10-23 Class

This is late... sorry.  It was my mom's birthday yesterday, so I was celebrating with her and I completely forgot.  Anyway, yesterday in class we continued to talk about the world leaders.  We said more interesting facts that we had seen, and sometimes, we received a ding if it was good enough.  One fact that I thought was pretty interesting was Alyssa's fact.  She brought up that the prime minister of India (Narendra Modi) got married as a teenager, 17, and kept his marriage a secret for 50 years.  I brought up Angela Merkel's fear of dogs, apparently because she was bitten by one at a young age. In a much-publicized incident in 2007, Russian president Vladimir Putin used his dog Koni to psychologically intimidate the chancellor during a meeting.  Speaking of Vladimir Putin, Mr. Schick pointed out that he served as an intelligence officer in the KGB.  Jessica pointed out that Dilma Rousseff had cancer a long time ago, which makes her a cancer survivor.  I think that definitely helped her to be a strong person and help her in the race, but some thought it would hurt her.  Sorry again that this was late.