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.

Study Class

Today in Human Geo Mr.Schick had to leave because he had something to go to. During this class time we had Mr.Kimble as a sub and studied for tomorrows test. After we finished studying Meredith,Kacey, and I decided to complete the extra credit work on Mr.Schick's blog. The assignment was to write a rap about the world events in 2014 and to submit it before January 3rd. Writing a rap was actually harder than it seemed. We couldn't find many events or words to write it in. Since we have alot of time to do this project we will finish working on it before it is due so it can help us get a better grade in Human Geo before the quarter ends.

Largest religion in the world (make up notes)

1. Christianity

• 2.2 Billion (largest in the world)
• Call them: Christians
• Location: Europe, the Americans, southern Africa
• Denomination: Catholic Church, Easter Orthodox Church
• Founder: Jesus Christ
• Holy Book: The Bible
• Beliefs:
• Human and Divine
• Son of God
• Led a virtuous life
• Crucified
• Died
• Buried
• Resurrection
• Ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father
• Clergy: The Pope Is head of church, priests local authorities

    2. Islam

•  1.5 billion (Second largest)
• Call them: Muslims
• Location: Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa
• Denomination: Sunnis (75%-90%) Shiites (10%-20%)
• Founder: Muhammad (570-632)
• Holy Book: Qur'an
• Beliefs:
• Monotheistic
• Abrahamic
• Five Pillars
• Testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting
• Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting Allah(God), and observing Islamic law

   3.Hinduism

• 1.1 billion (Third largest)
• Call them: Hindus
• Location: India, Nepal
• Holy Book: The Vedas
• Eternal truth revealed to ancient wise men
• Written or composed in verse form
• Founder: No distinct founder
• Series of wisdom points of view
• Way of living your life
• Being in harmony with Earth
• "Reincarnation"

     4. Buddhism

• 500 million to 1.5 billion (Estimates vary a bit)
• Call them: Buddhists
• Location: Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan (There are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States)
• Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
• Denominations:
• Tibetan
• Zen
• Theravada
• Amidst

Doctors Appointment

Today I was not in Human Geo. because I had a doctors appointment.

Notes on Cultural Characteristics 12/05

Examples of Spatial Divisions:

• Political alliances

• North American Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Commonwealth of nations

• Organization of American states (OAS)

Cultural Characteristics Notes 12/04/14

• Religion can be both a unifying force.

• There are five major religions in the world today-- Hinduism. Buddhism,Judaism,Christianity, and Islam

• They have millions of followers all believing the same thing.

Examples of Cultural Characteristics

• Religion can also be a dividing force around the world
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim)
• There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland
• Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land

Spatial Divisions

• Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the Earth by establishing social, economic, and political control.
• You can be a member of more than one spatial group.
• Spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation

Examples of Spatial Divisions

• Countries
• Economic Alliances
• European Union
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Out of School

Today I was not in Human Geo because I was out of school having a medical procedure.

Who Wants to be a Millionaire

This morning in Human Geo we re-watched about the last 20 minutes of Slum dog Millionaire because a lot of people did not stay to watch the ending. I really liked the ending of the movie because it was a happy ending. I do wish that we could see where Jamal and Latika ended up in life and what Jamal said when he figured out that his brother died. I liked this movie because it showed a different culture than I am used to. Slum dog Millionaire showed how the Indian live because it is so overpopulated. Yesterday I was watching a reality tv show and they were in Mumbai, India. The tv show showed the tower and the train station and the slums in India. The movie made me realize what other peoples lives could be like and it could be completely normal to them.

Ending of Slumdog Millionaire

Today in Human Geo we finished the movie Slumdog millionaire. Jamal wins the million dollars, but after this we stopped the movie because school ended. We had the choice to stay and watch it, but I did not stay for very long. I only stayed for the part where he won a million dollars, but after this I had to leave. I really want to know how Jamal and Latika end together and if they end up happy.

Slumdog Millionaire

In human Geo we watched more of the movie Slumdog Millionaire. In the movie we left off when Jamal (the younger brother) invited Latika (that little orphan girl that the brothers met earlier) into their little place where they were sleeping. After this all three of them worked where it was all trash and a man asked them to come with him and they would be happy. The man took the children to a camp type place where there were many other kids that looked disabled. They were missing arms, legs, and were hurt in other ways. Jamal, Salim, and Latika did not know why the other children were hurting but the man that took them here told the to sing a song and in about a week they would have to sing to him. Salim was taken onto the side of the man that took the children and would listen to the singing, he was the boss. Salim witnessed a little boy singing and not doing very well, so the man  blinded the kid and Salim had to watch. When this was over the man told Salim to go get his brother Jamal. They made up a plan and ran away from the camp and the man, before they did this they took some of his money and ran with Latika. They all were running to catch a train but Latika was left behind. After this it was just the two brothers. They went around India scamming people to get money and food. They find Latika and run away to a hotel, but Salim is in charge now and tells Jamal to leave him and Latika. Jamal years later is a chiwalla and brings tea to people in the phone business. Jamal takes over for a friend for a moment and looks up his brother on the phone and calls him so he cam find him after all those years. We left off on this part but I am excited to watch it tomorrow to learn more about the movie and about the culture.

Cultural Geography

Today in class we watched a little bit of the movie Slumdog Millionaire. This movie was an example or people who have different cultures than us. Where they live was over populated, there was one scene where they showed the "houses" with tin roofs and were very close together and small. After they showed this they showed more, and more, and more. It was like never ending houses and you just understood how close everyone lived and how poor they were. Another thing that I noticed about their culture was there was trash everywhere, even in the river where the kids play and the mothers do their laundries.While the kids were playing in the river they acted like it was completely normal and that was great to do everyday. There were a lot of religious clashed where they attacked muslims and they people in this village for other reasons. There were also a lot of orphans and the kids would just roam the streets without getting into much trouble. Jamal did not know where his father is but him and his brother saw their mother get killed right in front of them. The orphan kids trade a lot of their things for money around the village. Jamal's brother sold Jamal's autographed picture to someone because he could get a good offer for it. After the two brothers got into trouble the mother took them to school. Their classrooms were full of kids just squished into corners of the room. The teacher even hit the kid for not doing something right.This is different than ours because they are so close and Im not sure if they actually learning anything. There were a lot of cultural differences between our life and theirs in the movie. I am excited to watch the rest and learn more about their culture.

Homework Period

Today Mr.Schick was not in school so he put an assignment up on his blog. I already did the Spotify anthem assignment so I worked on other homework like Earth Science, and Bible. I checked my grades as well and was not happy with my Human Geo grade because I only got a 5/10 on my Spotify anthem project and I do not know why. This assignment has brought my grade down a lot and I hope I can bring it up soon.

Push/ Pull songs on Spotify

Our second assignment was to find songs that give us a feeling of push or pull migration. The songs I chose where:

• Stay by Florida Georgia Line 
• Riptide by Vance Joy
• Beach Side by Kings of Leon
• Here comes the Sun by the Beatles
• Across the Universe by the Beatles

All these songs give me a feeling of moving and to me talks about moving and or staying in one place, but it might not for other people. Im sure there are many more songs but these songs come to mind and make me thing of migration in a way.

United Kingdom National Anthem

Culture

Today in class we learned about culture geography and how everyone has different traditions and cultural ethics. First we looked at a map of the country and how many people call carbonated drinks either soda, pop,  coke, or other. A lot of people called soda either soda or pop. Near Maryland a lot of people called it soda. Mr. Schick also talked about how he moved and our traditions here are strange to him. The traditions he said were different were eating crabs. He said it was "Weird" and unusual. Another tradition we have it liking the Baltimore Ravens as our football team. I am excited to learn about culture and traditions in this unit.

Countries Test

Today we took the test about the 13 countries and their government. I think that I did not do good on this test. I studied but I guess I did not study the right thing or study long enough because I felt like I did not know any of the answers and the essay question was easy but hard in a way. I knew the essay question but did not have much to say on the topic. Out of the whole test I feel like I only really knew about 5 or 6 answers from memory. The other questions I had to figure out and or guess. I hope that I did better than I hoped on this test.

Finishing up Sharing Assignments

Russia

• The type of government is federation
• The formation of a political unity with a central government, by a number of separate states
• The official name for Russia is Russian Federation
• Government under constitution of 1993 Russia became Russian Federation in 1991
• Vladimir Putin has been president since 2012
• Preciously served as president from 2000 to 2008
• Putin can not serve another term or be re-elected
• Russians like Putin as President
• Six year terms
• In the United Russia Party
• In 1975 he was in the KGB committee and is like the CIA
• Dmirty Medvedev is the Prime minister of Russia
• Previously server as a third president of Russia from 2008-2012 
• He is in the United Russia Party
• Dmitry Medvedev follows whatever Putin says he should do.
• The three branches are legislative, Judiciary, Executive
• Legislative branch: the bicameral Federal Assembly of Russia, 450 member, adopts federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse and the power of impeachment of the president
• Bicameral means: two different houses they have State Duma and Federation Council
• Power of the purse: They control the budget
• Executive:President is the commander and chief
• United Russia: Main political party is called the united Russia
• Party found in 2001
• Most popular is communist party
• Russian Military: Countries are afraid to attack Russia because of Putin and his weapons
• Putin is a very strong leader and one he went into office he made his military strong
• Putin put his military to have a tough impression on his people

Brazil

• Brazil has a federal republic
• 4 year terms
• re-elected two times in a row
• elected any number of times with different president in between
• Dilma Rousseff was elected in 2011
• First female president of Brazil
• 51% of votes
• This will be her last term but she can come back four years after her second term ends
•  Arrested in 1970 
• Back then the military made dictatorship decisions 
• She is in very little danger of being impeached

Mexico:

• President Enrique Pena Nieto
• Member of Institutional Revolutionary Party
• Federal Republic government

Test Tomorrow

Today in class Mr.Schick was not here. Our class was told to go on his blog and use a study guide he made to study in class today. I studied with Kacey and Meredith. I feel okay about this test tomorrow, but I feel like it came out of no where since we have not finished all of our presentations in our class. I am nervous for the test because on the powerpoint it has examples and not the notes and if you click on the powerpoint from other people it will not let you see the persons project until they give you permission. Because of this I feel like I'm not prepared and will have to do research on the countries that I cannot see. I hope that I do well on this test tomorrow and I will study more tonight so hopefully that will help.

Presentation notes

Syria
• Type of government : Republic under an authoritarian regime
• Syrians suppress the opposition and lacks human right and freedom elections
• They are voiced by the government to say what they want
• Internal opposition is the state of emergency act
• Bashar al-Assad was born in Damascus on September 11th 1965
• His father was born into a poor family
• Syria has had republic under authoritarian regime sine 1941 (73 years)
• A republic under authoritarian means that the government basically has all the rights but adds the republic to make it look as if they have rights and freedom
• Ways to get rid of the president is assassination, the country being taken over by another, and revolutionary war
• Assad won 88.7% of the votes on the election day
• The supreme constitutional court put turnout at 73.42% of the people that could vote did
• Most of his votes came from threats that if they didn’t vote for him they would bomb them
• Assad's voting was rigged was counting wrong on purpose
• Bashar al-Assad is expected to be in office till at least until 2021




Germany
• Government is a federal republic
• Government has been around since October 3rd 1990
• After World War II, East and West Germany were separated by the Berlin wall but reunited as a whole country in 1990
• Germany has two leaders President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel
• Angela Merkel has been in office since 2000
• Joachim Gauck has been in office since 2012
• The Chancellor is more powerful than the President
• To replace the leaders the people of Germany can impeach Gauck
• To replace Angela Merkel the people can nominate a new chancellor
• The Bundestag can kick the chancellor out of office
• The Bundestag elects only the president and can be taken out of office by the Bundestag
• People who commit a political crime can not vote
• People that are 18 and over must live in Germany for 3 months of longer
• The Social Democratic party has the most people or is most powerful








United States
• The leader of the United States is President Barack Obama
• America has a constitution based federal republic, with a strong democratic tradition
• Obama will be in power till 2016
• He can not run for re-election after this term
• Each term is 4 years and you can have a maximum of 2 terms
• The first half- African American president
• Obama has been president for 5 years already
• The change in leadership can happen through re-election, overthrow Obama or impeachment

Doctors Appointment

Today I was not in Human Geo class because I had a doctors appointment and came into school late.

Out Sick

Today I was not in class because I was not feeling well.

Presentation on France government

France

• Republic Government with a semi presidential system
• This is a government with a president alongside a prime minister who are responsible to the legislature of a state
• Formed in 1958
• President Francois Hollande and Prime minister Manuel Valls are the leaders of France
• Government of France is divided into executive, a legislature, and a judicial branch
• Hollande is part of the Socialist party
• In 2012 he ran against Sarkozy and won
• Became president on May 15th 2012
• Prime minister: Manuel valls
• He was elected into office April 1, 2014
• Republic: A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them
• The word Republic means "Public thing" in Latin.
• Frances present government (5th republic) has existed for 56 years ( October 4, 1958 is when it has started)
• President Hollande can be president until 2022 if he runs again and wins

Ways leader can be changed:

• New election
• Revolution
• Boycott
• Assassination

• The UMP is the second most powerful political party in France
• Formed in 2002 by Jacques Chirac
• The leader of the UMP now is Jean- Francois Cope

• Francois Hollande is likely to run for president once again in 2017
• Hollande, Sarkozy and several other are potentially going to run in 2017

Cancer Awareness

Today in class we went up to the lobby area and learned about cancer awareness. I checked my skin for skin cancer. The lady told us to stick me head inside a machine and to close the curtain around my neck so you could not see my shirt. The inside of the machine was glowing and purple. On my face I saw very few purple spots which meant skin damage. The lady gave me sun screen and told me to put it on whenever I am outside.After this I visited the mouth cancer table where lungs of people who don't smoke and lungs of people who smoked a pack a day for 20 years. The lungs of the person who smoked 20 packs a day was black and broken but the person who did not smoke at alls lung's were pinkish red and was full. This trip we took was very informational and nice to have at our school.

Presentation time

Tomorrow in Human Geo. we are presenting our projects. Meredith and I are prepared for this presentation. We worked the night before on creating slides to make our project more informational and interesting. We are ready to present and have even worked out who will say what slide. I am excited to see how we did on this assignment.

Assignment Progress

Today Meredith and I got a lot done on our powerpoint and we still do not know when it is due because we do not have class tomorrow. Hopefully it will be due on Monday. In our powerpoint we have slide containing pictures, information about the leader, victories by the leader, and what the government means or how long their government has been around. Meredith and I are going to work on it tonight for homework and if we stay on track and focused we can get it done on time.

Human Geo Assignment for second quarter

Today in Human Geo we worked on our projects again. Since my sister was not there to work on it with me she got online to help me finish our powerpoint. This did not work out so well since we could not really talk. We are not finished so hopefully today in class we can push it to have it done since it might be due by the end of the week... and since thats tomorrow it worries me. We only have  about 5 slides and Mr. Schick say that we should have at least a dozen, so I hope we get the project done on time.

In- Class project

Today we started a in class project where we get to choose one of the 12 countries from our previous assignments and write about the government and the leader. Since we got to pick our partners I picked my sister, Meredith. We also picked the United Kingdom as our country. We were told to do a power point on the country about who the leader was and if there is any way to get him/ her out of office. We also had to research what government type the country had and what their government type meant. Meredith and I got about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way done. Im hoping that we will get more time to finish it in class this week.

First Pop Quiz

Today in Human Geo. we took a pop-quiz. I thought that it was pretty easy until the last 5 questions. I got a 73% on the quiz and was happy with my grade. I was happy with my results because a lot of people got in the 50 and 60s for the most part. I fell like I would have received 100% on this if we had at least one night to study for this quiz.

Discussion

Today in Human Geo we discussed our assignment from the other day and the blog that we had to complete last night. Most people said things that they found and from what country and who the fact was about. I did not find a lot of good facts on most presidents. One interesting fact that someone said was that Vladimir Putin earned his black belt in judo when he was 18. Mr. Schick also said that he liked to pose for pictures and be manly in them. The facts that were important i edited into my blog from last night so that I could have something that was true and made sense.

Facts from leaders assignment

Mexico:
Enrique Pena Nieto

• He won 37.6% of his votes for his looks then his campaign reasonings

China:

Xi Jinping

• Xi was accused of leading an anti- party group for supporting the biography of Liu Zhidan
• Son of founding fathers of the China

India:

Prenab Mahkerjee

• According to his daughter Mahkerjee is a compulsive workaholic
• One reason he can not become Prime Minister is because he cannot speak Hindi

Russia:

Vladimir Putin

• Putin earned a black belt in judo when he was 18 years old

Germany:

Joachim Gauck

• Joachim was offered this position before but refused. He also ran for the Federal Republic but failed to win his campaign 
• Both of his parents were part of the Nazi party

United Kingdom:

David Cameron

• David Cameron has seen everyone browsing history
• David is banned in 7 countries in America

France

Francois Hollande

• He gained French citizenship after being left behind on a school exchange to Russia
• He was raised catholic but switched religions later on in life

Brazil

Dilma Rouseff

• Dilma had thyroid cancer while she was kept in prison for protesting

Syria:

Bashar Al-assad

• Bashar gained 1 million dollars after being in office for a year

Canada:

Stephen Harper

• Stephen always wanted to be a hockey player and wrote a book about wanted to be one but he never really played

Japan:

Shinzo Abe

• Born after World war II and had problems throughout his childhood for being Japanese 

Isreal:

Benjamin Netanyahu

• Benjamin brother was killed when he was leading a mission to save Israeli passengers on a hijacked airplane in France
• Minister of finance and foreign affairs

12 countries assignment

Mexico
Constitution: Federal Republic
President:Enrique Pena Nieto

China
Constitution: Communist State
President: Xi Jinping

India
Constitution: Federal Republic

President: Prenab Mahkerjee

Russia
Constitution: Federation
President: Vladimir Putin

Germany
Constitution: Federal Republic
President: Joachim Gauck

United Kingdom
Constitution: Constitutional monarchy and common wealth realm
Prime Minister: David Cameron

France
Constitution: Republic
President: François Hollande

Brazil
Constitution: Federal Republic
President: Dilma Rousseff

Syria
Constitution: Republic under an authoritarian reign
President: Bashar al-Assad

Canada
Constitution: A parliamentary
Prime Minister:  Stephen Harper

Japan:
Constitution: A parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe

Israel:
Constitution: Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu

Catch Up Day

Today in class 3 people in our class still have not taken the test so they were able to do that. I was very excited about getting my test back to see what I got because I had a good feeling that I did good on it. Hopefully we will get the tests back by Friday. While the 3 took the test the rest of us got to do whatever and do work from other classes. I spent my time doing some studying and when I was done I played games on my computer like 2048 and Octagon. I was very happy that we could do homework today in Human Geo. because I did not have to rush so I could have fun at the freshman dinner tonight.

Human Geo. Test

Today in class we took a test. To me this test seemed somewhat easy and I didn't take to long to answer most of my questions. I think I got the questions wrong about the population pyramid, but I think I did well not the first section where we had to find the answers on the CIA world fact book website. I knew how to get around the website well and knew what section everything was in for each  country. I fell like I did get a good grade on this test and I am excited to get it back and see what grade I got.

Test Review

Today in class Mr. Schick went over review questions that could possibly be on the test. The vocabulary we would have to know will be

• Life expectancy
• CBR
• CDR
• Developing Nations and developed nations
• Trading and selling goods
• Rate of Natural Increase
• Immigration an emigration and so on

I took very good notes on the vocabulary and also wrote down things that he said could be on the test and could be possible test questions like What is a place that is having higher deaths then births. My answer to this question would be Germany. I feel ready for this test on Friday and well prepared.

Spotify Experiment

Today in Human Geo Mr. Schick told us that he was not trying out this thing with Spotify and gave all of us promo codes that would give us premium access to spottily for three months. Our assignment is to find songs on Spotify that have to do with migration and moving around. He said it could be any kind of music, such as country, pop, hip-hop, etc. I think this will be an easy thing to do but it also may be hard because I can think of plenty of songs that have to do with moving but they may not actually work like I think they will.

Are we the greatest country in the world?

Today in class we looked around the CIA world fact book to find evidence that the United States is the greatest country in the world. I found things that could help this and things that could break this theory. One thing that could help this is that we are number 2 in the mobile communications and internet communications. This is a good thing because we have communication with each other but this can also be bad because we are so distracted by internet and mobile devices now a days. Another thing that is helping our country is we are  high up on the list in  airport transportation and this helps us to travel to different countries and keep in contact with other people. Something that is not helping our country is we are in the top 20 for HIV deaths and obesity rate.  I still have not made my decision whether I think the United States is the greatest country in the world or not. Things that are happening everyday to help this and also break this  down.

Newsroom

In class we watched a video called the newsroom first scene. This video was confusing to me because I did not understand what the man was talking about. I also did not understand if he was running for a government position. After we watched the video we discussed whether American was the greatest country in the world. My opinion on this question would be yes and no. My answer to this is no because we have government issues and people still living out on the streets. I would say yes to this question since we are lucky enough to have fresh water, even though we are limited, and we have food and people can live happily.

freshman retreat

Today I was not in class because my Intro to Bible class went on the Freshman Retreat.

Population Pyramids

Today in class we watched a video about population and the population pyramid of different countries in the world. We had a discussion after the video and looked at what population pyramids meant. Mr. Schick talked about he was born in the baby boom and where his generation was on the United States population pyramid. Most of the pyramids were thin at the top, thick and the middle, and a little bit thinner at the bottom. The last thing we talked about is the three different eras which are pre- industrialization, industrialization, and post- industrialization.

Growing Each Second

Mr. Schick was not here today so our class had to watch a video. The video was about the population in some places and how it was predicted to grow or fall in the next few years. There was a link after the video where we could click. The page that it took me too showed the death's and birth's today and they were increasing every second. It is pretty weird to think that that many people are dyeing and being born just today. When I am writing this the number of birth's this morning is 132,730 just today. The number of death's today is already 54,808 but is increasing at a slower rate then birth's. Even though it is true it is kind of hard to believe how many people are dyeing and being born today and they our population changes every second.

CIA

The CIA  world fact book is a very interesting site to just explore when you are bored or you want to know more about a country in specific. In class today Mr. Schick let people that looked up facts the night before show us what they found on the screen. We saw some countries like Antarctica and the USA. While we were discussing the counties I liked to look them up on google and see what they looked like. A lot of the countries were really pretty and looked like a nice place to visit, but on the other hand there were some that didn't look like a very nice place to live. These countries were like Uganda and Chad. Mr. Schick also showed us an old commercial that he used to watch when he was a kid where the kids had to duck under their desks if the nuclear bomb bell went off. Some of the examples in the commercial were kind of funny because the kids threw them selves off of their bikes and clung onto the wall, but i don't think it was very funny to them back then.

The First Test and Voting Technology

Today in class we got our first unit tests back. I was a little disappointed in my grade because i only got a 75%. I studied pretty hard for that test too, every test so far this year i have studied for and i have gotten a bad grade but on the other hand my sister never studies and gets way better grades then me. I got 3 questions wrong and did horrible on the response questions.Mr. Schick also stated his opinion that if we made voting more then one day people would still not vote but i disagree. I think that if voting was over a weekend for friday- monday that more people will vote. Every year voting is a Tuesday and people may have work or have plans but if it is over the weekend then the people have to have one free moment to go. Even if you could vote from your smartphone or a card it would make it more easier for voters because technology is increasing so people may not want to go into some school and stand in a long line to vote. If it was mobile people could be standing in line to get their coffee or waiting to get their food at a restaurant and say "Oh hey ill vote right now!"

Life Expectancy

In class today we talked about life expectancy, what a crude birth rate is, and net migration. There are over 7 billion people on the planet and is increasing by over 73 million per year. Life expectancy is defined as average number of years to be lived in a group of people born in the same year. The crude birth rate os the number of births per 1,000 people of the population, it is produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate and this gives us the annual natural growth rate in percentage. The net migration rate is the difference between the number of persons entering or leaving a country during a year. An excess of persons entering the country is net immigrants and persons leaving the country is net emigrants, Immigrants are always positive and emigrants are always negative number. After we discussed this we took a look at a web site called https://www.cia.gov/index.html, it lists countries and facts about each place like the life expectancy, the obesity rate, and includes photos of the country. I really like this website because it is interesting to see all the different kinds of places and what they look like and what they are like.

The Human Geo. Test

Todays test was somewhat easy, I felt like i knew most answers. The only question I got stuck on was "what year was A Message To Garcia written." It took me a minute but I had to move on and pick the one I thought was the best answer. Other then that question I felt prepared, It did not take me that long to finish. Even though you are supposed to take your time I still had 20 minutes left, took my time, and went over my work. I feel like I will get an A on this test and that this test will help my grade this quarter and not make it worse.

Studying

Today in class Mr. Schick was not here because he had a meeting to go to.  We had a substitute and could work in small groups to make flash cards to study for the test. I worked with Kacey and Meredith. We quizzed each other and mostly got most of the answers right. We made questions like "Who Wrote A Message To Garcia?"and "Who wrote the Message To Garcia." We also practiced for the essay questions that could be on the test " What are examples of globalization, and what are positive and negative outcomes." I am going to study them a few more times to make sure that I have the answers down and hope for the best for tomorrow.

Our Quiz On Wednesday

Today in class we reviewed for the test and went over what materials would be on the test. We were able to hear some questions that would be on the test and ask questions. There will questions like what is globalization and americanization, How did english become the international language of business, and more questions about what we have recently learned. I feel as if I am prepared for this test and will receive a good grade. I hope that i do get a good grade on this test and am prepared enough.

Globalization

Globalization is the connection of different parts of the world and results in the expansion of international, economic, political, and cultural activities, Globalization is often associated with "Americanization." Japan used to be the country with the highest life expectancy, this was before they had taco bells, KFCs , and McDonalds on every corner. Now their life expectancy has gone down due to the increase in fast food restaurants. When money is spent on these fast food chains the money is sent back to America so the "collectors" can make even more money. We learned in class on Friday about Japan and what it is like there because of globalization; the air quality is bad, there are many heavy cigarette smokers and, as i already said many fast foo chains. Another example of civilization is a process that is old civilization. "The Silk Road" was a collection of trade routes connecting the markets of Asia with Arabia, Mediterranean, and, Eastern Africa. These are set as trade routes so that time ago people could trade silk or tea with the Chinese in return for something they do not have or need. The Silk Road was established as early as the first century BCE.

Did You Know

During class today we had a discussion on how "1 out of 8 couples married in the past year have met online."This means that todays world is more technology based, and in a few more years we could have more ways to meet new people. Another thing we talked about how Chinas official second language will be English. The Chinese picked up on English while ago and the most commonly understood word is okay. Most things nowadays are made in Thailand or China because it is cheaper to have them make and ship our items then for Americans to make them. The last thing we discussed was that minimum wage would be raised from about $7.25 per hour to about $10.10 an hour. I think that raising the minimum wage would help people make a better living and will help our Economy.

Our Fast Moving World

After watching the video today in class I had a few thoughts on some facts we saw today. The first fact was "1 in 4 workers has been with their current employers for less then a year." My reaction to this fact was that I was surprised because my grandfather talks about working at the same place for the past 50 years and he is still working. My dad is also saying he has been at his job for 20 years and the fact that most people don't work today,get fired, or quit says how much has changed in the work ethic through out the years. This effects me in my life because if it is only about one year today what will it be when I am older and ready for permanent job.The second fact that I found shocking was "If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest country behind china and India." This surprised me because I knew that Facebook was a big community but I did not expect it to be bigger then the United States, which has roughly 15.68 trillion people. That is a lot of people and just thinking that Facebook has more people on it is weird.

 The third fact that was surprising to me was that "the first text message was sent in December 1992." I thought that this event was a few years later in time. This effects me because if shows how much has happened in just a little over 20 years. This keeps me wondering what will happen in the next 10 or 20 years that will be a big change in the technology world.

Definitions

Agora- A open gathering place used for markets and stores. The Agora was the center of athletics, artistic, spiritual and political events.   Mariam -Webster 
Arete- Excellence of any kind or may also mean mortal value.  Wikipedia
Polis- A city state in ancient Greece,usually in the urban area, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes . Wikipedia 
The year 500 B.C-  The year of the overthrow of the Roman monarchy and the beginning of the Republican period. Also was the year of the pre-julian Roman calendar. Wikipedia
Socrates- A Greek philosopher who, whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on ancient and modern philosophy.   Wikipedia
The death of Socrates-  A 1787 oil on canvas painting by the french painter Jacques-Louis David.  Socrates was also put on trial for corrupting the youth and criticizing the gods.. The People of the jury made him drink Hemlock, this being the event of the painting.   Wikipedia 
The Socratic method-  Also known as the method of  elenchus, elenctic method  Or socratic debate, is a form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking. Wikipedia
What did the greeks mean if they called you an idiot- They meant that if you had the right to vote but chose not to you were labeled or considered an idiot. Everyone who could vote had to and if you chose not to you were publicly announced and labeled an idiot because you didn't choose to vote.

Ancient History

The Rights To Vote

 The Story "A message To Garcia" teaches us how to be a reliable person and get our work done without complaining in order to be successful. The author of the story, Elbert Hubbard, printed over 80 million copies of the story to people that wanted to hear their story and learn from it. Elbert died awhile later on a sinking ship called RMS Lusitiana in 1915. During class we learned about voting and how when my parents were young the voting age was change from what it is today. Then the age was 21 but today it is 18, when you were 18 you could be drafted into the war. I think the voting age being younger is a good thing. Though only 53% of eligible voters do vote and most of the voters are elderly people it was not the elders future that was worried for, it was the younger voters. Who ever the president was we have to deal with it, since they wouldn't be voting they didn't have a say. The senior citizens might not live for as long as the younger citizens. So why don't younger people vote? they might be to lazy or say they are to busy but are just at home watching television or playing on their phones. Mr. Schick mentioned they would much rather have an app or be able to vote on the computer, and I think that would be cool, but when I go with my mom voting is just walking i, casting a vote and walking out, there isn't much time or effort too it. Younger people should be voting because it is the future in front of them they should be worried about.

The Ice Bucket Challenge

Today class was mostly just a recap. First we took time to fix grades and understand powerschool and how to write new posts on our blog, most people were doing it wrong. The next part of class we learned how to add links to our blogs ,We added the link called "A message to Garcia."More towards the beginning we were visiting Mr. Schick's blog when we noticed he posted the ASL ice bucket challenge and he was doing it. We watched it and below the video said that we could do it tonight for homework. I have done the ASL couple weeks ago with my sister,though we did not donate money it felt sort of supporting and the ice water was very very cold. Since it could be for homework tonight me and Gabby have decided that we might do the challenge tonight after practice.

5 Steps To Success

For my high school career to be successful I have come up with five steps in order to make this happen. The first step is to listen, If I listen to my teachers I will learn more and get better grades on tests,quizzes, and projects. Getting good grades in high school will help me graduate. My second step will be to stay organized, by staying organized I can navigate my papers easily and do my homework and classwork faster. The third step will be to work hard each year,  this will be another helpful way to get good grades and to help me succeed.It can also help me to be more responsible and prepared for college. Step number four is to be outgoing, if i try out for sports teams, clubs and make new friends I will not only succeed in my high school career but can have some fun. Having all sorts of friends will help me to succeed by maybe having someone to study with, to get notes from, have class discussions with and help with homework and classwork. My fifth and final step is to study for all my tests and quizzes, if i study I will make good grades which will also contribute to my graduation and succeeding in high school these future four years.

First Human Geography Class

Today in the first half of Human Geography was spent catching up on the homework the night before and how most of us messed up on sending it in including myself. This took up about 15 minutes of our class time. While some of us were figuring out what we were supposed to send Mr.Schick, the rest of us were having fun and hanging out with the people we sit around and getting to know everyone. The second half of class we started to go over the syllabus on his blog site. It mentioned where to find him since the room he teaches us in, room 127, isn't actually his room. It also went over his hours that he is in the school building and our class website. The last few things it mentioned were the materials we needed for the class and mentioned the course description and things we would be doing this year in Human Geo. I am excited to learn new things this year in his class that I am interested in.

My First day experience

On my first day at John Carroll my experience was great! Each student I passed in the hallway passed a smile or was nice. The first few hours of school was just going around to different "stations" to meet the guidance, deans,ministers, or to get our pictures taken for the yearbook and our Harco cards. Once real classes started they went by pretty fast but I'm pretty sure that was because we started on a 2 hour late bell schedule. All of my teachers that I met today were nice and I was excited to be in their classes.During my off mods I ate in the cafeteria, the John Carroll cafe had really good food, much better then what I was used to at public school last year. I feel like I won't be able to have access to my locker that much because four minutes seems like a lot but all of my classes are all over the place and I have to carry different books to each class. This means I would have to go to my locker in-between almost every class. I have a good feeling I won't get lost in John Carroll because even though the school may seem big it is easy to find the classes. I hope this year will be a very good        

first year at John Carroll.