10/28

today in class we worked on our project more me and Antony are pretty much done we just have to add some extra information like ways to get a new leader in Syria because the other one Bashar al-Assad is killing his own people and rigging elections so that he stays in office. So obliviously we cannot impeach him because he is basically untouchable. We also found out that their government, it is a republic but it is under an authoritarian regime and it has lasted for 73 years. Maybe if we get a new president Syria would be better off, I still do not even understand why he would even think of killing his own people. All in all we had a productive day, but it was really slow I hope we finish tomorrow so that I can listen to music today. If you want to see our slide show you can comment your email and we’ll invite you to watch.

10/27

Today in class we got an assignment to look up a country and find these  3 things below
1:What type of government
       -Describe it in our own words
2:How long the government has been
3:What is the best way to get another leader to rule
      - describe best to worst ways to get them out of the government
We also get to work in partners for the first time in this class. My partner is Antony Saccenti (got that shout out) http://antonysaccenti.blogspot.com/ thats his blog. if you don't know him he is short and pale but has a cool porcupine head and he plays basketball. Well we got assignened syria which makes it easy for us to see how to get him out of office because a lot of people don't like him and probably sit in basements trying to figure that out

10/21

Today in class we went over what we had done the night before when we had to find interesting fact about the leaders of the the countries we researched over the weekend. I had like 5 or 6 good facts but Mr.Shick turned them down when he was ignoring me because I couldn't pronounce somebody's name. When i was reseaching there were facts that seemed innocent but when Mr. Shick explanes them seems really crazy. Stuff just like a man taking pictures with his shirt off and him becoming a black belt in judo but behind all of that he is basically telling people from other countries not to mess with him and he will hurt them if he does.

10/20

Today we have to find one interesting fact about all of the leaders

Enrique Peña Nieto-His wife, Angelica Rivera, is a soap opera star.
He is the fifth member of his extended family to serve as the governor of the State of Mexico. His second cousin directly preceded him as governor

Joachim Gauck-The majority of the voters of all political parties represented in the Bundestag approved of his nomination, with the Green voters being most enthusiastic (84% approval) and Die Linke's voters least (55% approval); overall, 69% support him, while 15% oppose him.

Bashar al-Assad-Syrian President Hafez Assad's oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident. Second son Bashar is called back from medical training in Britain and is groomed to take over his father's role as president.

Xi Jinping-Is considered to be a "princeling," the son or daughter of a revolutionary veteran.
His wife, Peng Liyuan, is a famous folk singer in China.

Francois Hollande-Is the first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995.
When elected had been in a long-term relationship with journalist Valerie Trierweiler for several years.Promises made during the campaign include renegotiating the austerity agreement, troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, lower retirement age and higher taxes for the very wealthy.

Pranab Mukherjee-His hobbies are reading, gardening and music.[3] His elder son, Abhijit Mukherjee, is a Congress MP from Jangipur, West Bengal. He was elected in the by-polls held after his father vacated the seat. Before his election, Abhijit was an MLA from Nalhati in Birbhum. His daughter is a Kathak dancer.

Stephen Harper-An avid follower of ice hockey, he has been a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs since his childhood in the Leaside and Etobicoke communities in Toronto. He published a book, A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey (2013), which chronicles the growth of professional hockey, particularly in Toronto, and writes articles occasionally on the subject

Elizabeth II-She was not declared the Heir Apparent when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated because of the possibility of a male heir.
When World War II began she was a Girl Guide (British Girl Scouts) and went through the same training as the other Girl Guides her age.
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Reuven Rivlin-He has been a vegetarian since the late 1960s. Rivlin is well known as a supporter of the Beitar Jerusalem football club, sometimes described as "The-Most-Seasoned-Beitar-fan", ever since he first saw a game of Beitar in 1946 when he was 7 years old.

Dilma Rousseff-Prior to running for president, she had never run for an elected office.
Joined the resistance movement against the military dictatorship and was jailed and allegedly tortured in the early 1970s

Vladimir Putin-Enjoys working out and has a black belt in judo.
Grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families.

Shinzō Abe-He was Japan's first prime minister born after WWII.
1957-1960 - His grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, is Japan's prime minister.
1964-1972 - His great uncle, Eisuke Sato, is prime minister. Sato is also a Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Weekend HW (Part 3/3)

(9)
Japan
Constitutional Monarchy Parliamentary Democracy
Shinzō Abe
Prime Minister










(10)
Russia
Constitutional Federal (Federation) Presidential Republic
Vladimir Putin
Russia, President








(11)
Brazil
Federal republic
Dilma Rousseff
President









(12)
Israel
Parliamentary system
Reuven Rivlin
Israel, President

Weekend HW (Part 2/3)

(5)
United Kingdom
Constitutional Monarchy
Elizabeth II
Queen









(6)
Canada
Constitutional Monarchy
Stephen Harper
The Prime Minister of Canada








(7)
India
Constitutional Federal (Federation) Republic
Pranab Mukherjee
India, President







(8)
France
Presidential Republic
François Hollande
France, President

Weekend HW (Part 1/3)

(1)
Mexico
Federal Representative Republic
Enrique Peña Nieto
Mexico, President









(2)
Germany
Federal Republic
Joachim Gauck
Germany, President










(3)
Syria
Presidential Republic
Bashar al-Assad
Syria, President







(4)
China
Communist Socialist
Xi Jinping
China, President

10/17

Today in class we got our test back and i was preety happy because instead of getting a 87% i got a 90% because he messed up. I finally got a bell ring.   ($)           ($)
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 Our estimated guess by Mr. Schick for what our average grade would be was a 72%. But we ended up as a class getting like a 80%. Accually according to the bored 104% but what ever. I only missed 4 questions one during the 12 computer questions i looked at the wrong thing and wrote that down I did not miss any of the vocab but i missed 3 other questions as well but i don't remember which. But we got some weekend homework. We have to get information about certain countries we have to find a picture of there leader we have to say what country the name of ther leader what kind of leader and what kind of government they have

10/14

Today in class we did homework all period because 3 kids were taking the test and we had to wait for them. So I have no idea how I am going to explain it in 150 words but it is worth a try. While we were in class I managed to complete my English assignment due on thursday about which was to study our notes on these vocab word
anathema
banter
castigate
docile
emaciated
gauche
heresy
ignominy
libation
motley

when I was done I did my math which was extremly easy and then helped jude with his because i am a nice friend. After I was done all of that I was able to play running man for 5 minutes before my computer died. then i ended up watching other people playing games also like Antony playing running man and Delaney play some game with a bolder that reminded me of run 2 on cool math games. They both played really bad ( It took Delaney 20 minutes to pass 1 level and Antony just gave up after a while). Either way today was a very boring day that we ended up doing nothing fun or very productive.

10/10

Today in human geography we took a test I thought it was some what easy but he should have gave us more time to do the part where we had to go online to the CIA World Fact Book and answer 12 questions in like 10 minute I finished but it looked like some others didn't The rest of the test just got harder but I think I did real good with the vocabulary and stuff like that. The bonus questions I don't know how he expects anybody to answer except for the first one he what was the net migration of the world, and the other was really confusing answer and he wouldn't take the test until i put an answer down so I just put I don't know and he looked at me and started laughing.If I had to guess I think I would have gotten at least a 90-95% and here that bell he rings when people get 90's

10/8

Today in class we reviewed what is going to be on the test we need to know the vocab words

                      Life Expectancy             How long your expected to live

                      Crude Birth Rate            How many babies are being born      !

                      Crude Death Rate          How many people are dieing  ! Both make next word

                      The Rate of Natural Increase

                      Developing nation       pre industrialization    countries starting to grow

                      Developed nation        post industrialization    countries growing and thriving

                      Rate of increase

                      Net Migration Rate

                      Imigration     How many people move to your country    @Both make last job

                      Emigration    How many people move away from your country       @

                      push and pull forces     What makes you move push bad things pull good things

                      Total fertal rate

we went over all of these terms  during class and we also need to know how to get around the CIA world book because there is a part of the quiz when we get to use it to find information

10/7

Today in class Mr. Schick explained to us how he was in this program for Spotify, a app you can get on phone and computers to listen to free music, that only 20-23 teachers in the world are in. Mr. Schick told us that spotifiy is looking want us to help and get songs for kids to listen to to help them study, so Mr. Schick gave us a project to find a song about migration i can be any kind of music by any artist. I think the project is really cool because we get to listen to music for a grade and they gave us free membership and songs for three months. It took like an hour to get our codes out but after we had 15 minutes to listen and share music. Somebody kept playing Anaconda by Nicki Manaj and tried to get Mr.Schck to listen to see if he liked it.

10/6

Today in class we discussed if the United States is the best country on the world. I don't think it is the best but it is close because I live here. While looking up facts in class I learned that America has the most debt in the world but is still 2nd in importing goods and 3rd for exporting goods. America is also 1 in internet host but second in internet users that means we are making a lot more websites in our country that people in other people in different countries are using. America is number 1 in getting around its country because it has more roads train tracks and airports than anyone else. In my opinion all of the countries has both positive qualities and negative qualities that make all the countries really great at the same time so there is no true best county in the world.

10/3

Today in class we watched the rest of the video that talked about population charts. We saw that russia had very few people in there 90's because of the World War 2 and people dieing. We also talked about how Cubans lived close to us so when they have bad problems like they do now the make rafts and float all the way to america and the deal is that there is a law if you make it to America before the coast gaurds catch you, you can become a free person and not have to go back. But if you do get caught, you go to jail back in Cuba. Finally we talked about how China was only allowed to have one kid they did this because the were scared the population was going to dramticly increase and the were going to not be able to pay for them.