Human Geography Blog 8-29-17

In today's Honor's Human Geography class with the one and only Mr. Schick we got our tests back! When I walked into class I was surprisingly greeted by a Halloween Party where there was a bunch of candy and happy faces. After the candy was passed out Mr. Schick put the ceremonial bell on the stool and began to call our names to come get our tests. The class average on this test was actually pretty high, so there were a lot of single dings when Mr. Schick handed these back. I was extremely pleased when Mr. Schick called my name, rang the bell once, and handed me back my test with 97% on it. After we finished going over the tests, we continued on the powerpoint. Today's lesson was on push and pull factors which are factors that either draw people to the country or push them away from the country. Some push factors consist of: civil war, environmental degradation, unemployment or underemployment, and religious or ethnic oppurtunity.   Some pull factors consist of: better econo

In today's wonderful Honor's Human Geography class with the one and only Mr. Schick we talked more in depth about birth and death rates. A very odd, but believable, fact on life expectancy is that the women life expectancy is longer than the men life expectancy. Mr. Schick asked us why we think that and there were many different answers from "men are more stupid" to "men drive more than women in certain countries". However, the answer that I found most interesting was that men fight in wars much more than women do. I found this interesting because even in America much more men serve in the military than women. And in other countries women can't even serve in the military. Is it because of this that the men life expectancy is less than the women life expectancy? We then talked about crude birth and death rates which are births and deaths per 1,000 people. After that we talked about the rate of natural increase which is found by subtracting the death rate

In today's wonderful Honor's Human Geography class with the one and only Mr. Schick we talked about the average population of the world. I first got to class and remembered I have to leave early for a football game, so I grabbed my stuff and went to the locker room. I then remembered that I can not go to the game because I have detention (which ended up being taken away). So, I then came back to class. There we were on the world population calculator. It was very interesting to see how the population increases and decreases. The population actually increases more than it decreases. So the world population is growing. It's also interesting to see how the population is effected by historical events that happen during that time. After this the bell rang and ended class.

               In today's wonderful Honor's Human Geography class with Mr. Schick we had a test! However, I came to this test with my mind somewhat prepared. But, at the start of class I made a huge mistake. I decided to drink a whole bottle of water right before I started the test. So, I had to go to the bathroom during the test. However, I was taking the test left handed which meant that I didn't have the time to go to the bathroom. Besides this, I think I did pretty well on the test today. There were only two questions that I didn't know. I was confused on the one that asked which choice does not describes a proposal of Sir Sanford Fleming's time zone proposal and the one that asked what a name of a place is. Other than that, I found all of the multiple choice questions easy. I also found the essay pretty easy as well. I wrote all about how we can implement the philosophy "Think global, act local". After I turned in my test the bell rang and ended class

Today in the wonderful Honor's Human Geography class with Mr. Schick we made some review questions for the test. When I walked into Human Geography today I was greeted with cookie and Snickers which was pretty cool. Just to make sure no one forgets if it's their day to bring in food we made a 2017 Human Geography group chat. However, we don't only talk about food, we also talk about everyone's day went and share quizlets to help us study. But, even with the group chat I already know I'm going to forget my day. After we finished passing out the food we shared the review questions we came up with. A lot of the questions were really good. These are some of the answers to questions that helped me: Sir Stanford Fleming came up with the idea of time zones, Texas voted Republican in the last three elections, and a way to fulfill the saying "think global act local" would be to grow a garden to provide some food for yourself. After going over these questions the be

Today in the marvelous and always entertaining Honor's Human Geography class with Mr. Schick we went over some questions that might appear on the upcoming test. When we got into class we introduced the shadows and shared our normal stories. One thing that happened today which usually doesn't happen everyday was that people brought cookies. I was given two but only ate one. Unfortunately, I saved the other one in my pocket and forgot about. So, now I have a crushed and melted chocolate-chip cookie in my pocket. After we finished telling our stories and sharing our food we got to school work. Since we have a test coming up next week we went over some questions that might be on the test. Some of the questions consisted of: What is the art in science of map-making? and, How many time zones are in the world? I learned that the art in science of map-making is cartography and that there are 24 time zones in the world. After going over more questions the bell rang and ended class.

Today was a solemn and sad Human Geography class with Mr. Schick. We found out that his beloved dog had died. We spent the first twenty five minutes of class listening to Mr. Schick talk about his many adventures with his dog. He talked about how when he first foumd them he was so scared but eventually came into their house. Three girls that sit behind me even began to cry. After we were finished then sharing stories of our own pet deaths we got on with the lesson. We talked a lot more about Global Warming and how it's affecting the world. I found it very interesting when Chase shared with the class that his middle school Science teacher did not believe in Global Warming or Climate Change. I find it crazy that someone who has had enough education to become a Science teacher doesn't believe in Climate Change. In my opinion, the evidence is there in the temperatures and the recent hurricanes. After we finished discussing this the bell rang and ended class.

          Today in the wonderful Honor's Human Geography class with... Mr. Torres we read about globalization and did a Think Geographically Activity. Globalization Notes: -geographers see unique features in a local environment and see broad patters in the global pattern -people who were conscerned with the environment made the phrase "think global act local". That means to do tasks in your global setting which will ultimately affect the world globally. -globalization is a force that involves the entire world and results in making something world wide -globalization describes how the population size of people who are able to interact with other people or objects in another place is shrinking Merriam Webster Dictionary defines Globalization as "the process by which buissneses or other organizations develop international or start operating on an international scale. Dictionary.com defines Globalization as "the act of globalizing, or extending to other or

         In today's wonderful Honor's Human Geography class with Mr. Schick we learned about how important oil is, but also how terrible it is for the environment. During this class we actually got way off topic since the lesson was about the United States of America's imports and exports. America's number one import is oil. According to the Central Intelligence Agency the United States buys about 8.567 million barrels of oil a day. That is an ubsurd amount of oil, but we need it. Literally, almost everything in the world is made of oil from being manufactured by machines that require oil or the item burns oil itself. So, our country requires oil to survive. However, there are two huge problems that occur when obtaining the oil. One is that it is a nonrenewable resource, and two is that it causes Global Warming. After discussing this the bell rang and ended class.

             In today's wonderful Honor's Human Geography class with Mr. Schick we finished our top 25 growing countries map and found "cool" facts about countries. It is actually pretty interesting seeing how small some of these countries are and how much they are growing. It is also interesting seeing some of these countries that you've never even heard of. To be honest I thought Bangladesh was a movie. I also thought Guam was a fictional place. After we were finished with the map we had to find a country that we are not too familiar with. Once we found a country we had to find a cool or interesting fact about that country. Since I thought Guam wasn't a real place I figured why not find a cool fact about it. So, it turned out Guam isn't the most exciting place in the world. I saw the word volcano and figured there was a volcano on Guam. Turns out I was wrong. However, I did find out other thing about other countries. For example, I found out that Antarct

         Today in Mr. Schick's Honor's Human Geography class I was greeted with a welcoming pop quiz. I was not expecting the pop quiz at all I am 99% sure I got nowhere near a 99% on the quiz. Some of the questions were easy and I was able to answer quickly, but some of them I had no idea. After we turned the quizes in Mr. Schick gave us a blank map. He then showed us the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) website. The CIA's main job is to find out as much information about other countries as possible. I couldn't believe how much information they had on this small country in Asia. They had population, history and even hospital bed density. The amount of information on these countries is mind blowing. We looked at one particular thing which was "top 25 growing countries in the world". We looked at the list and then placed the countries on the blank map Mr. Schick gave to us. After that, the bell rang and ended class.

            Today in the wonderful Honor's Human Geography Class with Mr. Schick we talked about latitude and longitude lines. We learned that these lines serve as an invisible navigation grid to Earth. This navigation system allows any given location in the world to be represented by a group of coordinates. This system is used by navigators anywhere in the world. The Longitude lines go vertical and can range from 0 degrees to 180 degrees east or west. Latitude lines travel horizontally from 0 degrees to 90 degrees north or south. We also talked about lines like The Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, the Equator, and the Prime Meridian. The Equator rests at 0 degrees and runs horizontally around the world. The Tropic of Cancer is North of the Equator and The Tropic of Capricorn is south of the Equator. Finally, the Prime Meridian is the Longitude Line that measures 0 degrees. The Prime Meridian actually passes right through Greenwich, England. Then the bell rang and ended class.

          Yep, that's right, you read the title correctly. After Mr. Schick's Honor's Human Geography Class I literally don't understand clocks anymore. When we started class Mr. Schick asked the class, "Why do we have time zones in the world?" I immediately was like "because other places in the world have different times than us uh duh". But then Mr. Schick asked us what causes the times to be different. At this point I was just confused on where he was going with this. Mr. Shcick then said that time is described by past, present, and future. So, right after he said that, it was already in the past and done with and the next sentence is in the unforeseeable future. Now I was questioning when the present is. How long is the present? What even is the present anymore? Is it actually nonexistent? These were all the questions going through my head then. However, this is why I love Mr. Schick's class because we are questioning our modern beliefs. Afte

              Today in Mr Schick's wonderful Human Geography class we basically debated over what the school uniform should be for about half the class. Mr. Schick explained to us that he thinks everyone in the school, boys and girls, should wear flight suits. They way Mr. Schick explained it to us made it very convincing. He said that so many people complain about being cold. The flight suit is long sleeved and goes down to your ankles so you will never be cold. So, I'm somewhat convinced we actually should switch our uniform to flight suits. After the whole debate we worked on our political regions. I find the political regions very interesting because Mr. Schick explained to us that the laws within a state have a very big play on which party the state will vote for. For example in Montana North Dakota, and other northwest states, they depend on their guns for their cattle and farms. So, they vote for the Republican party to get less strict gun laws. After I finished making m

              Today in the marvelous Honor's Human Geography class with Mr. Schick I made up the pop quiz that I missed. Mr. Schick took a desk out into the hallway for me where I took the pop quiz left handed. I did alright on it, I got an 85%. Once I came back in most of Mr. Schick's lecture was over, but I was still able to get notes on regions. Mr. Schick taught us that regions can be really big or really small, there are several neighboring counties in the world that share similar features, and that there are many localities within one particular country. After this, we did an activity on states and for which parties they voted for in the past elections. After studying how the states voted each election, we made regions for how they vote in elections. After this, the bell rang and ended today's class.