Today in class we talked more about A Message To Garcia and how you should just do your job when asked. We also looked at a PowerPoint on Excellence and why it is important. Mr. Schick showed us both new and old vocabulary and their definitions so we could copy them down. Then he told us about moral virtues and how when he was in Boston he found a woman's wallet and brought it up to the front counter so she could pick it up. He told us that he didn't have to do that and that he could have just taken the money and her ID and everything but that isn't the right thing to do. He then told us about a little diner he went to and how his daughter gave a man a cup of hot chocolate because he was standing in the rain playing with his daughter. Mr. Schick told us that his daughter didn't have to give him the hot chocolate but she did because it was a nice thing to do. Life is really about the little things and if the little things can make satisfy you than you are truly happy. I don't need much to brighten my day. For instance, I usually tell teachers good morning or nod to them and that usually brightens either mine or their day.
A Message to Garcia is a story that shows that you should just do your job when asked without making an excuse. Elbert Hubbard is basically saying that when you are asked to complete a certain task, don't backtalk or give sass, just do it. I think that he is right that you should do something when you are asked. I disagree with him when he says that he wants to "kick them with a boot" though. I think that you should just encourage them and get them motivated to do their job. If they fail to obey your orders then fire them. When they gather their things to leave, just tell them, "good luck getting a job when you refuse to work". I think that you should be like Rowan. Rowan had to sneak behind enemy lines in Cuba to complete a risky job, to deliver a letter to the general. He didn't refuse, give up, or even give an excuse. He simply accepted the mission and went to work. Now a man that obeys an order to go behind enemy lines and risk h
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