Today in Western Civilization class a friend of mine named Gianna had a shadow that seemed happy enough to be there as a shadow in Western Civ class.  We started the class with a pop quiz, that consisted of 6 different questions that asked about the Papua New Guinea people.  One of the questions on the test asked how British people saw them as when they first arrived, the answer was they saw them as not as intelligent or as evolved as them.  The Papua New Guinea people saw them as their superiors and even carried them over streams and other bodies of water so as not to get their dainty feet wet.  Another question was how Jared diamond saw them as, the answer was he saw them as intelligent and very creative people.  He even said at one point that he could be dropped off in the middle of the forest and not know what to do at all, but if the Papua New Guinea people  had that happen to them then they would be able to get a small shack built in a few hours with the provided materials.

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