USA

I would just first like to say that i don't like using Google drive, I think it gave my computer a virus. We had our group projects today.  My group had the USA.  I think we did i pretty good job.  I got to change the slides. We listened to Ben speak in his Chinese accent.  It was so funny, it made my day.       

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Mr. Schick wasn't in our first class.  Thursday is our long class and he didn't show up.  Until the end of the class.  We watched the rest of Part 3 in the movie.  We watched a slow motion car test car crash it was cool.  But when he got to class our substitute, yelled at Austin for not having a working computer.  He told Austin he would give him detention if he disturbed us while we were typing.  So Austin put his head down.  Then we talked about what US cars have to be able to do to be passed.  If the car isn't safe enough it can't drive.  Then, we learned that everything is a global company now.  After that i answered a question and it got us talking about new cars and that Americans want it.  

4 Terms!

In class we did... 

  1. Capitalism-   an economic and political system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market

2. Communism- is a revolutionary socialist  movement to create a classless and stateless social order structure common owner ship    of the means of production, as well as a social political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order. 

3. Free enterprise-  freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond(government can tell you how to run your business but only in certain ways) regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance.

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

The Long Class

Every Thursday, we have a Human Geo class that is two mods long.  It is over an hour long and some days we don't even get breaks.  Yesterday Mr. Schick's sound wasn't working so the entire first mod of Human Geo, we talked about the notes we took and I did research on Twinkies.  Hostess is going out of business  and we were having a class discussion on if Twinkies can  last for a long time and if so how long can they last. I found a website on it but it's only a myth.

New Movie

The last test we took I got an 90% on it. It was on world leaders and where places were located.   I got the bell ring. Then we started a new movie.  It's about China and money.  How the America jobs are being taken away and given to people that can do them faster and with less pay. Did you know that in China some woman work for around 1-2 dollars a day.  Men work for 3-4 dollars a day, that comes out to about 600 dollars a year.  How does someone live on only 600 dollars a year.  I probably spend 600 dollars a year and I don't even work.  Even when I babysit I make more money than that.

Political Geography

Afghanistan was founded in 1747 by Abmad Shah Durrani when he unifed the Pashtun tribes.  They were between Russian and British Empires.  They were parts of Empires but never part of some else country. 

 Brazil was founded in 1822.  It had been under the rule of Portugal before they gained there independence. 

 France is in the European nations.  July 1914 they declared there independence.   From what I found it always has been.  It is a part of NATO. Basically they weren't colones  it just matter who the King was at the time.







Germany has never been under one certain rule.  Germany has the largest economy is in Europe.  Germany has the second largest populous nation.  It is under European power since it was founded, it is also a part of NATO. After world war to it was split into to countries. 












India was founded around 1500BC, by Dravidian.  They were never apart of the Maurya empire, but they did feed off of them, for culture ideas.



Iran was known as Persia until 1935, it became a republic in 1979.   











Mexico was taken over by Spain.  Spain populated it.  Mexico  got it's own independence in the 19th century.  









Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 by ABD al-AZIZ BIN ABD AL-Raham Al Saud.  Before it had it's own independence it was part of Islam. Kingdom where the king can have many wives and many children.  









United Kingdom is a leading role of democracy.  It is a member of NATO.  It doesn't need to have it's own Independence it rules many other places.  Whales, Scotland, Norther Ireland and Great Britain.







 Venezuela was founded in 1830.  It was once part of Gran Colombia.  It was ruled by the militarily. Hugo Chavez is there president now.     

85%

It Alice and Wills birthdays today.  I like them both they are lots of fun.  I have known Will since the beginning of the year but I have known Alice for like ever.  The first play I ever did Alice was in it with me.  Then the second play I did she was my mother.  That was so much fun.  We also went to the same school but we never really talked.  We also got our tests back, I got an 85%.  That's not as bad as I thought I was going to do but next time im going to hopefully get an A

When i was in theater

 when i was going the play I misses an assignment, but I missed it but I can't get the pictures on.  

 Mexico

Federal Representative Republic  

Enrique

 China

People’s Republic of China

Wen Jiabao 

India 

Prime Minister 

Kumar Mukherjee

Afghanistan

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Hamid Karzai

Iran

Islamic Republic

Supreme leader Mahmod Ahmadinjad

Israel 

State of Israel 

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Pereos

Germany 

Federal Republic

President Angela Merkel

United Kingdom 

UK of Greta Britain 

David Camren and Queen  Elizabeth II

France 

French Republic 

President Francois Hollande

Brazil

Federative Republic 

Dilemma Rousseth

Venezuela

Bolivarian Republic

Hugo Chavez 

Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

President Abdullh Bi Abdul Snezs 

Today

We had shadows today.  Two of them Abby and i forget the other ones name.  They were quiet but I'm sure when I shadowed i was awkward too.  I guess they just get nervous, i get it though.  The future up class men and you don't know any of them you just have to follow one around all day.    We talked about what we did our blogs on yesterday and the day before.  We had a long class today.  It was a usual Thursday boring and long, wanting Friday to be here now.

Obama fun facts!!!

In 2006 Obama won a Grammy for the best spoken word recording.
He wrote a book called Dreams from my Father  
He was elected Senate of Illinois in 1996
He became president in 2008
He won the re-election in 2012
he got married in February 1961
he didn't really ever know his father
He lived with his grandparents
He was very smart in school and he played basketball
He has two daughters and a dog
the dog is the first dog in the white house

Leaders

Enrique Pena Nieto- He's a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and is the former governor of the state of Mexico
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud- He was the mayor of Mecca and he was also the commander of Saudi Arabian National Guard
Angela Merkel- leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Benjamin Netenyahu- he is a Chairman of the Likud
Hu Jintao- He is the fourth generation of leaders in his family
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad- Political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
Hamid Karzai- Chairman of the Interim Administration for six months
Francois Hollande- First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
Pranab Mukherjee-  He was the senior leader of the Indian national Congress
Hugo Chavez- fifth republic Movement political party foundation leader
David Cameron- First Lord of the treasury
Elizabeth II- Supreme Governor of the Church of England
Dilma Rousseff- First woman to become Chief of Staff to the President of Brazil

White

Today was class color day and I beginning the freshman that I am had to wear white.  It was fun today, a lot of fun actually. I shadowed last year on class color day but last year they allowed tagging.  Kids still did it this year but not to the extreme that they did last year.  I remember one kid got duct tape to a wall.  I didn’t know at the time but that kid is actually one of my best friends now, oh the irony.  Well Mr. Schick wasn’t in class today, so we had to go to room 321 and our sub was late.  So I called the office.  Then we had to actually write on paper.  I can’t remember the last time we were asked to write something on real paper, with pen or pencil.  The funny thing is no one has paper but I had my folder so I just wound up giving like everyone a piece of loose leaf because no one brings it with them.  I got everything done with no problem and when I finished I got all my pens back that let people borrow and then I went to gym.      

Questions

1. How did Vikings get the the Americas and were did they come from? Boats and they came from Green Land
2. Where did Columbus think he was when he landed in America? Indian
3. On the map of the different ways to say Soda, what were the to other things that it is called besides soda? Pop and Coke
4. What are two cultural characteristics? religion and language 
5. What is the Buddhists holy book? Trick question Buddhists don't have a holy book, they have got the four noble truths

Stink Bugs

Did you know that that stink bugs get there name from the odor that they release when they feel that they are in danger.  Stink bugs can be green, gray, or brown.  When you find a green stink bug it will most likely be a female, the females are more commonly green.  One more thing about stink bugs is they can bite.  Some people can have reactions to the bite and they can break out in rashes that itch.  If you are wondering why I just listed a few stink bug facts it is because we talked about stink bugs today in Human Geo.  I have no idea how it came up but we spent about fifteen minutes of class talking about stink bugs and telling stories about them.  I didn’t get to share my story but it was really was that I watched a spider eat a stink bug the other day it was gross and I tried to save the stink bug but it was already dead.  The rest of the class we had a long talk about religions.   

Blogging on a Blog

I would like to talk about what we did in Human Geo today.  At first we started class with our prayer, but then we started talking notes on Mr. Schick’s Power Point.  I don’t like the power points they are boring and human geo is my favorite class.  Any way we were just taking notes most class and then I was looking at my blog.  Then we went to Lexis’s blog and were reading her latest blog post.  She has fish on her blog, they are really cool.  So then I went on my blog and got fish. For the rest of the class we pretty much just took notes and read different classmates blog post. I feel like I’m only talking about blogging.  It is kind of like I’m blogging on a blog.  Even though that sounds weird that is what I’m going to call it and you can judge all you want but I like it.

World Religions

    Christianity was started about 2000 years ago; it was founded by Jesus and his disciples.  Christianity is a monotheistic religion.  Christians have a bible, it is where the keep all of the stories and gospels.  There are over 2 billion Christians in the world.  Jesus Christ the son of God is the main figure in Christianity.   There are over 200 countries in the world that have Christians living there. 

Islam was started by Muhammad in the early 600s.  It is a monotheistic religion they believe in one true God.  The Islam’s call their bible Qumran. 1.8 billion People in the world are Islamic.  Muhammad is the main person in the Islamic religion.  There are more Islamic people in the UK than anywhere else in the world.    

Buddhism was started in Northern India by Siddhartha, around 563 BC.  Buddhism is neither a monotheistic nor polytheistic.  They don't believe that you should follow something just because it is written down on paper.  Buddhism has about 376 million followers and it is the fourth largest religion.  Buddha is the main God of Buddhism.  

Hinduism was founded by two different cultures, Aryans and Indus, in 1500 BC.  Hinduism is a polytheistic religion. Their holy book is the Vedas.    Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world.  Hinduism is most popular in India.     

                Judaism was started in 1st century BC, it was started by Moses.  Judaism is a monotheistic religion.  There holy book is called the Torah.  Judaism is followed by around 14.5 million people.  Judaism is most commonly found in what they call the holy land, Jerusalem.     

Double Mod

Oh Thursdays in human geo we always have a double mod. It is a very long class and usual class nothing exciting really happened.  We did look at a chart that showed what different counties call soda.  Where I live we call it, others call it pop, and some people call it coke.  Then we had to take real notes on a power point that Mr. Schick made.  It was about languages and religions.  We were talking about people that speak different languages and how some people are annoyed by their accents and when signs are written in a different language.  The problem with that is what if you didn’t like translations and then you went to a different country or somewhere people spoke a different language than you.  Then the tables would be turned because you wouldn’t be able to understand anything either. Then, we stretched and talked for a few minutes.  When we started talking again we got really off topic though and started talking about prank phone calls.       

Google Drive

We gave pretensions on Native Americas, Vikings, and Columbus today.  My group went first and I read the title page because I didn’t have a question to answer.  Since there were nine people and our group and only eight questions, I didn’t have a question.  I was happy that I didn’t have a question because I couldn’t get on the shared project.  It was annoying.  It wasn’t anyone’s fault too it was google drive.  But it could have been fixed but because Madisen didn’t check her stupid email, she never connected to the server and I couldn’t get the document.  I like using google drive, because it is fun and you can do your projects from home.  I don’t like how sometimes you can’t get into it.  Plus, when you want to put a picture in it you have to save the picture and let the file load.  Well anyway todays class was fun,  and i cant wait till tomorrow because it’s Thursday.           

Native Americans

Human geo was boring today.  We really didn’t do much, but we got a new classmate.  He is 6’11 his name is Michael.  Michael is also in my gym class.  He is quiet in gym but he is really good at basketball.  I played against him and I couldn’t even touch the ball.   We talked about Columbus and how he founded America. His finding America was an accident and he was looking for Spain.  But when he found America there were already people there.  Native Americas lived there.  They were called Indians.  They fought with Columbus and his men for a long time, and before winter they all became friends.  The Native Americas taught Columbus and his men how to plant and grow food.  Then they had Thanksgiving and everyone eat a great amount of food.  My group is Native America’s that is why I am talking about them in my blog.  I am black foot Indian, on my mom and my dad side of the family.  We were the mean Indians back then.  A Black foots were always killing people taking their animals and ruining villages.   

Lost Boy's test

We took a test on the movie we had been watching in human geo class.  It was fill in the blank, 20 questions, no word bank.  I didn’t find it that hard but I’m pretty sure I spelled a bunch of words wrong.  Each question was worth 5 points and the test was 100 points.  After the test we had Carly’s shadow read the test with the correct answers.  She read the paper very well and she didn’t seem scared.  I would have be terrified if on my shadow day I was asked to get up in the middle of a random class with people I had never meet before and start reading a paper about something I had no idea about.  Then somehow we started talking about vouchers, then peacocks.  Then I told a story about how my dog followed a few turkeys and then got chased by them.  Then I had to go to the bathroom but I thought the bell was going to ring. I decided just to go when I went to computer support but then I realized there was still 15 minutes left in class so I went.       

Diploma

Today we had another shadow.  Her name was Delany Link.  Her mother was my Test Prep teacher at St. Margaret’s School, were I went to middle school.  After, teasing Delany for a few minutes Mr. Schick and the class all said prayer.  I like the prayer we say it is quick and fun. Even Delany said the prayer; she probably learned it at St. Margaret’s School.     Mr. Schick then talked about when he graduated high school.  We are going to make him a diploma because he never got one.  Not when he graduated from high school or from college.   We started talking about what to do about the fund raising for Sudan.  John Dau wanted 6,000-10,000 dollars to come to John Carroll and talk to us.  I think we should raise as much money as we can and if it isn’t enough we could always just Skype John Dau.  I think we should make the gel bracelets and have people pay 5 dollars to be out of uniform if they wore the bracelet.   If that didn’t work we could always have the freshman class come in wearing colors of the Sudan flag.          

Sammy

Today we talked about what we are going to do for to help Sudan.  We had to go online and try to find a foundation or website that wasn’t already on the igoogle group page.  My group found two websites.  Taylor, Maria, Austin, and I were a group.  Mr. Schick was talking about a fundraiser that the class did last year.  His class raised money and sent a give one get one program.  For only $200 for a computer to be sent to children in need.  Not only did the children in need a computer, but so does the person that raises or gives in the money.  Mr. Schick told us he could probably find the laptop.  When he came back into the room with a little green laptop I almost died.  It was the cutest thing I have ever seen.  We decided to name it Sammy and it is our class pet.  We plugged Sammy in but he was out of battery so we are going to see if we can play with him tomorrow.  I can’t wait till next class I really hope that we can get it working.

Fund Raising

We finished the movie today in Human Geo.  The end had both good and bad parts in it, mostly happy new though.  I might as well say the bad news first; Panther has yet to be reunited with his family.  This means that they are either stuck in a camp or that they are dead. I just hope they are not dead.  Another one other the boys met his mother.  He paid for her to come to America.  I found the scene with his mother weird and sweet at the same time.  After the movie was over we talked about ways to help the men in the camps.  Maybe we could raise money for the schools in Sudan.  Then we could have the three men come to John Carroll and give them one of those huge checks with the money we have raised on it.  Ways to raise money, we could do an out of uniform day.  We could have a snowball day too, were we make snowballs and sell them.   These are just some ideas though I really think that we should raise money though    

Where's Mr. Schick

When I got into class on Friday I put my books down and sat on my desk.  I started talking to Maria and Michael while I was waiting for the bell to ring.  After the bell rang I sat down in my seat.  Mr. Schick wasn’t in the class room though so I stood up and walked over to the door.  I looked out the door and didn’t see anyone but, my friend Molly.  She was packing up her book bag and getting ready to leave for her soccer game.  When I walked back into the class room I said maybe we should call the office. I picked up the phone and went to dial but then I let Parker talk because she said she had great people skills.  So Parker called the office and we found out that Mr. Schick was on a flied trip that was just getting back when we called the office. Then Mr. V walked into the room and started talking to us.   After Mr. Schick got back we put the movie in and started talking notes again.  

Movie

                Today we watched the same movie that we have been watching about Sudan.   I like this movie, I find it very interesting.  I also like the music in the beginning after Mr. Schick made us quiet down and listen to it, I thought it would cool if we played that music at school in the hall ways. I couldn’t image what it would be like if I never had electricity and then I just moved to America.   I just can’t even what life would be like if we didn’t have electricity.   I probably wouldn’t adjust well.  I guess it would be scary, not knowing a lot about where you are going and then just being thrown into a world and have to go with it.   I’m pretty sure it would be amazing though.  I like the part in the movie when they go to the grocery store for the first time.  I also thought that it was funny when the boy ate the butter.  Plus when they learned what a light switch was.  I thought it was funny when they didn’t know what a trash can look like or how it worked.  I can’t wait to watch more of it in class tomorrow. 

Shadow

We had a shadow from St. Margaret School, her name was Taylor.  I met her earlier today in English class.  She seemed quiet but really nice.  We went over the tests we took the other day.  WE got pretty loud though.  Mr. Schick got mad and left the room.  I get why he did it we were out of control.  When he came back we put away our tests and took out our copy books. On Monday we had started taking notes on a movie about Sudan.  Today we continued the notes.  The problem is my notes from the other day ripped and now the page is all messed up and it’s really annoying.  Plus were I sit Taylors head blocks the dialogue on the screen so I have to lean back to read what the people are saying.  The movie seems interesting though, I would probably like it if I could see what was going on.  I guess I didn’t notice it on Monday because Taylor left early.  Well that’s really everything that happened today in class.  I don’t have anything else to say so I guess I’ll go do my other homework.

The Test

We took our first test in Human Geo today.  I personally think it wasn’t that hard.  At least I didn’t find it to be that hard, maybe I just got all of them wrong and that’s why I thought it was so easy.  I guess I’ll find out when you post the grade.   I’m almost positive that I got the bonus question right though.   After the test we started to watch a video about the Sudan civil war.  We had to take notes on the video.  I love watching videos in class, but I don’t like it when I have to take notes on them.  I was really tired today.  For some reason I didn’t feel good all day.  I never ate breakfast or lunch and human geo in human geo I just got grumpy.  I was tired and hungry and still right now at almost 6:30 at night I’m still hungry.  I don’t know why I haven’t eaten yet I’m just too lazy I think.  Well I would love to stay and chat but dinner it ready so I’m going to stuff my face full of food. 

Presentations

My groups topic was India.  Last night we had to go home and research India. My group was Lexie, Madisen, and Melisa.  I had known Melisa from gym and Madisen and i had gone to middle school together. We are really good friends.  But yesterday was my first day meeting Lexie.  Well after working last night on the project about India today in class we got to present.  Well three groups went ahead of us and we listened to their presentations.  There was a lot of good information in the presentations that the other groups did.  About half way through the second presentation I went to look at my groups work on India.  Everyone did a great job and i loved all of the bright colors that they used.  I also like the fonts that we used and we have fun facts about India too!   After looking over our presentation I wore Savannas glasses.  Then I realized I don’t wear glasses and I took them off.  We didn’t get to finish our presentation but I did take my shoes off while we were presenting, I hate shoes!   

Groups

Today in class we started our first project and got groups!

Um i can't think of a title

In human geo today we went over the homework we did last night.  We answered questions out loud with the rest of the class. We heard stories about other countries.  Mr. Schick told us scary stories about bombs.  I learned something that I could have gone my whole life without knowing.  If a nuclear bomb was dropped on Washington we would all die.  I’m a little scared to live in Bel Air now so if I’m not in class tomorrow I have probably moved to the Bahamas.  We also talked about places that we have been out of the country.  One kid in our class has been to Australia.  I think that is like the coolest thing ever.   I want to go to Australia.  I also want to go to Paris; I think it would be so much fun to go there.  After talking about where we have been we went on checking our homework and talking about other things that I can’t remember about right this second.  My stomach hurt all class today; I think I had eaten way too much at lunch.        

Factbook

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? 176,745,364

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

5. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe? 95%

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? European Union
9. What country exports more oil than any other? Arab
10. What country imports more oil than any other? Canada
11. What country consumes more oil than any other? U.S
     
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 capita in the world, and how much is it? Qatar  88,919
15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita? yes
16. Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent? Africa
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? Russia
19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths? 87th
20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones? no
21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic? 25%
22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic? 95%
23. What is Net Migration Rate? the difference between immigrants emigrants
24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world? yes
25. What is the current population of the entire planet? 7 billion people and growing

 

#25.  I picked the question, what is he current population of the entire planet because that question is impossible to answer.  The next day the answer is just going to be different anyway.  So i rounded the number.

#20.  The answer to this question really surprised me because anyone could have guessed that the answer was going to be the U.S. but surprisingly not.
 

 

Taking Notes on taking notes

                In human Geo today we learned how to take notes.  In fact we took notes on taking notes.  We also took notes on Illinois.  We learned that Illinois is one of the most populated states in the Midwest.  Illinois has many plans and corn fields. Then we learned that Mr. Schick is Jesus.  He told us about when he was born.   He said it was cold day and they couldn’t find a hospital.  Michael kicked my chair all class and it was funny because last year I would kick his. Austin was annoying but then again when isn’t he.  I sat in the class with my shoes off.  I just feel so laid back in his class.  I also hate shoes, if I don’t have to wear them I don’t.  I noticed that I lot of other people sit in class without shoes.  I don’t know what it is but they are so annoying

Rescearch Rules

Research rules 

                In human geo today we learned how to post websites to our blogs.  We also took many notes on about how to post things on my blog.   I also changed the color of my background but then changed it back.   After that we talked about research papers.  When doing research papers we always have to site where we found our information.  We were told that most teachers don’t let us use wiki.  We’re allowed it use it in human geo though.  As long as it is not our main place of information we can still use it as a secondary site.  Austin was being annoying all class.  Taylor and I kept laughing at all of Mr. Schick’s jokes.   I liked the idea of the website Mr. Schick was talking about.  Making a website that is totally fake just to get people in trouble sounds like a lot of fun.      

Essay's

Essay #1

    Arête is someone that has a great character and is all around a good person.  Socrates was very honest.   He stood up for his beliefs and never backed down.  Even at his trial for death he still stayed strong and fought for honor.  Greeks and people many years ago where all very polite and tried very hard for a good reputation and to have a good family name.  Not all people were as heroic and confident as Socrates but the most of they tried to be the best they could be. 

Essay #2

    I personally think that my generation will eventually ruin the earth.  Don’t get me wrong I love the world I live in but if people like Elbert Hubbard and Socrates saw the youth now I don’t think they would be very happy.  There is no chivalry or pride in what youth is today I think if mean and women were more like Elbert and Socrates we would have a better world.  If Mr. Hubbard saw how many people slack off now I think his story would be much longer.  If Socrates was here he would be so angry at how many people don’t stand up for what they believe in like he did.  Now I’m not saying that I’m perfect and never slack off but if people now a days didn’t slack off as much I think Elbert would be a happier man.  I would be ashamed of today’s youth if Socrates saw it I can’t even imagine how angry he would be and the things he would say.      

Essay #3

         I will grow a lot in the next few years and having a plan is always the best way to approach the future. Sept one, thing I will do is get acclimated with the school.  Step two, I will study hard and try to turn all of my assignments in on time or early.  Step three, I will get into the plays and try out for sports and actives that I have never tried before.  Step four, make many new friends that I will be able to have fun with and have forever.  Step five, Graduate and get into a good college and just be very happy.    

Frist Friday

Human Geo was my last class of the day and all day I was looking forward to it.  Not just because it was the last thing before my free mod but because it’s just a fun class.  Today we talked about a philosopher back in B.C times, his name was Socrates.  He was a very smart man but he wasn’t smart enough to get out of his trail for death. All he had to do was to apologize but he didn’t.  So then he had to drink this poison that paralyzed him and then killed him.  I thought that is kind of bad way to die.  Even though he was going out in a heroic way I still would have just said I’m sorry and will never do anything like that ever again.  I guess if I really believe in something I would stand up for it though so it really probably depends on what it is.  If I was on trial for loving cupcakes I probably would have let them take my life as long as I could die by eating a poisoned cupcake.   

Today in Geo

         Today I had human geo 2^nd and 3^rd mod, we actually started learning things today.  Which wasn’t as fun as talking to friend but for a human geo class it was a lot of fun.  We read a paper written by a man named Elbert.  I personally thought that what we read was definitely making a good point.  People do complain and slack off so much.  The problem is so many people get away with slacking off that they just keep on doing it.  I find it annoying when people don’t do their work. We also got donuts, but some people didn’t take one.  That kind of surprised me because I was starving and when I saw the donuts I was like FOOD!!!   I also got to talk to the people next to me about quidditch.  We all might join the team this coming season.  I think it would be a lot of fun to be on the quidditch team I always thought that game looked like fun when I watched the movie Harry Potter.   

Day 2 of Human Geo

So Human Geo is my favorite class so far.  Today in class we got all of our blogs working.  Mine was already set up, so I got to talk to the people next to me next to me.   I talked to Maria, I knew Maria from basketball she was on my team for about 3 years.  She was also on my soccer team.  I also talked to Savanna I have talk to her before but I realized that she is really nice and funny.  I talked to Taylor she sits across.  She was also very nice and she was loud too.  The boy that sits next to me was nice but he was quiet and kind of shy.  Over all today was a great day in human Geo.  Even though soon we will begin actually learning things and studying.  The class will hopefully stay my favorite as the year goes on. 

In the time of ancient Geek the word idiot was used to describe a person that was very private. 

Arête – qualities that make up a person with good character  

Polis- means city in Greek

 Socrates- was a philosopher that never wrote and thing but he changed the way people looked at philosophy forever

The death of Socrates- Socrates was condemned to death by drinking hemlock.

The Socratic method- a form of debate from different viewpoints, named after Socrates

The date 508 BC – when war started between Ancient Rome and the Etruscans  

Agora- a central part of cities in in old Greek   

The beginning

Today was the first real day of Human Geo we learned about what we will be doing this year.  We read the rules and learned about the class.  I like how we will be writing notes instead of tying things because I remember things when I write them.   We got new seats and I sit in a pretty good spot.   I sit behind an old friend from softball Maria.  I think this class will be fun.  Mr. Schick miss spelled my name, it made me very mad.  Just kidding Mr. Schick I suck at names it is a miracle that I can remember my own.  We have a pretty big class.  I know most of the people I it so that’s good.  I liked the energy in the classroom it kind of takes some of the stress away.  Today the class was fun I just hope it stays that way.      

freaked out freshman

          When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was look at my watch. When I saw it was almost 7:00, I started to freak out.  I did my hair very nicely and put on little bit of makeup (which is unusual for me because my hair is usually in a bun and I never wear makeup). I was nervous when I walked in, but instead of a small hello I received the biggest hug from Mrs. B and then I felt at home. Then, I felt much better to see all of my friends in the cafeteria and meet new people.  I found it pretty cool that we got to go to our classes for a few minutes and see everyone.  As the day started to end and I watched my friends and I start to walk apart and talk to new people, I realized in the next four years at this school everything is going to change. I will grow mentally and physically.  I will make new friends and my friends will make new friends.  So far I am ready for John Carroll I just hope JC is ready for me!