Talking more about podcast

Today in class, we discussed a little bit more about the podcast and listened to more of it as well. Some notes that I recorded on the podcast was that just after 2009, the United States granted domestic violence as a type of asylum. Overtime, courts were granting people asylum because of sexuality, terrorism, etc. There was an increase of over 1700 percent in immigration! The U.S has taken people in (granted asylum) m for over 200 years! At one point in time, the United States only accepted 30 people a day, this was a very difficult time in U.S history to handle. People were probably very frustrated to have to wait the least of five weeks to a month to be granted asylum. That is mostly all we talked about today, I think Mr. Schick announced that he will be having a debate set up for us! I think that'll be a really fun expereince for the students to interact with. As long as you have important notes and facts about the topic, you will probably end up winning the debate. 

Debate class!

Today in class, we did something a little more unique than any of our other classes. Mr. Schick talked to us about how he used to be in a debate club. He also talked about some of the topics they discussed in the club, like if we should be spending money on exploring space or not. After the talk on debate, we listened to a podcast on helping other country's or states that may be in need due to racism. Some notes that I recorded was that we need to grant and asylum for people in need. During the Holocaust, there was no asylum for the people that were the victims of it, countries and states turned their backs on them. In 1951, the United States were discussing and agreeing something called "non reforman", to not return people to situations that may be dangerous. If someone or a population of a race are trying to flee racism, we should be responsible for their safety, acceptance, etc. People may be persecuted due to race, nationality, religion, political views, and or social groups. The persons or person that is being oppressed have to prove that your country and or state is doing this because of these reasons. Some units of people are accepted, while others are not.

Notes in context

Today in class, Mr. Schick gave us a packet on 'Migration'. He gave us this packet because, he wanted us to find the answers to the questions on the slide presentation. Mr. Schick selected people to stand up and read the answers out loud in front of the class. Besides that, students Robert and Dimitri drew a map on the white board to further explain the topic of this class to the students. Some of the key issues that we discussed today, that were in were where are the world's migrants distrbuted, and where people migrate within a country. The packet was quite long, so I had to make sure that I was underlining and or highlighting key notes. Finally, we only had five minutes left in class, so Mr. Schick decided that we could start our blogs if we wanted to. I chose not to because, I didn't want to rush on my blog and get a poor grade. That is mostly all we did in class as of today.

Taking notes in class!

Today in class, we recieved some graded assignements and took notes on a slide presentation. The key issues of the notes were: Where are migrants distributed? Where do people migrate within a country? Why do people migrate? And why do migrants face obstacles? The next section of the notes was on migration, mobility is most generalized term that refers to all types of movements. Journeying each day to work or school. Weekly visits to local shops, and annual trips to visit relatives who live in a different state. Short-term and repetitive acts of mobility are referred to as cirrculation. An example is, college students moving to college each fall and returning home each spring. A permanet move to a new location constitutes migration. Emmigration is migration from a location, on the other hand, immigration is migration to a location. The next section of notes is on distance. Ravenstein's laws for the distance that migrants typically move. Most migrants relocate a short distance and remian within the same country. Long-distance migrants to other countries head for major centers of economic activity. The next section of notes is on distance of migration. Migration can be divided into two categories: International migration which is voluntary or forced, and Internal migration which is interrgional or intraegional. The next section of notes is on International Migration Patterns. Approximately 9 percent of the world's people are international migrants. Global patterns refelct migration tendencies from developing countries to developed countries. These are called net-in-migration and net-out-migration. The last section of notes is on the United States Immigration Patterns. The U.S has more foregin-born residents than any other country: approximately 43 million as of 2010 growing by 1 million annually. There are three main eras of immigration in the United States: Colonial, Mass European, and Asian and Latin American.

Pop Quiz!

Today in class, Mr. Schick surprised us with a pop quiz. Everybody was pretty mad that we had one today, but it ended up being easy. When he handed out the pop quiz, and I as reviewed the questions, I had already known almost all of the answers to them. Plus, there were only ten questions on the quiz.We watched and took notes on a video that the quiz was based on. Overall, the pop quiz looked almost exactly like the notes that we were given in class, so if you had those answers correct, you would've gotten a good grade on the quiz. I hope that I did well on the pop quiz because I really need assignments to boost my grade in this class. Lastly, Mr. Schick showed us a video that I had talked about with him before, which I think is important for this class to see.

Video on Hans Rosling

Today in class, we watched and took notes on a video featuring Hans Rosling. This video was mostly about Global Health, Life Expectancy, Income, the poor and sick, and rich and healthy. We filled out some of the worksheet questions, which were only five. One question was- one of the videos we watched in class featured Hans Rosling, who teaches a college course. What is the name of this course?- Global Health. The second question was- Hans Rosling constructed a chart which has two seperate lines of axis. What did the X-axis (the horizontal axis) measure?- Income. The third question was- What did the Y-axis (the vertical axis) measure?- Life Expectancy. The fourth question was- What description did Hans Rosling give to the are that was in the lower, left-hand side of the chart?- Poor and sick. The fifth question was- What description did Hans Rosling give to the area that was in the upper, right-hand side of the chart?- Rich and healthy. Those were all of the five questions that we answered whilst watching the video. That is all we mostly did today in class.

We got our tests back!

Today in class, we really didn't do much besides get our tests back from Mr. Schick. As I've mentioned before, Mr. Schick has a funny yet unique way about giving out tests. If you got a hundred percent on the test, the teacher would ring the bell twice when he calls up your name. If you were to get a grade above 80% I think, you would get one ring. The good thing about this process is that in class 102 more people got at least one ring compared to the last test we took. Unfortunately, when Mr. Schick called me up to collect my test, I didn't get any rings at all. After this process, Mr. Schick went to call on each row to answer the question given. We spent the entirety of the class doing this, after class I spoke to Mr. Schick about my test grade, and asked if I could retake the test, which I can. I hope that I can bring me grade up by the end of this quarter with these tests and blogs. That is all we did for the duration of this class today!

New Unit!

Today we started a new unit following a slide presentation. The slide presentation that we took notes on was based on an A/P Human Geography textbook, so we only had to take some notes. The new chapter was called 'The Cultural Landscape'. The key issues of this topic were; where is the world's population distributed? Why is Global population increasing? Why does population growth may very among regions? And finally, why do some regions face health threats? For the topic "where is the world's population distributed"? The population concentrations of that are; 2/3 of the world's inhabitants are clustered in the following four regions: East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe. There are also site and situation of population clusters, low-lying areas with fertile soil and temperture climate, and also near an ocean or near a river with easy access. The second part or slide of that section is based on humans avoiding clustering in certain physical environments, such as dry lands, wet lands, cold lands, and high lands. Places that are considered too "harsh" for occupancy that have diminished over time. The next section was 'Population Density'. Density can be compared in up to three ways for a place. Number one, Arithmatic Density, with a computation that divides the population by the land area. Number two, Physiological Density, which is the number of people supported by a unit area of farmable land. The computation divides the population by the arable land area. Finally, there is Agricultural Density, which is the ratio of the number of farmers to amount of arable land. The computation for that divides the population of farmers by the arable land area. The last section of the unit that we covered today is, "why is global popualtion increasing"? This is because there is a Crude Birth Rate also known as a (CBR)- the total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in society. The second reason is because there is a Crude Death Rate also known as a (CDR)- the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in society. These topics are components of population growth. This is all we covered today in class.

Test Day!

Today in class, we took the test using our computers. Before we started the test I was a little nervous because I didn't really know what to expect on a test like this. Then Mr. Schick handed out the test to everyone, as I quickly looked over the first section of the test, I realized that it was the part of the test where we could use our computers. But we only get permitted access to one website, which was 'The World Factbook'. This website had all twelve answers for this section. Unfortunately, I only finished I think nine questions in the allotted time. Some answers were harder to find than others, the website didn't just give you the answer. You had to search the country or place and look for the answer in the headings below. After that first section, the rest you were not allowed to use your computer. Overall, I think I did pretty well on this test, and I hope that I get the grade that I want.

Review for Test!

Today, in class we reviewed for our test that we are having this Thursday. This test will be a little different compared to the other test and or quizzes we have had in the past. Instead of a regular old-fashioned test, we are actually going to be able to use our computers this time. But we only get to use one website for the test, or it will be counted as cheating. The website we are only allowed to use is 'The World Factbook' or also known as cia.gov. The test will have questions like; "what is the death rate of a certain country"? Or "what is the population of this country"? I think that people are going to get a decent grade on the test, I hope that I will get at least a B+ or higher. Especially since it's a brand new quarter and I wanna get that A, that I've always wanted.

Population Pyramids Review!

Today, we really ddin't do much but explore on a website where you can serch up any country in the searchbar, and see what the population pyramid for that country is. As we went over before, the three types or shapes of population pyramids are the cup, christmas tree, and the box. We have also went over that the "christmas tree" country has a rapid growth with a big base. The "box" has a slow growth. And finally, the "cup" has a negative growth with a loss of population. Also, on the website you can see the year and population of men and women of that country. For example, the United States has a population of 326, 474, 013 people. The U.S also has a high percentage of mid fourty year olds to fourty-five year olds in the population of men and women. The population has actually increased greatly from 1950-2018. That is all we went over today in class, we basically reviewed what we learned from last week.