11/30/18 (Discussion Blog)
Today we were going to have class debate on immigration. There would be no arguing, there would just be us students sharing ideas of what we think about the question that's raised. First off one of the Key Points that I'm answering is "Why do people migrate"? There can be a lot of answers to this questions as this is most caused by the push forces and pull forces. These can be topics such as wealth, health, job opportunity, family, and basically it's just people searching for a better life. There is never no reason for people to migrate. I have learned some things about migration but not to much compared to what have already known. The thing is that I'm not a politics person so when my classmates started bringing up topics about this different ideas on Trump and news I was just confused because I couldn't put the words together to make sense. I wanted to get involved but I had no clue what to say or what I was thinking about. But there were some classmates that stuck out to me during this debate. One of my fellow students, Colin Westermyer was speaking very strongly about his opinions. He was talking about the news people and how it can easily be fake. And I'm pretty sure he brought up the topic of gang members and why they can be a bad association with migration. Another student, Trent Katen is an obvious Trump supporter (which I am too) that really related his thoughts in favor of Trump but most people didn't enjoy Trent's words while I did. But three major things that I learned from this is: 1. The waiting room located in Mexico. There are obviously a numerous amount of people that are trying to move into the U.S. in hopes of getting a better life. But they can't just automatically get in because there is just too many immigrants. I agree with the waiting room because this country already has too many immigrants and I think it's just the most fair way to deal with it. 2. Protests. I learned that these immigrants can get a little rowdy with being harmful and just getting furious that they can't get in. But this doesn't mean that you can just throw a rock at an officer and hope to get away with it. That is why the man deserved to get shot but ten times is a little over the top. 3. Fake News. I've heard a lot about fake the news ever since Trump was elected into office. I honestly believe in the fake news because they just want the watchers to become anti trump and believe that what they're saying us correct even though it's not. News reporters need to just dish out the news and call it a day, not argue with ti and state their dumb opinions because it is just causing more conflict. Overall I kinda enjoyed this class even though I don't care about politics. I enjoyed listening to my fellow classmates state their opinions on stuff and I hope to do this again in the future.
Friday, November 30, 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018
11/29/18
Today we had a somewhat discussion class but it was more so preparing us for tomorrow's class which I'm assuming to be a debate kind of class. But Mr. Schick said he wants to hear a bunch of people's opinion on the topic. Th topic is gonna be on migration and whose right about it and whose wrong about it.We will be split up into three groups based on our opinions: Trump, Anti-Trump, and Neutral. I'm not sure about which group I am but if I were to pick one it would probably be Trump because I like what Trump has done with migration considering illegal immigrants and other things like that. But at the same time I don't really care because I don't really pay attention to politics because it doesn't really have an effect on my life. I enjoy these classes where we mainly discuss ideas among us classmates rather that Mr. Schick being the one who starts conversations all the time.
Today we had a somewhat discussion class but it was more so preparing us for tomorrow's class which I'm assuming to be a debate kind of class. But Mr. Schick said he wants to hear a bunch of people's opinion on the topic. Th topic is gonna be on migration and whose right about it and whose wrong about it.We will be split up into three groups based on our opinions: Trump, Anti-Trump, and Neutral. I'm not sure about which group I am but if I were to pick one it would probably be Trump because I like what Trump has done with migration considering illegal immigrants and other things like that. But at the same time I don't really care because I don't really pay attention to politics because it doesn't really have an effect on my life. I enjoy these classes where we mainly discuss ideas among us classmates rather that Mr. Schick being the one who starts conversations all the time.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
11/28/18
Today we had human geo first period and I was feeling really tired so I was kinda dozing off throughout the class. We basically had a normal class today which started off with some conversations about Mr. White an awe went into migration. I don't remember much from class today because it felt like awhile ago but I do remember looking at the powerpoint and looking up some things on our computers. I remember looking up what percentage of people in the world today are immigrants and that it has increased majorly throughout the years. There was a lot of different answers depending on which source we looked at. Immigration is the movement of migrants into a country and emigration is the movement from migrants out of a country. I remember this because I is for in and E is for exit.
Today we had human geo first period and I was feeling really tired so I was kinda dozing off throughout the class. We basically had a normal class today which started off with some conversations about Mr. White an awe went into migration. I don't remember much from class today because it felt like awhile ago but I do remember looking at the powerpoint and looking up some things on our computers. I remember looking up what percentage of people in the world today are immigrants and that it has increased majorly throughout the years. There was a lot of different answers depending on which source we looked at. Immigration is the movement of migrants into a country and emigration is the movement from migrants out of a country. I remember this because I is for in and E is for exit.
Monday, November 26, 2018
11/26/18
Today we started off class by getting a few papers back. I got three papers back and I got belled for a three of them. The first one was the big test we took and I got a 91 on that one. The second paper we got back was a bubble quiz and I got a 100 on that. And the last paper we got back was a worksheet we did in class and I got a 100 on that. We then talked about how close to exam week we were. We only have a couple more weeks of school until our exams which would mean we have one more unit in geography and test before we take the big exam. I think exam week will be easy and that it is kinda a week off school because we only go in for a couple hours and this is just to take tests. But anyways the new unit we started today and took notes on is Migration. We already have learned a little about migration and I think that there is too much to learn abut this topic so I think that this will be an easy lesson leading into Christmas Break.
Today we started off class by getting a few papers back. I got three papers back and I got belled for a three of them. The first one was the big test we took and I got a 91 on that one. The second paper we got back was a bubble quiz and I got a 100 on that. And the last paper we got back was a worksheet we did in class and I got a 100 on that. We then talked about how close to exam week we were. We only have a couple more weeks of school until our exams which would mean we have one more unit in geography and test before we take the big exam. I think exam week will be easy and that it is kinda a week off school because we only go in for a couple hours and this is just to take tests. But anyways the new unit we started today and took notes on is Migration. We already have learned a little about migration and I think that there is too much to learn abut this topic so I think that this will be an easy lesson leading into Christmas Break.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
11/20/18
Today we went over the worksheet that we did in class yesterday. I missed a couple answers because I still didn't fully understand the five stages so good thing we didn't turn it in before we went over it or I wouldn't of got full credit for completing it. Then right after we turned it in he gave us a ten question quiz that we had to take on the scan tron. This was probably the easiest quiz I have ever taken because it was literally the same ten questions in the same exact order from the worksheet we just did. Even though I don't understand the five stages I remembered the order that the answers were in so I feel like I for sure got a 100% on the quiz. Once we were all done in about 5 minutes he gave us the opportunity to do our blogs even though we only had like 7 minutes of class at that point but I finished this blog up in about five minutes and now I'm waiting for my quiz to e graded.
Today we went over the worksheet that we did in class yesterday. I missed a couple answers because I still didn't fully understand the five stages so good thing we didn't turn it in before we went over it or I wouldn't of got full credit for completing it. Then right after we turned it in he gave us a ten question quiz that we had to take on the scan tron. This was probably the easiest quiz I have ever taken because it was literally the same ten questions in the same exact order from the worksheet we just did. Even though I don't understand the five stages I remembered the order that the answers were in so I feel like I for sure got a 100% on the quiz. Once we were all done in about 5 minutes he gave us the opportunity to do our blogs even though we only had like 7 minutes of class at that point but I finished this blog up in about five minutes and now I'm waiting for my quiz to e graded.
Monday, November 19, 2018
11/19/18
Today class was just a bit shortened because we had a prayer service. We watched a 5 minute video about demographic transition. The video was about Hans Rosling and about the graph that he decided to make. I found it pretty interesting on how the graph evaluated and how almost all of the countries had a life expectancy lower than 30. We did a ten question paper on this video and I found the first five questions pretty easy but the last five questions were hard because I wasn't there the one class where we learned about the five stages which is what the last five questions were about. So tonight I have to watch the video again and look at the presentation Mr. Schick has to put up on his website so I can finish the worksheet.
Today class was just a bit shortened because we had a prayer service. We watched a 5 minute video about demographic transition. The video was about Hans Rosling and about the graph that he decided to make. I found it pretty interesting on how the graph evaluated and how almost all of the countries had a life expectancy lower than 30. We did a ten question paper on this video and I found the first five questions pretty easy but the last five questions were hard because I wasn't there the one class where we learned about the five stages which is what the last five questions were about. So tonight I have to watch the video again and look at the presentation Mr. Schick has to put up on his website so I can finish the worksheet.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
11/13/18
Demographic transition is the transition from high birth rates and high death rates to lower birth rates and lower death rates. The theory was proposed in 1929 by an American Demographer known by Warren Thompson. Most developed countries have completed the demographic transition and have low birth rates while most developing countries are in the process of going through this transition. The major exceptions are some poor countries, mainly in sub-saharan Africa and some middle eastern countries, which are poor or affected by government policy or civil strife, notably, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Yemen and Afghanistan. The demographic transition model, in isolation, can be taken to predict that birth rates will continue to go down as societies grow increasingly wealthy. The demographic transition should be reversed via evolutionary pressure for higher fertility and higher mortality.
Demographic transition is the transition from high birth rates and high death rates to lower birth rates and lower death rates. The theory was proposed in 1929 by an American Demographer known by Warren Thompson. Most developed countries have completed the demographic transition and have low birth rates while most developing countries are in the process of going through this transition. The major exceptions are some poor countries, mainly in sub-saharan Africa and some middle eastern countries, which are poor or affected by government policy or civil strife, notably, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Yemen and Afghanistan. The demographic transition model, in isolation, can be taken to predict that birth rates will continue to go down as societies grow increasingly wealthy. The demographic transition should be reversed via evolutionary pressure for higher fertility and higher mortality.
Friday, November 9, 2018
11/9/18
Today we took some more notes on deeper topics into population. I feel like we're learning the same thing we learned last unit but apparently it's just deeper into population. We talked about the summary of spatial patterns. Developed countries have lower rates of natural increase, crude birth, total fertility, and infant mortality. Developing countries have higher rates of natural increase, crude birth, total fertility, and infant mortality. We also talked about population structure. The x axis of a population graph will have the percent male displayed to the left of zero and percent female displayed to the right of zero. The y axis has age age cohorts typically grouped in 5 year intervals and youngest displayed at the bottom and oldest at the top.
Today we took some more notes on deeper topics into population. I feel like we're learning the same thing we learned last unit but apparently it's just deeper into population. We talked about the summary of spatial patterns. Developed countries have lower rates of natural increase, crude birth, total fertility, and infant mortality. Developing countries have higher rates of natural increase, crude birth, total fertility, and infant mortality. We also talked about population structure. The x axis of a population graph will have the percent male displayed to the left of zero and percent female displayed to the right of zero. The y axis has age age cohorts typically grouped in 5 year intervals and youngest displayed at the bottom and oldest at the top.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
11/7/18
Today we took our test. I found the test to be fairly easy but the only part I really didn't know was the extra credit but who needs extra credit. I found the first part to be somewhat stressful because I felt like I was gonna run out of time when I was having trouble finding the two crude oil questions. I had to look deeply into every subject and category on the world fact book. The fill in the blank part of the test was easy and when we were finished we were instructed to draw cartoons on the back of our test. I completely forgot what I drew to be honest. I feel like I overall pretty good on this test and that's good because it will hopefully start off the new quarter with an "A" in veracross.
Today we took our test. I found the test to be fairly easy but the only part I really didn't know was the extra credit but who needs extra credit. I found the first part to be somewhat stressful because I felt like I was gonna run out of time when I was having trouble finding the two crude oil questions. I had to look deeply into every subject and category on the world fact book. The fill in the blank part of the test was easy and when we were finished we were instructed to draw cartoons on the back of our test. I completely forgot what I drew to be honest. I feel like I overall pretty good on this test and that's good because it will hopefully start off the new quarter with an "A" in veracross.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
11/1/18
Today we had human geo first period and classes today were shortened today because of the mass we were gonna have to replace advisory. Today we had limited time so we just took some notes. We took more notes that went deeper into population. We wrote and talked about the different shapes that represented different types of populations. The Christmas Tree represented that there were a lot of young people in the country and few elderly people. This means that there is a large population growth and this is a sign of an undeveloped nation. The next shape we talked about is The Box which means there is a pretty equal amount of young people as there is old people. This is a sign of a developed nation with a steady population growth. The last shape we saw was The Cup which means that there are fewer kids than elders in the nation. This is a sign of developed nation as well.
Today we had human geo first period and classes today were shortened today because of the mass we were gonna have to replace advisory. Today we had limited time so we just took some notes. We took more notes that went deeper into population. We wrote and talked about the different shapes that represented different types of populations. The Christmas Tree represented that there were a lot of young people in the country and few elderly people. This means that there is a large population growth and this is a sign of an undeveloped nation. The next shape we talked about is The Box which means there is a pretty equal amount of young people as there is old people. This is a sign of a developed nation with a steady population growth. The last shape we saw was The Cup which means that there are fewer kids than elders in the nation. This is a sign of developed nation as well.
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