Class

In class today we went over what was going to be on the exam for tomorrow. I am stressing out and am trying really hard to studying. I hope that I won't do bad. Then class had to end early because we had the winter concert. I thought that the concert was great. 

Class

I took a test today. Then I came back in the room and we went over it. Then the last couple minutes we just kinda chilled. :)

Class

I missed class today because I was attending my great grandmother funeral.

Class today

In class today we went over all the power points for the test that is coming up. We talked in the class what was going to be on it and how long it was going to be. Kelsey came and visited us also. We talked about how are class is so amazing!!!!!!!!!!

Class

Notes 

• Cultural Characteristics and are parts of a groups everyday life
• they are the ideas and themes which the groups will teach to all members 
• Examples: language or religion 
• Brazil is the south american nation that doesn't speak Spanish 
• Canada is a bilingual nation 
• they speak french and English
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflicts
• English is now consider the world language and is used for most business translation around the world 
• Ethic Heritage
•  In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnian, Albanians)
•  When strong leadership died out different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they have different countries 
•  In the countries of Rwanda and Burandi in Africa, two ethnic groups are dominant, the Tutsis and the Hutus 
•  The Hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the Tutsis, and the Tutsis are dominant in one and they persecute the Hutus
•  It has lead to almost constant war between the two groups 
•  The US and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple Ethnic groups in their countries 
•  Korea and Japan have primary one ethnic group 
•  On the island of Cyprus, Greeks, and the Turks try to gain control 
•  There are five major religions in the world today (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)
•  Religion can be a unifying force 
• They can have millions of followers that can believe in the same thing
•  Religion can also be a dividing force 
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India 
•  There are Catholic and Protestant (two forms of Christianity) 
•  Examples of Spatial Divions 
• Continents 
• Economics Alliances 
• Organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)
•  North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO) 

CLASS TODAY

In class today we have an evacuation drill. Mr. Schick was ready when we walked in the room. He told us what to do and what not to do and he helped find where i was supposed to go. Then we came back to the room about 10 minutes later and said that he had a special job for me. He said that I had to make sure he could see all the words for his song. He and his daughter redid a song and made it there own. Mr. Schick was the rapper in the song and he was so good!!!! I honestly loved it. Then we took notes. 

Slum-dog Millionare

We finished the movie Slum-Dog Millionaire. I had seen the ending before but i had never seen the whole thing. I have to admit it was sooooo much better the second time. Latica and Jamals realationship was so perfect. The whole thing was just eye opening for how they live in India. I loved watching this movie!!!

Movie

We watched slum dog millionaire in the TV production studio.

Slum-dog millionaire

Slum-dog Millionaire is a movie about a boy that grew up in the slums of India. He wins a million dollars on a game show and the police people think that he cheated so they are torturing him to make him say how he cheated even though he didn't. He knows the answer because he grew up in the slums and know from his life memories.  

Extra credit blog--Spotify

The song me and Sophia found are...
 American Dream by: MKTOFreedom by: AkonFree by: Zac Brown Band National Anthem by: Lana Del ReyMigration by: Jimmy Buffet  

We also found the song for Canada's anthem, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Zn6ERmZXM ​

Cultural Background

There are many different names for "soda" (soft drink). Generic names for soft drinks can very by county. Some examples of names of soft drink are pop, coke, soda, and other things. The area that we live in mainly calls it soda. People with different backgrounds that are moving together still use the lingo that they learned from where they used to live. That is a big part of Cultural background. Cultural Characteristic are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the groups will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region. All of these things are being taught to you by the people around you. Some examples are language, religion, and ethnic heritage.

Class

Worked in partner and picked put songs that reminded us about america and being free. My partner was Sophia and we found 5 songs so far. I love that we get to use Sotify in class now. Thanks Mr. Scick

Class

Class was pretty chill today. Mr.Schick discussed what went wrong with the power point. Then we went and did our own thing. We all studied and help each other if anyone had any questions. We also asked Mr. Schick questions.

Class

In class today we did a bunch of different things. We talked about are test that’s coming up on Wednesday. They Mr. Schick told us about all of his classes that he teaches. We are obviously the best because we have the best debates. Then we talked about all the stuff that is happening in Mexico and how there President just left and went to China. It’s crazy how all of those kids died for something that maybe wasn't even going to happen.

The Play

I am in the play High School Musical at the John Carroll school, and I am loving it. I haven't been in any classes recently.

Class

In class we all worked on our power point and no one was ready so he gave us an extra day. Are power point looks pretty good to me. I hope Mr.Schick likes it too cant wait for hi to see it.

Class

We went into our groups and worked on our power points. my group is done but we just have to tweak some things. I think we are solid, but I'm nervous to see what's going to happen.

Class today

Mr. Schick handed out the pop quizzes that we took. He wasn't very impressed. Then we went over the quiz and people where doing flips and cart wheels while they where answering there question. then the last couple minutes everyone worked on there power points. Today was a weird but fun day in Human geo.

NYC

I went to NYC yesterday and it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Class today

Today we went i n and sat in our seats. Then Mr. Schick cams in the room and said that we where going to do a group project. He started to call out names and people where picking there partners. my partners are Sophia and Christina. the country we are doing is Canada. Our project is going to be amazing!! Mr. Schick is going to love it. I have to add my group is the coolest.

Class today

I left the room to go get my shadow named Laura. When i came back in and my friend Sophia told me that we had a pop quiz. Mr. Schick handed out the quiz and everyone was freaking out. then we all started to take it. Then he collected it. He left and graded them. When he came back we all got up one by one and saw what we got. The average for my class 68.7

President Dilma Rousseff

Rousseff was taken to the OBAN headquarters, the same place where Vladimir Herzog would be tortured and killed five years later. She was allegedly tortured for 22 days by punching, ferule, and electric shock devices. Carlos Araújo was arrested on 12 August 1970. After Rousseff was captured, he had an affair with actress and fellow militant Bete Mendes. After his arrest, he met Rousseff on some occasions, during displacements regarding the military lawsuits both were being prosecuted for. The fact that she survived all of the tortured and now she is the president is kind of amazing. Most people would have given up on life and focussed on mental stability.  

Angela Merkel

Angle Merkel was a former research scientist and now is the chancellor for Germany. She has been the chancellor since 2005. Merkel is said to be one of the most powerful women in the world. Merkel was appointed Secretary-General of the CDU, a key position as the party was no longer part of the federal government. Merkel oversaw a string of CDU election victories in six out of seven state elections in 1999, breaking the long-standing SPD-Green hold on the Bundesrat. Following Merkel's election as CDU Leader, she enjoyed considerable popularity among the German population and polls indicated that many Germans would like to see her become Chancellor Gerhard Schroder's main challenger in the 2002 election. However she was subsequently outmanoeuvred politically by CSU Leader Edmund Stoiber, to whom she eventually ceded the privilege of challenging Schröder. 

Bloggy

President Enrique Pena Nieto:
Peña Nieto was born on 20 July 1966 in Atlacomulco, State of Mexico, a city 55 miles northwest from the country's capital. In 1984 at the age of 18, Peña Nieto traveled to Mexico city and enrolled in the Universidad Panamericana, where he earned a BA degree in Law;he later went on to obtain a MA degree in Business Administration

President Xi Jinping:
Xi Jinping was born on 15 June 1953 in Beijing. In 1985, as part of a Chinese delegation to study American agriculture, he visited the town of Muscatine, Iowa

President Pranab Mukherjee:
Mukherjee was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum district in the Bengal province of British Indi. In 1963, he began teaching political science at the Vidyanagar College and he also worked as a journalist with the Desher Dak (Call of Motherland) before entering politics.

President Vladimir Putin:
Putin was born on 7 October 1952, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Putin graduated from the International Law branch of the Law Department of the Leningrad State University in 1975, writing his final thesis on international law.

President Joachim Gauck;
Joachim Gauck was born into a family of sailors in Rostock, the son of Joachim Gauck, Sr. He graduated with an Abitur from Innerstädtisches Gymnasium in Rostock.

Prime Minister David Cameron:
David Cameron is the younger son of stockbroker Ian Donald Cameron. Cameron's maternal grandfather was Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet, an Army officer who served as High Sheriff of Berkshire.

President Francois Hollande:
Hollande was born in Rouen to a middle-class family.  He lived in the United States in the summer of 1974 while he was a university student.

President Dilma Rousseff:
Dilma Vana Rousseff was born in Inferno, southeastern Brazil, on 14 December 1947. In 1964 Rousseff left the conservative Colégio Sion and joined the Central State High School, a co-ed public school where the students would usually make a great stir against the dictatorship established after the military coup.

President Bashar al-Assad:
Bashar al-Assad was born in Damascus on 11 September 1965, the son of Aniseh and Hafez al-Assad. In 1982, he graduated from high school and went on to study medicine at Damascus University.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper:
Born and raised in Toronto, Harper was the first of three sons. Harper has kept strong links to the University of Calgary, where he often lectured. Harper is the first prime minister since Joe Clark without a law degree.

Emperor Akihito:
Akihito is the eldest son and the fifth child of Emperor Shōwa. He underwent successful heart bypass surgery on 18 February 2012.

President Reuven Rivlin:
Reuven Rivlin was born in the Rivlin family descendant of students of the Vilna Gaon, the son of Yosef Yoel Rivlin. Rivlin is well known as a supporter of the Beitar Jerusalem football club, sometimes described as "The-Most-Seasoned-Beitar-fan", ever since he first saw a game of Beitar in 1946 when he was 7 years old.

Friday Blog

Mexico

Constitutional Republic

President Enrique Pena Nieto















China

Communist Party

President Xi Jinping

India

Union Government

 President Pranab Mukherjee

Russia

Constitutional Republic

President Vladimir Putin











Germany

Federal Republic

President Joachim Gauck

United Kingdom

Parliament

Prime Minister David Cameron














France

French Fifth Republic

 President Francois Hollande

Brazil

Federal Republic

President Dilma Rousseff

  

Syria

Semi-Presidential System

President Bashar al-Assad

 

Canada

Parliamentary Democracy

Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Japan

Constitutional Monarchy

Emperor Akihito

Israel

Parliamentary Democrac

President Reuven Rivlin

Class

We got are test back and discussed how we all did. Then we went over the CIA fact book questions then we look over the rest of the questions. I think over all are class did pretty well. We did do a lot yesterday just the test.

Class

We took a test today. I think it was pretty fair. Then we all finished early so Christian showed us how she can play he Chinese instrument. It was really cool. She was really good at it. Then Mr. Schick tried to play. That didn't go so well but he tried. Then Mr. Schick started tacking selfies. :)  

Class

Today we discussed what was going to be on the test. We all talked about what how we where going to do in the test. Then we discussed the population pyramid. Also we talked about Mr. Schick teaching style. The we watched this super cute video of a hamster eating a tiny burrito!! It was so fat and cute.

Class today

In class today we reviewed some turms for the test that is on Friday. Mr Schick just let us know what was going to happen. While we where talking about push and push forces he started pushing and pulling the desk back and forth around the room. He got really quiet all the sudden and then he like yelled my name and asked me a question. I jumped I was not expecting it at all, but it was fun. I have to say I look forward to that class every day!!

Class

We talked about the video that we watched last week. We also talked about our discussion after the video. Mr. Schick told us that we shouldn't be so easily convinced that America sucks. Then we went on the CIA fact book and found out facts about amerce and we discussed if we where or weren't the best country in the world.

Class Friday

On Friday we watched this really deep video about politics and the US. When everyone first got to class no one was talking and everyone was half sleeping, but after this video people started to wake up and be like wait I don't agree with that or well I have an input on this. So we discussed what we thought about the government and if we thought that where making the right decisions for America. Everyone had a lot to say. No one got angry or felt bad about anything we all kind of worked together and all said what we thought.

SPOTIFY

So today we had to go on the CIA fact book while Mr. Schick went to check something for another class. Then he came back in and started asking the class if any of us if we used Spotify. I didn't have an account, but I knew what it was because all of my friends have them. So Mr. Schick said that we where all going to be able to use Spotify to help us with school. We are all so excited!! Thank you so much Mr. Schick you the beeesssttt!!!!

Populatipon Pyramid

INDUSTRIALIZATION!! Some countries are in pre industrialization. They are more like farming nations. They usually don't have very good water also. They are probably still a forming nation Some nation are in post industrialization. We have more of designing here then making.

Mondays Blog

This is Mondays blog and we talked about it thank you!!

Class on Friday

I forgot my note book with all my notes in it. 😢

Class today

Push Forces are when you country is in really bad shape and people are leaving. A Pull Force is when your country is in really good shape and a lot of people are coming to the country. The total fertility rate average number is 2.1. The TFR mean the child born per women. 2.1 is the replacement rate. 100,000 people are leaving Syria in the last few days. People from turkey are going to Germany for jobs.

Retreat

I went on a retreat. It was fun.

Notes

The crude birth rate is the number of births per 1000 of the population. The crude death rate is the number of deaths per 1000 of the population. The rate of natural increase RNI is important. The RNI is produced by subtracting the number of deaths by the number of births. This gives us the annual growth rate in percentage form for a country or region.

Population and Migration

There are over 7 billion people on the earth. That number increases by over 73 million per year. 90% of these population growth takes place in the developing of Africa and East Asia and Latin America. Many developing countries are the ones with the most technology.

Test

We took a test today. I thought that it was fair. I have to be honest I studied but I was so happy that I could use my blog for help. Hopefully I didn't do horrible. I'm kind of starting to like human geo more then I thought I would. At my old school I was not good at history or anything like that at all. I think that Mr. Schick is a good teacher and its easy fro my to learn from him. he really keeps are attention and he has a sense of humor.

Missed Class toaday

I was absent from class today because I attended the funeral of my friend, Alayna Meekins grandmother.

Class today

We learned about globalization and it is the connection of different parts of the world. The Islamic State are trying to take over a lot of land near them. We have troops all over the places over there and they are in a lot of danger. Globalization has been around for a while. We are Americanizing different parts of the world with fast food and such. China is stating to be more like America. People all over the world are starting to understand more languages'.

Crazy Video we watched today

We watched this video today in class and it was about how fast the world is moving. There are more honor students in India then there are people in the US. That's so crazy, it makes the US feel small. In school they are preparing us for jobs that don't exist yet. That blows my mind because your supposed to plan out your future but how are you supposed to when you don't know what jobs are going to be. One out of eight married couples meet online and I just think that that is really sad. People are so antisocial that they cant meet people face to face and talk to them. If Facebook where a country it would be the third largest after China and India. I can't even think about that its so....I don't even know its crazy!!! There are more text message sent and received everyday then there are people on the planet. I don't even know if the world is moving in the right direction or not I just know that it is changing and fast.

Seats

In class we all walked in and Mr. Schick told us to stand up. He started picking up peoples things and putting them in different spots of the room. Everyone started to get really angry about this. People where yelling. So we decided to have are own agora in the class room. People where getting up and yelling that they didn't like there seat and they wanted to move. I like my seat so when we voted and everyone started moving I stayed in my seat. And that is where I am going to stay for the rest of the year! Thank you Mr. Schick for my seat in you class.

New and improved Definitons and words

Agora-a market place where they had political discussions

Arete-excellent of many kinds, mortal virtue, living up to ones potential

Polis-the center of the city state where everyone goes

The year 508 BC-Clisthenes grants full rights to all free men of Athens this is the year of democracies

Words and definitions

Agora--in ancient Greece a public open space used for assemblies and markets

Arete--a sharp mountain ridge

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

The Year 508 BC--three-year conflict then Klisthenis came into power

Socrates--ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon

The death of Socrates--The trial and execution of Socrates took place in 399 BC. Socrates was tried on two charges: corrupting the youth and impiety (in Greek, asebeia)

The Socratic method--Socratic method named after the classical Greek philosopher Socrates, is a form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.

What the ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot--if you didn't vote you were labeled an "idiot"

Class Today 9/3/14

In 1899 A Message to Garcia was published. Everyone told the president that Rowan would get the message to Garcia without any questions asked. We discussed today in class that A message to Garcia is a metaphor. Way back in 1899 this passage went viral. Also we watched Mr. Schick awesome ALS ice bucket challenge. I think that it is great that Mr. Schick is also donating money. I also think that it is fantastic that ALS has raised way more than last year so that they can do more research on ALS. I'm very sorry to hear about one of Mr. Schick relatives passing away form ALS.

5 Points on Success

For freshman year everyone wants to be successful. I think there are five was to be successful. Way one, always be organized, so you know where everything is and it is easy to get to. Way two, always bring in assignments on time. You want your grade to be as high as it can be. Way three, don't stress yourself out with your work load. You might have a lot but you can just work through it slowly and get it all done. Way four, have a plan for when you get home and do your work. Way five, study so you don't get bad grades and can be successful your freshmen year.

Class today

Class today Mr. Schick told us that not all of us had are blogs up and running. He told us to turn on are computers and go to are blog so that he could see what the problem was. In alphabetical order he read down the list and told us to come up. I was one of the people that wasn't up and running. Mr. Schick didn't know what the problem was at first. I went back to my seat and tried to see what was going on. I didn't really find anything. Mr. Schick called me back up and he told me that I should download google carom. I hope that it works this time!

First Day at John Carroll

My first day at John Carroll was pretty fun! I thought that I was going to get lost so easily but I didn't. I saw most of my friends during my free mods. We all laughed and had a lot of fun during that. I went to go visit Mrs. Heflin to say hi just because she is super awesome and she is also my guidance counselor. I can't choose a favorite class of the day because that was my first day and I didn't have all of my classes. I met a lot of new people and saw some of the people I already new. Then I had to go to chorus. I really liked my chorus teacher. When I got in the car after school with the other people from my carpool I told my mom all about my day. I told her about the all the people I met and all of great stories I had.