guns germs and steel

Today in human geo Mr. Schick pulled us up one by one to look at or exam grades, including the essay, which I did a lot better than I thought. I was really happy with my overall grade. While he did that, we were researching about a book called Guns, Germs, and Steel. He said that's what the rest of the semester we'll be working on. This book is written by Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond is a professor at UCLA. He teaches biology and human physiology. He also likes to bird watch. His favorite place to bird watch is Papua New Guinea. Jared first traveled there when he was 20 for birdwatching and this is also where he started to research for his book. He thought to write the book when he heard this question from someone who lived in Papua New Guinea while he was on a trip: "Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guinean's have so little?"  The history of his book goes all the way back to the 1920's when the British first came to Papua New Guinea. With them, the British brought materialistic things and illness. The New Guinean's began to worship these items almost religiously. Therefore the British thought that they were genetically superior than people of color.