12-10

Today in class we took a test and it was hard to me because I did not study enough or prepare enough for it. I was the only one who didn't see what I got because I have a feeling I did not do well. It would have been easy if I studied more because I had all the notes needed.

12-8

Today we went over what would be on he test Wednesday. I took some notes

Christianity

number of adherents: around 2.2 billion (largest in the world)

call them: Christians

geographic location: Europe, the Americas, southern Africa

denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, many more)

 

founder: Jesus Christ (it’s Abrahamic in origin)

holy book: The Bible, especially the New Testament

beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine - the Son of God; he  led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father

clergy: the Pope is head of the church, priests are local authorities

 

Islam

number of adherents: 1.5 billion (second largest)

call them: Muslims

geographic location: Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa

denominations: Sunnis (75 - 90%), Shiites (10 - 20%)

 

founder: Muhammad  (570 - 632)

holy book: Qur’an

beliefs: monotheistic, Abrahamic

Five Pillars (testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage)

Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic law

 

Hinduism

 

number of adherents: 1.1 billion (third largest)

call them: Hindus

geographic location: India, Nepal

holy book: the Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; composed in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized)

founder: no distinct founder - it is a series of intellectual or phil0sophical points of view, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs - probably the oldest religion, although Hinduism is less a religion than a way of life, or a faith

 

Buddhism

number of adherents: 500 million to 1.5 billion (estimates                           vary quite a bit)

call them: Buddhists

geographic location: southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan

(there are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-5

In todays class we finished up on cultural geography and started on religions and which religions were where in the world. We also were told it was important to have our notes in our notebook. We have a test on Wednesday. Here are some notes I took

 

• There are conflicts between Catholics and protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland
• Spatial Divisions
• Countries
• Economic alliances
• European Union
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• Political alliances
• North Atlantic treaty Organization (NATO)

 

12-4

We missed the beginning of class today due to a fire drill. Then we cam in and listen to Mr Schicks song on the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" then we continued our lesson on cultural geography for the last 15 minutes. Here are the note I took.

• Religion can be both a unifying force
• Five major religions in the world today - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• The have millions of followers all believing the same thing
• Religion can also be a dividing force around the world.
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India and Pakistan
• There are conflicts between Catholics and protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland

 

12-3

Today we started our next unit on Cultural Geography here are some notes I took.

• Language
• Arabic unites the Arab world
• Spanish unites the Hispanic world
• Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish it speaks Portuguese
• Canada is a bilingual nation. Speak French and English, Quebec is the French speaking part
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups
• English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world
• Ethnic heritage
• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country
• When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
• The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries
• Korea and japan have primarily one ethnic group

12-1

Today we continued to watch the movie. It has been a while since we last watched it with the short break. What happened this time was salim kidnapped Latika and took her back to his boss where she was to be a dancer for him. While all this is happening Jamal is on his last question for all the money. The last question was about the Three Musketeers and Jamal flashed back to where he read the book and was slapped on the head with it in school. He also flashed back to where Jamal and salim just found Latika standing out in the rain and they said "That could be the third Musketeer." Then it ended, and Jamal did not know the answer. Salem then noticed that what he did to Latika was wrong so he let her go and sacrificed himself for his brother. Salim then gave Latika the keys to the car and his phone because he knew that was the only number Jamal remembered. Then Salim locked himself in the bathroom and threw all his money in the bathtub then layer on it all with his gun in his hand he then shot the boss, but there were three more guys that shot and killed him. Jamal did not know his brother was killed. Latina drove somewhere where she could watch Jamal. Jamal did not know the answer to the question so he phoned a friend. He called Salims phone because that's the only number he knew. It rung then Latika realized she left salims phone in the car. She ran back to get it then on the last ring she picked it up an said " Jamal it Latika" he was very surprised to hear her. But she did not know the answer, so he had to guess. He guessed A, and got it right. The last part I got to see was Jamal was sitting at the train station he looked over and saw Latika, and they walked toward each other. Then I had to leave for my game. I am going to finish this movie on my own time.

11-24

Today we continued to watch the movie "Slum Dog Millionaire." This movie keeps getting more and more interesting but it is still a very good movie. As the kids are older now Samal is getting involved with drugs and drinking and it is starting to control him. As the brothers found Latika Jamal gets kicked out of the apartment room they are staying in as salim puts a gun to Jamals head and keeps Latika to get money. Salem got hired by a new boss when he saw that salim pulled a gun out on people. Jamal then goes and gets a job at a place where he can find people so he looks up his brothers name and he calls him. His brother answered and said to come to him. Jamal went to find him and when he found him he punched him in the face and knocked him to the ground. Jamal then asked where Latika was and Salem said she was gone then Jamal went and followed Salem and he arrived at a gate where he made eye contact with Latika the guard asked why he was there and he said he was the dishwasher and they let him in where he talked to Latika in the kitchen then a guy came in and Latika quickly gave Jamal an apron. The guy then said to make him a sandwich so they made him a sandwich and he took a bite then spit it out. He kicked Jamal out and he said to Latika to meet him at the train station at 5. Then Jamal was waiting and waiting then he finally saw her she looked up at him and they were running for each other, Jamal looked behind Latika and saw three guys chasing after her as she tried to escape. They caught her and took her into a car Jamal was at the window and the guys pulled out a knife and cut her as Jamal watched, then they drove off.

Mumbai and Harford County

There are many differences between Mumbai and Harford County. I am thankful that I don't have to live in those conditions. We have bathrooms to use when all they have is an outhouse. We have a house with TVs and everything to interest us when their houses are the size of a small classroom. Their cops are corrupt and our cops support and protect us. Also their are fights between Hindu and Muslims when we don't have any kind of wars like that. In school teachers are allowed to hit the students when they would get arrested for doing that here. Also most people don't jump on trains to escape here. The streets here are bigger and not as crowded. We also have washing machines to wash our clothes in rather than a dirty river. We have clean water to drink instead of drinking the river water. We can shower in a shower instead of cleaning off in a river. They don't even get to wear shoes when we get clean clothes and shoes. The kids have to give fake tours and steal shoes and purses to get money.

Slumdog Milionare

Today we started the movie Slumdog Million are, I have already seen this movie but its been awhile so I only remember a few parts. This movie really shows how the slums in India are how people have to live. I feel bad for the kids in India that are young and don't have a safe place to stay. When they have to go to the bathroom they don't have toilets they go and it goes straight down and just makes a puddle. Also the people don't have police that protect them the police are almost against them. It must be hard to live in a situation like that.

11-19

Today my computer was dead and I did not have a charger all day so I could not work on the Spotify. I did make the class productive by working on my other class work that I had to finish from another class.

11-17

When we first got to class we got our tests back. I was worried on how I did but when I went to look at my grade I was relieved when I saw an 80. I thought I did worse than an 80. Then we looked at a county map on which people call soda, pop or anything else. Then we closed out class talking about cultural geography.

japan national anthem

Country Facts

Brazil

• Federal Republic
• Dilma Rousseff  as president
• Re electing a new leader that agrees with more of her policies- way to get rid of her

Canada

• Parliamentary Democracy
• monarch head of state
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper
• 1931- became one of the Commonwealth Countries
• Stephen Harper- can be impeached, even though people protested and said he couldn't

Here are some notes I might need for the test. And also in class we talked about internet, Enrique, How you use credit Cards.

Country Facts

Russia

• Federal Republic
• Started in 1991
• Run by Vladimir Putin and Mendvedev
• Vladimir was president from 2000-2008
• Medvedev was president from 2008-2012
• Prime Minister of Russia
• Government submits the federal budget to the State Dumas
• They manage federal property

Syria

• Republic under Bashar Al Assad
• 7 year long terms
• Expected to remain the leader for a long time

Country Facts

Germany

• Federal republic
• state that does not have a sovereign head of state
• Leader of Germany is Angela Merkel, Chancellor
• First female chancellor of Germany

Today in class we started our presentations, We did not have to present today, so all I did was take notes on other peoples presentations. On France, Germany, and United States. I took some notes on Germany up top.

11-3

Today we found out that the project had to be a PowerPoint so in class all we had to do was transfer everything onto a PowerPoint and get a few more notes:

How long They are expected to be the leaders-  

Prime Minister- No estimated time expected

Emperor-  As long as the people want him in power

10-30

Today at the beginning of class we got our pop quizzes back and went over them then worked on our project. Here are more notes we added:

Facts about the prime minister-

1. He was Japan's first prime minister born after WWII.
2. Abe is also the President of the Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the Oyagaku propulsion parliamentary group.

 

How long they have been the leaders-  In 2006 Shinzo Abe was elected prime minister he served for a year from 2006-2007. He resigned on September 12, 2007 for health reasons. Then in 2012  he was re elected the position in December. Akihito became emperor on  January 7, 1989 after the death of his father . he was formally enthroned on November 12, 1990.

10-29

Today in class we came in and did our project we were supposed to do. Here are some notes we got:

Japan:

Type of government- Japan is a  parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy

Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Who is the current leader- Akihito is the reigning Emperor of Japan, the 125th emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989.

Ways to overthrow the government.

Facts about the emperor-

1. Born: December 23, 1933 (age 80), Tokyo, Japan

2. He is the world's only monarch with the title Emperor.
3. He is the first Japanese crown prince to marry a commoner.

 
 

Overrunning government

In todays class we got partners for an assignment we have to do, which is. We have to find ways we would be able to get the leader of a country not to be the leader anymore. My partner is tucker and we chose japans prime minister Shinzo Abe. We just got out partner and country at the end of class so we were not able to get any notes down.

Facts about leaders

Enrique Peña Nieto

• The President of Mexico travels long distances in a Boeing 757 under the Mexican Air Force call sign TP01 or Transporte Presidencial #1
• He is the fifth member of his extended family to serve as the governor of the State of Mexico.

Joachim Gauck

• During the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, he became a member of the New Forum, a democratic opposition movement, and was elected as its spokesman.
• In early December 2013 his office announced that he will be boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in order to make a statement against human rights violations in Russia.

Nicolas Majuro Moros

• Worked as a bus driver for Caracas Metro and belonged to the transit union.
• Bodyguard for presidential hopeful Jose Vicente Rangel.

XI Jinping

• First national leader to hold a Ph.D.
• In an effort to learn more about farming, Xi Jinping visited Iowa in 1985 where he stayed with different families in Muscatine County.

David Cameron

• Is the 12th prime minister to take office during Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
• .The youngest prime minister since 1812.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud

• Is one of 37 sons.
• Breeds pure Arabian horses and founded the equestrian club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Pranab Mukherjee

• The number 13 is a lucky number for President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee although it is considered inauspicious by the rest of the world .
• President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee's height is 5 feet 1 inch

Francois Hollande

• Taught economics at the elite Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, or Sciences Po.
• Promises made during the campaign include renegotiating the austerity agreement, troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, lower retirement age and higher taxes for the very wealthy

Ali Hosseini Khamenei

• Khamenei belongs to the Twelver Shi'a sect which is the largest branch of Shi'a Islam.
• He attended religious studies classes at the basic and advanced levels in the seminary of Mashhad and then went to study in the small town of Najaf in 1957.

Hamid Karzai

• Karzai was educated in India and is fluent in several languages, including English, Pashto, Dari, and Urdu.
• A member of the Popalzai clan, part of the larger Pashtun tribe

Dilma Rousseff

• Joined the resistance movement against the military dictatorship and was jailed and allegedly tortured in the early 1970s.
• She democratized Brazil's electricity sector through the "Luz Para Todos" (Light for All) program, which made electricity widely available, even in rural areas.

Binyamin Netanyahu

• Leader of the right-wing Likud Party.
• Netanyahu's brother, Yonatan, was killed in action in 1976 while leading a mission to rescue Israeli passengers on a hijacked Air France plane.

 

Israel

Parliamentary Democracy

President -Shimon Peres

Prime Minister- Binyamin Netanyahu

Brazil

Federal Republic

President- Dilma ROUSEFF

Afghanistan

Islamic Republic

President- Humid Karzai

Iran

Theocratic Republic

Supreme Leader- Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI, Ayatollah

France

Republic

President- Francois HOLLANDE

Saudi Arabia

King and Prime Minister Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

Absolute Monarchy

United Kingdom

David Cameron Prime Minister

Constitutional monarchy

Germany

Federal Republic

President- Joachim GAUCK
Angela Merkel- chancellor

Russia

Federation

Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN

India

President- Pranab MUKHERJEEFederal Republic

China

President- XI Jinping

Communist State

Mexico

Enrique PENA NIETO

Federal Republic

10-16

Today we got our tests back and I got an 89. This test was easier than the first one in my opinion and I did better on this one. The better thing was that there was no essays that we had to write. I was prepared for the CIA website part of the test because I looked over where everything was the night before the test.

Test 2

This test was not as easy as the first test but there were no essays so I liked that. For the most part this was a easy test there were a few questions that I probably got wrong but ill take that. I should've studied more on the push and pull forces. I studied most on how to find my way around the world fact book and I studied a lot of the vocab.

10-9

Today we went over what was going to be on the test. We will have 10 minutes  to go to the CIA website and answer questions about that. We need to know about the population pyramid and answer questions about countries with each population pyramid. At the end of class we watched a video on Little Hamsters eat little burritos.

10-8

Today all we did in class was go over a little about the test we have on Friday. Some questions were what is the life expectancy of the united states and we would have to find that out on the cia world Facebook. And now I know that that will be one part of the test, looking at countries and finding their life expectancies. Also we will need to know about the population triangles and the graphs. Here are the words we need to know.
life expectancy

crude birth rate (CBR)

crude death rate (CDR)

developing nations

developed nations

rate of natural increase (RNI)

net migration rate (NMR)

immigration

emigration

push forces

pull forces

total fertility rate (TFR)

10-6

Today we spent the class looking on the CIA website again. We looked up facts about the United States because it is what affects us. Some notes I got are: We lead the world in internet hosts with 505 million. Second in the world in internet users with 205 million. We are first for the use of airways with 224,792 km. The U.S. has he most airports with 13,513. We have the most space covered by roads with 6,586,610 km.

10-2

In todays class at the beginning Mr. Schick had to cover for another teacher while he was doing that we went to the CIA website to look at the countries population pyramids. Then we all got codes for Spotify. But of course with my luck my code didn't work. There were only a few peoples who codes didn't work. With Spotify we are helping them to interpret some music that relates to the classroom.

10-3

In todays class we watched the newscast that I was in. Then we watched the newscast scene 1 that w
I saw a lot of times from TV Production. Then after we had a discussion about it. Then we had a discussion the whole class that went on and on about different things. We had conversations about everything from marijuana to the government. But it all related to Humans and human geography.

9-29

Today Mr. Schick missed class because he was at a wedding. Today we had to watch a video called population pyramids. Then after the video we had to answer 4 questions that I did on my other blog. The questions were hard to me. I also did not like the video so the questions were even harder to find since I would blank out.

1. According to the Population Reference Bureau's "2013 World Population Data Sheet", 271 are born every minute, and 106 die every minute. That's a global net population increase of 165 per minute. This lesson was published on May 5th. What's the estimated global population increase exactly one week later (May 12th)?  A: over 10 million       B: 20,739      C: 1155    D: 1,663,200    
2. As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will  A: become wider at the base and narrower at the top         B: be inverted          C: become more rectangular            D: bulge in the middle
3. What does a Population Pyramid NOT give you information about?    A: birth rates         B: actual number of people        C: life expectancy         D: death rates
4. Which continent would have the most fast-growth pyramids?   A: Africa         B:  Asia          C: North America         D: South America

9-26

Today in class we looked at everyone's facts on their country they chose. I chose ivory coast and an interesting fact I saw was 30% of children under the age of 5 are overweight. They are ranked 16 in the world! Another interesting fact is 31,200 people have died from HIV/Aids since 2012. Ranked 13 in the world for that category. Sub-Saharan African nations make the least money you can make. The lowest amount was $400 it was the Democratic Republic of Congo.

9-25

Today in class we looked more into what fertility rate meant. First the people who didn't get their tests yesterday got their tests today. Then we talked more about fertility rate and even though the united states is under 2.1 it is still increasing because of immigrants entering our country. Then we talked about push factors and pull factors.

9-24

Today I arrived at class late. When I got to class I received my test I didn't even want to look at it I thought I didn't do too well. When I finally looked at it I thought wow I didn't do too bad. I got an 85 on the test and I did best on the essays. I thought the essays were going to be my worst part. I did best on the essay about globalization I got a surprising 10/10. Then we talked about the test and i got to fix the ones I got wrong and add info to the essays.

push and pull forces

Today in class we talked about net migration a little bit, we also talked about push and pull forces that would either push someone to leave a country or pull someone into the country. The last thing we got to talk was Fertility Rate. Here are some of my notes:
  Push forces

• Civil war
• environmental degradation
• unemployment
• religious persecution

Pull forces

• Better economic opportunity
• better health services
• religious freedom 
• political freedom

TFR: average number of children born per woman 

for a population to remain the same, the TFR rate must be 2.1

higher than 2.1: population rises

lower than 2.1: population falls

CIA

Today in class we visited the CIA website and looked at life expectancy and explored all about the website. I now found out that the U.S is in 42 for life expectancy with males having 78 years now instead of 77. Here are notes from class.

• Crude birth rate: number of births per 1000 of the population
• Crude death rate: number of deaths per 1000 of the population

Rate of natural increase

• Produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate
• This give us the annual natural growth rate- in percentage form - for a country or region
• Immigration- coming into a country - written as a positive number
• emigration- leaving the country - written as negative number

Test Day

Today in class we took a test. The multiple choice part of the test and the short answers were fairly easy. I think I did good on that part. I did not do so good on the essay part. With a little more of study on Globalization I think I would've been fine. I feel like I did fairly decent on this test.

Globalization

Today in class we talked about Globalization, the world we live in, and internet usage. We talked about Japan and how they aadont get in their cars to go two blocks, and they were much healthier then us. Now Japan brought over McDonald's, KFC, and pizza hut. Now Japanese have a smaller life expectancy. We also talked about Globalization and Americanization. Also the expansion of international, cultural, economic, political activities.

Did You Know

Today we watched a video on intersecting facts that I had never heard of before. One fact is China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world that's how big of a population they have. Another fact is the top 10 in-demand jobs did not exist in 2004, Teachers are teaching students and preparing them for jobs that do not yet exist. 1 out of 8 couples married in the US last year met online, this prove that technology can do a lot. My initial reaction to this video was I was shocked after seeing these facts. Technology plays an important role in my life. I wonder what I would be like with no technology.

Seat change

Today right when we entered class we had our seats changed. But that wouldn't last too long. People complained about where they were sitting since they went near their friends. I was fine with where I was sitting. We finally came to a conclusion that we would vote for if we wanted to change or if we wanted to stay. Most people voted to change but a few did vote to stay. Majority voted to change o we changed seats and I am back to where I was sitting since the beginning of school.

Definitions

Agora- a public open space used for assemblies and markets. Center place of Athens https://www.google.com/#q=arete+definition

Arête- excellence of any kind, moral virtue, living up to ones potential http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete

Polis- a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes. https://www.google.com/#q=polis

508 BC- Cleisthenes grants all rights to free men in Athens, first time people revolted against their leader, male citizens given right to vote. http://www.babylon.com/definition/508%20BC

Socrates-  Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Thought virtue was based on knowledge- said the unexamined life is not worth living. https://www.google.com/#q=socrates+definition

Death of Socrates- The Death of Socrates is a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David. Charged with corruption of youth and disrespecting Greek gods. https://www.google.com/#q=the+death+of+socrates&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDwzEOlkeMBxi5BV7-uCcstY1x0pqT1xjXM3JxBWfkl7vmlWSWVAotYORigzIFuPikuPRz9Q1MzIvTKk00GKTqhFS4ZPWT83NyUpNLMvPz9DMyi0vyiyrjCxIzgXry0otFi1tC7NFVwWTjE4tKyvOLsotFq2Qd7YWkuUSQVcElgS61N2CwEkxJTSzJUMhPUyjOTy5KLEktVmLhYBBg5vmtcHYpz8-JHVlP7uzJmbPi3im1clEAbGww9eMAAAA

The Socratic method- form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method

Ancient Greeks- idiot- private citizen- didn't get involved in politics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

ALS Class

In Todays class we checked if everyone had their notebooks, we were the first class to have everyone bring their notebook. Then we talked about social media. We talked about if when we were older if computers and iPhones would still be around. Also we talked about chips being installed into us. After that we watched the video of Mr. Schick doing the Als challenge and he challenged all the students. Finally we closed the class by talking about Elbert Hubbard And his Message to Garcia published in 1899.

Action Plan

5 Step Action Plan
1. Study habits- don't wait until the night before a test or quiz to start studying
2. Organization- Have a notebook where you will be able to find all of your work
3. Participate- Participate in class to get to know more about the lesson
4. On time- Be early for school and to class
5. Routine- Have a routine for classes and school related activities

Todays class

    Today in class my blog was done and ready. I sat patiently waiting as everyone else was getting their blog setup. During class we got to talk for the most part. I talked just to the people who sat around me so I wouldn't disturb the people who were getting their blogs setup. I enjoyed this class period as I got to relax for this mod. I also got to finish homework that I had for another class. I also got learn more about blogger. I got to learn how to visit other peoples blogs. Todays class gave me time to do other stuff that I needed to get done.

First day

     

On the first day of school at John Carroll I was nervous but excited. I was excited to get to start at a new school. But I was nervous because it was a new start and I dint know where the places were that I needed to go. Once I arrived I felt that it wasn’t going to be as bad as I thought. The best part of the day was when I walked into TV Production and I sat down on a couch. The worst part was waking up early since I wasn’t used to it. The best class was TV Production because all we did was talk about movies the whole class. I was always nervous that I was going to be late to a class, but I never was. Advisory is what I liked the most since you don’t have to do anything you can just sit back and relax.