Last week, Geometry class did a multi-part proportions project. For one of their tasks, each student had to calculate the actual distance from their current location to their place of birth by first measuring it on a world map I laid out on the floor, then by using the scale factor given on the map to set up a proportion to solve. They had to fill out a worksheet that gave their current location, their place of birth, the distance between the two places on the map, the proportion they used, and then the actual distance. It was interesting to read through their lists of places of birth. In this class of 21, there are 7 different nationalities represented - Korean, American, Indonesian, British, Swiss, German, and Malaysian.
But the list of places of birth went like this:
London
Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Kathmandu, Nepal
Jakarta, Indonesia
Seoul, South Korea
San Antonio, Texas
Bandung, Indonesia
Orlando, Florida
Semarang, Indonesia
Bismarck, North Dakota
Pusan, South Korea
Singapore
But the funny thing is that several students weren't even born in their passport country! In this class we have Koreans and Germans who were born in Jakarta, Indonesians who were born in America, Nepal and London, Americans who were born in Singapore and Indonesia, and the list goes on!
I guess that what I'm trying to say is that even after all this time, it still amazes me what a melting pot this place is...
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