First class blog

In Western Civ today, it was our first time meeting so we went over the class rules and what we will be covering this year.  We will be covering from a couple thousand years before Christ to about the 1700's.  We will be learning about topics such as Mesopotamia, ancient greece, Ancient Roman Empire, the medieval times, reformation, and the renaissance.  We went over how we are not allowed to play video games at all before, during, or after class as it will result to an automatic detention. We also learned that our teacher is Mr. Shick and he has really cute dogs. We will also need to write a minimum of 150 word blogs every time class mets and every blog is due that night at midnight except Fridays.  Friday blogs are due at midnight on Saturday.  If we are absent we will still be required to write a blog and post it.  The prayer is on the top left side of the room.

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