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.