Today I took the caltrain to San Jose and then biked 5 miles across the sprawling city to Independence High School in East San Jose.
I spoke with 7 classes of 9th-gradders, all in the school’s ‘planetarium.’ Many of the students family’s had emigrated from Mexico (whether this generation or earlier), and I received many excited shouts when I listed the cities that I will bike through south of the border. Also, so far these are the only classes to correctly name all of the countries in Central America.
Dear Dave:
My main comments were on your page for Mexico City.
We follow your trip with great interest.
My comments reflected what I learned
two weeks ago in Fairbanks. Alaska where there is
much research on climate change at the University of Alaska
and at the Artic Ice Research Institute at UAF. Scientists from USGS go there to do research about permafrost.
The climate change is dramatic. You bring a personal view to an important issue for all of us. Thank you!
Gail Chaid
Planetarium Director