So it’s the day before Thanksgiving, so I’m sure the Xanga traffic will be a lot slower today. But since a few of us have to work today, I figured I’d go ahead and post to give everyone something to read!
Classes end at 1:00 today at CU, but I have an 11:00 and a 12:00. However, most of my students, I’m sure, will be skipping today, so I’m not terribly concerned about having to stay the entire time! My Comp students were turning in the second drafts of their papers before they left, so hopefully, those are pretty much at my office so I don’t have to wait around for them!
Fun fact for the day: In my research for grad school (sorry Terri), I learned something interesting. The story about the pilgrims being saved by the Indians (Squanto, specifically), thus inspiring the first Thanksgiving is not terribly accurate. You see, Squanto, it seems, learned all this agricultural knowledge in Europe, and he was directly connected with the British government’s representative in Canada. So it wasn’t the Indians helping out the white man as much as the British using every means necessary to assist the new colonists in colonizing a new land. I’m not sure which version I like better!
^about the same as us…dirty, scraggly, with dumb hats.^
I suppose now at school, the kids should dress as Canadians? What did they look like then?
I’ve been listening to WCDR and they have given a few interesting facts, too. Who would have guessed?! How come all this wasn’t in the history books?
I’ve been watching the history of Thanksgiving on the Food Network… a lot of little facts are quite interesting!
That is definitely an interesting fact. It puts a whole new twist on the story. Thanks for sharing. Hope that you get home soon! Happy Thanksgiving!