1/6/20-back to school

In class today Mr. Schick went over all of our exam grades.  I got an 85 overall with the exam and essay combined.  I feel like I could've done better on the essay but the exam I thought I was ready for besides the parts from the beginning of the year that I never learned.  I'm pleased with all of my exam grades so far, I still haven't gotten my bio exam grade though.  We also did a little bit of research on the Guns, Germs and Steel video.  It was a book that National Geographic made a three-part video to and we're watching the first part.  It's about how the different continents developed differently based on their geographic location.

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