After these first three days at Leaf Academy, we have gone
to many fun places and learned many interesting things. On the first day we
went kayaking at Tomales Bay. I learned that Tomales Bay was formed by a collision
of two tectonic plates and then Tomales bay flooded with seawater. All of the
creatures also came in, like octopus, fish and six types of crabs. I also learned that seaweed is actually
not rooted to the ground, but eelgrass is rooted to the ground and there is
plenty of eelgrass in the bay. If you cross the bay you will be on a totally
different tectonic plate than the rest of the country is on.
On the second day we went to the food bank and the San
Francisco Center for the Book.
At the Center for the Book, I learned all about the
evolution of the book, from scroll to PDF. We also learned about letterpress
and all of the different machines used for book making. At the food bank I
learned that 48 million pounds of food are served each year. It made me feel
happy that so many people will be served by all this food.
Today we went to Glide and volunteered. I learned a lot and
it made me feel very lucky to have food every time I need it. Being at Glide
made me feel happy because I got to see that all these people got food. I saw
someone get arrested and that made me feel sad because he probably will not get
another meal for a while. I learned that 1 in 4 people in San Francisco are
hungry and 1 in 6 people in the U.S.A are hungry. That is astounding considering
we live in a very wealthy economy
~ Jonah
~ Jonah
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