Friday in class we talked about what the essay is going to be about. Which is that it is going to be a five paragraph essay which each paragraph stating and talking about something we learned and why do you think we learned it. The essay should be easy. I am writing mine over the weekend so that I have something to look off of and study before the test. 

Today in class we talked about the final and what everything is going to be on the final. It seems fairly easy. Just you have to know the 5 key topics we went over this past year and you have to wright an essay on each topic that we did which should be fairly easy.  Just go to study and hope for the best. 

Today in class we went over the test and went through all the answers I did okay on the test. I messed up on a couple questions and they were just stupid mistakes I could’ve gotten a hundred. For the rest of the time in class which was like eleven minutes we talked about Nelson Mandala who seems to me is the type of man that makes the world be a better place. He is the guy that you would want someone to look up to instead of some Lil Wayne. He went to jail for something he believed in kind of like John McCain. John was a prisoner of war but he did it because he loves AMERICA.  

Friday in class we took the test on micro finance, kiva, and all that good stuff. I liked this unit because I am a really big fan on like economics and like trying to run and solve problems which we kind of did in the game we played earlier in the unit. That’s something I would really to pressure a career in. I would like to take companies that are not doing so well and then take them over and run them till they get on top again then sell it and move on to the next one. I think it sounds fun.

Today i was not in class.

1.       What is microfinance? A general term to describe to low income individuals to give them a kick start.

2.       Who makes the world wide mosquito nets? Bill and Melinda gates

3.       What is a micro entrepreneurs? A person starting a business with little money.

4.       What is a microloan? A small amount of money given to someone to start a business.

5.       What is a micro lender? Someone that lends the money.

6.       What is Marilia? A disease spreaded by mosquito. It comes from the word mal.

7.       How does microfinance help the community? It helps people to have a greater aware of things in the community and helps people that they don’t have to walk from one village to another.

8.       What does microloans do for the community? It helps the economy in the local community.

9.       What animal carries Marilia? Mosquito.

10.   What don’t banks give out more loans to poor people? Because they have a higher risk of not paying. If they don’t pay back they don’t have anything they cant take away. 

Afghanistan / Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan is an Islamic republic headed by

President Hamid Karzai

He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime. 

He is well versed in several languages, including his native Peshto, Persian, Hindi, French and English.

Several times in 2001, Karzai warned the United States that the Taliban were connected with al Qaeda and that there was a plot for an imminent attack on the United States, but his warnings went unheeded. 

Brazil / Dilma Rousseff

                                                            Brazil is a federal republic headed by President Dilma Rousseff 

                                                            She opposed Brazil’s military dictatorship of the 1960s and ‘70s,                                                                 and served three years in prison, where she was repeatedly tortured.

                                                             She has been divorced twice.

She has a degree in economics, and now rules the country with the eighth-biggest economy in the world.

                                              She underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma in 2009, and is now in remission.

China / Xi Jinping

China is a communist state, ruled by President Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping is the son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party's founding fathers.

He married folk singer Peng Liyuan, who also holds the rank of army general, in 1987. To many in China, Ms. Peng was the better-known half of the couple before Xi Jinping became leader of the Communist Party.

The couple have a daughter named Xi Mingze, who is studying at Harvard University in the US.

France / Francois Hollande

France is a republic headed by Francois Hollande

Hollande has no previous experience in a national government position.

The mother of his four children is Ségolène Royal, with whom he shared a 30-year relationship.

He was born in 1954 in the city of Rouen to an extreme-right physician father and progressive social worker mother.  

Germany / Joachim Gauck, Angela Merkel

Germany is a federal republic headed by 

President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel Graduated from University of Leipzig in 1978 with a degree in physics and physical chemistry; earned a PhD in quantum chemistry from the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1986

Has been Chancellor since November 2005

Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years. 

India / Pranab Mukherjee India is a federal republic headed by 

President Pranab Mukherjee

He taught Political Science at the Vidiyanagar College, and worked as a journalist before entering politics.

Mukherjee was rated as one of the best finance ministers of the world in 1984 and was adjudged the best parliamentarian in 1997.

He had a conflict with Rajiv Gandhi (who took over as Prime Minister from his mother Indira after she was assassinated in 1984) and started his own party – Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.

Iran / Khamenei and Ruhani Iran is a theocratic republic, ruled by Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, and President Hasan Fereidun Ruhani

Khamenei background In 1963, took part in street protests against the U.S.-backed Shah of Iran. After the uprising was quashed, Khamenei was exiled. Khamenei was imprisoned multiple times and, in 1975, was internally exiled to a remote region in southeastern Iran.

Was elected President of Iran in 1981 and re-elected in 1985.  Became Iran’s Supreme Leader in 1989.

Ruhani background Mr Rouhani has held several parliamentary posts, including deputy speaker and has also served on the Supreme National Security Council.Was just elected President of Iran - June 2013

He has been openly critical of the outgoing president, saying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "careless, uncalculated and unstudied remarks" have cost the country dearly.

Israel / Peres and Netanyahu

Israel is a parliamentary democracy, 

headed by President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

Peres background Shimon Peres was born in Belarus. To escape the persecution of Jews there, the family fled to Palestine in 1934. 

When Arab forces launched their attack on the new state of Israel in 1948, Peres was given the chief responsibility for securing military equipment for Israel from abroad. 

Later he organized Israel's nuclear program and is regarded as the father of Israel's atomic bomb.

As Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres was in charge of the Israeli negotiations during peace talks with the Palestinians.  In the autumn of 1994 he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with his own Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

binyamin As a child and youth he lived with his family in the US in the years 1956-58 and again in 1963-67

After his brother Jonathan (Yonni) was killed, in July 1976, in the course of the Entebbe Operation, of which he was one of the commanders, Netanyahu returned to Israel and started to advocate international cooperation in fighting terrorism.

Quote: "There are those who say that if the Holocaust had not occurred, the State of Israel would never have been established. But I say that if the State of Israel would have been established earlier, the Holocaust would not have occurred."

Mexico / Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico is a federal republic 

headed by President Enrique Pena Nieto.  He was the eldest of four siblings in a middle-class family; his father, Gilberto Enrique Peña del Mazo, was an engineer for the electric company and his mother, María del Socorro Nieto, a schoolteacher.

Reports that he fathered two children in extramarital affairs while his wife Monica raised the couple’s 3 children, plus the investigation into the sudden death of his wife at home in 2007, have prompted many to call him the Teflon candidate because trouble seems to slide off him. 

Two years later he announced his engagement to soap opera actress Angelica Rivera.  Rivera became his wife in a star-studded wedding ceremony two years ago and is now the first lady of Mexico. 

Saudi Arabia / Abdallah

Saudi Arabia is a kingdom ruled by 

Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, 

who is both King and Prime Minister

He has fathered 22 children, the youngest when he was 79.

He is worth approximately 21 billion dollars.

He was appointed commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, a post he was still holding when he became king.

In November 2007, King Abdullah visited Pope Benedict in the Apostolic Palace. He is the first Saudi monarch to visit the Pope.  In March 2008, he called for a “brotherly and sincere dialogue between believers from all religions.”

In 2011 he granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women in a puritanical kingdom that practices strict separation of the sexes, including banning women from driving (the only country in the world with such a ban).

United Kingdom / Cameron and the Queen he United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm, 

ruled by Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II

At the age of seven, the young Cameron was packed off to Heatherdown, a highly exclusive preparatory school, which counted Princes Edward and Andrew among its pupils. Then, following in the family tradition, came Eton, Britain’s top private school.

His first child, Ivan, who was born profoundly disabled and needed round the clock care, died in February 2009.

The experience of caring for Ivan and witnessing at first hand the dedication of NHS hospital staff, is said by friends to have broadened Mr Cameron's horizons. He had, friends say, led an almost charmed life to that point.Cameron is the youngest Prime Minister (43 when he took office) in over 200 years.

Elizabeth became queen on February 6, 1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953.  Her reign has lasted 60 years - and counting. 

Venezuela / Maduro

Venezuela is a federal republic headed by President Nicolas Maduro Moros

Nicolás Maduro Moros worked as a bus driver before becoming politically active in the early 1990s. 

Maduro was introduced to Hugo Chávez in 1992, after Chávez and other disenchanted members of the military were imprisoned for an attempted coup and Maduro began campaigning for  Chávez's release. (Chávez was released in 1994 and won election to the presidency four years later.)

After President Chávez won a third term in October 2012, he selected Maduro to serve as vice president. Maduro worked alongside the outspoken president, serving as one of his closest advisers as well as a loyal spokesman, until Chávez's death at 58 on March 5, 2013, from cancer.

Today in class we took the first half of class taking pictures and holding an Emmy. Ya no big deal I kind of held an Emmy. Then for the rest of class we played the peace corps game which was kind of fun I guess but I think I would want to learn more about economics for modern America and how to survive in the business world.

Today in class we went over the test that we took last week. And let me tell you I did horrible and I mean horrible. I messed up on stupid stuff like not even reading the question properly I read the wrong word and though it was something different. It just really shows me that I just ran through this test with the little time I had I just rushed right through the test with the little time that I had. It was probably a test that I should have passed with flying colors but I didn't because I just read the test all wrong. 

Today in class we got back our results of the world leaders test and let me tell you I am really really not happy with what I got I thought I would have done better but I guess I didn't. Hopefully we can have an assignment that will really pull up my grade. But then for the rest of class we were really just told to look at the links that you posted on your blog. Which had to do with the Peace Corps and micro finance. Microfinance is when us as Americans help out and figure out what to do to help people in poverty in developing countries that are small business owners. I actually think this is a very good idea because I fell in America small business owners are the backbone of this nation they are the ones who make this country run an I am very for small time business with supporting them and shopping from them. So I think that if we help out small business owners in other countries that those other countries will have more of a kick start to a better nation. I think that would not only help out the countries but it will also look very good on the American aspect. We should try to finish what John F. Kennedy started, but first we need to fix some problems in our own country. We fix ourselves and our country then we work on the world it can be done. We could help other countries that don’t have clean water by having a big time company like deer park just send a good amount of bottled water to those countries or we could help their hospitals and medical staff so they can work more for malaria and it would be cheaper for the people that cannot afford it so they would be able to afford it.  

today in class we took the test. ya thats about it

Today i was not in class i stayed home because i was sick.

Today in class we went over the population powerpoint and talked more about the world leaders and how they kind of rose to fame. Like how the president of Mexico Pena Nieto was married with kids and had an affair with two different women and still was elected. How the most of the leaders we are learning about revolted against their government when they were an adolescent. How Abdallah fathered 22 children. How he is worth 22 billion dollars. 

President Pena Nieto

 during his second year on office his wife died. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/01/12/index.php?section=estados&article=038n1est

marked the return to the power of PRI to Mexico http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/americas/enrique-pea-nieto-fast-facts/index.html

Joachim Gauck

When he was growing up he opposed the East German government and the ideas of socialism.  

Gauck was denied entrance to his studies in German and Journalism and instead studied theology at the University of Rostock and became a pastor at a church in Mecklenburg-Pommerania. http://flensburgerfiles.areavoices.com/2012/03/22/joachim-gauck-is-president-of-germany-who-is-mr-gauck/

Nicolas MADURO Moros Nicolás Maduro Moros worked as a bus driver before becoming politically active in the early 1990s. 
Maduro was introduced to Hugo Chávez in 1992, after Chávez and other disenchanted members of the military were imprisoned for an attempted coup and Maduro began campaigning for  Chávez's release. (Chávez was released in 1994 and won election to the presidency four years later.)
After President Chávez won a third term in October 2012, he selected Maduro to serve as vice president. Maduro worked alongside the outspoken president, serving as one of his closest advisers as well as a loyal spokesman, until Chávez's death at 58 on March 5, 2013, from cancer.

Worked as a bus driver and was a part of the transit union.

He expelled three U.S diplomats because they were the source of a major power outage. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/world/americas/nicolas-maduro-fast-facts/

XI Jinping

• i Jinping is the son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party's founding fathers.
• He married folk singer Peng Liyuan, who also holds the rank of army general, in 1987. To many in China, Ms. Peng was the better-known half of the couple before Xi Jinping became leader of the Communist Party.
• The couple have a daughter named Xi Mingze, who is studying at Harvard University in the US.

Was the first baby boomer to be a national leader. http://contextchina.com/2012/11/ten-facts-about-chinas-incoming-leader-xi-jinping/

Joined the china republic in 1974. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Zy479_jx11YJ:www.aerospaceindia.org/Issue%2520Briefs/2010/25%2520October%25202010%2520-%2520CHINA%25E2%2580%2599S%2520NEXT%2520CHAIRMAN%25E2%2580%2594XI%2520JINPING.pdf+&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjpQjUAtfkdEgw0cxv3UMunFfoLBcy0_po2aPN4xvPoQ-K9lFpIdgtf7PAw5ebYoTd8NwaRSswzfWmws278UPehKckL3Zb0TXlci2R0HsZGceCYRpBiD6EfBrspdjUh8CZzwcMg&sig=AHIEtbRjgFp8BCiHybWUtaP2uVF8BVuVZA

Queen Elizabeth II  At the age of seven, the young Cameron was packed off to Heatherdown, a highly exclusive preparatory school, which counted Princes Edward and Andrew among its pupils. Then, following in the family tradition, came Eton, Britain’s top private school.
His first child, Ivan, who was born profoundly disabled and needed round the clock care, died in February 2009.
The experience of caring for Ivan and witnessing at first hand the dedication of NHS hospital staff, is said by friends to have broadened Mr Cameron's horizons. He had, friends say, led an almost charmed life to that point.
Cameron is the youngest Prime Minister (43 when he took office) in over 200 years.

Elizabeth became queen on February 6, 1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953.  Her reign has lasted 60 years - and counting.

Became queen in 1925 http://www.royal.gov.uk/hmthequeen/hmthequeen.aspx

The Queen has unveiled 30 plaques and 4 statues during the Jubilee tours.  http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/TheQueenandspecialanniversaries/TheQueensGoldenJubilee/50factsaboutTheQueensGoldenJubilee.aspx

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Was a big supporter on attacking Iran’s nuclear weapons program. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8167123/Wikileaks-King-Abdullah-of-Saudi-Arabia-wanted-Guantanamo-Bay-detainees-microchipped.html

In 2012 he was named the 7^th most powerful person in the world by forbs. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/12/07/253856.html

Pranab MukherjeeHe taught Political Science at the Vidiyanagar College, and worked as a journalist before entering politics.
Mukherjee was rated as one of the best finance ministers of the world in 1984 and was adjudged the best parliamentarian in 1997.
He had a conflict with Rajiv Gandhi (who took over as Prime Minister from his mother Indira after she was assassinated in 1984) and started his own party – Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.

In 1984, he was rated as the best Finance Minister in the World according to a survey of Euro money magazine. http://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/pranadmu.html

He hasn’t taken a holiday in the past 20 years. http://www.indiatimes.com/india/top-7-interesting-facts-about-pranab-mukherjee-33200-7.html#list_start

Francois HOLLANDE Hollande has no previous experience in a national government position.
The mother of his four children is Ségolène Royal, with whom he shared a 30-year relationship.
He was born in 1954 in the city of Rouen to an extreme-right physician father and progressive social worker mother.

Is actually trying to push gay rights and he is for gay rights. http://www.queerty.com/unpopular-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-desperately-woos-gay-rights-20120330/

Was awarderd with the grand cross of the order of the white eagle.

Ali Hoseini-KHAMENE

In 2012 forbs listed him as the 21^st most powerful person in the world. http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/?boxes=Homepagelighttop#page:3_sort:0_direction:asc_search:_filter:All%20countries_filter:All%20categories

In june 1981 he was shot in the arm and paralyzed his arm.

Hamid Karzai



He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime.


He is well versed in several languages, including his native Peshto, Persian, Hindi, French and English.


Several times in 2001, Karzai warned the United States that the Taliban were connected with al Qaeda and that there was a plot for an imminent attack on the United States, but his warnings went unheeded.

In 2000 and 2001 he warned NATO that the Talban’s are with al Qaeda and that they are going to attack America. http://www.biography.com/people/hamid-karzai-537356?page=2

Karzai pardoned dozens of child would-be suicide bombershttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/02/afghanistan-would-be-child-bombers-arrested-again.html

Dilma ROUSSEFF

She was tortured for 22 days by being punched, ferule and electric shock waves. http://www.istoe.com.br/erro404.htm;jsessionid=88DC2822C7F0BE3281D376E8E3D38FAB.istoeweb03-instance03

She defeat cancer in 2009 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/mat/2009/04/25/dilma-rousseff-submetida-tratamento-de-linfoma-755435820.asp

Shimon PERES

In 1996 he founded the Peres Center for Peace. http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/world/meast/shimon-peres---fast-facts/

Won a Nobel Peace Prize. 


In 1963, took part in street protests against the U.S.-backed Shah of Iran. After the uprising was quashed, Khamenei was exiled. Khamenei was imprisoned multiple times and, in 1975, was internally exiled to a remote region in southeastern Iran.

Was elected President of Iran in 1981 and re-elected in 1985.  Became Iran’s Supreme Leader in 1989.

Hasan Fereidun Ruhani

Mexico government type federal republic President Pena Nieto

Germany government type federal republic President Joachim GAUCK

Venezuela government type federal republic President Nicolas MADURO Moros 

China government type communist state President XI Jinping 

United Kingdom government type constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm Queen ELIZABETH II

Saudi Arabia government type monarchy King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

India government type federal republic President Pranab MUKHERJEE

France government type republic President Francois HOLLANDE  

Iran government type theocratic republic Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENE

Afghanistan government type Islamic republic  

Brazil government type federal republic President Dilma ROUSSEFF

Israel government type parliamentary democracy President Shimon PERES

Friday in class we took the test. Which I thought I knew what was going to be on the test but I guess I didn't. So Monday I will retake it for a better grade.

On Thursday i forgot to blog. but in class we had a fire alarm and i left early for my football game.

Today in class we presented our religions which my group’s religion was on Buddhism. Which is more than a practice then a religion itself because you can be a part of other religions while being Buddhist. The other religions that presented were Christianity and Muslim. Christianity was kind of a gimmie I mean it is a very easy religion for me to know because I am a Christian. Now muslim was a little bit harder but still knew. I knew that they had to pray at least five times a day every day, and the ones that take it a little bit more seriously do it the same time every day. 

Today in class we took our quiz which I thought was pretty easy. There was only like one question that I had a little bit of trouble with but rather than that it was pretty easy. Then we broke up into small groups which we were all given a five major religion which my group had Buddhism. During class we had dogs come through the academic wing searching for only God knows what. I was kind of glad they came so it kind of shows that they are keeping it safe at JC. So ya class was kind of short and we did not take any notes.

God Bless America

Phil Prevosto 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO6W9vZl5pM

Today in class we had Jasmine teach the class we did a review of what we have learnt from the past couple of days. That nationalism is when you think your country is number one. The video we watched today which I have seen previously but I just think it is such an amazing video.  We aren’t the best country we don’t have the best science and math programs and we don’t even have a government that can come to terms on something. We used to be a great country, like they said in the video the American way is to stand up for what is right. I mean I thought the American dream is to come here and work to get a job to make money that’s why most people came over during the 20’s and 30’s. Now it seems like people are thinking the American dream is to sit home without a job and have the government give them what they need that they don’t need a job. BUT NO THAT’S NOT IT WE ARE AMERICANS I AM TIRED OF OTHER COUNTRIES THINKING WE JUST OVER WEIGHT NO GOOD DEAD BEATS. WE NEED TO SHOW THE WORLD AGAIN THAT WE ARE AMERICA WE FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. What I personally think we need is a blue collar, conservative American as president. I think we need to cut back on funding that doesn’t need to fund. I thought McCain would have been a great choice for president because he truly loved his country he fought in war he was a prisoner of war. I think Romney would have actually made America what it should have been. I think he would of cut back spending and I personally think he would have been pretty good. I was very mad that the president tried to kind of cover up the 2012 Benghazi attack of the American embassy. I say they attack us then we should march right in there and give them a boot in their rear end. If you mess with America or our people you deserve to be taught your lesson.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc

Today in class we talked a lot of still more cultural differences and I am still as strong as ever on saying that America is probably one of the most diverse countries because we want some many different people to come here. LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. We talked about how Texas wanted to become its own country which I completely thought was bogus. C’mon Texas you are a big part of America what would we do without some good ole Texas football (best football is down south). I just think that countries now really should just stay the way they are there is no need really for any more controversies. I mean we now have groups so if anyone tries to pull a Hitler more than likely all nations would come together to get the world back to peace. Also we talked about oil and fresh water and I think if we ever run low on fresh water I would be very scared it would kind of show a weakness and that the world would be in kind of a crisis mode same thing with oil. 

Today in class we talked about the different things that can separate regions and culture. We talked about how people in different part of America call soda different things like in the northwest area such as Chicago they call it pop, but in the southern states they call in cola even though it might not be coke a cola. In the east and west they call it soda. In some states they call it fizzy. We talked about how many different nations have many different cultures. I thought that America would be an excellent example because there are so many different types of ethnic backgrounds in America and so many different religions that make up this great land of the U.S.A

Today in class we talked about the different things that can separate regions and culture. We talked about how people in different part of America call soda different things like in the northwest area such as Chicago they call it pop, but in the southern states they call in cola even though it might not be coke a cola. In the east and west they call it soda. In some states they call it fizzy. We talked about how many different nations have many different cultures. I thought that America would be an excellent example because there are so many different types of ethnic backgrounds in America and so many different religions that make up this great land of the U.S.A

Today I was not in class because I was at the dentist.

Today in class we went over everything that will be on the test tomorrow. Which will be stuff like crude birth rate, and crude death rate. Stuff that we went over in the population pyramids. That most developed countries are like a box with a steady population and countries that are still developing are like a cup that it is more with younger population and that there is not that much older people living.

Today in class we really clarified that we need to start posting to our blogs more often and that we need to be basically posting all our notes on our blog because it is really going to help us later on down the line. We went over how Ann Arbor’s population is made up of a lot of college students and a lot of under grads. Then how like Manhattan is made up of a lot of working class ages that are really focused on their work and are not worried about families. 

Today in class we took a pop quiz on the lost boys. The quiz was easy for the most part it all mattered if you did your blogs and if you took notes. Then we went on to talk about population pyramids. The pyramids are kind of confusing at first but then when you get the hang of it then it is  pretty easy to understand.

Honestly after my game my head is hurting so bad I can not really remember what happened in class. My bad

loss boys 2

Today in class we watched more of the video on the lost boys. The segment that we watched today was about them coming over to America the land of the free. The boys well now are men were set up in apartments and had running water and electricity. The boys were never used to just have water right there at the turn of a knob, they were always used to going down the stream and using that water. The boys were also never introduced to some of the electricity like lights. They did not know how turn the lights in the room on and off they were amazed by it. By watching that part I realized how many little things us as Americans take for granted. I think we should stop and realize how great it is to live in a country that has all these things. I was actually more thankful and appreciative after watching part of the movie today. 

loss boys 2

Today in class we watched more of the video on the lost boys. The segment that we watched today was about them coming over to America the land of the free. The boys well now are men were set up in apartments and had running water and electricity. The boys were never used to just have water right there at the turn of a knob, they were always used to going down the stream and using that water. The boys were also never introduced to some of the electricity like lights. They did not know how turn the lights in the room on and off they were amazed by it. By watching that part I realized how many little things us as Americans take for granted. I think we should stop and realize how great it is to live in a country that has all these things. I was actually more thankful and appreciative after watching part of the movie today. 

loss boys 2

Today in class we watched more of the video on the lost boys. The segment that we watched today was about them coming over to America the land of the free. The boys well now are men were set up in apartments and had running water and electricity. The boys were never used to just have water right there at the turn of a knob, they were always used to going down the stream and using that water. The boys were also never introduced to some of the electricity like lights. They did not know how turn the lights in the room on and off they were amazed by it. By watching that part I realized how many little things us as Americans take for granted. I think we should stop and realize how great it is to live in a country that has all these things. I was actually more thankful and appreciative after watching part of the movie today. 

Today in class we started watching a video about the “Lost Boys” and start to learn the story of three of them. The lost boys were thousands of boys that grew up and lived in Sudan until a civil war broke loose. The north side of the country was Muslims and they came down and wanted to completely get rid of the other race of people in their country. So they did everything in their power to get rid of them and make them leave their country. They took the women of the villages and raped the women. They took the men sixteen and older and just killed them. The boys that were sixteen and under were told to just run. When they would get their hand on them they would scar their face up so they would look horrible. Or they would stabilize their man hood so that the boys could not reproduce. 

Cia factbook

1. What is the population of the United States?

316,668,567

2. What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?

China, India, European Union, United States, and Indonesia

3. What is the population of Pakistan?

193,238,868

4. What kind of government does the United States have?

constitution-based federal republic

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 100,000
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?

18

20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?

            no it is third

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 contribution of migration to the overall level of population change in a country

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?

7,095,217,980

Today in class we talked a lot about population. We learned that the earth is just growing and growing not in size but in people. I personally think that there are way to many people that there needs to be a period where it all stops so we can take a break and that places do not become over populated.

Friday in class we took our first test. I thought the test was fairly easily, well probably because I studied what i needed to study and i was prepared. I feel I did real strong on the essays which i hoped i did because those were worth the most points and I would rather get a multiple choice wrong then essay. But all in all the test was fairly easy and hope the next tests will be like this.

Today in class we presented are power points of globalization and went over stuff that will be on the test Friday. I think that globalization is good but also I do not like that we are taking jobs away that could be here in America that our fellow citizens could be working rather then someone in another country. I mean come on companies were is your patriotism.

Nike Still Doesn't Do It

Today in class we learned about how Nike was put into real heat because of the how much they pay their workers. So after they were put in this hot heat they do a lot of PR work and try to build up a nicer image but never actually fixing the problem. They now pay their workers a minimum wage of 4 dollars. Which still inst much and they were recently in the news for having their workers at gun point to take lower income.

Nike isn't what it seems to be

Today in class we watched a video about how nike only pays there workers in Indonesia $1.25 a day. I think it's horrible I mean nike is probably one of the biggest countries in the world. But if you look at it from a money stand point instead of a humane standpoint. Then money over rules them. The money is what they care about and if they can get more money and pay less workers then they want to do that.

Today in class we talked about globalization. it was interesting that the biggest money maker in the world is the movie industry. i would have thought it was the oil business or car business. it was funny that everyone in the world wants to see american movies with american actors and mostly american themes.

Today in class we talked about 9-11 and how it was just a devastating day in not only America but the world. to me 9-11 is more of like i learned about it from stories and people telling me because i wasn't  old enough to remember back then i was to young when it happened. i feel whenever i read about it i just get more love for my country. USA 1776

today in class we learned about Google documents. which i think are very cool. I like that you could be working on something from your house and someone else in their could click on and start work on from where they are. it is a good way to do group projects and not actually have to be in the same room as each other.

In Fridays class we talked about how a week newspaper in today time would be more then a person would learn in their whole entire life back in the 18th century I think it was. That fact just really stands out to me it is showing how great it is to be living in this time that you can just go on your phone and Google something then you have a million pages of what you Googled. I think i am very lucky for this technology.

Three facts that really stuck out to me in the shift happens video were

1. That the U.S. department of Labor estimates that today's learner will have 10-14 jobs.
That really sticks out to me because when it comes when I'm out of college and looking for a job I really don't want to be running from job to job and getting a new job every 4 months I want to get one job and stick wit it.

2. The second fact was the one of England in 1900. I fell that America could be that country, I mean I love our country and am very patriotic but America isn't the greatest country in the world anymore but we can be and we can be the best. We just need the right leadership.

3. The last fact was the 1 out of 6 couples last year married in the U.S. last year met online. That to me is kind of sad because it is saying that us as Americans have to do everything online. It is kind of showing that we are to lazy to go out and meet people I think the best way to meet someone is face to face.

Today we discussed about Socrates and his way of thinking that there was always another question to the answer. He would make you think deeper about things and truly understand. To me Socrates was a mans man he would stand up for what he believed. He was given a chance to apologize to the people but he was just like nah man I'm right your wrong now give me free dinner. Total bro move of him. At his death bed it was like dude give me the drink no big deal. He was just actually pretty bro and awesome.

Today in class we went over are homework from last night which was to find definitions on Greek words. When we were going over our homework, Mr. Schick finally realized that not a lot of people were precipitating in what we were doing. I understanded what the homework was about I mean I did but I put in more to the definition then I really needed.

Definitions

1. Agora- a place of gathering in the ancient Greek times; was used for sporting events, plays, shows and etc.

2. Arete- was the goddess of goodness and excellence; dressed in all white

3. Polis- meaning a city state in ancient Greece

4. the year 508 B.C- cleisthenes grants full rights to all free men in Athens

5.  Socrates- was a classic Greek Athenian philosopher. Known as one of the founders of western philosophy.

6. The Death of Socrates- a painting painted in 1787 by Jacques-Louis David; Socrates was being punished for criticizing Critias, he was forced to either drink the poison of be exiled.

7. The Socratic Method-is a form of discussion between two people.

8. What The Ancient Greeks Meant When They Called You An Idiot- it meant that you did not vote so you publicly humiliated.

Five concrete things I can do to have a successful freshmen year are
1. join out of school activities like sports or clubs.
2.  meet new people and make new friends so that social skills are increased.
3. do all my work and stay on top of things.
4. be responsible and not have my mom email teachers questions that I email them and ask the about my grade.
5. and five would be to just have fun

Today in class we spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to send an email and how we should have done our homework. We had a lot of trouble on learning how to send the email and when we sent it that we never sent the right thing. So we had to keep going back and doing it over again. Then for the second part of class we spent trying to figure out how to and a web link to our blog for the CIA fact book. So hopefully soon after we get over all this technology we will start having actual class but were still getting used to all this technology.

My experience my first day at John Carroll was fun I meet some new people. I was exposed to some new classes and new teachers with a different style of teaching that I am used to. I wasn't really nervous when it came to the upper class men because I already knew some from the football team. I like the whole idea of off mods so that I could get my homework done before practice, but my first day I only had one off mod and i has to use that for lunch which I only had about 13 minutes by the time I got to the cafeteria. So i really had to rush my lunch period. In all my first day of high school was good it was chill and as I would usually always say it was sweet.