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Welcome to Richard Sonnet's ClassWeb
Thomas
Paine
wrote in
Common Sense
in 1776
the
following phrases (can you find any analogous
circumstances in the modern world to which these words
might apply?):
"These are the times
that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the
service of their country; but he that stands by it now,
deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny,
like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this
consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the
more glorious the triumph."
or
"One of
the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary
rights in kings, is, that nature disapproves it,
otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into
ridicule by giving mankind an ass for a lion."
Bienvenidos!
My name is Richard Sonnet and I am teaching Modern World History
and TOK this year at Escuela Campo Alegre. My teaching experience has
been at all levels, but the last twenty years, I have been teaching
social studies at the middle school and high school level. I have taught
in three states in the United States (Pennsylvania, Colorado and
Wyoming) and in seven countries prior to coming to Venezuela (Honduras,
Romania, Bangladesh, Malaysia, India, Morocco, and China). As my first
overseas experience was in Latin America, I feel like my new life in
Venezuela is like a coming home for me. As this is my
fourth year at ECA, I am aware of the tremendous potential of ECA
students and am confident we will accomplish much this year. Be prepared
for hard work, analysis of ideas and much discussion. Let's get started!
Richard Sonnet
Announcements:
 Classwebs are now ready for you to use.
A new World History assignment has been posted.
Check the new web link in the resources
section about ancient civilizations.
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