Working on our essays

In Human Geo class today we had time to work on our Essays. I am sooooo thankful for this time because I need to redo my essay since I realized how bad and all over the place it was. I was able to get a good amount of my essay done in class but I definitely still had somethings to work on at home for it. I did my essay on Iceland, Aruba, and Zimbabwe and how they face different migration problems.

Essay for exam 1

Mr. Schick was not in class today so mrs. Gauthier was our sub. For our class time we were supposed to write our essay for the exam. The essay is do Friday. I am choosing option A because I think that its the easiest one for me today and I am most interested in that one. I am going to use the CIA world Factbook to find information on the 3 countries that I am doing. I plan on doing a European country, an island in the Carribean and an African country. In conclusion I should really be working on my essay because I haven't even started and I have a lot to do with studying for other classes exams lol.

Test on migration/podcast

We took a test today in Human Geo class. Although I completely forgot we had one until this morning I still think I did pretty well considering that I forgot. The whole front page of the test was matching. It would have a statement then you would have to match the answer to it and you could only use each letter once. For example if the statement is when someone is moving willingly. If I thought the answer was A voluntary migration then I would write A next to that statement and I wouldn't be able to use the term for the rest of the matching. The second and third pages were all multiple choice. The multiple choice was way harder then. matching. If I would have known that we had to know the dates of laws and stuff then I definitely would have studied more.

Powerpoint on the packet

In Human Geo we took notes on a powerpoint. The powerpoint was pretty much information that was in the packet that we looked at the day before but this time they took out the more important important information from the packet. Some of the important information that I wrote down is about peoples attitudes about immigrants. Most United States citizens have very strong opinions about border patrol whether it be building a wall or not. I also have information about Ravensteins options on immigration. He believed that most immigrants are adults, most are people seeking jobs without and children and that most long-distance immigrants were adult males.

packet

Today in Human Geo we looked at a packet. The packet had facts and important information about immigrants and and migration. I wrote down the things that I thought were important in the packet. For example I wrote down information about Quotas, migration with children, Labor force, years in the United States, Distribution and the source country. Some info that I wrote down about quotas are the years that each of them were signed and what the quotas were about. The quotas were in the years 1924, 1965, 1978, and 1990. Most of these quotas had something to do with limiting the amount of people per country that could immigrate each year.

Unauthorized immigrants in the United States

In the United States we have an immigration problem. Some statistics that I found in the packet we read were about Distribution, Labor Force, Years in the United States, Children, Source Country. One of the statistics that I found about Distribution were that California and Texas have the largest numbers of unauthorized immigrants and Nevada has the largest percentage of immigrants all together. Another statistic that I found is that more than 1 half of unauthorized immigrants emigrate from Mexico and the remainder of the immigrants are evenly divided between Latin American countries and other regions of the world. The last statistic that I found is about labor force there is approximately 8 million unauthrorized immigrants that are employed in the United States.

Immigrants vs Tear gas

In class today we listened to more of the podcast on migration. The podcast was definetley biased against Trump as they used information about how he is hurting the migrants. For example they talked about how border officials used tear gas in order to make migrants settle down. Honestly I'm glad they did that. The migrants attacked the border officials so the border officials fought back. What are we supposed to just let them throw rocks at us? Then when we fight back are we supposed to feel sad or ashamed that we did? NO the migrants attacked us first and its not like the tear gas killed anyone. I am sorry, but if you want to be violent like that then face the consequences and don't act like we should feel sorry for you.

Podcast continued

We listened to more of the podcast yesterday in Human Geo. I think it is very interesting what the reporters in the podcast have said. I believe that they are biased against Donald Trump. They use facts and statistics that make him look bad. Illegal immigrants is a real problem and people need to realize that. One thing that we learned from the podcast is that Barack Obama added domestic violence to the list of reasons that the United States can grant asylum. But Donald Trump has now wanted to take that off the list. I think we should take that off of the list of reasons to grant asylum.

Podcast

We are learning about migration in Human Geo. Therefore Mr.Schick wants us to talk about current events in the world that have to do with migration. Since not many people know about what is currently going on in the world and certain events we decided top listen to a podcast in order to gather information. After gathering information then we will have a debate where some of the class will be asked to say they are for migration and the rest saying that we should limit it. Some of the information I gathered is that a problem similar to ours today occurred in the United States in 1951.The United Nations decided to try and get countries to sign off on a treaty. This treaty said that if you are facing Persecution then you should be granted asylum. There were a few requirements to be granted it though. The requirements were race, nationality, political views and social groups if you were facing groups in any of those categories then you could be granted asylum.

Interregional Migration

Interregional Migration is the permanent move from one country to another. Most of the time perceived economic betterment typically compels individuals to make interregional migrations. Interregional Migration has become bigger as the population has grown and developed. Historically, the enticement of abundant available land on the American frontier would cause Interregional Migration to the United States. But in the present, most jobs especially in services are clustered in urban areas. This causes many of the people migrated to the United States to move into big cities of economic activity. Also Westward expansion played a huge role in Migration. When Lewis and Clark found more land in the West of the United States there was more land so more people would move to the United States since they had lots of land.

Migration

Migration is the moving from one place to another whether its for 1 year or the rest of your life. There are two different types of migration. The first type is immigration. Immigration is when someone is moving into a place or country. The other type of migration is Emmigration. Emmigration is when a someone is leaving a place or country and moving to a new one. This could occur for many reasons. Whatever makes someone read is a push factor and whatever makes some one move to is a pull factor. We know this because of Ravenstein's law. Ravenstein's laws states that Most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the country and Long distance migrants to other countries head for major areas of economic activity. These laws are mostly true because just think about it usually when someone you know moves far away they either live in or near a major city in that region, state or country.

Hans Rosling quiz

We took a quiz today. I definitely did not do well on that quiz. I wasn't prepared, it was on Hans Rosling. The quiz was only 10 questions and before we took the quiz we did go over a worksheet with similar questions on it. Thank gosh we did that because if not all of the questions I got would have been wrong. Some of the questions asked about the 5 stages and graphs. For example one question asked what Hans Rosling used as the x-axis and y-axis In his video. Another question asked which country in currently in stage 5 then it would list 5 countries and you would have to circle which one you thought was in that stage. Overall I feel that I did okay on the pop quiz today considering that I had no time to study or even knew it was happening. I hope that I did well and next will have time to study it.

Hans Roslings 200 years in 4 minutes.

We watched a short clip in class of a man name Han Rosling. In the video he was explaining  what has happened to the population over 200 years. Han is a college professor and teaches Global Health. He uses simple tricks in order for us to understand what he is saying more. For example he color coded a few regions. Europe was brown, Asia was red, the Middle East was green, Africa (south of the Sahara) was blue, and The Americas were yellow. With these colors he created a graph. The y-axis on the graph represented lifespan and the x-axis represented income. Based on income and lifespan the colored dots would move up or down. If you are closer to zero then your area is poor and sick but if you have a high lifespan and income then you are rich and healthy. Hans made it easier for us to understand the information he was sharing by doing this.

Tests handed back

We got our tests back today. I got a 97 out of 100. I am very happy that I got the grade I did, I studied a lot so I think I deserved it. I even got one the bonus question that asked what the net migration for the world was. I guessed zero and got it right so that added an extra two points to my grade. After reviewing the test with the class I realized that a lot of people did really well on it. Lots of people got high A's and even over one hundred with the extra credit. If I remember correctly our class average was a 86.2 percent. Although that was the lowest class average out of all of the classes I still think that we did really good on the test.

Cultural Landscape

In Human Geo on Friday we talked about CDR and CBR. CDR stands for crude death rate. Crude death rate is the total number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.  You can calculate the Crude death rate by taking an area and the total number of deaths in that area and divide that by the total population in that area. CBR stands for crude birth rate. Crude birth rate is the number of live births given among population. You can calculate the Crude birth rate by dividing the amount of live births and the total mid year population. The country that has the lowest birth rate is Japan and the country with the highest birth rate is Niger. The country with the lowest Crude death rate is Qatar and the highest crude death rate is Egypt.

Human Geo Unit 3 test

Today we had our test. I studied a lot for it and I think it actually paid off. The only question that I had a little bit of confusion on was one of the bonus questions. It was the question that asked about the net migration of the world. If I remember correctly I put zero and I have no clue if its right or not but I really hope it is. Quite honestly I think I did good on the test but then again every time I say that I do bad. Therefore I really hope I got the bonus question right so that I can get an extra 2 points.

Test Review Population

In Human Geo today Mr Schick  asked us questions about what would be on the test that we are taking Thursday. I definitely do have some terms that I need to study like Maternal Mortality rate, Natural rate of increase and the types of each Pyramids and how to identify them. I am worried about having to identify each population Pyramid with Box, Cup and Christmas tree. In conclusion I will probably be spending the rest of my night studying all of the notes I have taken.

Population Pyramids part 2

In Human Geo today we looked at different places in the United States and looked at their population pyramids. We looked at what shape their pyramid was and why the pyramid looked like that. The different Pyramid that it could look like are a box, cup or Christmas tree.  We looked at different cities and towns and had to figure out why their Pyramid looked like it did. For example if one Pyramid had more males and it is near the ocean then it may be home to a coast guard or military port.

Population Pyramids

In Human Geo today we looked at different Population Pyramids. The three Pyramids that we looked at were the most common ones. They are Christmas tree, the Box, and The cup. We use Population Pyramids to analyze growth (or decline) of fertility, mortality and migration in cities. There are two sides of the Pyramid. Males are usually on the left from the middle and females are on the right of the middle. The Christmas tree Pyramid represents a developing nation. If it looks like a Christmas tree then the country most likely has slow growth rates, high birth rates, and short life expectancy. Some examples of developing nations are Namibia and Bangladesh. The second type of Pyramid is The box. If your Pyramid looks like a box then it is a devolped nation and has slow growth. If it looks like a box then it has low infant mortality, slow population growth and long life expectancy. Some examples of a box pyramid country is Sweden and the United States. The last type of Population Pyramid is the cup. If your population graph looks like a cup then it is devolped but has negative growth. The country also has a low birth rate, shrinking population and long life expectancy. Some examples of a cup Population Pyramid are Italy and Japan.

Factbook info

In human geo today we all shared the countries that we found on Facebook then shared interesting facts we found about them. I learned many other things about different countries in the world. I shared my fact about how there are 232 airports in Sweden and only 149 of them have paved runways. After sharing that fact with the  class I learned a few facts about the Pitcairn Islands, Brazil and China. I found out that China has mostly mountains, plateaus and deserts. I also learned that it is home to Mount Everest. In the Pitacairn islands they only have a population of 54 and it is declining. It also relies mostly on selling postage stamps for money. They can sell these postage stamps to tourists who visit the Pitacairn islands.

Facts about Sweden

Today we went on www.cia.gov and we were able to research a country and write 5 paragraphs about 5 facts. I chose the country Sweden because I know nothing about it and thought that it would be interesting to learn something about it.

The first fact I found about Sweden is that there population is only 9,960,487. Which means that the United States have nearly 314 million more people. Sweden is number 91 in the world for population while the United States is number 3 in the world.

The second fact that I found about Sweden is that Sweden has mostly a Lutheran based religion. But it also has many other religions that people in Sweden study. 63.5% Lutheran 8.1% other ( Roman Catholic, orthodox, baptist, muslim, jewish, and buddhist) and then 28.4% none or unspecified. 

The third fact that I found about Sweden is that there official language is Swedish. In addition to Swedish though many people can also speak Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, Meankielli are officially minority languages that many can speak.

The fourth fact that I found out that there birth rate is 12.1 per 1,000 people. This birth rate is only .4 less then the United States birth rate which is 12.5. This means that people in the United States has a higher birth rate then Sweden.

The fifth fact that i found about Sweden on www.cia.gov was that they have 8 registered air carriers, 219 aircrafts and 231 airports. Out of the 231 airports there were 82 unpaved runways and 149 paved airways.

Total Fertility Rate

Total Fertility Rate or TFR is the average number of children born per women. The average fertility rate can vary based on where you live. For example, the United States fertility rate is 2.01 and the world fertility rate is 2.42. In Nigeria the fertility rate is very high. There fertility rate bis 6.89 and it is still a devolping nation. However, in Japan the fertility rate is very low, it is 1.40. Many factors play a part in the fertility rate of a country. Some factors that play a part in how high or low the fertility rate is if a country is still devolping or the economic situation of a person.

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is the number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year. The life expectancy varies depending on where you live and what kind of living conditions you live in. If you live in an area where there is little air pollution and you have shelter, food and doctors then your life expectancy will most likely be longer then someone who lives in an area with lots of air pollution and eats fast food everyday. The highest life expectancy is Monaco. Monaco's average life expectancy for males is 85.63 years and for women it is 93.58. This is because most people in Monaco are rich and can afford healthy food and proper health care. The lowest life expectancy is in Chad. The average life expectancy for men in Chad is 48.64 years and for women it is 51.03 years. They are not as developed as Monaco which is one of the many reasons that their life expectancy is lower. If you haven't noticed that women tend to have a longer life expectancy, this is because most women do not do as much hard labor as men. This labor will cause mens bodies to become weaker and more susceptible to disease.

Population

Today in Human Geo we talked about the population. I learned that every 8 seconds a new baby is born and every 12 seconds someone dies. I also learned that the Population increases by roughly 73 million people per year and 90% of the population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia and Latin America. If the Population keeps growing steadily there will be almost 10 billion people by 2030. I also cannot believe that in China you were not allowed to have a baby girl and if you did sometimes they would kill her or the parents would have an abortion. To me that Is so absurd.

test

     We took a test today in Human Geo on the Earth. I think that the test was pretty easy. I only had trouble on one of the questions which was the one that asked us "What was El Paso named after". I am pretty sure that I picked a person of prominence but I am not sure if that is right. When I just looked it said that it was named after a river so I guess I got that question wrong. Overall though I think I did really well on the test. But I did study so people who didnt study may think it was hard

Review game

In human Geo today Demetri made up a review game focus to play. I really liked the game we played. So pretty much Demerti split us up into two groups (half of the room). Both teams had team captains that would chose one person from there group and that person would go up to the board. Demetri would ask the two people up at the board a question then the first person to write the answer on the board would get a point. If you do not know the answer your team gets 1 phone call per round. At the end the team with the most points would win. And that is pretty much what the review game we played today was like.

What to expect on the test

Today in Human Geo we went over what is going to be on the test. Our test is on Friday. We started off by Mr. Schick asking us questions that may be on the test. We also talked about time zones. For example Mr. Schick would ask us what time it is in Beijing, Moscow and Greenwich England. Overall though I think that there are definitely some things that I need to study but I also think that I will do pretty well based on the questions Mr. Schick asked us in class.

Human Geo questions 10/15

Ancient cartography-
1. Eratosthenes calculated Earth's size pretty accurately.
2. He invented the armillary sphere, one of the most important instruments in astronomy.
3. He invented the word geography.
Time Zones-
4.Portland Oregon- 7 am
5. Greenwich, England- 3 pm
6. Toronto, Ontario- 10 am
7. The south pole- 3 am
Locations and Place names-
8. Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Great lakes, Great mountains, White mountains
9.Mt. De Nali, Alaska, Arizona, Conneticut, Hawaii
10.St. Louis, Maryland, Baltimore, Calvert county, Calvert county
11. Georgetown University, John Carroll, Thomas Aquinas college, John Carroll University, St. Margrets
Latitude and Longitude-
12. 39.2904N, 76.6122W
13. 0.1807S, 78.4678W
14. 16.8414S, 179.9813W
15. 43.5321S, 172.6362E
16. 58.3019N, 134.4197W
Antipodes-
The antipode of any spot is the point on Earths surface diametrically opposite to it.
Antipodes for locations-
18. Departamento Conesa, RN, Argentina
19. In the water
20. "most likely in the ocean"

Culture

Culture is the body of customary beliefs, material traits and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people. Your culture makes you stand out and be unique. The world culture comes from the latin word cultus which means "to care for". There are also two different types of culture in which geographers both study. The first one is what people care about. For example peoples beliefs, language and cultural values. The second one is what people take care of. For example food, clothing, shelter, and things that other humans need in order to survive and thrive.

Test overview

Today in Human Geo we talked about what is going to be on our test next week. At the end of next week we are having a unit test on what we have learned so far. One of the things we have learned in class is about GPS's. GPS's can help you with turn by turn directions, and can provide your location to social media. The second thing on the test that we need to know is about time zones. There are 24 time zones for every 15 degrees of longitude. We also need to know the four types of distortion. The four types are the shape shape of an area can be distorted, the relative size of different areas can be altered, the distance between points can become increased or decreased, and the direction between points can be distorted. Now I know what I need to study and memorize for the quiz next week.

Regions

In class on Friday we talked about regions. A region is an unique area. Geographers can identify three different types of regions. The three types are a Formal region, a Functional region and, a Vernacular region. A formal region is a area in which everyone shares a common one or more distinctive characteristics. A functional region is a area organized around a node or a focal point. And last but not least a vernacular region is a area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. In conclusion, every location in the world is a part of a region whether it Formal, Functional or Vernacular.

How you can identify location

Today in Human Geo we talked about how location can be identified in 3 ways. One way that you can  identify location is by place names. Place names are names that derived from people of prominence, religious affiliation, physical features or origins of its settlers. The second way that you can identify location is by site. The site is that physical characteristics of a place. The characteristics of a site are the climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetarian, latitude and elevation. The third and final way to identify location is situation. Situation is the location of a place relative to other places. There are also regions which are unique areas. Regions are mostly applied at two scales. The two scales are spanning political and constrained within one political state.

Socrates and how he relates to todays society

Today in Human Geo we talked about our test. We went over our answers like we do in every class for tests, but this time when we went over one of the essay questions we found ourselves debating about an issue in todays society. The essay question was Socrates famously stated "The unexamined life is not worth living." Describe what this statement means to you personally. We talked about Socrates and how if you don't have freedom then why live at all. This brought us to the subject of kneeling during the national anthem. I completely disagree with kneeling to protest police brutality. I think that if you want to protest then they're are many different more peaceful ways to do that. For example you could set up an March or start a movement. The NFL players are getting paid millions of dollars to play football and entertain us, not disrespect our veterans.

GPS in society

If you go back about 50 years we a hardly had any technology now we have phones, Televisions and GPS'. GPS' play an huge role in todays society, If you are lost you can use a GPS to find your destination. A GPS is a system that accurately determines the precise position of something on earth. There are three different elements of GPS' in the United States today. One is that satellites in predetermined orbits, Tracking stations to monitor and control satellites and, a receiver that can locate at least 4 satellites. There are also many applications of GPS' including Turn by turn directions in vehicles, Navigational aid to planes and ship captains,  and, provide location to social media applications in a smartphone. Personally I do not think I'd like places to know my location and information. However I do like it when a GPS tells us how far away we are from the closest location we entered.

Map summary

Yesterday in Human Geo we took a day to catch-up. Our catching up day consisted of us finishing our maps and doing our blog or any missed work that we had. On our maps we had to label a bunch of things including the 7 continents, the oceans, the equator and the prime meridian. We also had to label on the map where are ancestors were from. My ancestors are from Germany, Ireland and Poland. Since i am mostly German i decided to label Germany on the map. Germany is right near Belgium and the Netherlands. I colored in Germany then labeled it as "Where i am From". I really liked the Catch-up day because it gave me a chance to finish my maps and get caught up on my Human Geo work so far.

Latitude and Longitude and how it effects the world

Latitude and Longitude effect the planet and how it runs in many different ways. Today in Human Geo I was able to learn some of them. For example I learned that the location that you are at on the globe will effect the time of day it is. If you live in the Central time zone then you are are one hour behind the Eastern time zone. So right now it is 7:10 in the Eastern time zone but 6:10 in the Central time zone. This is because in the United States there are 6 different time zones. Depending on where you are in the United States you will have different Time on a clock, phone Etc. The Earth is divided into 24 time zones. 360 degrees divided 24 time zones equals 15 degrees. Located at the Prime Meridian is Greenwich England. It is considered the Master reference time for all points on Earth.

Cartographers for social equality points

In the video I watched of the Organization of Cartographers for social equality pitching their idea to the Presidents representatives. The Cartographers for social equality wanted the president to make all of the public schools in the United States to change the map they teach with. They wanted the map to be changed from Mercator map to the Peters Projection map. The Mercator map was made by a German Cartographer in 1569 as a navigation tool for European sailors. One of the points that was made by The Cartographers for Social Equality was that the map is so old that it is extremely distorted. One of the examples they use is that on the Mercator map Greenland and Africa appear to be the same size but in real life Africa is 14 times bigger then Greenland. The German Cartographer increased the land masses by the poles so that would line up with the lines of latitude and longitude. Another point made by the Cartographers for Social Equality was that when a lot of people learn about maps in school or just see them they associate Land with power. So if they saw a bigger land mass some people might think that it has more power over the rest of the world. This makes people believe that the smallest countries have the least power over the world when that is not necessarily true. That is why the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality want the President to make all of the public school kids in the United States use the Peters Projection map instead of the Mercator map.

Projection

 On Thursday in Human Geo we talked about projection. I learned that the Scientific method of transferring locations Earths surface to a flat map is called projection. Earths spherical shape causes distortion when drawing it on a flat piece of paper. There are 4 different types of distortion. The first one is the shape of an area can be distorted. The second one is Distance between points may become increased or decreased. The third one is the relative size or different areas can be altered. The fourth and final one is the direction between the points can be distorted. The level of detail and the amount of area covered on the map depends on the map scale.

Maps of the world introduction

In Human Geo today we talked about maps. I learned many things about maps including that we have been using maps for hundreds of years. Maps serve the purpose of a reference tool to identify on objects and relative location and as a communication tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features. I also learned that the first world map was prepared by Eratosthenes in 276-194 BC. Improvements to the world map were later made by Ptolemy. After ptolemy the advancement in cartography was primarily made outside of Europe by Chinese and islamic world. Mapmaking revived during the age of exploration and discovery. The last thing I learned was that Mediterranean means the middle of the earth.

opinion on first test after taking it (socrates, excellence and democracy)

Today in class we took our first test in Human Geo. I thought that it was pretty easy compared to tests I have previously taken. I studied at my house for about an hour so I think that made it easier. There was only one question that I had trouble on. I had trouble remembering impiety for one of the things that socrates was charged for. Although this question was a bonus, I could not seem to remember what the mountain was named now. I can remember that they just recently changed the name back to an Native American name. Other then that I thought that the Essay and test were both pretty fair to what we learned in class. The test also wasn't very long. It only took me about 20 minutes to complete the whole test including the essay. I don't know if it wasn't long because I knew most of the answers as soon as I saw it or because the test only had like 20 questions. But overall I thought that the test was easy and fair.

Test on Monday 9/17

 Today in Human Geo I found out that we have a test on Monday. We talked about the expectations for test taking. Some expectations include no open notes during the test and cheating. we also talked about what was going to be on the test. For example many questions on socrates, excellence and a message to Garcia. I also found out that we will have to write an essay on excellence and why we learned it at the beginning of the school. This weekend I am going to outline my notes so I can memorize the more important parts of the information we learned so far. I hope that I will get a good grade on my essay and test since this is the first big grade in Human Geo this school year so far. I will also study so I can get a good grade on my first test in Human Geo this year!

Socrates and his time in jail

Socrates would meet people in the agora to question their beliefs in order to make sure that they learned about what they believed. People from all over the world would share their messages about astronomy, medicine, meteorology, literature, philosophy and all things scientific.  Everyone would learn something new from each of the people meeting at the Agora. This helped with advances in education.  This was also around the time when traditional teachings of the Greek gods were very big and got young people thinking. Eventually the Greek government got upset that Socrates had started this new way of education. The government was mad because they believed that Socrates was teaching kids more logically explanations instead of Greek gods. They charged Socrates with corruption of Athens young and impiety. Socrates stood infant of a jury of 500 people and admitted what he did and had no signs of regret when doing it. They found him guilty and sentenced him to death. Socrates had the choice of escaping but instead took the punishment and drank the hemlock that slowly killed him.

Ancient Greece, Democracy and Socrates

Today in class we learned more about ancient Greece, democracy and Socrates. I learned that the first time in recorded history people had revolted against their ruler was in Greece. This led to the birth of democracy in 508 BCE. A polis is political entities ruled by their bodies of citizens. The word polis is a root word politics, metropolitan and poll. We also learned about socrates. Socrates was a stone-mason as an young man but then went on and fought heroically in the Peloponnesian war. As a result of fighting in the Peloponnesian war some people believe that his battlefield experiences may have shaped the way he viewed the world. Socrates met with students outside the agora and used his method where he would ask a series of questions to determine their underlying beliefs and the extent of their knowledge. This helped Socrates become well known in Ancient Greece. In conclusion, Ancient Greece, Democracy and Socrates helped develop politics, and government today in the real world.

A message to Garcia translated

After talking about a message to Garcia in class I have a better understanding of what it is we are learning. Based on what we talked about today in class I now understand that Elbert Hubbard just wanted workers to do their job without being told to. For example if you saw the printer was out of ink you'd replace the cartridge not wait until your boss tells you too. He also wants people to use common sense and knowledge. He uses the greek word arete to explain this. Arete is excellence of any kind or fulfillment of purpose or function but mostly, the act of living up to ones full potential. The highest human arete is knowledge.  Elbert wanted people to have arete but instead they were slipshod and imbecility. This made Elbert mad and upset that people weren't working as hard as others but still getting the same rewards. Elbert also wanted people to take initiative. "Take a message for Garcia" even became a popular slang for telling people to take initiative.

A Message To Garcia blog

 After reading A Message To Garcia By Elbert Hubbard, I do believe that in some ways this relates to high school and in other ways it does not. It relates to high school because now lots of kids have gotten lazier when doing school work. For example instead of getting a dictionary and looking up the word most kids will just pull up dictionary.com since it takes less effort.  Also most kids will ask their friends for help instead of opening up their binder since its less work to just get the answer from someone. This essay does not relate to High school because although some people might take the easier route, this isn't the case for all. Lots of people like to research, and do their own work so that when they get a good grade on something they feel that they have earned it. Also many kids fear that they will get in trouble for taking the easy way out and it won't help them in the long run. Although Elbert Hubbards essay does have some good points I do not believe that everything he says directly relates to an high schooler.

My first day of school as a patriot

I was very nervous about my first day of school at John Carroll. I was scared that the upper class man would be rude and not care about the freshman. I was wrong, all of the upper class man were very nice and one even offered to help me open my locker and answer any questions that I had. I was also scared that I would not have enough time in between classes to go to my locker and get my books. I quickly realized that 5 minutes was plenty of time to go to my locker. Once I stopped worrying I started having a lot of fun. In intro to bible I learned about the origins of John Carroll, I made friends, and even learned a little Spanish. All of this was very fun but the best part was leaving school early to go to an away volleyball game at Maryvale. I really liked the atmosphere at the game, everyone was cheering each other on when we made mistakes and when we did good. We ended up winning our volleyball game which was a perfect ending to a great day at school.