Exam Study Guide

           In human geo today, we talked a lot about exams. He gave us a study guide and went over everything we should expect. Studying for exams is a lot of work and it's definitely not what I expected. I have never studied for semester exams because I have never had them. We didn't really do anything else in human geo today but this was our last class before exams so ill be sure to study hard.

Tests back

           Today in human geo, we got our tests back. Im really happy I got a 100 on the test. It made my day that it wasn't that hard. The average in the whole grade was a 90 and that was really good. Also, today we went over the questions on the test and answered every one to make sure we had the correct answers for the exam. The only other thing we did was talk about exams so were prepared for them. In today's human geo class, I was really happy not only because of my test grade, but also because today is a really easy day.

World Leaders

Mexico
Government- Federal Republic
Leader- Enrique Pena Nieto

China
Government- Communist State
Leader- XI Jinping

India
Government- Federal Republic
Leader- Pranab Mukherjee

Afghanistan
Government- Islamic Republic
Leader- Hamid Karzai

Germany
Government- Federal Republic
Leader- Joachim Gauck

 U.K.
Government- Constitutional Monarchy and Commonwealth Realm
Leader- Elizabeth II

France
Government- Republic
Leader- Francois Hollande

Brazil
Government- Federal Republic
Leaders- Dilma Rousseff

Venezuela
Government- Federal Republic
Leaders- Nicolas Maduro Moros

Saudi Arabia
Government- Monarchy
Leader- Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

Iran
Government- Theocratic Republic
Leader- Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

Israel
 Government- Parliamentary Democracy
Leader- Shimon Peres

Test

        Today in human geo, all we did was take a test. I actually still am in this class right now, but Mr. Schick said we could write ourblog. Currently, Mr Schick is grading the tests and I actually am pretty nervous about what I got, but I am pretty confident since I studied really hard. The test was only fifteen questions anyway so I don't think I did bad at all. Mr. Schick is back now so I can conclude that today's human geo class was ok.

notes for tomorrow

Microfinance - a form of financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and related services
Microloan - a small loan given to individuals who might not have access to typical banking services, usually to start or expand small, self-sufficient businesses
•As of November 26, 2013, Kiva has distributed $498,939,550 in loans from 1,015,823 lenders to 1,177,248 borrowers
•A total of 637,003 loans have been funded through Kiva
• The average loan size is $410.89
•The average Kiva user has made 10.06 loans
Kiva's current repayment rate for all its partners is 99.01% !

• micro entrepreneurs who are trying to start (or kick start!) a small business
• villagers needing to fund a clinic, hospital, or other health care facility (malaria treatment, drugs, hypos, refrigerators, sanitation)
• teachers trying to run a school (buying anything from books and pencils to desks and chairs)
• students wanting to further their education (college tuition)
• high interest rates sometimes as high as 23%
• The cost of providing banking services to those living in poverty is high.  Being the company that provides tiny loans that can be expensive.
• MALARIA- It’s a mosquito-borne infectious disease
• •humans and animals can be infected through the bite of a female mosquito
  •no vaccine exists 
  •it kills around 665,000 people a year, many of them children in sub-Saharan Africa
  •mosquito nets can be effective
• philanthropy is the generous donation of money to good causes, and Bill and Melinda Gates are the second greatest philanthropists in history ($28 billion, ⅓ of their wealth)
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Test Questions

Test Questions

1. What is Microfinance? Microfinance is the supply of loans, savings, and other basic financial services to people who do not have access to typical banking services

2. What does Kiva Do? Kiva provides people who don’t have the money to get a loan and start a business, also helps pay for insurance, it helps the local economy, it is an opportunity for the less fortunate, and it allows people to build their assets

3. What is Malaria? Malaria is  a life threatening sickness caused by transmitted mosquitoes. Doctors are working for a cure.

4.How does microfinance help to other people?Provides people who don’t have the money to get a loan and start a business, it also helps pay for insurance, helps the local economy, and it is an opportunity for the less fortunate.

5. What are microloans? They are loans that are given to people that need a “bust or push” to help them get a small business started. They can also be beneficial to their village or town. It also help investments in infrastructure, education, and legal forms.

6. What is a microlender?A Microlender is an organization that makes business loans to individuals who are not able to obtain financing from traditional lenders

7. What happens when the business is running smoothly and the owner is no longer in need of money? The owner will give the money back to the organization, once they have the money from the business.They also give the opportunity to have choices.

8. What would Kiva do If something was to happen  to a client's possession? The money the microfinance helped them save will cover the coast of the damage.

9.  About how many people use microfinance a year? About 160,000 people

10.What are the main problems that developing countries face? They suffer through drought, not enough clean water, famine, poor health care, pollution, and poverty

Power point

     Today in human geo, I got all my retakes back. Other people got theirs back too, but I got a lot back. Also today, we found out Mr. Schick hates Disney world. Also, we went over a power point and took a lot of notes from it. My notes aren't on my blog because theyre all in one note. We also found out that we have a test Friday and im already starting to study for it. That's really all we did today. Human geo today was really interesting and I hope Fridays test will be really good so I can bring my grade up.

Absent

In human geo yesterday, I was absent, so I don't really know what the class did. I was absent yesterday because I am in New York. New York is a really fun place and I am so happy I got to go here. I'm exhausted because of the ride here, but im having a good time here. Even though im in new York now, I will be at school on Monday, but ill probably be really tired since we are getting home very late on sunday. I hope the class had fun on Friday and on Tuesday ill be back again since we don't have class Monday.

Emmy

        Today in human geo, I got to hold an emmy award. Mr. Schick got to see it for the day, so we all got to hold it and take pictures with it. We also saw this weird music video, but it was also cool. It had tv stations and you could change the channel, but its really hard to explain. It was pretty amazing how they could do that kind of technology to the music video. The only other thing we did today was playing some game that mr schick made us play. Human geo today was really fun and I am sad I will miss human geo tomorrow.

Tests back

           Today in human geo, we didn't do much at all, even though it was a long class. All we did was get our tests back. We also went over all the right answers for the exam.Mr. Schick also had a serious talk about all our grades on the test and asked what he could do to make the class any easier. I hope we have another test before thanksgiving break so I can bring my grade up fast. I really am hoping midquarters wont be that bad and I can get my grade up so I can be a little more proud of myself. The only other thing that happened in class today, was that some people were taking the test from those who were absent. Human geo today was pretty depressing, but I hope that I am more happy with myself by the end of the midquarter or quarter.

Test and reading

            Today in human geo, Mr. Schick let anyone who didn’t finish the test, finish it. I was one of those people, but it didn’t take me that long to finish it. Then we looked on his blog at a link to something we had to read. There was also a video that we had to watch too. My laptop died before class started so I wasn’t able to do that. In human geo today, I was really tired, so I wasn’t as successful as I could be.

Review

Today in human geo, we got told about our test tomorrow. Currently, I am studying really hard and I hope to get an A on this test. Other than that, We went back over the power point so we could have some last minute notes for the test. I think this test should be pretty easy since im studying really hard and going over Mr. Schick's power point. Today we didn't really do much, but we got to have a review before we take the test.

Notetaking

    Today in human geography we didn't really do much which was a little boring to me. All we did was take a lot of notes from a power point on leaders which is in another blog post. These notes will probably be on a test which will probably also be very soon. We also had Jasmine come up and teach the class for a little while and have her ask some questions to the class. Jasmine is a really good "teacher" so she gets to teach a lot in class. I think today's human geo class was a little boring, but I hope tomorrow we wont have to take a lot of notes like today.

Power point

        Today in human geo, we took a lot of notes and had a one hour late bell. We also got our retake tests back and we went over the questions.  We got all the answers for the exams and that took up about half the class. Then, after that, we took notes on a power point that will probably be another study guide for another quiz. The power point was about leaders all over the country. The blog before this were the notes I took. We didn't have to write everything down, but I wrote most stuff to make sure that I was getting enough information. This class was pretty short today, but we had a lot of work to do in the time of the class.

World Leaders

- Afghanistan is an Islamic republic headed by President Hamid Karzai
- He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime.
- He is well versed in several languages, including his native Peshto, Persian, Hindi, French and English.
-Several times in 2001, Karzai warned the United States that the Taliban were connected with al Qaeda and that there was a plot for an imminent attack on the United States, but his warnings went unheeded.

- Brazil is a federal republic headed by President Dilma Rousseff
- She opposed Brazil’s military dictatorship of the 1960s and ‘70s, and served three years in prison, where she was repeatedly tortured.

-She has been divorced twice -She has a degree in economics, and now rules the country with the eighth-biggest economy in the world.-She underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma in 2009, and is now in remission.

 

- China is a communist state, ruled by President Xi Jinping

- Xi Jinping is the son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party's founding fathers.
-He married folk singer Peng Liyuan, who also holds the rank of army general, in 1987. To many in China, Ms. Peng was the better-known half of the couple before Xi Jinping became leader of the Communist Party.
-The couple have a daughter named Xi Mingze, who is studying at Harvard University in the US.
- France is a Republic headed by Francois Hollande
- Hollande has no previous experience in a national government position
- The mother of his four children is Segolene Royal, with whom he shared a 30- year relationship, then divorced
- He was born in 1954 in the city of Rouen to an extreme- Right physician father and progressive social worker mother
-Germany is a federal republic headed by President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Markel
- She has been Chancellor since November 2005
- Merkel Graduated from the University of Leipzig in 1978 with a degree in physics and physical chemistry; earned a PhD in quantum chemistry
-Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years.
- India is a federal republic headed by Pranab Mukherjee
- He taught political science at the Vidiyanagar College , and worked as a journalist before entering politics
- Mukherjee was rated as one of the best finance ministers of the world in 1984 and was adjudged the best parliamentarian in 1997
- Iran is a theocratic republic, ruled by supreme leader Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, and President Hasan Fereidun Ruhani
- In 1963, he took part in street protests against the U.S.- backed Shah of Iran. After the uprising was quashed, Khamenei was exiled. He was imprisoned multiple times and, in 1975, was internally exiled to a remote region in southeastern Iran
- Mexico - Enrique Pena Pieto

-He was the eldest of four siblings in a middle-class family; his father, Gilberto Enrique Peña del Mazo, was an engineer for the electric company and his mother, María del Socorro Nieto, a schoolteacher.

-Reports that he fathered two children in extramarital affairs while his wife Monica raised the couple’s 3 children, plus the investigation into the sudden death of his wife at home in 2007, have prompted many to call him the Teflon candidate because trouble seems to slide off him. -Two years later he announced his engagement to soap opera actor Angelica Rivera.  Rivera became his wife in a star-studded wedding ceremony two years ago and is now the first lady of Mexico.

Test

          Today in human geography, I retook a test. Mr Schick, my mom told me about reretaking the test and I really appreciate you letting me. I would like to retake it on Monday during a free mod if that's possible. We also were working on a project. I came in late after retaking the test so I didn't understand very much about it. I feel that I do need to work more on the tests and study more probably. Overall, today was an okay class and I hope I can bring my grade up so I can have a good human geo grade on the next quarter.

Video

Today in human geography, we finally changed seats in class, even though I really liked my seat. I was really sad I got moved up to the front and center of the class, because I feel so isolated now. We also went over the political power point and finished the video we started yesterday. I think that everybody was not very entertained with the video because the guy speaking was really boring. After that video, we had another video to watch which was a cartoon that spoke really fast and couldn't understand a word it was saying. After we finished that power point, the bell rang. Todays human geo class was very interesting and I hope I do well on my retake test tomorrow.

Test and Power point

Today in human geography we took a retake test. I was not here on Friday, so I didn't know what the test was like at all. The test seemed easy, but when I got the test back, the grade wasn't so good. Mr. Schick told the people that were absent on Friday that they could retake it id they didn't do that good. I was happy he said that because I didn't want my grade to bump down any further. After we did all that, we took notes on a political power point. at the end of the slideshow, there was a video about this man showing us political stuff and he thought he was funny, when really he wasn't. We didn't get into the whole video, so that's what I'm assuming we will do tomorrow.

notes

Islam/Muslim

• Islam is a monotheistic belief in a god or gods and is an Abrahamic religion
• Muslims most live in Indonesia, Iran , Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India.
• The Qur'an book is like our bible
• Followers of Islam are called Muslims
• It is a belief that God is one, and the purpose is to love and serve him
• It is also believed that Islam is the universal version of faith, and was revealed through Abraham, Jesus, and Moses
• Allah
• Allah is the one and only god who should be worshiped and obey
• Allah is absolutely and completely perfect to them
• No one shares divinity with Allah, neither angel nor human
• Allah never sleeps, gets tired, or dies
• Humans are not created in Allah's image
• Humans can ask Allah for anything they want
• 5 pillars of Islam practices
• they must pray 5 times a day (get on the ground and face Mecca)
• Haji means pilgrimage, which is the process of becoming Islamic
• the haji consists of several ceremonies
• they sacrifice sheep and the meat is distributed to friends

Christianity

             denominations are:

• roman catholic Baptist Presbyterian Lutheran protestant Methodist Mormon Jehovah's witness Quaker orthodox
• 50 percent of Christians are catholic
• population there are roughly 2.8 billion Christians in the world about 1/3
• Christianity emerged in the Levant in the mid 1st century, Christianity spread Jerusalem throughout the near east.
•  BUDDHISM
• a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs, and practices largely based on teachings.
• 6% of the worlds population is Buddhism
• the top 5 countries that practice Buddhism are china, japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar
• one of the oldest practices

Power points

Today in human geography, we had a lot of shadows joining us to see what we learn. They all went to different schools and we got to meet them and see what their interests were. Other than that, today we got our quizzes back on cultural geography that we took last week. We checked and read our answers so everybody had them for the upcoming exams. We let some shadows read the answers, but all of them didn’t rally know the answer so they just read off of the ambassador’s papers. That took up most of the class today, but we still had a little bit of time. So, in that time, we checked our power points and revised them so that they were all good to present tomorrow in class. Human geography was a lot of fun today and I hope that I do well when I present my power point tomorrow.

Shadow and going over questions

            Today in human geography, I had a shadow named Sophia. She got to see what the class was like and see what kind of environment we have in the classrooms. Other than that, Mr. Schick told us that we had a quiz tomorrow and I was pretty nervous. After he told us that, he let Jasmine teach the class for some time. Jasmine was a very strict teacher and Mr. Schick liked that. Jasmine went over all the quiz questions we needed to know and asked us questions to see if we knew them. When Jasmine was done, Mr. Schick showed us a scene from a movie about political issues and how the United States is not the best country in the world. Today was a really fun human geo class and right now I am studying for the test, hoping for a decent grade so I can bring it up.

Human Geography

            Today in human geography we got a quiz that we took a couple days ago back. It was a quiz about the total fertility rate and the rate of natural increase. A lot of people didn’t get A’s on the test, only about 3 or 4 people did. We went over the answers to the test to make corrections and see if anyone had any questions. We also talked about the powder puff game that was today and Mr. Schick was really excited to see the seniors win. I think that today’s human geography class was interesting and informative.

Kiva and Quiz

           Today, I had human geography first, and we did a lot of work today. First, we took a test, which I didn’t think was that hard after all. I really hope I got a good grade on it so I can boost my grade up higher. The test didn’t take very long to do, so after we took it, we went to a website called kiva. Kiva is where you can loan people across the world money for them to buy stuff they need for businesses and then they pay you back within a couple months. Mr. Schick told us whatever class loaned more money gets a pizza party. I think that will motivate the grade to loan a lot of money. Human geo was a little boring today, but I still enjoyed it a little.

Test tomorrow and Shadow !

In today’s human geography class, I had a shadow. It was really fun and cool to have a shadow, because you get to show them the way around and what’s there to do. Once I introduced my shadow, we got to work. Mr. Schick told us everything that was going to be on our test tomorrow. I think that this test will not be that hard, because he told us most of the questions that were on the test. I really hope I pass this test because I want to make up for the last few tests. I also hope this test will not be that hard, so I can bring my grade up. Human geography today was really fun and entertaining and I hope that my shadow gets to go to John Carroll next year so she can have a good high school career.

quiz

            Today in human geography, we got our tests back we took yesterday. The test seemed pretty easy to me, but I didn’t do that good on it. We went over all the questions so we could write down the right answer for our exams. After we got all that done, we went back over our power point we did yesterday. It is really amazing and shocking how many people don’t live to be that long. I learned a lot in human geography today and I hope next class will be just as fun.

Quiz and Notetaking

            In human geography today, we had a double mod so we did plenty of things. We had shadows come to our class, but Mr. Schick let them walk around and do whatever they wanted. When the shadows left, we took a quiz on the movie we have been watching the past three days. The quiz was not hard at all, it was easy because we could use our blog to help us with the quiz. That quiz took up our first mod, so after that when we were in the second mod we took some notes from a power point about the population of different countries. We learned that there was three different kinds of population graph shapes: A Christmas tree, a box, and a cup. I think that I learned a lot in human geography today and my learning was put to the test a lot in this class.

God Grew Tired of Us

            Today in human geography, it felt just like yesterday. We basically did the same exact thing today. The same thing happened with the sound again, it didn’t work, so Mr. Schick had to restart his computer to get it to work. After the sound got to work, we continued to watch the movie we were watching previous days. There is really nothing much to say about today, other than what I just said, but I really am enjoying the movie. I find it really interesting how these Sudanese came to America and tried to make a living. I am really excited to see what happens at the end because we get to see if they make it in America, or go back to the refugee camp in Kenya.

Movie today

            Today in human geography, we watched some more of the ‘God Grew Tired of Us” movie. In the beginning though, our sound didn’t work so that took up about ten minutes of the class to fix. After we got all that sorted out, we continued to the movie. It is so depressing that the Sudanese always think about their friends in Kenya at the camp. It just shows how much they love and care for each other. I found it really wild that the Sudanese didn’t even know what a shower is or how to use one. It is really sad that other people have to live in such horrible conditions and try to survive while we have whatever we want. Human Geography class really teaches me to be thankful for what I have and to not take things for granted every day.

Movie today

    Today in human geography I don’t think we did much. All we did was watch a movie about Sudan and wars. It’s really depressing to see all these people die for something they can’t help. We learned what happened during that war and that the Sudanese had to move from Ethiopia to Kenya and they had to stay there for a decade. After a few years went by, some people were chosen to move to the United States which was a great opportunity for the Sudanese. Mr. Schick also had us take some important notes on the movie. We haven’t finished the movie, but I think we will tomorrow.

Scavenger Hunt

1. What is the population of the United States? 316,668,567 as of July 2013.

2. What are the five largest countries in the world, by population? 1. China  2. India 3. United states 4. Indonesia 5. Brazil

3. What is the population of Pakistan? 193,238,868 as of July 2013.

4. What kind of government does the United States have? Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition.

5. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe? 95% of Zimbabwe is unemployed as of 2009.

6. What is the largest country in the world by area? Russia

7. What country has the third greatest number of airports? Mexico

8. What country has the greatest number of exports? China

9. What country exports more oil than any other? Saudi Arabia

10. What country imports more oil than any other? United States

11. What country has the second largest proven reserves of crude oil in the world? Saudi Arabia

12. Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military? Yes

13. What is GDP?  value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year

14. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it? Qatar it is $103,900

     15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita? No it is 14th in the world

     16.Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent? Africa

     17. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be        found in which continent? You find it under people and society

     18. What other country is in the top ten? Europe

     19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths? The U.S. ranks 18 compared to the world

     20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones? No

     21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?  23.9 percent

     22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic? 82.7 percent

     23. What is Net Migration Rate? The difference between the number of people entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 people.

     24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world? No, Libya does.

     25. According to the Factbook, what is the current population of the entire planet? 7,095,217,980 people as of July 2013

Vocab terms

                Today in human geography, we looked at vocab terms. Mr. Schick presented a slideshow to us and he told us what the terms mean. I’m pretty sure we got to all the terms and we also got some notes down for the test. Mr. Schick told us that we write very slowly and we need to learn to write faster. He scared me a little when he said that in college, the professor will move on very fast. By the time we finished the slideshow, everybody was ready for the day to be over because the students were all worn out from the day and writing. I think that I am not prepared for the test, but I’ll be sure to study a lot and I’ll know what to expect on other tests and quizzes further into the school year.

Human Geography Test

      Today in human geography, we had a pretty hard test to do. The test was ten questions and there were three essays on the back of the paper involved. I did not think the test was that easy because of how much we had to write on the essays. The essays had to be really detailed and had to cover the page. After the test was finally over and I was done, Mr. Schick let us work on homework which I am doing right now. I am glad that I have finished most of my homework in all my classes because now I don’t have to do any homework over the weekend. It took up the whole class to get everybody finished but thankfully we did not have anyone that did not finish. I thought that today’s class was not that fun but I hope to have better classes further into the year!

Presentations

          Today in human geography, we presented our PowerPoint presentations about globalization to the class. I thought it was very interesting to see what people wrote down for their pros and cons about it. I think that my group did really well presenting it and I wish that was graded because of how hard we worked on it. While other people were presenting though, other people were trying to get theirs done so they weren't paying attention to the people that were presenting. I think that Mr. Schick liked the power points and was very impressed, except for not showing that much detail. Other than that, I think he liked what everybody presented. Today was an interesting day and I have studied hard for the test tomorrow.

Nike Discussion

            Today in Human Geography, we discussed about the “Behind the Swoosh” video we watched yesterday. We took a deeper look into it and read some articles about how bad it really was to work there. After we read some articles and discussed about it, I realized how bad they have it and how good we have it. It makes me look back on life and realize that Americans get a lot and Indonesians can barely eat a meal. To me, it’s really sad and unfair that this happens because the workers are people too. It should not matter where they live or what language they speak. It should be about how hard they work and they probably work harder than half the Americans in the U.S. Human Geography really teaches me that I have it really good and I shouldn’t take it for granted every day because there are people out there working harder than ever as we speak.

Video Today

            Today in Human Geography, we watched a video on YouTube called “Behind the Swoosh”. It was a twenty minute long video that talked about paying minimum wage to employees that lived in Indonesia. A famous soccer player was very concerned about it, so he went to Indonesia and protested that the employees deserve more money. We haven’t finished the video, so we don’t know the outcome of it yet, but I am totally against the employees working for $1.25 a day. I think they should work for more money and get the basic needs in life like everybody else. The foreign countries deserve just as much as we do so why treat them like dirt?

Group Projects

        Yesterday in Human Geography, we had a lot of problems going on. Our wireless internet wasn’t working and that took up half the class trying to get it to work. I think that the whole class was happy because we didn’t have to do research. After the internet was finally working, we got into groups for a project. Our project was to create a slideshow of the pros and cons of globalization. Globalization is sharing and importing products around the world. We went to the google drive to do our project which was really cool. I love working with the google drive because it is so much easier than using one computer and switching back and forth and sharing ideas. With the google drive, you can use as many computers as you want and they don’t have to be in the same room to work together! Yesterday’s human geography class turned out pretty good and it was a lot of work.

Class Today!

       Today in Human Geography, we looked at pictures that was surprising to us. The first picture we looked at was a KFC and McDonalds in Japan. I thought this was very surprising to me because it showed how much connection there is in the world and I find that really cool. Another picture we looked at was a man from Kenya using a phone. This was really unusual because a lot of people in Kenya are poor and can barely afford clothes. This man could not only afford the basic needs to live, but also afford a phone which I found very interesting. There’s also barely any service in Kenya, but this man managed to pick up some service from a cell phone tower. I thought what we looked at today was pretty interesting and cool and I am amazed by all these things in America today.

9/11 Discussion

      Today in human geography we talked about 9/11, one of the most memorable days in American history. We asked questions about that day, and we got to have a whole conversation about it. I thought that it was very interesting and that day really does amaze me because of how horrible it is to have terrorists do this to us. Mr. Schick also told us about his experience when 9/11 happened. He told us how depressing and creepy it was to have this happen. Some people even though that that day was the beginning of world war 3! After we talked about 9/11, we took some notes in our book and Mr. Schick showed us some pictures about world connection. Today’s class was very inspiring and I thought it was amazing to have us talk about this horrific event and I can’t wait for upcoming classes!

Class Today

    Today in human Geography, we were taught how to use the google drive. The google drive is where we can share our documents and projects with Each other without being on the same computer or being in the same room. We got into groups of our choice and  then we downloaded the app onto our laptops so we could get started on our paper. Mr. Schick had us write questions and answers that we thought would be on the test. The class got a little distracted by how interesting the app was, but we understood everything that Mr. Schick taught us. I think that this app that the teacher showed us, will be very helpful in the future for upcoming group projects or papers we will have to write. The app taught me a lot today and it has taught me easier ways to work with other people. This just shows how much technology has improved the way we learn and communicate with other people. I was taught a lot in this class today and I have definitely improved my skills in technology and learning with other students and I look forward to upcoming classes this year.

Today in Class...

    Today in class we had another student teacher, Carly. I like having students as teachers because the class has a lot of fun and we also interact a lot more. While Carly was a teacher, she had other students go over our last blog which was about the ‘did you know?’ video. We didn’t really want to share our blog, so Carly had to choose people instead which we didn’t like very much. That pretty much took up our whole class, but I thought it was really cool that Mr. Schick let us have students as teachers for the day. I think that it’s a really good idea because it motivates the class to work and succeed for the school year.

Facts video!!

   Today in human geography we watched a video called ‘did you know?’  Mr. Schick made us write down three facts that meant something to us that was in the video. The first fact I wrote down was that “The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in broadband internet penetration”. This meant a lot to me because I thought that the U.S. was would be at least 10^th because of all the smartphones we have. The next fact that meant something to me was “Soon China will become the number one English speaking country. I could understand a little why that is, but the fact that China speaks more English than in the U.S. is very surprising. The last fact that meant something to me was that 1 out of 6 couples met online. I not only found this hard to believe, but I also found it kind of interesting, because you have never exactly met them in person before, but you’re still “dating” them. These facts really caught my attention and I sometimes wonder how much things change in even one day.

Class Today

    Today in Human Geography, we did plenty of things. Most of the mod, Mr. Schick let Steven teach the class. Steven was very confident in what he was doing and he didn't give up when he couldn't think of things to say. I thought today’s class was a lot more fun than our usual classes, because we interacted more and we used our laptops to look up things. While Steven was teaching the class, we went over what we learned the past few days.  Mr. Schick also was taught more things about the smart board that was useful for him. I feel that we should have students teach the class more often because it was very interacting and fun. I think that today’s Human Geography class was one of the best classes I had yet and I can’t wait for the upcoming classes we will have later in the year.

Class today

     Today in human geo we did some interesting things. First, we went over our homework and Mr. Schick checked our grades for us. Fortunately, we all had good grades and is passing the class so far. After that, we went over the definitions we were supposed to post to our blog. Our class doesn’t participate very well, so he warned us with essays and told us to participate more. When we went over our notes, we heard what other people wrote so we could have more detail in our definitions. The last thing we did in class today was Mr. Schick told us what to write if we were absent or what to do if you were absent. I had a lot of fun in human geography today and I can’t wait to see what we do further into the school year.

Vocab Terms

Agora- a public open space used for assemblies and markets         

Arête- a sharp mountain ridge

Polis- a city state in ancient Greece, esp. as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes

508 bc- Cleisthenes grants full rights to all free men of Athens

Socrates- a philosopher. He is one of the founders of Western philosophy

Death of Socrates- a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David

Socratic Method- a method of teaching by question and answer

Acheiving Excellence

         There are plenty things in high school you can do to achieve excellence. One thing you could do is be responsible. To be responsible you have to get papers in and get to classes on time, do your homework, study hard, and check your grades. Something else you can do to achieve excellence is get involved in school clubs and activities. I joined cheerleading and drama so I can have a fun, but challenging year. Another thing you can do is be organized. In order to achieve excellence in high school you have to have everything organized. Some ways to organize are labeling things, separating stuff by class in your locker, and cleaning out papers when you don’t need them anymore. Another way to achieve excellence is to get to bed at a reasonable time. If you go to bed at midnight or later, you will be super tired the next morning and not be focused which could lead to bad grades. One last way to achieve is to keep up with your grades and email by looking at them at least every week. I think that if you follow these steps to achieve excellence you will succeed in high school

Class today

     In human geography today, we did a lot of things on the computer and it was pretty fun! We ran into some problems, but we figured everything out eventually. The first thing we did was we went over who did their homework from last night and who didn't. We also customized our blog with backgrounds and put a new link in it that we will use during the year. I learned a lot from what we were doing to our blog and it was very helpful. The last thing we did was we went over what we had to do for homework tonight. I learned a lot of things about Google and blogger.com in only two days and I already understand everything that is going on in class. This is a very fun class and I am positive that I will have a good year!

My first day of high school

                                                    

My first day of high school was very enjoyable and so much better than I expected. I met a lot of new people and I am very happy that I did. All my teachers are really nice and I was happy and thankful that none of the teachers are too strict. It was easy to find my way around the school and I could get to every class without getting lost or being late. The school and the people around me makes me feel welcome and I am happy that I chose John Carroll as my high school. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my four years at this school, because I know it will help me to succeed in life. I know I will get a good education from this school and learn how to make good choices in my life, and that is why I chose to John Carroll.