Classroom Post 12

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

In class on Friday, we took notes on the Battle of New York during the revolution. It was a really interesting battle, as it consisted mostly of outsmarting the British by sneaking all around the different islands in New York and leaving decoy camps so as to surround the British from behind. Looking at this compared to earlier battles, you can tell that as a military we were improving,especially with George Washington in the lead. We also took notes on the Battle of Trenton, during which we snuck up on the sleeping Hessians as they slept off their large Christmas dinners. Which is kind of silly, really. Even if Christmas is a day they don't fight on, you'd think they would have been expecting an attack from the colonists bright and early considering there comparatively sneaky fighting tactics up to this point.
In class today, we had a huge scavenger hunt around the bottom floor of the school. It was very stressful to say the least. Anyway, once we got back to the classroom after scanning all 10 questions, we had to copy down the questions, find the name of the battles and the dates! It was really hard considering that we hadn't gone over battle past question four, but now I have something to study! I think I may have some of the dates wrong, though. Darn. I will have to find the correct answers. But otherwise, it was very fun. And as Mr.Boyle said, very much like Survivor. Although because he wasn't narrating, he didn't make a good Jeff Probst.