12/11

today we got our tests back, i got a 76, i honestly think i couldve done better, i hope my grade goes up one point soon, because i have a 79 and i need a B.

Today in class we took our test, i think i did well on it. I studied for about an hour last night for it. Actually i thought it was easy.

12/8

Today in class we went over what will be on our test
- 5 religions
- Slumdog Millionare
- ethnic heritage

11/24

Today in the movie slumdog millionare we saw Salim kick his brother Jamal out and then they had to run away so they left him. Years later they find eachother to find out Latika married the gangster Salim is working for. Also Jamal wins 20,000,000 rs on who wants to be a millionare

11/21

I wasn't here today but here's my best try at this
In American culture we our more highly educated than you would be in Indian culture like the slums
American culture also has alot more wealth than Indian culture. The Indian culture has alot more population than we do. In the Indian culture they're goverment is also alot more strict and brutal, since they would torture their own citizens. American culture is also cleaner, like the water and more food.

11/20

i was not in class today.

11/17

Cultural Geography
Cultural Characteristics- parts of a groups everyday life. What you're taught
example- language, religion, ethnic heritage.
Today in class i found out i passed my test. If it brings my grade up i will be happy. I want at least an 80 by midquarters.

11/14

Russia's national anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w

English translation:
Russia – our sacred homeland,

Russia – our beloved country.
A mighty will, great glory –
These are your heritage for all time!

Chorus:

Be glorious, our free Fatherland,

Age-old union of fraternal peoples,

Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!

Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!

From the southern seas to the polar lands
Spread are our forests and fields.
You are unique in the world, one of a kind –
This native land protected by God!

Chorus

Wide spaces for dreams and for living
Are opened for us by the coming years
Our loyalty to the Fatherland gives us strength.
Thus it was, thus it is and thus it always will be!

Chorus

11/13

Today in class we took our test, i honestly thought it was easy. I studied for about a half hour last night on the countries and there leaders. The only thing i believe i needed work on was my essay.

11/12

Today in class we went over what would be on our test. We went over what countries we needed to study and we also got to ask questions about the test.

I was not in today

Today in class we went over our countries and went over what will  be on our test. Also we discussed if Obama should be in office or not. I honestly think he should not, he's already had two impeachable offenses and makes some poor choices for  the nation.

Brazil-
Federal Republic since 1988
The president is Dilma Rousseff and she is the 36th president
Term is 4 years
She was the chief of state
Electing someone new
Impeach
Assassinate

Canada-
a parlimentary democracy
the monarch is head of state but they have a constitution giving them the right to elect their government
 In 1931 it became a common wealth country
There was a period of time where it was under British rule
The prime minister is Stephen Harper and has been since January 23, 2006
He can be impeached

Today in class we shared our power point on Russia.

Syria is a "Republic" run by Bashar al-Assasd
has been in power since June 20,2000
No other way to get rid of him other than assassination

Japan has been around since 660 B.C.
Japan is a constitutional monarchy run by Emperor Akihito and Prime minister Shinzo Abe
Emperor came in 1989
He is the worlds only Emperor
Prime  minister is elected
all men and women over 20 can vote
if the public doesnt like them, they can be thrown out

Today in class we listened to the presentations of the US and France. Both are a republic, and can only be impeached, assassinated, and start a 3rd party to overthrow their leader.

Today in class we finished up our projects on how to overthrow a leader, Jack and I did russia and i found out that russias goverment is very strict and once contained over 50 countries!

Today in class Jack and I started our leadership project. We are doing Russia and are learning how you could overthrow the russian goverment other than assisination

1) President XI Jinping
-son of founding members of the communist party 
-Joined the Communist Party of China.
2) President Pranab Mukherjeer
-He began his career as a clerk in the office of the Deputy Accountant-General in Kolkata
- worked as a teacher in a Birbhum college and as a journalist for Desher Dak
3)  prime minister David William Donald Cameron 
-He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics
- went to Brasenose College
4) Bashar al-assad
- went to the Arab-French al Hurriya School in Damascus
- Bashar learned to speak fluent English and French
5) President Reuben Rivlin
-Rivlin believes in democracy  
- believes in free speech 
6) President

Enrique Pena Nieto-In 1984 becomes a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.-In 1999 he begins working for his cousin, Arturo Montiel Rojas, governor of the State of Mexico. 7)  Chancellor of Germany Angela Meryl -From 1965 to 1990 he was in the service of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg -Doctrine in Quantum Chemistry  8) Governor David Johnston --One of the first members of the U.S. Geological Survey, Survived a volcano eruption. -wanted to be pro  hockey player 9) President Francois Hollande-He attended the Institut de Sciences Politiques- went to the École des Hautes Études Commerciales10) President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin- likes to take shirtless pictures - he began his career in the KGB as an intelligence officer11) Emperor Akihito-kihito was officially invested with the title Kotaishi Denka, Crown Prince- long line of family leaders 12) President Dilma Rousseff-Fighting the underground battle against the ruling military dictatorship landed her in prison in 1970, where she spent nearly three years and was tortured with electric shocks.- member of the Democratic Labor Party .

1. Mexico
Federal Republic
President
Enrique Pena Nieto


2. China
Communism
President
Xi Jinping


3. India
Republic

1. Prime minister: Narendra Modi
2. President: Pranab Mukherjee
3. 

4. Russia
Federal Republic

1. President: Vladimir Putin
2. Prime minister: Dmitry Medvedev
3. 
4. 5. Germany 
5. Federal Republic 
6. 1. Chancellor: Angela Merkel
   2. 1. President: Joachim Gauck

      
      

   

6.  United Kingdom 

Her Majesty's goverment 

1. Queen: Elizabeth II

7. Canada 

1.  federal parliamentary democracy
2. queen Elizabeth ll
3. 

8. Syria 
 Syrian Arab Republic

1. President: Bashar al-Assad
2. Prime minister: Wael Nader al-Halqi
3. 

9.  France 
French Republic

1. President: François Hollande
2. 

10. Japan
constitutional monarchy

Emperor

Akihito

11.Brazil
 Federative Republic of Brazil

1. President: Dilma Rousseff
2. 
3. 12. Isreal
4.  parliamentary democracy
5. 1. Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
   2. President: Reuven Rivlin
   3. 

Today in class we went over our test. I got an 88 on it. We went over how to work the CIA factbook, population pyramids, and push/pull factors

I was out of class today, i was getting impression of my retainer.

Today in class we went over information for our test. We went over things like net migration, Total fertility rate, net migration rate, and population pyramids. We also need to know how to work the CIA factbook

Today in class we went over why the united states is not the worlds greatest country. Honestly i agree with this, over the past 100 years or so, we have gone down in literacy rates, death rates, and almost everything important. And we are number one in putting people in jail. I believe people are abusing the freedom we have and are being lazy. We can be the best country again if we tried and had better leaders, but we don't

10/2

Today we got 3 free months of spotify. My first playlist is
All Good by Daniel Ratliff
Burn by Meek Mill
0 to 100 by Drake
Bonfire by Childish Gambino

9/29

Today Mr.Schick is in Maine for a wedding, so in class we watched a video and had to answer questions on our blogs
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)? 
C:1155
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 
3. What does a Population Pyramid NOT give you information about? 
D: Death rates 
4. Which continent would have the most fast-growth pyramids?
A: Africa 

Crude birth rate- number of births per 1000 people
crude death rate- number of deaths per 1000 people
Rate of natural increase (RNI)- death rate minus birth rate
Net migration rate- The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
An excess of persons entering the country is net migration
It's written in a positive number
Canada has 5.65 migrants per 1000 people
US: 3.62
An excess of people leaving the country is net migration
It's written in a negitive number
Mexico has -3.11 migrants per 1000 people
In 2007, the US had (78.49 total:     76.05 men,  81.05 women) life

9/18

Today in class we went over population and migration. The worlds population has been growing rapidly over time. The world has over 7 billion people on it. From undevolped countrys, were gaining more and more people evry year, about 2,3 kids a second! And then we lost to calvert hall today :(

9/17

Today in class we took a test. The test was on Socrates, ancient Greece, A message to Garcia, Americanization and Globalization. I thought the test was easy. Also i got my Science brain flex read by Mr. Schick.  The hardest test question to me was probably the quote " The unexamined life is not worth living" i believed the quote meant to live life with no regrets.

9/12

Today in class we went over our test next Wednesday.
Globalization- is the connection of different parts of the world. Globalization results in the expansion of international cultural, economic and political activities
Americanization- is the influence the United States has on the culture of other countries, such as their popular culture, cuisine, technology, business practices, or political techniques.
B.C.E- Before Common Era 
A.D.- After Death

Today in class we went over how much technology has had an impact on our generation. And how apple has a watch now with the iPhone 6. We also went over how China will be the number one English speaking  country in the world soon. And how India's people are taking american based jobs for less money so we dont have as much jobs. We also learned about the first cell phones and how you had to attach it to your hip.

Today in class we got new seats but nobody liked it at all. So we used what we learned in class about the Greek's democracy and how everyone voted on what they did. We had students come present their case on why we should move our seats back. Literally the whole class we did that. After a vote about 90% of the class said we should change seats. Also my new name for class is Dayquan. Another thing is a sit right by Jack and James, which means on days we can do what we want, we'll be able to watch film for football.

Agora- was a central spot in ancient Greek city-states
Arete- means "excellence of any kind".^[1] The term may also mean "moral virtue".
Polis-  literally means city in Greek. It can also mean citizenship and body of citizens. 
508 BC - The year 508 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Tricipitinus 
Socrates - was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers 
The death of Socrates-  is a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David. Like many of his works from that decade, the painting focuses on a classical subject, in this case the story of the execution of Socrates, as told by Plato in his Phaedo.
Socratic Method- named after the classical Greek philosopher Socrates, is a form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas. It is adialectical method, often involving a discussion in which the defense of one point of view is questioned; one participant may lead another to contradict himself in some way, thus strengthening the inquirer's own point.
Being called an idiot in ancient Greece-  In ancient Greece, the inventors of democracy set up a law that required every person to vote, regardless of who they voted for. If anyone was found not voting, the person would be publicly marked and labeled an idiot

Today in class we went over A Message to Garcia which was written in 1899. It was about President McKinley trying to get a message to a man in Cuba named Garcia during the Spanish-American war. 

Nobody could get to Cuba but one man named rowan did it with no questions asked. It showed how most people would make excuses or say they cant do it. We also went over the ALS ice bucket challenge and how it raised over 50 million dollars. I have done it and i thought it was pretty cool, i also donated 10 dollars to ALS. 

8/29-8/30
5 ways to have a successful freshman year at JC
1. Be organized, too much clutter will cause you to lose papers and get 0's
2. Be active in class, participating will help you understand more and answer questions.
3. Be in the community, make friends, play sports and be in clubs.
4. Don't fall behind, falling behind in class will cause stress, and bring your grades down.
5. Be polite to teachers and students, making friends will be able to help you with school work.

8/28

Today in human geo class, we checked our blogs and had the whole mod to do work in other classes, after i finished the rough draft for English, I went over some plays on Hudl with Jack and James. Other than that we talked the whole class. In other classes we worked on our projects for summer reading in English. In algebra  1 I took a pre test for the course, in intro to Bible i finished my bishop paper, and in Earth science, we went over basic rules and guidelines for the class. During my off mods, i listened to music and went over plays with Zach, Cody, Jeremiah,Danny and Paul. Im really hyped up for the game next week.

8/27/14

t Today in Human Geography I was pretty mad that im not allowed to be called "daddy" but oh well, i got a free lunch out of it. We went over guidelines for the class, where to get the class assignments from, and the teacher website. Also we set up our blogs for class, were supposed to blog every day we have class before midnight or else it wont be graded. I'm looking forward to this new school year at JC.