9-25

Today in class we got out test back, I didn't do as good as I has hoped, I got a 70. I made a goal, and that is to study for all of my tests in Human Geo, because I would really like to get a good grade on all of my tests. We also finished the video that we didn't fully get to watch. Even though it was 20 minutes of the video, nothing much has changed. They are still living in Sudan, discussing their travels, and getting ready to leave. I wonder what they are doing now, and if they found a job. I think that would be a very cool thing to find out!

9/24

Today in class we took a test that covered what we learned in unit one. I am very confident that I did good on it. We also watched a video on Nation Geographic. It was about three boys who were in a group called ''The Lost Boys of Sudan," and their actions, feelings, and struggles. It started with a war between the North and South in 1993, the muslims took over the Sudan territory because they didn't have the same beliefs. Everyone fled because there were so many people being killed. It started off with 27,000 people and ended with 12,000, which means 15,000 boys were killed. The United Nations set up a program to give the boys an education, food, water, clothing and other necessary supplies. Also, several hundred were chosen to go to the United States, they got to choose where they stayed. They also thought the states were countries, and they never knew what a shower looked like, or even what one was! This is so crazy to me, and shows how fortunate America truly is.

Class Friday-Blog

In class on Friday, we discussed and viewed more presentations. We still have not finished, and we also have a test on Monday, and I do not know what to expect.

Today in class-9/19/12

Today in class we worked on out presentations a little more to finish up. There was only one full presentation, and a start of one. They were very confusing to me.

9/18/12-Daily Blog

Today in class we split up into four groups, my group discussed the questions about the USA. Daniel is doing the presentation, and the three others, including me are doing the research. Each of us split up the questions so we all equally got a chance to answer one. I learned that the USA is a developing nation, but not as bad as other nations.

Todays Post-9/17/12

Today we viewed a power point about the issues of the population. I learned two new words, and they were "developing nations" and "developed nations. Developing nations are nations that are still facing problems, and struggles they are going through. Developed nations are nations such as the United States who aren't in as bad situations as places like Chad, another developed nation is Monaco. Monaco also has the highest Life Expectancy Rate, considering once people grow old, and retire they decide to move there because it is relaxing, and a lot of gambling. Placed in Africa experience, a Crude Death Rate.

2 thoughts about the video

1:"The 25% of India's population with the highest IQ's is greater than the total population of the United States" that affected me in multiple ways. It made me a little upset knowing that America isn't as intelligent as these other countries. It also how small USA is, compared to India. Which means our population isn't as much as it used to be.

2:"If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest" that amazed me. Knowing how many people use this internet website in outstanding. They have more users, than America has people. It is also a little scary to that fact that everyone is using so much Facebook, that isn't always good.

9/11 post

As soon as we entered class Mr.Schick shared his experience of the very sad event 9/11. He told us where he was, and what was running through his mind when this happened. We discussed why this 9/11 occurred. If the United States or other countries solved situations with written contracts we wouldn't have as many physical, and social fighting. I learned a lot about 9/11. It was a difficult tragedy and I pray for the people who had to go through that.

Questions

-What is the population of the United States? 

-313,847,465

-What are the five largest countries in the world, by population? 

-1.China

-2.India

-3.United States

-4.Indonesia

-5.Brazil

-What is the population of Pakistan?

-190,291,129

-What kind of government does the United States have?

-The United States has a strong democracy.

-What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?

-Rate: 95%

-What is the largest country in the world by area?

-Russia with 17,098,242 SQ KM

-What country has the third greatest number of airports?

-Mexico with 1,724

-What country has the greatest number of exports?

-China

-What country exports more oil than any other?

-Saudi Rabia

-What country imports more oil than any other?

-USA

-What country consumes more oil than any other?

-USA

-Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military?

-It doesnt state weather they can or cannot, you must be the ages of 16-49 as a female to run in any military force.

-What is GDP?

-GDP=gross domestic product which is the total amount of money spent per year.

-What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how 

much is it?

-United States

-Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita?

-Yes

-Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what 

continent?

-Africa

-11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from 

HIV/AIDS can be found in which continent?

-What other country is in the top ten?

-Peru

-Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?

-18

-Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?

-No, it is not

-What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?

-23.9%

-What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?

-76.6%

-What is Net Migration Rate?

-The number of people who come into the US.

-Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world?

-15,650,000,000,000

-What is the current population of the entire planet?

-7,021,836,029

I will e-mail you about the questions!

-"what kind of government does the united states have"

-I think that is one of two most important questions because we are able to understand that we have a free country, involving the government. We hold elections to debate who wins. That shows other countries what the United States is.

-"what country has the greatest number of exports"

-I also think this question is important because we are able to tell where we get our goods, and see how many other countries get from there. You can ask other questions about being the country with the greatest number of exports. Such as, why it is, and how many things do they export.

9-5-12

Today we talked about taking notes. We read a lecture about Illonois and how flat the land is. We were required to take four notes, based on a one minute speech. We did that to help us through the high school years, to be more skilled in the note taking area.

Essay 3

In my four years overall I hope to maintain good grades, and participate in a lot. Even though it will be hard to adapt to a new school, and go from middle to high. I hope to take the change in a good way. Going to a private school, after going to a public school for five years is an amazing opportunity for the fact the academics are overall more challenging, I hope to stay out of trouble since the chance to go to John Carroll doesn’t come to many people.

For freshman year, I hope to turn in everything on time, and get involved in one or two outside school activities to keep me doing something. In sophomore year I hope to maintain and 80 or higher. I want to get a 90 on every test, therefore I will have a chance to be in AP classes.

Junior year I heard is the hardest years because they are making sure you are ready to be a senior. I want to dedicate all my time studying and doing as well as I can on whatever assignment I am given. Senior year I want to pay attention, but mainly focus on where I’m going to go before the year ends. Overall, I hope to have a successful year in my four years at John Carroll.

Essay 1 - Letter To Garcia

Arète to me is to live up to an expectation. As well as being great. One of many who gave an example of “Arète” was the Greeks.

They created a government called a democracy. We still use that today, if that wasn’t created, we would not vote, nor have an opinion in the government. Not only is a democracy used in just America, it is used all over the world. A democracy allows people to have an opinion who should host as the president, or any other role is the government.

The Greeks changed history and made a democracy a main part today. Socrates life was on the line when he stated his opinion about government, he chose to defend for what he said about having a say in government. Even if it resulted in his death, he created us a say in what goes on.

Essay 2 - Letter to Garcia

     If Elbert Hubbard and Socrates were able to time travel to present time they would be very amazed, and a little angry. They will be amazed on how fast information and how communication is all over the world. They would also want to try out technology.

The American life has changed thousands of ways since A Letter to Garcia was written. For example, we have electronics and new inventions now. Back then, half of the things we have today weren’t even thought about. Therefore their reactions may slightly be confused.

Their anger would be because it was so difficult for Socrates to get a letter to Garcia. If that task was assigned now there wouldn’t be any doubt if it could be done or not. Therefore a lot of emotions and reactions would have occurred over something that has changed over hundreds of years.