Hello,
Today in class we went over the answers for Wednesday's homework. For this assignment as you saw in the last blog, it was 25 questions. We were only allowed to use one website, the CIA Factbook. All the answers were on the website but a bit scattered so it was in a way a scavenger hunt. Most of my answers for the homework were correct and I learned a lot throughout this homework assignment. We learned to use this website because we may go over it and use it in the future. I believe that I learned to navigate the website very well and I will be good to go to use it again.
Next class we are told that we will be watching a video called "God Grew Tried of Us."
Monday, September 30, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Answers
- What is the population of the United States?
316,667,567
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?
193,238,868
4. What kind of government does the United States have?
Constitution - based federal republic; strong Democratic Tradition
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?
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 has the second largest proved reserves of crude oil in the world?
Venezuela
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
15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita?
No
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?
India
19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?
18th
20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?
No
21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?
23.9%
22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?
82.7%
23. What is Net Migration Rate?
The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,00 persons
24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world?
No
25. According to the Factbook, what is the current population of the entire planet?
7,095,217,9080
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
PowerPoint Finished
We finished the power point today, and we went over what we think on immigration. I believe that immigration is a good thing for this country and others. Immigrants are happy to do a lot of manual labor that some Americas don't enjoy or don't have the patience to do. Mr. Schick told us a story about how his wife found that only immigrants were doing the manly jobs of gardening and landscaping. I believe that they take these jobs because they are very grateful to be in America and they really want to earn money to send home so they take what they get. I don't think illegal immigration is okay though. I think that there are still a large amount of illegal immigrants in America today and there are some in other countries as well. Since we finished the Powerpoint I can't wait to see what we will be working on next class!
Monday, September 23, 2013
Test and Vocabulary
Hello,
Today in class we took the rest of the test. I think that I did very well. I only had one last essay question to do so I didn't leave myself with too much work, which was good. After we all handed in our tests we learned some new vocabulary. We also learned some of the issues that people have with population. I learned that the U.S. has the #50 life expectancy of all of the countries in the world. You would think that our country would be higher on the list, but they aren't. The top is Monaco with has a life expectancy for all people around 90 years of age. That is UNBELIEVABLE. When you think about it that is a very long time to live. The last thing that we learned is that the world's population has increase by billions in the last 40 years. We are now on a steady pace to gain a billion people a year. This comes from the birth rates being higher than the than the death rates in most of the countries in the world. That's all we learned today and I hope to finish the PowerPoint tomorrow!
Today in class we took the rest of the test. I think that I did very well. I only had one last essay question to do so I didn't leave myself with too much work, which was good. After we all handed in our tests we learned some new vocabulary. We also learned some of the issues that people have with population. I learned that the U.S. has the #50 life expectancy of all of the countries in the world. You would think that our country would be higher on the list, but they aren't. The top is Monaco with has a life expectancy for all people around 90 years of age. That is UNBELIEVABLE. When you think about it that is a very long time to live. The last thing that we learned is that the world's population has increase by billions in the last 40 years. We are now on a steady pace to gain a billion people a year. This comes from the birth rates being higher than the than the death rates in most of the countries in the world. That's all we learned today and I hope to finish the PowerPoint tomorrow!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
PowerPoint Behind the Swoosh
Hello,
Today in class we presented our powerpoint. Our powerpoint was about globalization. Throughout our research we realized that there are a lot of pros and cons about globalization. One major pro of globalization of globalization is that pretty much everything that is in America is made in other countries. For example, 98% of clothes are made in other countries and not America. One example of a con is that globalization leads to things like the Nike sweatshop incident. Globalization is also bad because sometimes it leads to bad things like Nike hiring officials in Indonesia to force kids into working for Nike. The bad part about this is that Nike pays their workers less than minimum wage and the working conditions are terrible. But now I have to go study for the test and review all of the great stuff I researched on globalization.
Today in class we presented our powerpoint. Our powerpoint was about globalization. Throughout our research we realized that there are a lot of pros and cons about globalization. One major pro of globalization of globalization is that pretty much everything that is in America is made in other countries. For example, 98% of clothes are made in other countries and not America. One example of a con is that globalization leads to things like the Nike sweatshop incident. Globalization is also bad because sometimes it leads to bad things like Nike hiring officials in Indonesia to force kids into working for Nike. The bad part about this is that Nike pays their workers less than minimum wage and the working conditions are terrible. But now I have to go study for the test and review all of the great stuff I researched on globalization.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Behind the Swoosh #2
Helllo,
Today we learned that after the whole thing with sweatshops in Indonesia, Nike increased the people's pay by $1.25 to $3.70. I think that this is at least a start, but it's still not a lot. Also the factories are also in bad condition. The pay increase was a good start, but the minimum wage for that area is $4. Nike has hired government security to force people on taking the $.30 decrease and working for Nike. This is absolutely outrageous. It may be better that they increased pay, but they are literally forcing people in Indonesia and other countries to work there. If they don't like it then they are told to find another place to work, which there practically isn't, and they are not welcome to work there again. If you ask me this is not fair at all. After learning more about that we went back into our groups to work on our powerpoint. I hope that in the future Nike pays at least minimum wage and doesn't force people to work for them.
Today we learned that after the whole thing with sweatshops in Indonesia, Nike increased the people's pay by $1.25 to $3.70. I think that this is at least a start, but it's still not a lot. Also the factories are also in bad condition. The pay increase was a good start, but the minimum wage for that area is $4. Nike has hired government security to force people on taking the $.30 decrease and working for Nike. This is absolutely outrageous. It may be better that they increased pay, but they are literally forcing people in Indonesia and other countries to work there. If they don't like it then they are told to find another place to work, which there practically isn't, and they are not welcome to work there again. If you ask me this is not fair at all. After learning more about that we went back into our groups to work on our powerpoint. I hope that in the future Nike pays at least minimum wage and doesn't force people to work for them.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Behind the Swoosh
Hello,
Today in class we learned more about the meaning of sweatshops. We learned that Nike has many of them in the world and has people working in them for only about $2 a day. In the video that we watched a man named Jimmy, who wouldn't wear Nike products because of the way the workers were treated, went to Indonesia where one of the sweatshops is and tried to live off of the wages that they were given. They wanted to live just like them (minus the work) to see if they could actually do it. During the summer that they spent there he experienced things like extreme sickness and severe weight loss. He then realized that doing this plus having kids is no where near enough to live off of. Jimmy was a soccer coach at St. John's which was at the time the best soccer team in the nation. They then signed a $3.5 million with Nike and they supplied many products for them to use and their coach, Jimmy, refused to wear the things. He was later fired which made him want to experience what it is like working in Indonesia and seeing where they lived and how they lived. After living their for the summer they met with the CEO of Nike who declined to speak to them. No people from Nike are supposed to be talking to him and people who are found talking to him are said to have immense consequences. No Nike workers will now talk to him and he still to this day stands by what he believes in and thinks that action should be taken against Nike. This whole experience and video has a lot to do with globalization. This is one way that globalization isn't the best, because of sweatshops and low wages like this. I can't wait to learn more and learn more about the topic of globalization.
Today in class we learned more about the meaning of sweatshops. We learned that Nike has many of them in the world and has people working in them for only about $2 a day. In the video that we watched a man named Jimmy, who wouldn't wear Nike products because of the way the workers were treated, went to Indonesia where one of the sweatshops is and tried to live off of the wages that they were given. They wanted to live just like them (minus the work) to see if they could actually do it. During the summer that they spent there he experienced things like extreme sickness and severe weight loss. He then realized that doing this plus having kids is no where near enough to live off of. Jimmy was a soccer coach at St. John's which was at the time the best soccer team in the nation. They then signed a $3.5 million with Nike and they supplied many products for them to use and their coach, Jimmy, refused to wear the things. He was later fired which made him want to experience what it is like working in Indonesia and seeing where they lived and how they lived. After living their for the summer they met with the CEO of Nike who declined to speak to them. No people from Nike are supposed to be talking to him and people who are found talking to him are said to have immense consequences. No Nike workers will now talk to him and he still to this day stands by what he believes in and thinks that action should be taken against Nike. This whole experience and video has a lot to do with globalization. This is one way that globalization isn't the best, because of sweatshops and low wages like this. I can't wait to learn more and learn more about the topic of globalization.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
More Globalization
Hello,
Yesterday in class we talked more about globalization. We formed groups to make a project about whether or not we thought that it was a good idea. I believe that it is. If we didn't continue to help out so many other countries I think our world would fall apart. Since we help so many other countries I think that if we would just stop helping them, then more people would go to war, because then they wouldn't have the protection of us and then other countries that are in conflict with them would then attack, because they don't have a good enough army to sustain their people. Then they would stop exports to our countries and we would not get many of the things that we need in our county that is essential. After reading that I would think that you would agree with me. You may not believe me, but so many things that we have in the U.S. come from other countries. This is why I think it is essential to use globalization in our country.
Yesterday in class we talked more about globalization. We formed groups to make a project about whether or not we thought that it was a good idea. I believe that it is. If we didn't continue to help out so many other countries I think our world would fall apart. Since we help so many other countries I think that if we would just stop helping them, then more people would go to war, because then they wouldn't have the protection of us and then other countries that are in conflict with them would then attack, because they don't have a good enough army to sustain their people. Then they would stop exports to our countries and we would not get many of the things that we need in our county that is essential. After reading that I would think that you would agree with me. You may not believe me, but so many things that we have in the U.S. come from other countries. This is why I think it is essential to use globalization in our country.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Hello,
In Human Geography today we talked about the definition of globalization. Globalization is a process that is old as civilization. The process of globalization has spread religious faiths far beyond their areas of region. Globalization is happening everywhere and we are trying to make it happen. One example, is the United Nations. The United States is constantly trying to achieve globalization. It's in a way like world peace. We want to be 'friends' with all of the countries in the world. Sadly though the world doesn't all want to be friends with us. We also took more notes on globalization in through google documents. I didn't get to use google documents earlier because I wasn't in class yesterday, but I really like the whole concept. I think it is a great technology to use in class and would be throughout the school. I can't wait for class tomorrow!
In Human Geography today we talked about the definition of globalization. Globalization is a process that is old as civilization. The process of globalization has spread religious faiths far beyond their areas of region. Globalization is happening everywhere and we are trying to make it happen. One example, is the United Nations. The United States is constantly trying to achieve globalization. It's in a way like world peace. We want to be 'friends' with all of the countries in the world. Sadly though the world doesn't all want to be friends with us. We also took more notes on globalization in through google documents. I didn't get to use google documents earlier because I wasn't in class yesterday, but I really like the whole concept. I think it is a great technology to use in class and would be throughout the school. I can't wait for class tomorrow!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Hello,
Today in Human Geo class we went over the definitions that we had to do for homework. I learned that most places back then were considered city-states and not countries or something that they are considered today. Something that I definitely learned more about is Socrates. He was a famous Greek philosopher that was very well known at the time and had to suffer a painful death by poison. Not everyone agreed with his studies and he was sentenced to death. Mr. Schick was very fond of him and would want to meet him more than anyone else in the world. Socrates seemed like a very smart person and I will enjoy learning more about him in the upcoming Human Geography classes.
Today in Human Geo class we went over the definitions that we had to do for homework. I learned that most places back then were considered city-states and not countries or something that they are considered today. Something that I definitely learned more about is Socrates. He was a famous Greek philosopher that was very well known at the time and had to suffer a painful death by poison. Not everyone agreed with his studies and he was sentenced to death. Mr. Schick was very fond of him and would want to meet him more than anyone else in the world. Socrates seemed like a very smart person and I will enjoy learning more about him in the upcoming Human Geography classes.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
My five point action plan throughout John Carroll is:
-Don't fall behind when sick, or absent
-Be Rerespectful, don't talk when others are talking and treat everyone with respect
-Get involved, in sports, activities, and clubs
-Study for every quiz or test because it can go a long way
-Pay attention in class and don't slack off or miss work, because it will come to hurt you later
Here are the Definitions:
Agora - A gathering place where you talk
Arete - Very excellent or excellence
Polis - A major city
The year 508 BC - The city of Athens was established in 508 B.C.
Socrates - A Greek Athenian philosopher. One of the founders of the Western Philosophy.
The Death of Socrates - He died because he was criticizing critias. The Tyrant of Athens was really pissed off and told him that he can either drink a cup of poison or he can be faced exile.
The Socratic Method - Its a method were you will ask yourself a question and you will answer so that way it can create a stimulate critical thinking. Created by Socrates.
What the Ancient Greeks meant when they will called you an idiot - They called you that because you were a private person and that's what idiot meant in Ancient times.
-Don't fall behind when sick, or absent
-Be Rerespectful, don't talk when others are talking and treat everyone with respect
-Get involved, in sports, activities, and clubs
-Study for every quiz or test because it can go a long way
-Pay attention in class and don't slack off or miss work, because it will come to hurt you later
Here are the Definitions:
Agora - A gathering place where you talk
Arete - Very excellent or excellence
Polis - A major city
The year 508 BC - The city of Athens was established in 508 B.C.
Socrates - A Greek Athenian philosopher. One of the founders of the Western Philosophy.
The Death of Socrates - He died because he was criticizing critias. The Tyrant of Athens was really pissed off and told him that he can either drink a cup of poison or he can be faced exile.
The Socratic Method - Its a method were you will ask yourself a question and you will answer so that way it can create a stimulate critical thinking. Created by Socrates.
What the Ancient Greeks meant when they will called you an idiot - They called you that because you were a private person and that's what idiot meant in Ancient times.
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