more on the letter to Garcia

In the beginning of class we talked about how back in the day the teachers were allowed to hit the students with no consequences taken and how it was a very normal system. Personally I couldn't imagine going to school and the teachers being allowed to hit you, like that's terrible. Anyway after that little discussion, we continued working with the A message from Garcia letter. Today instead or reading the actual letter, we went more into the backstory and the specifics of everything. I learned a couple of new things today that I found pretty interesting. For example the fact that apparently Alaska and Hawaii weren't always states and there were 48 at one time. I also learned that the tallest mountain in North America was Mount McKinley, which was changed back to its original name, Mount Denali. The A Message from Garcia letter was so liked by the people who had read it, that it was created into a movie twice! One time in 1916 and another in 1936. When the letter was reprinted as a pamphlet, it sold over 40 million copies. It was also translated into 37 languages. "Take a message to Garcia became an expression for taking initiative. It is sometimes used in the Military.