December 7th 2012 BLOG

Today in human geo. we watched more of the people’s republic of capitalism, we finished watching the rest of the first one  I think, it was mainly talking about how china deals with buying and selling cars, 80% of chines are buying their first car at a older age. China likes smaller cars because of most people who can afford a car live in the city and there’s no room in the city for cars anyway, but America doesn’t buy that many chines car because they don’t meet the standard that cars must have to be drove in America. Although cars that are made in china that America buys are put on a large ship and sailed over the pacific ocean on onto the west coast.

December 5th 2012 BLOG/WORDS

Capitalism:  economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corm: porations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

Communism: theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.


Free enterprise:  an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of government alintervention and regulation.

Free market: an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

November 28,2012 BLOG

Today in human geo. we watched more of “ the people’s republic of captiatizum” . We watched the beginning of it in the last class but we only watched five minutes so it was hard to follow at first. It is mainly based around China and its economy, and how that effects America’s jobs. The Chinese train their children how to speak English and helpful information to get them better jobs for china later in their lives. In America our jobs are outsourced to countries like china so that they don’t have to pay the workers as much and save money. Chinese workers take apart old house to salvage the metal rods in the walls, to sell, They make about 1-3 dollars a day. China has over one and a half million workers in construction alone, trying to make cities large tourist cites.

November 26th 2012 BLOG

Today in human geo, we started by looking at the quiz we took a long time ago before break. I got a 69 on it.. because i got really confused on one part so i mixed up all the answers, putting the answers up now would be pointless because they are in the blog right here. After going over it and talking about nothing for a while after we started to watch "the peoples republic of capitalism" we didnt really get any useful information yet. all i have down are simple things like how countries come together to help each other in moment of need, such as disasters.

November 15th 2012 BLOG

Today in Human geo we went over the answers we got for all the countries' year of finding independence and other facts about the countries. Now it was a bit more difficult then i thought, because i had to go to wiki and read through everything and find out the right facts. Again i dont have to right down some of the facts here because if there was an open blog test, Because i can just go to that blog. I still dont understand about the randomly generated blogs that get deleted as soon as they are made.. and it seems that every few hours the numbers go up and up and up, there are 591 deleted blogs now and i'm sure by tomorrow there will be a few hundred more.

November 14th 2012, Countries

United Kingdom

On May 1 1707 England and Scotland created a new kingdom of Great Britain.

They played a huge part in development of parliamentary democracy, and

advanced in literature and science.  The British Empire stretched over ¼

of the earth’s surface in the 19^th century.  The UK use to be part of England

and Scotland.

Mexico

They achieved there independence in the 19^th century.

They were conquered and colonized by Spain in the early 16^th century. The presidential

elections just happened in July. Mexico has for of the worst dug problem and they

increase every year.  

 Brazil

Brazil gained its independence in 1822, but they maintained a monarchical system of

 government   until the abolition of slavery in 1888. They were under Portuguese ruler for

more than three centuries. Today it is South America’s leading economic power and regional leader.

  

 Iran

Iran became part of an Islamic republic in 1979 after monarchy was overthrown.

 Before they became part of Islamic republic they were know a Persia, this was until 1935.

 Iran has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its activity in Lebanon and

 elsewhere in the world.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 ABD AL-AZZIZ Abd al-Rahman AI SAUD. He campaigned

for 30 years to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula .  This is the birth place to Islam’s most

holiest shrines, Mecca and Medina. This country leads in the production in oil and natural gas and holds 20%of the world proven oil reserves.

India

India declared independence on August 15^th 1947                                              

The country thrived off of their own land for hundreds of years and have increased in supporting

education, though there was many wars between India and Pakistan.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan has had independence since 1919.

Afghanistan is a poor country that revolves around farming and livestock, though it is rich in nature materials such as coal, copper, romite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones but the land is rugged and hard to pass through making the export hard to make.

France

France gained independence 1789

France is one of the biggest exporters in the world, France has also been a huge part of other countries surrounding it, Helping them with war against other countries and getting there people together.

Venezuela

Venezuela gained independence in 1810 they were also the first Spanish American colony to declare it’s independence.

They have long lived off the beaches, livestock, gold mines, and grassy plains for hundreds of years. There was much slavery, mainly used for cocoa farming and gold mining.

Germany

Germany declared independence in 1871,

It is mainly known for the wars they have caused , For the large jew extermination and a hold a key part in that war against the US.

October 8th 2012, BLOG

Today in Human geo. we went over the answers that we got for the facts blog, about the worlds leaders. I don't have to write them all down because if we get to use our blogs i would just look at that. But it was some simple facts that would be pretty easy to know.. Today we also had two shadows and i love how uncomfortable they get in this class because you put them on the spot and it's really awkward when a bunch of older high school kids are looking at you, and you have no idea what to say. My shadow was really mean and didn't do anything cool with me or introduce  me to the class or anything... it was really sad...

November 8th, 2012. Obama answers

Obama:

 He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

He used to/might still smoke

The world's leaders ANSWERS

Mexico
National action party
Felipe Cálderon

China
Communist party of china
HuJintao

India
Indian national congress
Shri Pranab Mukkerjee

Afghanistan
Burhanuddin rabbain
Hamid Karzai

Iran
Islamic republic of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinelad

Israel
Kadima
Shimon Peres

Germany
Social deocratic party of germany
Joachim Gauck

United kingdom
Conservative party
Prime minister David Cameron

France
French republic
Nicolas Sarkozy

Brazil
Federative republic of Brazil
Dilma Vana Rousseff

Venezuelan
United social party of venezuelan
Hugo Chávenz

Saudi Arabia
Freedom and justice party
Mohamed Morsi

October 24 2012 BLOG

Today I did not go to school because of the bomb threat, But i figured I'd write thing blog because . I'm really bored and im not sure if i would still have to write one. I didnt read that the test has been moved to friday, but i guess i still would have taken it late. personally i would have gone to school but i parents said no ( like really i could say i dont want to go to school any other day and they would make me go to school) But the main reason i wanted to go was i missing my spirit week.. and i was looking forward to it. But this test im going to make sure i study because i haven't like truly studied for any other tests so far in Human geo..

October 19 2012 TEST QUESTIONS

1) How many followers does Islam have? -  1.57 Billion people in the world
2) What date did Columbus arrive in America? - 1492
3) When was Christianity first introduced ? 30-36 AD
4)  Who do the Buddha Worship? no one, they believe that you should juts find total happiness.
5) How did the Vikings act when they first came to America ? - they didn't find anything worth stealing, so they left.



Hi  

October 18 2012

Today in Human Geo. we went over the notes that we took about the different religions, but if i ever get to use my blog during the test I can just go to that blog... so it would be a waste of time and button pushing to write it down AGAIN. So to start off today's class we started talking about Stinkbugs, And how Mr. Schick had like millions of them in his house, which makes me question how off ten he cleans his and things of that nature.. I actually have never see a stink bug in my house, ( only win for Baltimore city!) So I can’t really relate to what you guys were talking about.. Then we started the note and talked for a long long time about Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism. I can’t remember if we talked about nothing of importance after that or not though.. Then I served Ricky justice for asking you if your tie came in man colors ( sorry about that.. but you made fun of Eleanor too, so you had it coming )

October 15 2012 BLOG

Today in Human geo. took down more notes, About how some countries spilt up because they have such strong religious views. I don’t remember what country that we used as example, but point is that sometimes people are shunned for not believing in one thing. It could be religion, or it could be what ethnicity you are. I should probably start bring my notebook home, so I can actually start putting useful stuff in this blog, otherwise it is just me blabbing about how I was feeling that day or something like that. At one point we were talking about something about someone who traveled and hated on a individual religion( I don’t remember who it was or what religion it was) So I think it was god who struck him with blindness, so that he would stop hating on that individual religion. I want really pay attention so I Only heard bits and pieces. 

P.S. This is late because the internet at my house is currently not working. :( 

October 13 2012 Religion answers

                                                            Christianity

The word Christian came from the insult that people were called when they followed Christ. The word originated in Israel where the teaching of Jesus Christ began. It all started about AD 41. Christianity is considered a monotheistic religion because it only revolves around one god. Christianity’s holy book is called the bible, consisting of stories of god. There are about 2.18 billion Christians worldwide. The Figures of Christianity would be Jesus ( duh ), Marl, Luke, John, Matthew and others such as Noah and Abraham from other stories in the bible. Christianity is most popular in the United states.

                                                            Islam

Islam was founded by Prophet Muhammad in Mecca, about 622 CE. Islam is a monotheistic religion, believing in one god or in Arabic “Allah”. Islam’s holy book is called “ Qur’an” or in English Koran. There are about 1,600 Million Muslims in the world now. Allah, Prophet Muhammad is the central figure of Islam. The greatest population of Muslims are in Indonesia, Pakistan, and in Arab countries.

                                                            Buddhism

Buddhism was a teaching of Gautama in Northern India around 563-483 B.C. Buddhism is neither monotheism or polytheism, because this religion focuses on practical ways of living life to become in a blissful state in mind. Buddhism is not biased on one book, it is biased on Dhamma as told by Buddha. Dhamma consists of three parts: Sutra Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka, and Abhidhamma pitaka. The amount of followers Buddhism has is about 230-500 Million ( 4^th biggest religion in the world). Prince Gautama Buddha is the figure of this religion. This religion is most practiced in Northern India.

                                                            Hinduism

Hinduism does not have historical figure, according to tradition and sacred scriptures, it was revealed to a spiritual men (rishis). Hinduism was heard to be started around 1700-1100 BCE. The Vedas is the holy book of Hinduism. Hinduism is deep monotheistic religion, supreme being of god, or Brahman. There are about 860 million to 1.4 billion followers, about 13.78 percent of the world is Hindus. There is no religious leader of Hinduism. The source is originally from India.

                                                            Judaism

In the land of Canaan, Present day Israel around 1948 BCE. Judaism is a monotheistic, Jews believe that there is only one god who created the world and still runs it. The Jewish holy book is called the “Tanakh” containing the Torah and the prophetic books. There are out 12-14 Million Jews today. Though the numbers have been shrinking because many hews assimilate or don’t know that they are Jewish. The central figures are Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob, and other patriarchs. The largest populations of Jews is in Israel.

October 11, 2012 BLOG

Today in Human geo. we really do that much. We started with finished up the Columbus group’s slide show, again there wasn’t a whole lot to learn in my point view. When that was finished up we looked at a slide show about the world’s culture, consisting of how it works. Such as people who speak the same language therefor have the same culture. Or the way that things are celebrated, or taught. After a while of taking notes about culture, we started talking about random things that kinda related to what we’re talking about. Like how us Americans get very frustrated when there is a lot of (mostly Spanish ) things are not in English. So that was how our “sorta off topic, but not really “conversation went, Then it lead to prank calling and varies things of that nature. 

October 10, 2012 BLOG

Today in Human Geo. we presented or slide shows about either Native American ( me ), Viking and Columbus.  So the Native American group went first and we just went over the questions that you gave us, they were really easy considering we didn't have to deny anything. In that case I mean the Native Americans didn’t ravish their land, and only killing things necessary for survival. Then were the Vikings, which I didn’t really learn anything from because they were simple things that I've picked up through the years, like the boats they came from and general things like so. Then Columbus, now ever since last year when I learned the truth about Columbus I have had a deep hatred for him. Now usually I get over things, but for some reason this really really bothered me, so whenever I have the chance to bash him I do. Also I had already knew everything to know about him since it was just last year that I was learning about him. I still took down a reasonable amount of notes.

October 8th, 2012 BLOG

Today in Human geo, we went over the test. which i just barely passing :(... it was really simple things that i keep slipping up on, like i knew that they were from Sudan but i just forgot to answer it ! and i spelled restaurant wrong and i didn't write what kind of factory he worked at, and stupid stuff like that.  Before that we welcomed Mike into our class! he's in like, in all my classes!! He is too big for our desks so me and Wilfred had to move back two seats so he could move his feet. I hate sitting in the back.. its so lonely, We later split in groups so that we can do a project on Columbus, whom i truly hate ..  for so many many reasons !  so I was in a group with the native Americans,  later i will work on the Google documents and answer a bunch of questions, I have to answer question 4 ! 

October 5, 2012 BLOG

        Today in Human geo, we took the test on " god grew tired of us". Personally i didn't know that there was a test today, I have a problem with figuring out what day it is, and what tests are on what day. So I think I did ok on it, but I always say that when I'm asked how i think of done, I say ok.. I guess. Then you forced the poor little shadow to read the test, and while she read the paper the answers were feed in. After all the answers were given.. I'm really sad :( I was so close to getting them right, like I said Christians instead of catholic. I mixed a lot up like that, so I’ll be happy if I get a passing grade. After the explaining the answers, Mr. Schick asked what our shadow did and something cool about her. She has a twin brother and plays the piano. And to finish off with class we talk about animals killing other animals.    

October 4, 2012 BLOG

Today in human geo. we talked about Mr. Schick’s  old school and how he could have graduated at 16 but he  had to have one more credit. So he had to go to this crappy overcrowded and most of the kids smoked, Then for the most of the class we just talked about smoking is bad and things of the nature. We got really side tracked, like always (not a bad thing). After we finished talking about nothing we were reviewing the movie and explained our ideas to help Sudan. But before we started talking about it, Mr. Schick showed us the e-mail that John Dau sent us, and how his does his touring.. if that’s the right word.  6,000-10,000 dollars just to get him to come and then we would have to pay for expensive like hotel and the plane.  

October 3rd 2012 BLOG

Today in Human Geo. we were brain storming what we could do to help out the refugees in Sudan. Before we started brain storming you were explaning what the last class did to the web page. The deleting things off the page and writing “ Mason eats dead puppies”, I asked Mason in the next class how that came up and he said that he did really know.. at all. So after that we broke into groups and started talking about ideas, I was in a group with Alice and we did ours on this Toms (the shoes company) give on for one project. I don’t remember what the second idea was.. Then there wasn’t a lot of work to be done just in this class, just the sentences that describes what we were thinking. 

October 1, 2012 BLOG

Today in human Geo. we completed watching " God grew tired of us". In the end there were a lot of good things that came out and not so good things. Panther finished school and left America to marry his girlfriend, and has put effort into building a school and a hospital in the refugee camps. He also found his mother and sister and reunited with them. John dau flew his family in and they are still living in new York. He and his family have been raising awareness about the refugee camps and the war in Sudan. Daniel never contacted his family; they are possibly living in a refugee camp or dead. He has been in community colleges and working in the factory until he finishes school. With the idea of somehow we can help make a difference, there are many ways that we could work to help the refugee camps.  I think that one of the first steps would be contacting most likely John or panther just because they were a big help in raising awareness. My best bet would be John though, because he has put the most action into the project. Writing a notice-ful amount letters from our freshman class telling him that we would like to help make a difference too. Even if he never answered our letters ( which would be sad) we could start a march to raise awareness. 

September 29 2012 BLOG

In human Geo on Friday we watched more of “God grew tired of us”. In this session the boys started start school to hopefully find a better job. Panther I believe, got a letter from his family saying that they were alive but they were starving and suffering from diseases. I thought that it was a little harsh when his family sent him the letter because they didn't really say they were happy for him. I understand that it was still unbelievable that they are alive and somewhat safe, but no one said it’s wonderful that you are out of this horrible place, They just said make sure to send money and this is how horrible we are doing. Of course panther pitted them so he dropped out of school so he could make the most money he can to send to his family back at home.  

September 27 BLOG

Today in human Geo. we watched more of “god grew tired of us”.  We started at the part when some of the boys were leaving for America, A lot of the boys that weren’t going were disappointed, which I can totally get because they don’t get to start their lives over. When we think of the boys not knowing what a donut is, its really sad if you think about it. We think of our world as a technology filled world, and in reality a fourth of the world doesn’t have electricity and doesn’t know what butter is.  So we can go ahead and laugh when they don’t know what potato chips are, or how a lamp works but over all its pretty messed up. But I felt like there should be more of the racism, because I sure that they were judged. I mean there in America, more than a few people had to give them a weird look.

September 26, 2012 BLOG

Today in human Geo. we went over the quiz and watched more of the movie. Today we also had a little shadow! ( I want one too !) so of course you most likely scared her a little, but that’s ok! So the answers that I got wrong on the test were totally understand able. Some of them were just basic picking the wrong one because I was thinking about something else, things like that. Over all I got a 79 which is like REALLY close to a 80, and that’s a B so.. I pretty much got a B. Close to the end of review was when you left the room, but I come from a HORRIABLE class that always got in trouble ( Baltimore city schools for you) so I wasn’t really a surprise. Then we watched the movie, which made me sad (thank you very much) and took notes that I hope will one day be useful!

September 24th 2012 BLOG

Today in human geo we took the big quiz thing! To be totally honest.. I didn’t study ( sorry L ) it completely slipped my mind this weekend.  Though I feel like I did ok on the quiz because a lot of it was basic knowledge, thought I did see some of the memorization for things like what does this country rate in the world sale of bla bla bla.. and stuff like that. AND not to using my injury to an advantage, But since I was pelted in the head with a soccer ball I was a bit frazzled, and I had a bad headache. Also this  morning I had checked my grades in power school and I got a lot of points off for not blogging, but I couldn’t blog because my blog wasn’t up till Thursday, I think. Though I understand that I could have wrote one for Thursday and Friday.

September 12th BLOG

 

            Today in Human Geo. we talked about.. like million different things! im not really sure what we were talking about  half the  time because I zoned out a few times ( not my fault it was the morning) but for the most part we were going over the homework and talking about the questions that we had to answer. I did mine but, I didn’t realize that we had to pick a few and state why they were important.. I Believe for most the class we branched off to different subjects like when we were talking about why Mexico has the most airports ( because of tourist  ) we shared about what different countries we had been to before, then that branched off into more subjects. I enjoy the branching off to different things, because we learn a lot of new things just by not staying on track, but most of them are good things. such as learning that it took 10-12 day just to get to Europe and now it just takes about 7-9 hours.

September 10th BLOG & (answers)

1.What is the population of the United States?

313,847,465

 

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

 China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil

 

3.What is the population of Pakistan?

190,291,129

 

4.What kind of government does the United States have?

Constitution-based federal republic

 

5.What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe

24.9

 

6.What is the largest country in the world by area?

Russia

 

7.What country has the third greatest number of airports?

Mexico

 

8.What country has the greatest number of exports?

China

 

9.What country exports more oil than any other?

Saudi Arabia

 

10.What country imports more oil than any other?

United States

 

11.What country consumes more oil than any other?

United States

 

12.Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military?

Yes

 

13.What is GDP?

Gross domestic product

 

14.What country has the highest GDP per capital in the world, and how much is it?

Liechtenstein: 141,100

 

15.Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita?

Nope

16.Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent?

Europe

 

17. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be

found in which continent?

Africa

 

18.What other country is in the top ten?

India

 

19.Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?

            18^th place

20.Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?

            3^rd place

21.What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?

            23.9%

22.What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?

            76.5%

23.What is Net Migration Rate?

Numbers of people who are leaving the country

 

24.Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world

    No

25.What is the current population of the entire planet?

7,021,836,029

September 6th BLOG

Today in human Geo. we went over how to talk notes about notes. at first I was like; your kidding right? but after a while I didn’t care. It was really simple to make, I mean it was just taking notes, I took a lot of notes in my last school so I was on top of things. Like you don’t have to have complete sentences, make sure you keep up with the teacher, don’t worry about spelling and ask questions. After all the note taking about notes we were tested on taking notes by looking at a paper about Illinois.  About how many people live there, where they live, what the states, other names for the state, like and that sort of thing. Also we learned that Mr. Schick is kinda like Jesus, in a way..  After discussing that, we put our notes we took about Illinois, and made blog if we were talking about Illinois, mine was pretty simple.

Human Geo. Day 6

Today in human Geo, we looked at how to add links to our blogs. Click design or dashboard whatever you have on your blog, then layout and add the link gadget. Then simply add the links that you want on it, I thought it was pretty easy to remember. also I think it’s was cool how you have a strange love for Wikipedia.. but I guess that’s ok..  I mean I’m in love with Facebook.. same thing right? I got all my work done so there wasn’t really any problems or questions about anything, actually I really enjoyed writing the story about if Socrates and Elbert Hubert were to meet, though I wish I put more detail into the story.  Over all, I liked the essays. I felt like that was a good enough work for high school-ers, it was a bit of a shock because at my old school I didn’t get homework but I just need to get back in to the swing of things.

If Elbert Hubbard and Socrates time-traveled to 2012

If the two were to meet, it would most likely meet up in a park. Considering that buildings are way to advance for them to comprehend. The introductions would be little awkward thanks to Socrates strange facial features, but after they find things in common it’s not as bad. After about 20 minutes Elbert brings up the mobiles cutting each other off and people yelling at each other from there mobile windows and brings up the message to Garcia, saying that he bets none of these people would go out of there way for anything. Socrates nods as he watches people on benches talk into shiny rocks, Elbert realizes he’s not paying attention, he gets up and abruptly says “ I bet if I ask anyone in this area if they could send a message for me they wouldn’t”.  Socrates (not really hearing Elbert, agrees). So He walks up middle aged women and asks her if she would send a message for him, she gives him a strange look and walks away. Elbert turns to Socrates and starts back to his seat. They agree and Socrates starts to wonder if people still thought that gods were the purpose of everything too. So he started off towards a group of people standing by a lamppost, he asked if they believed that the gods controlled the sun and the weather. The group didn’t say anything just watched him until they said no and walked away, Socrates headed back to his seat. Elbert started talking about how people haven’t changed and he’s ready to go back, but Socrates disagreed and said he’s going to stay a little longer.

Arete

Socrates easily demonstrated arête because he thought and spoke outside of what he was told. By not sticking to religion and beliefs he changed history, now someone else might have figured it out later in time but that still would have changed things in the future. Also Socrates resembles having strength and being brave, for truly speaking his own thoughts about the town of Athens. I loved that he didn’t care if he was put to death, he did what was on his mind and wasn’t band wagoner. Though excellences is usually graded by other people, it took until hundredths of year later when intelligences reached a different level to understand. Meaning that Socrates set a new standard of excellence, which people could not get to in till father down the scale of evolution. But we can’t just call all the other towns people of Athens utterly stupid, they just went along with what they were told. Socrates was just a man born into the wrong time period.

Excellence at John Carroll

 

 

-I will pay attention in class, Meaning that the computer will not serve as something to use when I am really bored. I won’t talk to my neighbor or just simply dose off during class.

-Participate, school is an interactive thing. If you don’t speak up or ask questions you’re not helping yourself, the only stupid question is a question not asked.

-Work comes before friends, if your friends were really your friends they would know that you need to get your work done before going to the movies or having a sleepover. Also you should find the right people, like the kind  that encourage you to do your work and not encourage things like skipping class or blowing homework to do something else.

- Staying on top of work, I will not leave all my work to do on the last day  before it is due. Try to span thing out so I’m not overwhelmed, Make sure that I study hard before a test or really any time so I know I understand the work.

-Keeping organized, losing my papers is something I tend to do but I need to my put work together  in a binder or in a folder as soon as I get it so it’s not going to get lost. With text books I need to cover them and keep them safe, not leaving them in the cafeteria or leaving them with people I can’t really trust.

Human Geo. day 4

Yesterday in class we talked about the definitions for the words that we were given on Thursday. We talked about the word and what they meant and we started talking about Socrates, his theory and the death of Socrates. I think also think that whole town is very stupid, because how could the sun be a person ridding a crossed the sky?? I can totally get that people lived there whole lives believing that though, like when I was little I believed in Santa but till told over wise I believed that. So I get both point of views, but of course people are going to make them look intelligent. Again in class it was a little focus with the lights out, but I guess that kid behind kept me awake by repeatedly kicking my chair. But I still listened, and I have also been wondering what is in the drink that Socrates had to drink, is it a snake venom, poisons flower or a mixture of different things?

Human Geo day 3

Today in Human Geo we read and took notes on ‘A message to Garcia”. I personally really enjoyed the story because it’s so true, People don’t do their work unless their lives depends on it. Take the easy way out, I can omit to doing that.. but not like.. all the time. But the point that I’m getting to is most people will not got out of their way to do something for someone else. I think that we got a good amount of work done in this class period, I guess just taking notes is probably the most work we have got done this week. It wasn’t all boring either, thanks to the donuts we had some comedy put into class. Also we kidded around and had some laughs but we stayed on topic and did get carried away, sorta. The only thing that was not so great about today was that some of the seats were moved around and the kid that now sits next to me, always has a smart comment to say.. so that gets annoying some times.

Human geo day 2/ Greek definitions

Today in Human Geo. Was just people who hadn’t set up there blog were shown how to do it, I personal think that its kind ridicules that some people still didn’t have there’s up. I mean its been like 7 days since we were first told to make a g-mail and write a blog, we’re in high school now we need to take these things seriously. I had problems with the site but I wasn’t just going to not do It, I was on the site for about 2 hours figuring things out.

 

Definitions

 

Arête: Excellence in any kind.

Polis: Greek city/state, basically a community.

Socrates: Greek Athenian philosopher

The death of Socrates: Socrates was condemned

to death by drinking hemlock, for denying the gods

and corrupting youth and impiety.

The Socrates method: Teaching by guided

questioning.

The date 508 BC: Klisthenis came to power

he placed the foundations of Athenian democracy

Agora: A place of congregation, market place

What the ancient Greek meant when they called you an idiot:

You aren’t really sociable and not  professional.

 

 

Human Geo day 1

Today we didn’t really do that much, we mostly went over the rules and how we must act to succeed. It was a little hard to follow because the lights were out due to using the projector, so I was slightly falling asleep. Also it was about lunch time so I was starving, but other than those distractions it was all understandable. We must follow the honor code, no plagiarism, if you don’t your homework on time points will be deducted each day it is late, basic things.  Also it really helped that the class before me was telling me almost the exact same thing, so it’s definitely sticking in my brain for a while. The end of the class was spent by people that hadn’t don’t there blogs figuring out how to use them. I had the same problem the night before, snaking all around the blog site to try and find out how to send it.                                            (I officially hate Google plus )  

First impressitions

The morning started out with a 45 minute ride to John Carroll that was filled with anxiety, new school new people. When I first walked in the doors I was ready for school to start. During breakfast I realized that one of my friends that use to live down the street from me was there. I also saw a couple girls from my old camp. After breakfast we went to the auditorium for a speech about how things work at John Carroll and who John Carroll was. We then headed off to advisory and to work out our lockers. Learning to use a locker with a combination lock was a little stressful. We had snack after that but my stomach was still spinning from all the new things and so I was not very hungry. Everyone broke up into a group to take photos and learn things about the school schedule. When lunch time came I still wasn’t over my jitters so I still didn’t eat much of anything. After lunch we started to go to all our classes.  The experience of meeting all the different students and teachers was definitely interesting.