pop quiz

Today in human geo we took a pop quiz. I got one wrong and i was very mad because i knew all the stuff on the video and now since its out of 15 its going to bring  my grade down a lot. Other then that, we reviewed the video more and talked about the last of globalization. We took notes on the last part of globalization and then i had to leave early for a soccer game. We played NDP and we tied them in over time. It was a good game because there team was very good. Even though i didn't do so well on the quiz, today was a good class and i got a lot of good notes written down.

review

Today in Human geo class we reviewed what we were talking about the video we watched yesterday. We talked about what we thought about it and i thought that it wasn't as bad as it sounds. The people in Indonesia are used to have that pay check life so yes, when someone from the US where they get lots of food and have showers and everything then go to Indonesia, there going to think its very bad. The indonesia people have no idea what its like outside of Indonesia so they don't care as much as the people going there to experiment. I think they should get paid 2 dollars so that they can save up a little more and some days have more to eat or an medicine when there sick. This topic has a lot of different opinions but i think my sums it up.

Nike Video

Today in Human Geo class we watched a video on Nike sweatshops. A guy went to Indonesia to find out how the people that worked there survived on such little money. I think that the people should get more money after they worked. I don't believe that its a bad idea for them to work i just think that they should earn more money. It was shocking that the guy that went there and lived on the Indonesians wage lost 25 pounds from not eating enough. It seemed like they were having an awful time. After all, i hope that Nike changes there amount of money they give the sweatshop workers because they do work hard and they should get a lot more money then they are getting now a days.

globalization

In the beginning of class today we switched seats. I like my new seat and i am glad we switched. We talked about globalization and looked at pictures that showed globalization. We learned that Greece and China would exchange silk for olive oil. We then looked at a picture with a Philippines woman and a doll that was suppose to represent Jesus. We also talked about how Mr. Schicks sister in law had an american girl doll book based on her. I thought that was really cool because i used to love american girl dolls. I am really interested in learning more about that.

Today in Human Geo we got our test back. I though that i did ok. We went over the test which really helped. I corrected my test and i marked what i got wrong, right. I made sure i had all the right answers down so when we take the final i will get a good grade and be able to study. We had two shadows in my class and they were really nice. I am excited to learn more and get good grades. At the end of the class i think that i actually learned more from going over my test and learning from my mistakes.

globalization

Today in class we were talking about globalization and people. We were looking at a picture and we had to decide what we thought about it. I put down in my notes that it looked like a chinese food place that sold a lot of different fast food restaurants. We started talking about how all the people in China are getting obese because all these new fast food restaurants are popping up in China. They are eating to much of the food and the people there are becoming fat. We also talked about how most of the kids there make clothes that we wear. We then all looked at the tags on our shirts and shes and saw most of them were made from China, Thailand, or Japan. Today was a very fun Human Geo class and i can't wait to get my test back.

Todays human geo class was very interesting. The video we watched really interested me because i didn't think our world was moving that fast. When i saw the thing about how in 2049 there would be a computer that was smarter than the world. Another fact that i thought was really cool was about how many babies were born during the duration of the slide show. The third amazing fact was that there are more indian honor students that the US has kids. I really liked todays class because i learned a lot of new things i never have even heard of you before.

test

Today in Human geo class we took a test. I thought I did really well. The only thing i forgot was what idiot meant a while ago. I was mad because i studied that last night. The test wasn't to hard but it wasn't too easy and I'm glad that i studied last night because i wouldn't have done well without all that time i took studying. Cant wait to see what i got on the test.

review

Today in human geo we reviewed for our test tommorow. We finished up the slides and wrote down all of our homework. When we were done with the slides we started talking about death penalties and how they should be used and which ones are the best. I think that the poison penalty was the best because is not as painful as the others and the human being doesn't go through that much pain. We talked about Vietnam and how people were drafted into the war. Mr. Schick told us that everyone had a number and if you had the number that they picked you went to war. Then he explained some ways people tried to get out of it like hurting themselves or making excuses or running across the border to Canada. Todays class was actually pretty fun and i think i am very prepared for our test tomorrow.

Today in human geo Mr. Schick went over our vocabulary that we needed to put in our blog the night before. He went over all the definitions just to make sure we had it right in our copy book. He told us that it was his wifes birthday this past weekend and made a joke about a student because she couldn't do her homework and write the blog. Mr. Schick also explained details about our test on wednesday. I was studying for the test at the end of the class. Todays class helped me prepare for our test on wednesday.

vocab

Some vocal words that we learned today were.

Agora: a public open space used for assemblies and markets.

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

508 BC:Democracy is introduced in Athens by Cleisthenes. He establishes a constitution and is often called the "Father of Athenian Democracy". This is one of the great accomplishments of the Greek culture.

 Socrates:

Death of socrates:

Socratic method:

Idiot: Someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way./
These vocal words were very interesting to learn about because most of them i had never even heard of.

Facts about Messages to Garcia

Today in Human Geo we learned lots of new facts about Messages to Garcia. We watched the Messages to Garcia movie and learned about some of the words that we didn't know about like what a stenographer is. We learned that it is when a reporter or a court person writes in a different symbols because they are forced to write so fast. The letters look like hieroglyphics from the Egyptians i don't know how anyone could read them. We also learned that the highest mountain is North America, Mckinley, was just renamed Denali. This relates to the story because Mckinley was one of the in the story when it happened. He was the president and was shot. Today was really exciting because i led learning all of the new material.

5 things we could improve on

 
        1. The fist thing that I would like to accomplish at John Carroll is to get an A in math. I would like to get an A in math because i am in a hard class and it would be a big accoplishmemt if i got an A.
        2. I would also like to make the Varsity lacrosse team. Lacrosse is my favorite sport and i really want to make varsity so i can play hard teams.
        3. Meet friends from other schools. I wan to meet a lot of people and become friends with them because it isn't going to hurt you if you have more friends.
        4. Get recruited by a college for lacrosse. This has always been one of my main goals in life. I would like to get recruited by a college in California or Florida.
        5.Go to a lot of football games . I love going to football games because i like to watch football and support my team. I cant wait for the CHC vs. Jc game tonight.

Messeges to garcia 2

 Today Human Geo was very fun. At first we talked about the words that we didn't understand in the Message to Garcia story. After we went over the definitions of the words we didn't know, Mr. Schick answered any questions we had but of course we didn't have any. Then Mr. Schick told us that we needed to talk more because we never raise our hand. For the rest of the class we talked about whatever we wanted and i started talking to Christian about our scrimmage against his team yesterday. Todays class was very fun and I'm glad that i read the Messages to Garcia yesterday.

Messeges to garcia

Today in Human Geo we read a very interesting story called A Message to Garcia. It was about a mans opinion of people and how they acted. In the beginning of class Mr. Schick told everyone that their emails worked or didn't work. If their emails didn't work he helped them set it up and he told us that we didn't need to send him anymore emails witch was a relief.  The story that we read was very interesting because it told another persons point of view of his society. I learned that you shouldn't ask questions you should just listen. Overall today was very interesting and I can't wait for tomorrow. 

Set up day

           Today in Human Geo we got a lot of things done. Mr. Schick helped everyone set up their blogger account and made sure everyones was working right. He explained the rules again for Sam, who was absent the day he told them. Some students couldn't do their homework last night because their blogger wasn't working so Mr. Schick helped them set up their whole blogger account. He taught us a lesson to never leave your computer out where anyone can take it by blogging, "I just went to the bathroom and it was amazing" on a students computer while they went to the bathroom. Mr. Schick told us what we were going to be learning in the next few days and that it would be very interesting. He made sure everyone had their copy book and they did! Over all today wasn't the funnest but we got a lot of things done.