Something+to+Think+About

Hi Mr. Poluk’s class!
==== I just want to say a big THANK YOU to you guys for allowing me to have such a positive experience mentoring with your class. I really enjoyed reading your Wiki and even more so chatting you guys live and listening to your thoughts on learning to use this collaboration tool. Since I love history I thought it might be fun to quickly share with you all a personal favourite piece of ancient history with you... ==== ==== In Italy there was a city called Pompeii. On August 24th, AD 79, a volcano known as Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the city under a layer of lapilli (hot, nasty stuff that comes out of a volcano!) and killing thousands of men, women and children. It wasn’t until many years later in 1594 that the ruins of the city were discovered. Some of the things they found were beautiful mosaics. The one I remember is one that means “beware of dog”. Mosaics can take a very long time to make! You have to carefully choose and place pieces of glass, stone, or other material and arrange them by colour, shape, and size to create a pattern or picture. ==== ==== **Here is something for you guys to** **ponder...** isn’t it interesting that these people spent so much time making careful, beautiful art like this warning people to stay off their property, but they did not seem to pay much attention to a giant volcano behind their city that was burping out ash and getting ready to erupt? My question to you guys is, can you think of a “Mount Vesuvius” that exists in our world today? Is there something we’re pushing into the background and ignoring that maybe we shouldn’t be? ====

Think about it! Lyndsay

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