I was assigned to comment on Joe Bower’s blog, “For the Love of Learning.” For his post, he uploaded two videos from YouTube. The first one was a film taken from a cable car moving down a street in San Francisco before the earthquake in 1906. The streets were crowded with people, cars, and horse-drawn carriages, with chaos everywhere because there were no traffic laws. Also, there were tall buildings surrounding the street with a clock tower at the far end. The second one was a film taken from a cable car moving down the same street after the earthquake in 1906, and the images were completely different. There was rubble all over the street and there were hardly any people around. However, the clock tower was still standing at the end of the street.
I commented that the damage the earthquake did was awful, and it must have been devastating, just like the recent natural disasters around the world were catastrophic. It’s a good thing that there are now laws telling us how to drive so everyone is safer and won’t have to worry about accidents, or at least as many accidents. Also, a historian was able to pinpoint the exact date that these films were made based on various characteristics of the images, and I thought that was truly amazing!
In the next post, Mr. Bower wrote about The Save Our Schools March & National Call to Action. The purpose of this establishment is to take back the school system and make it more about substantial learning rather than just passing tests. There is going to be a march held in Washington, D.C. in July so people can make their voices heard. In my comment to him I said that the rally was a great idea and I hoped many people showed up to help make a difference for our schools.
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