Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Review for Exam
Review for Exam
Today in class we went over the test we took yesterday in order to prepare for our semester exam on Tuesday. I'm glad that Mr. Schick gave us a copy of the test so that we are able to use them to study and see what types of questions may be on the exam. Also I was able to correct the answers I got wrong, so now I will be able to study off of the that. We did get a little chatty in class so we had to stop a couple times for Mr. Schick to try and get us back on track. However, one thing that I don't particularly like is when people make fun of someone else for the grade they got on their test. To me, I think that is so beyond rude, and that person might laugh about it now, but you never actually know how that makes them feel. Anyway, tomorrow in class we are going to go over then unit test that we took before this test on Cultural Geography. But, I'm not going to be in class tomorrow because I'm going out of town, so I will just go over the test myself, over the weekend.
Today in class we went over the test we took yesterday in order to prepare for our semester exam on Tuesday. I'm glad that Mr. Schick gave us a copy of the test so that we are able to use them to study and see what types of questions may be on the exam. Also I was able to correct the answers I got wrong, so now I will be able to study off of the that. We did get a little chatty in class so we had to stop a couple times for Mr. Schick to try and get us back on track. However, one thing that I don't particularly like is when people make fun of someone else for the grade they got on their test. To me, I think that is so beyond rude, and that person might laugh about it now, but you never actually know how that makes them feel. Anyway, tomorrow in class we are going to go over then unit test that we took before this test on Cultural Geography. But, I'm not going to be in class tomorrow because I'm going out of town, so I will just go over the test myself, over the weekend.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Test
Test
Today in class we took a test on Slumdog Millionaire, Cultural Geography, and the Five Major Religions. The first part of the test was pretty easy, but once I got to where you had to tell where each statement was which religion it got a little tricky. Overall, however I think I did well. I did study and paid attention during class, however I think I could have studied a little bit more. This was probably the hardest a Human Geography test has been, at least for me because there was a lot to remember for each religion. After I finished the test, I went through the test again to check all of my answers and make sure that I answered them all. I did find that I answered one of them wrong and I fixed that question, and then I turned it in. Since we had enough time left in class Mr. Schick was able to grade the tests, and I got an 88. The class average was an 74.5%, which is the worst he have ever done, but we still beat the other classes. Tomorrow and Friday we will be reviewing for exams, and hopefully I will do well on those.
Today in class we took a test on Slumdog Millionaire, Cultural Geography, and the Five Major Religions. The first part of the test was pretty easy, but once I got to where you had to tell where each statement was which religion it got a little tricky. Overall, however I think I did well. I did study and paid attention during class, however I think I could have studied a little bit more. This was probably the hardest a Human Geography test has been, at least for me because there was a lot to remember for each religion. After I finished the test, I went through the test again to check all of my answers and make sure that I answered them all. I did find that I answered one of them wrong and I fixed that question, and then I turned it in. Since we had enough time left in class Mr. Schick was able to grade the tests, and I got an 88. The class average was an 74.5%, which is the worst he have ever done, but we still beat the other classes. Tomorrow and Friday we will be reviewing for exams, and hopefully I will do well on those.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Mr. Schick's Birthday and Test Review
Mr. Schick's Birthday and Test Review
Today was Mr. Schick's birthday so he gave everyone in class a cookie and he wanted to check and see if anyone posted "Happy Birthday" on his Facebook timeline. After that, we started to review what is going to be on the test tomorrow, and we finished Buddhism and Judaism. We learned that Buddhists follow The Four Noble Truths and The Eight Fold Path. Judaism is actually the ninth biggest religion in the world, and they follow the ten commandments and the ten principles of faith. We then went over all five major religions again( Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism) Some of the things that we need to know are what is the biggest religion which is Christianity, Information on the Five Pillars. which religions are monotheistic etc... I think I'm pretty well prepared for the test tomorrow, I have studied and been taking notes in class. So all we did today in class was review and then once we finished people asked questions about what was going to be on the test. The test will cover Slumdog Millionaire, Cultural Geography, and The Five Major Religions.
Today was Mr. Schick's birthday so he gave everyone in class a cookie and he wanted to check and see if anyone posted "Happy Birthday" on his Facebook timeline. After that, we started to review what is going to be on the test tomorrow, and we finished Buddhism and Judaism. We learned that Buddhists follow The Four Noble Truths and The Eight Fold Path. Judaism is actually the ninth biggest religion in the world, and they follow the ten commandments and the ten principles of faith. We then went over all five major religions again( Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism) Some of the things that we need to know are what is the biggest religion which is Christianity, Information on the Five Pillars. which religions are monotheistic etc... I think I'm pretty well prepared for the test tomorrow, I have studied and been taking notes in class. So all we did today in class was review and then once we finished people asked questions about what was going to be on the test. The test will cover Slumdog Millionaire, Cultural Geography, and The Five Major Religions.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Top Five Religions
Top Five Religions
Yesterday in class we talked about NATO ( The North American Treaty Organization) which is a group of countries that signed a treaty where if any of them got in trouble the other countries would come to help. After we viewed NATO, we started to review the top five religions in the world, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism. Christianity has 2.2 billions adherents and is the largest religion in the world. You call them Christians and they are located in Europe, the Americas, Southern Africa. There many different nominations of Christianity; The Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Baptists, Anglicans....) And the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, there is head of the protestant churches. Christians believe that Jesus is both human and divine- He is The Son of God and he lead a virtuous life, and he reigns with God in Heaven. Islam is the second biggest religion with 1.5 billion adherents, and they are referred to as Muslims. They are located in Indonesia, Middle East, and North Africa. The denominations are Sunnis (75-90%) and Shiites ( 10-20%). There founder was Muhammad and the holy book is the Qur'an. Their beliefs are monotheistic, and Abrahamic, they believe in the five pillars and in a life of serving and submitting to Allah. The third largest religion is Hinduism with 1.1 billion adherents, and they are referred to as Hindus. Their geographic location is Nepal and India, and their holy book is the Vedas-the eternal truths revealed to ancient sages;composed in verse form. Their is no distinct founder- it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of views, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs. We will continue to learn about the other religions on Tuesday when we have class next.
Yesterday in class we talked about NATO ( The North American Treaty Organization) which is a group of countries that signed a treaty where if any of them got in trouble the other countries would come to help. After we viewed NATO, we started to review the top five religions in the world, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism. Christianity has 2.2 billions adherents and is the largest religion in the world. You call them Christians and they are located in Europe, the Americas, Southern Africa. There many different nominations of Christianity; The Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Baptists, Anglicans....) And the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, there is head of the protestant churches. Christians believe that Jesus is both human and divine- He is The Son of God and he lead a virtuous life, and he reigns with God in Heaven. Islam is the second biggest religion with 1.5 billion adherents, and they are referred to as Muslims. They are located in Indonesia, Middle East, and North Africa. The denominations are Sunnis (75-90%) and Shiites ( 10-20%). There founder was Muhammad and the holy book is the Qur'an. Their beliefs are monotheistic, and Abrahamic, they believe in the five pillars and in a life of serving and submitting to Allah. The third largest religion is Hinduism with 1.1 billion adherents, and they are referred to as Hindus. Their geographic location is Nepal and India, and their holy book is the Vedas-the eternal truths revealed to ancient sages;composed in verse form. Their is no distinct founder- it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of views, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs. We will continue to learn about the other religions on Tuesday when we have class next.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Spatial Divisions
Spatial Divisions
We started class today with Mr. Schick playing guitar and listening to a remixed version of "Billionaire" that Mr.Schick and his daughter did but the lyrics were changed to parts of "Slumdog Millionaire" that we just recently watched. I was pretty impressed with the song, I have to say Mr. Schick's rapping was pretty good. He made the song to help us remember things that we will be tested on from the movie for exams which are in two weeks. After listening to Mr. Schick rap we got back to taking notes on Cultural Geography, but on the subtopic of Spatial Divisions. Spatial Divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control. You can be a member of more than one spatial group, and spatial division can also cause conflicts or cooperation. Some examples would be countries, economic alliances: European Union (EU) and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Mr. Schick then started talking about how back when he was a kid a gallon of gas used to be like $0.25 and then the OPEC raised the price of a barrel of gas and then gas price started to go up. People would then started hoarding gas and there would be tons of lines at the gas station because everyone was worried that the gas station were going to run out of gas. That was pretty much sums up the class today, besides talking about Mr. Schick's directing career.
We started class today with Mr. Schick playing guitar and listening to a remixed version of "Billionaire" that Mr.Schick and his daughter did but the lyrics were changed to parts of "Slumdog Millionaire" that we just recently watched. I was pretty impressed with the song, I have to say Mr. Schick's rapping was pretty good. He made the song to help us remember things that we will be tested on from the movie for exams which are in two weeks. After listening to Mr. Schick rap we got back to taking notes on Cultural Geography, but on the subtopic of Spatial Divisions. Spatial Divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control. You can be a member of more than one spatial group, and spatial division can also cause conflicts or cooperation. Some examples would be countries, economic alliances: European Union (EU) and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Mr. Schick then started talking about how back when he was a kid a gallon of gas used to be like $0.25 and then the OPEC raised the price of a barrel of gas and then gas price started to go up. People would then started hoarding gas and there would be tons of lines at the gas station because everyone was worried that the gas station were going to run out of gas. That was pretty much sums up the class today, besides talking about Mr. Schick's directing career.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Religion Discussion
Today in class we talked about Religion in Cultural Geography. Religion can be both a unifying or dividing force around the world. There are five major religions in the world today, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They all have millions of followers that all are believing the same thing. However, Hindus and Muslims fight in India, and there have been conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. They have been slaughtering each other even though they are believe the same thing! They think that their religion teaches what is right, and is better than others when they believe the same thing, that is absolutely ridiculous. Then Mr.Schick told us about his experiences with religion from practicing Buddhism and now practicing Christianity. He told us about his beliefs about how he think that there is no Heaven or Hell, and that when we die, we die we don't go anywhere. Then Karson told the class about a story involving a medium, I think there is some truth to what mediums say but maybe not all. Mr. Schick then told us about a very creepy story about how when he was about to go on a green light and hand pulled him back, when there was nobody else in the car and a catering truck sped by and probably would have killed him if he went. That story actually gave me chills just listening. I believe that God has a plan for everyone, and that he had something planned for Mr.Schick, so that he didn't go on that green light.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Cultural Georgraphy Day 2
Cultural Geography Day 2
Today in class we continued the slideshow and taking notes on Cultural Geography. Today we talked about Language and Ethnic Heritage. Some of the facts we took notes on Language were, Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish they speak Portuguese. Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages. English is the official language of the world and the language of business. Some of the Ethnic Heritage facts were in Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country(Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians), then when the strong leadership died out, the different group fought a very bloody civil war and how they all have separate countries. The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries. However, Korea and Japan have one primarily one ethnic group. Tomorrow we will finish with Religion.
Today in class we continued the slideshow and taking notes on Cultural Geography. Today we talked about Language and Ethnic Heritage. Some of the facts we took notes on Language were, Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish they speak Portuguese. Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages. English is the official language of the world and the language of business. Some of the Ethnic Heritage facts were in Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country(Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians), then when the strong leadership died out, the different group fought a very bloody civil war and how they all have separate countries. The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries. However, Korea and Japan have one primarily one ethnic group. Tomorrow we will finish with Religion.
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