Melhman says 11/23

So today we most likely began class with a Connelly rant about turkeys (why?, I
have no idea) at which point I told him to stop talking and that nobody cares
which is always incredibly true. After Connelly's nonsense we began comparing
Ming China to Tokugawa Japan we had some type of big idea type question about
global impacts or something of that sort and we talk about it for a few minutes.
Then Ms. Separ decided to divide us into groups of two by counting of in threes;
this failed miserably (as mathematically it should). Ms. Separ then decided two
count of in elevens (even though their nineteen people in class and nineteen
divided by eleven is approximately 2.7272727272….. but somehow everyone was
split up evenly so whatever. In our groups of 2.72 we received a printed out
PowerPoint in oh so rare and captivating color which Connelly asked if he could
keep (he would), along with these slips of paper that had big ideas on them. We
had to match each slip of paper to the slide it best fitted. This took about 14π
√5 seconds (but who's counting). After this we were to take notes on each of the
slides. The slides were about plantation systems, sea based empires,
guns/gunpowder, global trade, and absolutism. We then compared Japan and China
in each category. We left off with the comparative essay question "Are there
more similarities or differences between Ming China and Tokugawa Japan?" the
general consensus being that there were more similarities than difference. The
homework was to write a thesis for the essay question. The bell then rang with
the clock reading 12:43 and we all left. Blog #1 down (SWEEEEEEET!). next is
going to be MiTcHeLl