Today in Class... Country Assignment. 10/28/16

Today in class we finished our notes on Independent States. All independent states have their own form of government. This is basically what our assignment is over. Mr. Schick has given us 12 countries that we need to research. We have to find out their form of government, who their leader is, and the leaders title. We are also to include a picture of the leader. This all needs to be in google slides and we have to be sure to invite Mr. Schick so that he is able to make changes to our assignments.

Today's in Class... Discussion. 10/26/16

Today in class we just had a really big discussion. We talked about how society shapes the way people think and act. For example we talked about how Disney channel characters act this certain way and talk about certain things which cause kids to act and talk in different ways then they should. Emma was talking about how her six year old sister watches all these Disney shows that are meant for like preteens and now she talks about having boyfriends. When I was her age I thought boys were nasty and the thought of hugging one of them grossed me out. We also talked about how certain news stations favor certain political parties and try to tell people what their thoughts should be based on their own biases.

Today in Class... Late Let Again!

Today in class I was late yet again. I only made it to like the last ten minutes of class so I don't really know exactly what we were talking about but asked Abby if I could take home her notebook and copied her notes. So according to her notes this is Population and Settlement part 3. Her notes talked about how getting a college education isn't the only way to get a job. She also talked more about population pyramids and how they help people predict future population patterns. If I missed out on anything else please fill me in!

Today in Class... Test Review. 10/21/16

Today in class we received our tests back that we took yesterday. Turns out the questions that I talked about in yesterdays blog... I got them wrong. Yep I know... awkward. I got an 82% on the test and it dropped my overall grade from a 90.58% to a 87.19%. I was pretty upset and according to Mr. Schick it was obvious. Once I explained to him about why I need all A's and about training in Brasil for a week, then he understood. I mean it is what it is and if I cant change it or do anything about it, then I guess I will just imagine pictures of what Brasil's soccer fields would look like in my head while I'm in my backyard lol.

Today in Class... Test Number 2!

Today we took our second test of the year! I feel pretty good about it. The questions were just about all multiple choice, but the ones that weren't were pretty self- explanatory and if you have any common sense then you could figure it out. I got a little confused on the population pyramid, but in the end I remembered that i had looked up Germany's population pyramid one day and realized it was letter C. Then I looked back to one of first questions that I had answered on the front which was what the population of the US and used my common knowledge about the baby boom that we had and put the two together and realized that it was letter B. Then the last option left was letter A for Sudan.

(if i end up getting those wrong then this will be awkward...lol)

Today in Class... Reckless Driving. 10/18/16

Today in class we talked about Mr. Schick's experience with a very angry driver yesterday. He asked us why we think that people have so much anger and feel the need to scream at you when you aren't going as fast as they want to. i personally think its because of they way us Americans are brought up and the kind of environment we live in. we think that the world revolves around us and think that if we are in a rush to get somewhere, then everyone should somehow read our minds and move out of they way for us. That's just what i think though. then we went on the CIA website again to just try and find some interesting facts and to practice using it for the first part of our test on Thursday.

Today in Class... Radio Interview. 10/14/16

Today in class we listened to a radio interview that was discussed current events of what we have been talking about. In the radio interview, they interviewd a woman who stated that she thought that being a kid in the fifties was a lot better than being a kid now. We had discussed this in class and what we thought about it. I think (along with many others) that she can't really compare being a kid now to being a kid then. For one, she isn't a kid now so she has nothing to compare it to. Also the two generations are brought up in two different worlds so there really is no way to compare the two because in my generation we have all this technology that they didn't have back then.

Today in Class... Population Pyramids.10/12/16

Today in class we talked more about population pyramids. We also had a lot of shadows in class. I met two of the shadows, both of which play soccer and are going to try out for the team next year! I introduced them both to Coach Howe and she invited them both out to our game next Wednesday so hopefully they can come out, meet some of the girls, and cheer us on! Anyways, we talked about how in developed countries, there is a low death rate and low birth rate, so the population stays just abut the same. There are low birth rates because women are busier now with college and career opportunities, and there are low death rates because developed countries have more medicines to keep people alive longer and they don't die of things like starvation.

Today in Class... Something About Graphs.10/11/16

Today in class, I didn't really know what in the world we were talking about. For starters I wasn't here yesterday so whatever they went over yesterday in class I am behind on. Secondly, I came into class a good fifteen to twenty minutes late because I had an orthodontist appointment. When I came into class, they were watching a video about population with something about graphs. I copied a friends notes but they weren't that good so I am going to get another friends notes tomorrow and see if that helps me understand what we are talking about any better.

Today Not in Class... Soccer! 10/10/16

Today not in class, I was in VA playing in a soccer tournament. We did pretty well for only having three practices together and not knowing each other that well. On Saturday and Sunday, we won both of our games and beat the number one team in the country! Unfortunately today, we lost 2-1 to a New Jersey team. It was a tough loss, but from here we are only going to go up and continue to get better. We finished in second place, even though this was only a showcase tournament for colleges to get a look at players.

Today in Class... Interesting Facts. 10/7/16

Today in class we discussed interesting facts that we discovered while exploring the CIA World Fact-book. I thought that it was weird that only less than five perecent of the world spoke English as their first language. I was expecting it to be at least like maybe twenty percent. I mean think about it. The US speaks English along with England, Canada, Australia, and maybe more. I mean maybe my mind just doesn't comprehend how many people live in other countries or something but I don't know that was just something that surprised me. We also talked about how we should format out paper that we will be writing this weekend. Pretty simple stuff all the basics really. Well now I'm off to bed. Have to rest for my big tourney this weekend!

Today in Class...More CIA World Fact-book.10/5/16

Today in class we worked on part two of our CIA Word Fact-book project. Again, me and my partner decided to split the work load 50/50 so that we would both do an equal amount of work. I'm pretty sure this assignment is due tomorrow but Emily and I already finished it so it isn't an issue. We also got assigned our first paper which needs to be no less than 750 words, and is due on Monday next week. I guess I will do it in my hotel this weekend on my breaks between games.

Today in Class... Is the US the Greatest? 10/4/16

Today in class we discussed weather or not America was the greatest country. The first thing we did was take a vote on weather we were the greatest country or not and the majority of the class thought we were while others thought we weren't. then there were those who were like me, and didn't raise their hand at all. I didn't raise my hand because I don't think there is a 'greatest country' or 'number one' because we all have our flaws and imperfections as well as our positive attributes, and they all even each other out. Anyways, then we watched a video which basically stated all the reasons why we aren't the greatest country and how we have gone downhill. Then we took a vote after the video and most people changed their minds and thought that we weren't the greatest but some people stayed with their original opinion. Again I didn't vote because I still don't think we can ever prove if there is one country that is better than all the others in evey aspect.


P.S. I forgot what Mr. Schick's question was at the end of class but I said that we shouldn't focus on being the greatest country and being better than every other country but that we should focus on being the best us we can be. Just like for an athlete, you shouldn't be worried about being the best on the team, but you should just focus on getting better everyday and beating the you from yesterday, and then if you look and see that you are the best on the team then just say "okay cool", but don't just be satisfied with that, keep going to get better and better. If you are really concerned about being the best, have that mind set then you will be the best no matter what even though that's not what really matters. You will be the best and better if you keep striving to be better than before.

Now reread that, but just change the nouns and pronouns to make it relate to our topic and it should make sense. If it doesn't I will be more than happy to explain it in class.

Tdoay in Class... Population Project 9/30/16

Today in class we worked on an assignment that is also homework. it is about what we have learned so far about population and everything that goes along with it. Me and my partner decided to do our presentation in a slide and we split the assignment 50/50 so I do five slides and she does five slides. this project is due on Tuesday but I will probably finish my part tomorrow so that I will have less work on Monday.