almost finished

Human Geo was very fun today because we worked on our presentations about Countries. I was finding a little more facts then the day before, but still wish I could find more. I did make a page on the presentations just about the sites because they are also very important. I found out that Francois Hollande’s father was a doctor whose politics were "far right;" while his mother was a liberal social worker. I also found other facts related to that, and they were all interesting. Zach and I eventually got to a point where we just had to find out one more thing about France, and we would be finished. I hope we are far enough, but other groups could be ahead of us by a lot more. I don’t know where we are compared to other groups. I liked this class so much today, and wish I could drop a class to have more of these.

making progress

In class today, we yet again worked on our group presentation about leaders. I liked the past two days in Human Geography because we get to work on these. I was struggling today with getting more facts because we answered most of the topics that Mr. Schick wanted us to talk about on his blog. I kept asking him what I should write about and he’d always come up with an answer. When I had the type of government, he said, “Look up how long they’ve had that type.” I did that and helped a lot. He also said, “Look up how long each term is for the Prime Minister and President is for France.” I looked that up and found out that when a new President is selected, they choose a Prime Minister to join them. This is very interesting information, and I hope to keep working on this.

3 more days to Halloween

In class today in Human Geography, we started group projects. There are 3 more days until halloween. Mr. Schick started out by putting us into groups by random groups. I wanted to get into a group with one of the exchange students, but got into a group with Zach. I still liked my group because Zach knows a lot in Human Geography. When we got into our groups were started researching right away. I used some of the facts from my blog. We were having trouble getting the France flag on the background of our presentation, but we eventually figured it out. In the whole class we only got about 5 facts, but Mr. Schick said we had a couple days to work on this, so Zach and I didn’t rush. As the class was about to end, I gathered up my books because I knew the bell was about to ring.

pop quiz

It wasn’t a very fun class in Human Geography on friday. We had to take a pop quiz on the political leaders. I had knew about it before the class because I heard people talking about it. It was kind of hard, and I didn’t do so great. I mainly just mixed up the leaders with other leaders. After we finished the test, Mr. Schick took our tests down to the scantron machine, and it scored the tests for us. Our average of the percentages were the highest out of the three sections. He also showed us what the shadows got on the test without even knowing what was gonna be on it. I thought that was pretty sad because some of them never even learned the material and still did better than a lot of people., including me. As we got it back, Mr. Schick once again did the bell procedure to anyone who got an A or A+.

Ding-a-Ling

Today’s class in Human Geo, we talked about the leaders again. I like talking about these leaders because they are all unique in many ways. I liked a lot of the facts about Vladimir Putin, and like the facted the her served in the KGB as an intelligence officer before becoming involved in politic. Many of these things are very interesting. I also thought it was interesting how Dilma Rousseff had to overcome from being beaten as a child to becoming president. Most of the leaders had something unique, but these two were my favorite because overcoming things, or just doing things that are hard to get is just majestic. We then talked a lot about Other leaders, and if Mr. Schick liked it he gave you a ding. Some people have got a ding, but some didn’t. I never have gotten a ding, but I hope I do in the future.

new edit to leaders

Enrique Peña Nieto:  Becomes a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Begins working for his cousin, Arturo Montiel Rojas, governor of the State of Mexico. He then worked his way up through many spots, until he got to be President. His first wife died, and had kids with another women when he was married to another. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/americas/enrique-pea-nieto-fast-facts/index.html

Xi Jinping: When Xi was 10, his father was purged and sent to work in a factory in Luoyang, Henan.Xi was 15 when his father was jailed in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution. Xi studied chemical engineering at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University. From 1998 to 2002, he studied Marxist philosophy and ideological education. Xi joined the Communist Youth League in 1971 and the Communist Party of China in 1974. Following the dismissal of Shanghai Party Chief Chen Liangyu in September 2006 due to a social security fund scandal, Xi was transferred to Shanghai in March 2007 to become the new Party Chief of Shanghai. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping

Pranab Mukherjee: He was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum district in the Bengal province of British India. His father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was active in the Indian independence movement. He attended the Suri Vidyasagar College in Suri, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.He worked for the congress of India, and started working his way up. Mukherjee ended his affiliation with the Indian National Congress and retired from active political life following his election as President in 2012. He was a tchaiwallah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee

Vladimir Putin: He studied at Leningrad State University for law in 1975. He is an Orthodox Christian. Enjoys working out and has a black belt in judo. Grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families. Served in the KGB as an intelligence officer before becoming involved in politic. Chief of the Federal Security Service. Acting Prime Minister of Russia. Just two hours after Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in, new Russian president Medvedev names Putin as his prime minister.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/world/europe/vladimir-putin---fast-facts/

Angela Merkel: Married twice. She was a physicist, and has a PHD in quantum chemistry. Research associate at Zentralinstitut fur physikalische Chemie in Berlin. She becomes the first female chairperson of the CDU.  In 2005 she is sworn in as the first women Chancellor of Germany. She then is re-elected chancellor of Germany in 2009.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/world/europe/angela-merkel---fast-facts/

David Cameron- Cameron was officially declared winner of the Leader of the Conservative Party election in December 2005. His win was due in large part to his vow to inspire a new generation; he wanted people to "feel good about being Conservatives again,"
http://www.biography.com/people/david-cameron-39203#synopsis

 François Hollande- He was nick-named the “pizza delivery boy”. Hollande demonstrated an early interest in politics and volunteered for François Mitterrand's second unsuccessful presidential campaign while he was still a student. 

http://www.biography.com/people/françois-hollande-20849813#synopsis

 Dilma Rousseff- She was abused as a little girl and still managed to become who she is. This is very impressive because it would be hard to overcome.

Bashar al-Assad- With much of the military composed of fellow Alawite associates, he was able to integrate the military into his political regime, and ruled Syria with an iron fist for three decades.

Stephen Harper- As Prime Minister, he has pushed for the recognition of Quebec as a nation and sought to secure control over Arctic waters for petroleum resources.

Shinzo Abe- Abe was a member of a prominent political family. His grandfather Kishi Nobusuke served as Japan’s prime minister from 1957 to 1960, and his great-uncle Sato Eisaku held the same post from 1964 to 1972. 

Benjamin Netanyahu-  He spent most of his teen years living in the Philadelphia area, where his father, noted Jewish historian Benzion Netanyahu, worked as a professor.

Enrique Peña Nieto:  Becomes a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Begins working for his cousin, Arturo Montiel Rojas, governor of the State of Mexico. He then worked his way up through many spots, until he got to be President. His first wife died, and had kids with another women when he was married to another. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/americas/enrique-pea-nieto-fast-facts/index.html

Xi Jinping: When Xi was 10, his father was purged and sent to work in a factory in Luoyang, Henan.Xi was 15 when his father was jailed in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution. Xi studied chemical engineering at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University. From 1998 to 2002, he studied Marxist philosophy and ideological education. Xi joined the Communist Youth League in 1971 and the Communist Party of China in 1974. Following the dismissal of Shanghai Party Chief Chen Liangyu in September 2006 due to a social security fund scandal, Xi was transferred to Shanghai in March 2007 to become the new Party Chief of Shanghai. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping

Pranab Mukherjee: He was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum district in the Bengal province of British India. His father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was active in the Indian independence movement. He attended the Suri Vidyasagar College in Suri, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.He worked for the congress of India, and started working his way up. Mukherjee ended his affiliation with the Indian National Congress and retired from active political life following his election as President in 2012.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee

Vladimir Putin: He studied at Leningrad State University for law in 1975. He is an Orthodox Christian. Enjoys working out and has a black belt in judo. Grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families. Served in the KGB as an intelligence officer before becoming involved in politic. Chief of the Federal Security Service. Acting Prime Minister of Russia. Just two hours after Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in, new Russian president Medvedev names Putin as his prime minister.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/world/europe/vladimir-putin---fast-facts/

Angela Merkel: Married twice. She was a physicist, and has a PHD in quantum chemistry. Research associate at Zentralinstitut fur physikalische Chemie in Berlin. She becomes the first female chairperson of the CDU.  In 2005 she is sworn in as the first women Chancellor of Germany. She then is re-elected chancellor of Germany in 2009.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/world/europe/angela-merkel---fast-facts/

David Cameron- Cameron was officially declared winner of the Leader of the Conservative Party election in December 2005. His win was due in large part to his vow to inspire a new generation; he wanted people to "feel good about being Conservatives again,"
http://www.biography.com/people/david-cameron-39203#synopsis

 François Hollande- He was nick-named the “pizza delivery boy”. Hollande demonstrated an early interest in politics and volunteered for François Mitterrand's second unsuccessful presidential campaign while he was still a student. 

http://www.biography.com/people/françois-hollande-20849813#synopsis

 Dilma Rousseff- She was abused as a little girl and still managed to become who she is. This is very impressive because it would be hard to overcome.

Bashar al-Assad- With much of the military composed of fellow Alawite associates, he was able to integrate the military into his political regime, and ruled Syria with an iron fist for three decades.

Stephen Harper- As Prime Minister, he has pushed for the recognition of Quebec as a nation and sought to secure control over Arctic waters for petroleum resources.

Shinzo Abe- Abe was a member of a prominent political family. His grandfather Kishi Nobusuke served as Japan’s prime minister from 1957 to 1960, and his great-uncle Sato Eisaku held the same post from 1964 to 1972. 

Benjamin Netanyahu-  He spent most of his teen years living in the Philadelphia area, where his father, noted Jewish historian Benzion Netanyahu, worked as a professor.

Political Geography

Country: Mexico

Form of gov't: Presidential system, Federal republic, Constitutional republic

Title: President

Leader: Enrique Peña Nieto

Country: China

Form of gov't: Communist state, Socialist state, Single-party state

Title: President

Leader: Xi Jinping

                                           

Country: India

Form of gov't: Federal republic, Constitutional republic, Parliamentary system

Title: President

Leader: Pranab Mukherjee

Country: Russia

Form of gov't: Federal republic, Semi-presidential system, Constitutional republic

Title: President

Leader: Vladimir Putin

Country: Germany

Form of gov't: Federal republic, Constitutional republic, Representative democracy, Parliamentary republic

Title: President, Chancellor

Leader: Joachim Gauck, Angela Merkel 

Country: United Kingdom

Form of gov't: Unitary state, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system

Title: Prime Minister 

Leader: David Cameron

Country: France

Form of gov't: Unitary state, Semi-presidential system, Constitutional republic

Title: President

Leader: François Hollande

Country: Brazil

Form of gov't: Presidential system, Federal republic, Constitutional republic

Title: President

Leader: Dilma Rousseff 

Country: Syria

Form of gov't: Unitary state, Semi-presidential system

Title: President

Leader: Bashar al-Assad 

Country: Canada

Form of gov't: Federal monarchy, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system

Title: Prime Minister

Leader: Stephen Harper

Country: Japan

Form of gov't: Unitary state, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system

Title: Prime Minister

Leader: Shinzo Abe

Country: Israel

Form of gov't: Parliamentary system

Title: Prime Minister

Leader: Benjamin Netanyahu

Mr. Schick gets mad

In class today, Mr. Schick got very furious. It was kinda unexpected because I could never see him get this mad. He got mad because of people talking over him. I talked only once, but other people were talking a lot. We also went over our tests today. I figured out the ones I got wrong. I didn’t know that I mixed up the pull and push forces completely. If I didn't get those wrong I would have done way better. When Mr. Schick got mad, he walked out of the class, but about 5 minutes later, he came back in. He was so mad that he didn’t want to teach the class anymore, so he let a kid named, Stephen be the teacher. He actually did a good job with that. If someone had a question about the test, Mr. Schick would answer it for them. It was a different class.

Nothing

The word nothing means, not anything; no single thing. Today in class, me and a lot of other students did nothing. We did nothing because, a few other students had to make up their tests because they weren’t there on friday. Mr. Schick wanted them to have as much silence as we did when we were taking the test. I played 2048 quietly to myself, and studied for my math test that I had later on in that day. I liked this class because I really needed to study for this test. He then let us look at our test grade that we got. I didn’t do so well. I was hoping a way higher grade, but I think I’m just a very bad test taker. I hope we can have more days like this one because then I could study for a test I might have later on in that day.

test 2

In today’s class in Human Geography, we had a test. It was actually pretty easy. I think I got at least a B. I made flashcards on quizlet to help me with the terms for it. It helped a lot because I had the exact definitions on quizlet and the test. I thinked i missed a couple of the questions, but know a got many right. I liked the part how we had to go onto CIA FACTBOOK to get the answers for the first page of the test. That part was very easy, but had a tiny bit of trouble on a few of them. I did eventually find them, and i got the answers. I hope I do get a good score, but I guess everyone hope that. As I finished the last bonus question, I thought I had got it right. When I turned it into Mr. Schick, he said, “yes you did get one right.”

testing tomorrow

We have a test tomorrow in Human Geography. We had class today that was about the test and we went over what was going to be on the test. We went over how to use the CIA Factbook, how we are going to have to know the terms, and just general things that are gonna be on there. We went over total fertility rate, and replacement rate. They both talk about the birth by women of babies. It’s all very interesting to learn. We didn’t really go over all the terms because we went over it the day before. Mr. Schick told us that we are going to have to identify the population pyramids of each country, and identify each one. I have unexpected expectations for the test tomorrow, but am anxious to know what's going to be on it. I hope I can get above a B. It’s going to be harder than the last one because we can’t use our blog.

terms for test

In today’s class we went over many terms. The terms are going to be on the test on Friday. There are many terms.  

life expectancy- The average number of years to be lived by people born in the same year. (low number of life expectancy means bad things happen)

crude death rate (CDR)-  the total number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.

crude birth rate (CBR)- the total number of births per year per 1,000 people.

developing nations- A nation with a lower living standard, undeveloped industrial base, and low Human Development Index relative to other countries. (Infrastructure)

developed nations-  A post-industrial economies, meaning the service sector provides more wealth than the industrial sector

rate of natural increase (RNI)- The rate of which the population increases or decreases due to deaths and births

net migration rate (NMR)- The difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time

Immigration- Coming in to a country

Emigration- Leaving a country

push forces- Why you want to leave a country

pull forces- Why you want to go into another country

Oil will run out eventually

The U.S consumes more oil than any other country in the world. Yet again, we talked about another fascinating topic in Human Geography today. We talked about mainly oil, and our future lives with it. We started off class with everyone listening to music. I think Mr. Schick is the coolest teacher because he’s not super strict. We talked about our upcoming quiz this friday, and he told us that we will be able to use the CIA Factbook website. This website is very useful. He then had us look up cool facts on the U.S from that website. We then talked about oil, and how our lives are going to be affected by it later in life because it will probably run out. I actually got worried because I love engines, and they wouldn’t be around without oil. Oil is very important, and the earth will be in chaos without it.

first friday of october

In class today in Human Geography was a class that just had students talking about things. I was surprised about the facts some of my classmates knew. I didn’t know any of the facts they were saying. It was almost like they were having a presidential debate. At times it got funny, and loud. They were arguing that getting hold of oil is the main reason of war. I think it’s mostly because of religion, and a little bit of getting hold of oil. I was into the conversation and arguing, and liked listening to everyone’s opinion. I also liked how some classmates agreed with each other a lot, but other said things that no one agreed with. Mr. Schick didn’t agree with some of them. He actually said to one classmate that his opinion was dumb. My classmate said, “We should just bomb the whole middle east.” I think that’s a terrible idea and I know other people did also. It was a great class.

2nd day of october

In today’s class, we yet again did really nothing productive. I like this class so much because a lot of the time we do fun stuff. We looked on a website about population pyramids, and it was very interesting. We looked at many countries and compared each pyramid, and looked how unique some of them. I thought that UAE was a very interesting one. Also, other countries were very cool to look at. I looked at a lot of countries in the class, and found out a lot of cool information about many. I learned that South Africa has more than 13 different languages. A lot of the countries have a lot of similar pyramids. I think that this class was and is the funnest. While I’m writing this, I think of all the countries that had cool statistics. I actually loved looking up all these statistics about these countries, and hope we can look this up more in the future

first day of october

It was by far the most fun class we had in Human Geography on the first day of October as a Freshman. We got into class, and Mr. Schick sat down on a students desk, and said, “I really do like you guys. You are my favorite class probably.” Everyone actually looked stunned that he said that because we are usually loud. He then said he is part of these people in the U.S that do things, and he got a free subscription to Spotify. I guess he got a subscription for everyone in the 9th grade who takes his class. He then told everyone in the class what their code was to log into it. Everyone waited for there code to be called by him. Many people couldn’t get in, but I could by logging into Facebook. My classmate, John actually told me how to get in. After everyone got in, we just listened to music, talked, and had a fun class.