It was after Mr. Welch left that Paul, at 2:23, "donated pantalones to the land of Welch" (Kent Hirano), loudly yelling "BEHOLD!" when entering the room.
 At 2:31 we learned that the "police [took] away the King and Queen" (Moira Camacho) and that "King L is a traitor" (Luis A.), attempting to escape to Austria. That was why King Louis was beheaded. Robespierre got power after that, which ended up getting Ivan (playing a waiter) killed because he served sour cider instead of sweet cider. Sorry Ivan... Robespierre was supposed to be beheaded after he started accusing people from the committee for the public! Before his beheading, however, "Robespierre tried to kill himself." (Jordan Wilder)
Towards the end of class, we briefly went over the left, right, and center of the room and how people on those sides were. Most of us would fall in the center, picking no sides, not really paying much attention.

-I

Interesting SWEN article of the day: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/03/american-high-school-students-slip-in-global-education-rankings/ We're falling behind guys! Americans need to stop caring about entertainment and start caring about education! We could do so much better!