TODAY

We were told to find the national anthem of the country we research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji0fveRMmf8

So today Mr.shick and I had a good discussion about the presidency and what we agree and disagree on. We also went over when the test was going to be and whats on it and when out quiz is on .

HUMAN GEEEEOOOOOOOO

Today we continued with the presentations Brazil was the first today. Dilma Rouseff is there president. Brazil is a Federal republic. Dilma is the 36th president of brazil and she was the chief of state before she was president and is expected to keep her term all four year. She has served two terms. There are different ways to get rid of her. ONE elect new president. TWO impeach her. THREE Revolution. FOUR ASSASSINATION WOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!! JK. Second to go was canada.  There leader was Stephen Harper he has been in two terms. He can be removed through the same ways as Dilma.

today

Today people kept presenting. First was Russia with president vladmir putin and prime minister dimitri mezvadevdev. They're form of govt. Federal republic but Russia messes with it when they want. Mezvedev was the 10th prime minister and when mezvevdev was president putin was prime minister. I presented with syria whose president is basher al assad syria is a republic but has rigged elections. They just had a civil war where basher used chemical weapons and missiles against his own people. Japan was after me, They has a constitutional monarchy with emperor  Akihito and prime minister Shizo Abe. The emperor is mainly ceremonial. Akhito was the first emperor to marry a commoner and is the only emperor in the world

You could remove Putin through revolution assassination or protest all are really dangerous. You could only remove Bashar through Assasination revolution was tried and it failed. Akihito and Abe could be removed through a ballot

NOVEMBER 5 2014

Today we continued with our power points that we started a couple weeks ago. Three groups presented. The topics were US France and Germany. The leader of the US is Barack Obama he can serve two terms which is eight years and could be removed by assassination revolution or impeachment. We are a Capitalist Democracy. France has a president named Francois Holland. He could be removed by the same ways Barack Obama could. France is a federal republic. The leader of Germany is Angela Merkel. She is the chancellor of Germany they are a Statist Republic. Germany also has a president but he is more ceremonial. They both could be removed in the same ways as the other two.

Mexico
Leader President Enrique pena Nieto
Form of govnt Federal Republic

China

President Xi Jinping

Sovereign state

India

President Pranab Mukherjee 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Federal Republic

Russia

President Vladimir Putin 

Federal SemiPresidential republic

Germany

Federal Republic

Chancellor Angela Merkel

United Kingdom 

Sovereign State

Prime minister David Cameron

France 

Unitary Sovereign State

President Francois Hollande 

Brazil

Federal Republic

President Dilma Rousseff

Syria

Republic

President Bashar al-Assad

Canada
Federal Parlamentalry democracy
Governor General David Jhonston

Japan
Unitary Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
prime minister shinzo abe

Israel
Unitary Parliamentary republic
President Reuven rivlan

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Today

Today in human geo we went over the test got one question wrong and got a 97% so I'm very happy. The only question i got wrong was what country has the largest net migration rate Canada USA or Mexico i put USA but its actually Canada. The first part of the test we were aloud to use our computers. then the rest was stuff we learned.

Today in human geo we did lots of stuff. When class started we reviewed what we did last week. After that, Mr. Schick then told us to go on the  CIA World Fact Book and find information about the US compared to other counties. One thing I learned about the US is that we have the most airports compared to the world. Another thing that I learned about the US is that we are ranked number one compared to other countries in roadways.  For US, the number of mobile phone lines in use is 310 million. We are ranked number four compared to the world. For the US, We have the most Internet hosts with a total of 505 million. For the US, we have a total of 245 million internet users. We are ranked number two compared to other countries. We are ranked number one in gdp. 

Today in human geo Mr.Schick was talking about a program that is thinking about using Spotify for education he also asked us to create a playlist of songs that can relate to human geo and gave us codes for a three month trial on Spotify

Today we rewatched the TED video and Mr.Shcick explained it to us since he wasn't there. We had to take notes but not many so far because we only went three minuets into it. Not many people were in class today because of freshman retreats. But i did tell  Jonathan  what  we did to since he was on retreat. But our class is always fun even though it was really short.

Today Mr.Schick wasn't here because he's at a wedding. He did leave us a TED video on population pyramids though and some questions.
1)According to the Population Reference Bureau's "2013 World Population Data Sheet", 271 are born every minute, and 106 die every minute. That's a global net population increase of 165 per minute. This lesson was published on May 5th. What's the estimated global population increase exactly one week later (May 12th)?
(A) over 10 million
2) As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will  A: become wider at the base and narrower at the top
(D) Become more rectangular
3) What does a Population Pyramid NOT give you information about?    
(C) Life expectancy
4) Which continent would have the most fast-growth pyramids?
(A) Africa 

So far there have been 300,000 births today
and 135,685 deaths. By the next second or so this will be outdated sadly. 

Today in the wacky adventures of The geo that is human

Today Mr.Schick informed us that he would not be in school monday because he was heading to a wedding. In the middle of class he franticly scrambled to reserve seats and had an alarm going of every 10 or so minuets. We had to share information on a country of our choice. The country i chose was Germany. There population is very slowly decreasing. All of the fresh water in Germany is clean and considered drinkable. The male life expectancy is 78 and the female life expectancy is 82. They are a very developed nation but don't have a large enough workforce so people from turkey are coming to fill those jobs. The turks that move in are building temples of there religion causing lots of conflict between the germans and the turks.

-Reece
PS i got this in at 11:58 like wow just in time

Today in the splendid adventures of thursdays human geo

Today we continued going over world population things. We learned the worlds birth rate is 2.1 children per couple. The reason it is 2.1 is not because people are having .1 of a child but because some couples are having 3-4 children and some are having only one child. There was a shadow today named Ryan and Mr.Schick was like Reece are you crying? And are you Ryan to the shadow. I kinda felt bad for him having to sit through our class......... Anyways it was very fun and interesting as usual Mr.Schick also finished handing out quizzes and i got an 80 something I believe. Overall it was a good day and i can't believe were already a month deep into the school year.

Today In Human Geo

We took a test..... Mr.Schick you want us to criticize it so here I go. I think the test wasn't hard but it wasn't easy. It was a very fair test and I liked it. And that  random t or f question was funny.

Today in human geo

We took a test

Today in the splendid adventures of human geo

Today was very long in human geo. It was kinda dry and boring a bit insipid but interesting. We talked about globalization which is the interconnection between nations culturally politically and economically. We saw some pictures that really emphasized that concept. Over in japan american fast food is really popular but is having a major impact on there health and culture. In Africa they are not very connected to the outside world and western influence. In north Korea they completely shut them selves out from the outside world which has had a bad affect on them. We also talked about Americanization which is the spread of american things to Asia Europe and that part of the world. Mr. Schick brought up some great points on all of that stuff which really helped me understand it all.

Class did not meet today

Today in human geo

Today in human geo we got new seats. A lot of us didn't like those seats so we voted on it like it was the greek agora. Many people brought up great points including myself Nate and Johnathan. Although i got yelled at by like half the class we still won. After the discussion we had to come up with an agreement. In the end we got to choose seats of our choice. At the end of class Mr.Schick said that he originally planned to let us vote then completely override us but i think we swayed him way to much. I ended up grabbing a seat in the corner where i wouldn't be bothered. Thank you Mr. Schick for letting us decide.

Ancient Greek Definitions

Todays blog assignment consists of ancient greek vocab.
Agora- in ancient Greece a public open space used for assemblies and markets
Arete- It means excellence of any kind or Moral virtue
Polis- the ancient Greeks did not always refer to Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and other poleis as such; they often spoke instead of the Athenians, Lacedaemonians, Thebans and so on. The body of citizens came to be the most important meaning of the term polis in ancient Greece as a polis.
The year 508 bc- cleisthenise grants full rights to all men throughout athens. And democracy started in athens
Socrates-   was an athenian philosopher  credited as one of the founders of western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students plato and xenophen.
The death of Socrates-The Death of Socrates is a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David. 
The Socratic method-is a form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.
What did the greeks mean if they called you and idiot-person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way.
My sources are wikipedia and google dictionary.

Today in class

Today in Mr.Schicks we had a lot of fun and a great discussion. It started of by Mr. Schick making sure we all had our composition books which we all did. We Finished up our message to Garcia notes. Most of the class was spent discussing that reading and a bit of note taking. Mr. Schick also let us look at his als ice bucket challenge it was really funny and then he challenged all of us. Overall class was really fun today. Thank you Mr.Schick for being such an entertaining teacher

-Reece

Action plan for high school

High school can prove quite challenging i found that out very quickly and very hard. But if you have a plan you should be good. My plan consists of many things that may be helpful to all. First get a good nights sleep. Second always eat a good breakfast. It is important to have enough energy to get through the day. Stay on top of you're grades if you let them slip they are hard to get back up. Another thing would be to come to class prepared. Get books for more than one class at a time. It is important to take lots of notes. The most important thing is study always study.

- Reece F

In Mr.Schicks today we didn't really do much. First we made sure our blogs were actually set up. Once we emailed the link of our blog to him. My blog was set up and just amazing (thanks for the tip Mr.Schick). Overall today was fun. We also learned that Mr.schick has been on sets at lots of major films.

--- Writer Reece F

Mr.Schick I'm sorry this wasn't 150 words we didn't do much today and I couldn't expand on it I hope you can understand that please>

First day at John Carroll

My first day at The John Carroll School was a fun yet kinda intimidating experience. I had some troubles at first finding my classes and still kinda had trouble once i got it down i was good. I came from a school that had no one coming to JC from it so i got to know people through summer camps but it was still awkward not knowing that many people there. My first impressions of my teachers were good i like all of them, they seem to all be really fun yet serious when necessary. I was extremely scared of Mr.Ireton (the dean of freshmen) but I got to talk to him in person and he is actually a very nice man. Having the seniors not there was actually kinda nice because it would have been way scarier with that high of upperclassman there. But overall my first day was great.