Funny Stories!

So the other day in human geo we got to hear all of these funny stories of Mr. Schick when he was young. I thought they were pretty funny. There was one where there was this green guy and he and his friend would toss it around when the teacher wasn’t looking and one time they were tossing it, it went right into the teacher’s cup of tea. I don’t think you were a very good kid when you were younger. Otherwise that was what we did the whole class. We shared funny stories about each other and did nothing else the whole class. It was a fun class that day. I hope its okay that I turned this in today because you check the blogs on Sunday mornings so I waited to do it today. Thank you and hope you had a great Thanksgiving because I did!

Forgot my Laptop!

So today was sort of an interesting human geo class. Well first off I was in a rush to get in the car today and I forgot my laptop at home. Today we had to use our computers which was a disappointment because I had to look at someone else’s computer the whole time. It was okay though we did group work so I just sat with my group. We all had to say what our emails were so we would get emailed the power point.  I thought it was a really fun class today though. We didn’t do much, but it was still fun. It was better than last Friday’s class because last Friday we didn’t do anything. It’s okay though not every class is fun, but not every class is boring. Tomorrow we will probably do the same thing and get in our groups again. That was pretty much our human geo class today.

                                          Games !!

Yestersay in Human  Geography  our teacher wasnt't there so we had a substitute. What we were supposed to do was play a game that was put on his blog. I forget the name of the game, but I really didn't understand it. I didn't really get what the point of it was, but that's okay it was sort of fun. I pretty much just played the fishing part of the game the whole time. That was the best part of the game and the only part I really understood. Otherwise I didn't get what the point of the game was. That was pretty much what we did the whole class and I think we were supposed to do some of that worksheet we got, but I don't know our substitute didn't mention doing that so I pretty much played the game the whole time. So that was our class im human geography on Friday. 

                                                      Worksheets and Vending Machines

Today in Human Geography, well in the beginning I asked to go buy something out of the vending machine because I didn’t get to eat at lunch because I had forgotten my lunch. So I walked upstairs and I bought something and I walked back downstairs to the classroom and apparently my class did something to it while I was gone. I was a little bit scared. Then we just talked about the tests and some videos we had watched. Like naming a couple Did You Know? And Shift Happens. I don’t know if they were together, but we have watched a couple of videos. Otherwise we didn’t do much today we just kind of talked about human geography topics. Also again we went over our test and we also answered a few questions from a worksheet, but we only got to two of the questions because we started talking about other topics. That was what our class was like today.

Today in Human Geography we got our tests back that we took on the world leaders. I didn’t do as well as I thought I did, but then again there were some that I couldn’t find so I had to guess on them. I thought I had just done a lot better, but I guess I didn’t. The thing is, is that we got to use our blogs on that test and yet I still didn’t do well. I’ll do better on the next one though and I am going to study really hard because I want to get at least get an A on one test before the quarter ends! I am also happy because I got 3 extra points on the test because one of the answers that was marked wrong was wright so therefore, I moved my grade up a couple of points. I was really happy about that.

 

Test!!

Today in class we took a test. I thought it was unfair to tell us the day before about it, but then I realized why he did that. He did that because we were allowed to use our blogs on the test! I think I did pretty well except for on a few. I didn’t really finish, I did though, but I had to fill in random answers because I was told that if I didn’t write something down for them they would be marked wrong. I wonder what is going to happen if I did mark it down and it’s wrong. The ones that I didn’t get to answer was the ones about the countries on the last two pages. Those were the ones I didn’t get. There was also another one on the back of the first page because I couldn’t find the answer. I really hope I did okay on it though.

Leaders

Well the past couple of days we have been going over the leaders, about them, and there backgrounds. Then today we finally finished it only to realize that we have a test tomorrow. I wish I would have been able to know in advance when the test would be because there is a lot of facts about each person and we have to memorize that all tonight. Not everyone checks your blog so you need to tell us. Plus everyone has some others tests and quizzes that they have for tomorrow. Tell us in advance because I don’t check your blog every day and I need to know that stuff so I can study in advance. Memorizing this stuff all tonight is going to be really hard and it’s not fair. I also have other homework and another quiz tomorrow. I just really hope I can pass this test tomorrow.

Updating My Blog

Today in class we had a really long mod so we got a lot done. We updated our blogs on all of the leaders of the 12 countries we looked up. We then went through a power point and took notes and facts on each of the leaders.

 

Hamid Karzai – backround

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

·         He is well versed in several languages including native Pashto, Persian, Hindi, French and English

·         Several times in 2001, Karzai warned the united states that the Taliban were connected

Brazil – Dilma Rouseff

·         She opposed Brazil’s military dictatorship of the 1960’s and 70;s and served three years in prison, were she was repeatedly tortured

·         She has been divorced twice

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

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

China – 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 who is studying at Harvard

France – Francois Hollande

·         Hallande has no previous experience in a national government position

·         The mother of his four children is Segolene Roysl, with whom he shared 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, Chancellor Angela Merkel

Angela

·         Graduated from University of Leipzig in 1978 with a degree in phyics and physical chemistry; earned a PhD in quantum chemistry from the Germany Academy of Science 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

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

·         Mukherhjee was rated 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 jis own party- Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress

Iran – Khamenei and Ruhani

·         Theocratic republic

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

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

·         Hasan Ruhani

·         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 Prime Minister Netanyahu

Peres

·         Shimon peres was born in Belarus. His family fled to Palestine in 1934 to escape the persecution of Jews

·         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

 

Religions

Today in class we got our tests back on the religions. I did okay, but then I got three extra points because there was a wrong answer on the sheet so when they put it in the machine to grade it they marked it wrong. That then moved my grade up to a B and I am really happy about that. I then moved my whole grade up to a B. Also we just did a blog so that will also help me move my grade up. I am starting off much better than I did last trimester. In the end of class we went over the blogs we had to do the other night. We had 12 states and we had to find what kind of government they have and there leader. We then had to get a picture of the leader. I thought it was a really easy way to get points and it was for 60 points. That is pretty good for a blog.

Brazil - President Dilma Rouseff

• She has been married two times and divorced two times and one of the only lasted at least 4 years.
• She got an education at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Mexico- President Enrique Peña Nieto

• He had 3 kids while being married to Monica Saenz. While still being married to Monica he had another son with Marita Hernandez and he had another one that died as an infant, they don't know who that was with.
• He was the fifth member of his family to serve as the governor of the State of Mexico.

France- President François Gérard Georges Hollande

• He is the first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995.
• In 1981 he was defeated by Jacques Chirac for French parliamentary seat.

Germany- President Joachim Gauck

• His father was a distinguished naval officer and ship’s captain.
• At the time of the revolution in 1989, Gauck joined the New Forum, which was a democratic opposition party to the socialist party

Venezuela- President Nicolás Maduro

• He worked as a bus driver before being named foreign minister of his home country in 2006.
• Maduro won the Venezuelan presidency in a close election against candidate Henrique Capriles

China- President Xi Jinping

• He was born in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province
• His wife is a famous folk singer in China

United Kingdom- Queen Elizabeth II

• She was not declared the Heir Apparent when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated because of the possibility of a male heir.
• She is the sixth female to ascend to the British throne and at 60 years and counting hers is second longest reign of a British monarch, after Queen Victoria (1837-1901) 63 years, seven months.

Saudi Arabia- President Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

• They do not say if he has a wife, but he is only allowed 4 wives.
• He is one of 37 brothers

India- President Pranab MukherjeeZ

• He holds a Master of Arts degree in history and political science and also a degree in law from the University of Calcutta.
• Mukherjee began his career as an upper-division clerk in the office of the deputy accountant-general (post and telegraph) in Calcutta.

Iran- President Hassan Rouhani

• His birth name is Hassan Feridon
• University of Tehran, B. A, 1972.; Glasgow Caledonian University, M. Phil., 1995; Glasgow Caledonian University, Ph.D., 1999

Afghanistan- President Hamid Karzai

• Karzai was educated in India and is fluent in several languages, including English, Pashto, Dari, and Urdu.
• He is a member of the Popalzai clan, part of the larger Pashtun tribe.

Israel- Shimon Peres

• Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin in 1994.
• In 1984-1986 he was the First Prime Minister of the new National Unity Government.

 

Brazil

• Federal Government
• President Dilma Rouseff

 

 

Mexico

• Federal Republic(United Mexican States)
• President Enrique Peña Nieto

 

France

• French Republic
• President François Gérard Georges Hollande

 



 

 

Germany

• Federal Republic and a Democracy
• President Joachim Gauck

 

 

Venezuela

• Federal Republic
• President Nicolás Maduro



 

China

• Communist state, Socialist state, Single-party state
• President Xi Jinping





 

 

 

United Kingdom

• Unitary state, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system
• Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron



Saudi Arabia

• Unitary state, Islamic state, Absolute monarchy
• King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

India

• Federal republic, Constitutional republic, Parliamentary system
• President Pranab MukherjeeZ

Iran

• Unitary state, Islamic republic, Theocracy
• President Hassan Rouhani

 

Afghanistan

• Islamic Republic
• President Hamid Karzai

 

Israel

• Democracy, Parliamentary system
• President Shimon Peres

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test!!

Today in Human Geography we took a test. We were supposed to have the test last Friday, but we couldn’t because class was shorter because of an assembly. I thought it was pretty easy. It was the same questions we had, had on our last quiz. The hardest part of the test was the end where we had to match up what went with the religion. There was a bunch of facts and the five religions were up at the top with a letter next to them, and the fact that matched which ever religion you would put that number next to that question. There were some things that I didn’t know, which are probably the ones that I had gotten wrong. Those questions were the ones that I think got me the grade I got. I did ok on the test, but I could have of don’t better. In the end of class we then started a new chapter and started a new power point.

No Test Today!

Today we had a mass and all the classes were shortened. We were supposed to be taking a test today, but since all the classes were shorter we didn’t have time. Our test was on cultural geography and the religions. Such as Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism. Why we didn’t take the test was because we were reviewing things for the test. We were going over the facts that were going to be on the tests about the religions. The facts were like how many people follow the religion, the leaders of it, and were most people are that follow it. Christianity has the biggest amount of followers and Judaism has the least. Christianity has 2.2 billion people and second is Islam who has 1.5 people following it. Then we have Hinduism in third, Buddhism in fourth, and the last one is Judaism. We are now having the test on Monday, and I am going to study this weekend, and I am going to pass this test.