Today was my second day of history class. We have been asked by our professor "Corky" Reinhard to create a blog where we will keep a daily journal. It makes me laugh when he calls upon me as a "desperate housewife". I do hope by the end of the semester he can remember my first name, but until then "desperate housewife" it is. It could be a lot worse. In class today we discussed the first reading assignment we were given. The book is called 'Ecological Imperialism" by Crosby. I have to be honest, the first time I opened the book I fell asleep by time I got to page 12. I have not finished it, but since we discussed different parts of the book in class I have a different perspective and will try to read the whole thing. The parts that I have read start with Pangaea and the way the land changes. It talks about Europeans and their need to explore new things bringing along with them different diseases that would destroy some of the areas that they invaded or discovered. I was impressed to read about all the different people in the world that were affected by the Europeans. Good and bad. I really need to read the book all over again.
I have a bit of anxiety about this class because Corky is asking that we write a 5-10 page essay for the mid-term. It's several weeks away but I have not written a paper for school in over 20 years. In fact, I don't even remember writing a 1 page paper let alone 5. I'm in trouble!
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