Sick Day 01/14/15

Today I was not in Human Geo. because I was sick.

Sick Day 01/13/15

Today I was not in class because I was sick.

North Korean Documentary

Today in Human Geo. we started to watch a documentary on North Korea and an inside look inside. I have seen this film in 6th grade Social studies. I really liked this film in 6th grade because it was very interesting, but at the time a little bit scary because I did not understand what was going on in some parts. I am interested to re-watch this video and learn more and refresh my mind on the information. In the film a doctor is going into North Korea to perform eye surgery on people living in the poverty of North Korea. An american journalist asked the doctor if she and her camera crew could go into North Korea with him to be the first journalist from America to get an inside look on Korea and the ways of their lifestyles. One thing that the journalist finds is when her camera man lies down on the ground to get a better shot of the statue of the leader he was threatened to be kicked out of the country for lying down in front of the leader, this is taken as disrespectful. I hope that tomorrow we will be able to watch more of the video in class.

Korea- North and South 1/05/15

What do you already know about North Korea?

-Powerful country
-Dislike South Korea
-Isolated snd secluded from the world
-Oppressive government (government controls every part of their lives)
-Currently headed by Kim Jong-Un
-Kim Jong- Un didn't seem to like The Interview

Oppressive Government:

-State-run (nation run) socialist government that many consider to be a Stalinist dictatorship
-Official Name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) 
-notice that they say "Korea," not North Korea- they claim to be the legitimate ruler of the entire peninsula. North Korea assumes to run the whole peninsula


Secluded and Isolated:

-Isolated by the government
-Also somewhat isolated geographically
-After all, they are on a peninsula
-Pyongyang is the capital

• Located at 39 degrees North (latitude)
• We are also located at 39 degrees North

Review For Mid Term Exam

Socrates quote "The unexamined life is not worth living."

• Means that if your not examining the gift of life than why live it and give it up.

Greek Vocabulary

• Arete- doing good of well
• Term if you did not do anything in life and didn't care- Idiot
• Polis- name for city state
• Socrates- Philosopher

Political Geography- Study lists of all the countries and leaders (about 25 questions)

 

Biggest number of questions on the test is what we just learned

Slumdog Millionaire

• characters
• plot
• questions on game show

Religion

• Study religion test we just got back
• study notes on religion

Pick 2 essay questions out of 3

Exam Questions #1- Socrates famously quote. Describe what you learned and the importance of this philosophy

Exam Question #2- Religion , language, and ethnicity. What did you observe about people with other characteristics. Describe differences and similarities

Exam Question #3- Discuss some things you learned in Human Geo this semester

2/3 of the exam will be multiple choice scantron questions

Review Day

In class on Friday we reviewed our tests that we just took. I did not get a good grade and apparently many people did not. Mr. Schick is letting people come after school to re take the test and get at least a 70%. Since I got a 48% I would like to bring my grade up a little bit so I do not have to stress even more for Human Geo exams. I studied really hard for the makeup so I can get at least a 70% and hopefully it will bring my grades up by at least a few points.

Cultural Geography Test

Today in class we took a test. I did not feel that I did not do well on this test, but I did try to study. Mr.Schick went to grade them in the same class period and I did really bad by getting a 48%. I really hope that this grade does not bring my grade down by a lot. He also introduced an extra credit assignment that will be to make up a rap. I want to do this so it can help my grades before exams next week. I am working with Kacey and Meredith and it is due January 3rd. It is a lot harder than it seems to write a rap. We have not done anything with this rap and all really need this to boost our grade a little bit this quarter.