Class Review

       For the last class before exams our class had a review for the long mod 1 class. We went over the stuff we learned at the very beginning of the year like Socrates and Arete. On Mr. Schick blog he posted exactly what would be on the exams and how many questions would be on the this certain topic. Mr. Schick even put the essays questions on his blog which is very helpful so thanks for that. I'm really nervous to take the exam tomorrow because I have 80 in this class and odds are that grade is going to get lower. So instead of B I have a big chance of getting a C. I hope I do well and don't damage my whole semester grade.

Test Corrections

      In friday's class we went over both the political geography test and the cultural geography test. On the political geography test I did pretty well actually and got an 88%. But on the cultural geography I didn't do my best and came out with a 73%. Mr. Schick gave us an opportunity to retake the test to have a chance at getting a 70% but since I got a higher than a 70% on each test there is no point to retake it. I'm really relieved Mr. Schick gave us the test back to use as study guides because those questions are the exact questions that are going to be the exam. I could really use all the help I can get for exam prep because I am horrible at taking tests.

Test Today

       Today in class we took a test on cultural geography that included five major religions. I ended up getting a 73%. It seemed as if no one did their best on this test but that doesn't make up any excuses. The test even had questions from the movie Slum Dog Millionaire. I really hope the grade on this doesn't effect my overall grade too bad because exams are next week. I never do well under pressure and taking a big exam is definitely something that puts me under pressure.

Homework Class

       Today in class Mr. Schick was not there because he had to do something but it was his birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR.SCHICK. Since he was not there we had Mr. Kimble. We spent the whole class working on homework and studing. Tomorrow we have a test that I really can't afford to do bad on so I studied most of the class. I really hope the test doesn't turn out to be too hard.

Missed Class

  Today I was not in class because I was sick.

Five Major Religions

      Christianity is the number one religion. Two point two billion people are adherents. Geographical location of Christians is Europe, the Americas, Southern Africa. The demonations of Christianty is catholic church, easter orthodox, protestant. The founder is Jesus Christ and the holy book is the bible espiecially the New Testament. The main belief of the Christians is that Jesus is both human and divine. The Pope is the head of the Church and priests are the local authorities. There is one point five billion islam people and is the second largest religion. They calll themselves Muslims.Their geographical location is in Indonesia, Middle east and North Africa. The Denominatiosn are Sunnis (75-90%) and, Shiites (10-20%). The founder is Muhammud (570-632) amd their holy book is Qur'an. Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submittin to Allah (God), and observing Islamic Law. Hinduism is the third largest religion with one point one billion and are called Hindus. Their geographical is India and Nepal. Their holy book is the Vendes - ethernal truth revealed to ancient sages. The don't have a distinct founder. It is not exactly viewed as a religion, it is more considered a way of life. They believe after you die your soul goes to another body. The fourth largests is Buddhism with 500 million to 1.5 billion and are called Buddhists. Their geographicla location is South East Asia, China, Nepal, Japan and their are about 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States. The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama better known as Budha. Their demonations are Tibertan, Zen, Theravada, and Amidist.

Cultural Geography Day 2

         Religion can be both unifying force. There are five major religions in the world today-- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They have millions of followers all believing the same thing. Religion can also be a dividing force around the world. Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim). There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland. Jews, Christian and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land.  Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by estabalishing social, economic, ad political control. You can be a member of more than one spatial group. Spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation. An example of a Spatial Division is countries. There is also Economic alliances like European Union (EU) and Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Examples of Spatial divisions include political alliances like North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Commonwealth of Nations, and Organization of American States (OAS).

Cultural Geography

         Cultural characteristic are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members: These same characteristics can also link or divide a region. Examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage. The number one thing you learn from your parents is language. Brazil is the only South American nation that does not speak Spanish, they speak Portuguese. Canada is a bilingual nation. Both French and English are their official languages. The United States do not have an official language. Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups. English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transaction around the world. In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians). When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate nations. The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries. Korea, Japan, and China have primarily one ethnic group.

Slum Dog Millionaire Ended

       In class we finished watching Slum Dog Millionaire. In the end the boy ended up winning the million dollars and getting the girl. It was weird watching the ending because the whole casts did a big group dance at the end of the movie. Most American movies don't have many musical numbers. I liked the movie because it told a story of a guy who hadn't had the best luck in life but still managed to get what he wanted. And the way his brother finally did something right was nice to watch.

Slum Dog Millionaire Continued

         Today in class we continued watching Slum Dog Millionaire. The movie is about a boy who is from slums of India and ends winning a popular televisions game show in India called "Do you want to be a millionaire". There is great speculation on how he won because even the smartest people of India didn't get as far as he did. Because of this he is taken into custody by cops who torture him to try to get him to tell them how he cheated. Instead, the boy goes into to detail on how he knew every answer. The movie is full of many flashbacks on his childhood and how he got to the place he is now.

Slum Dog Millionaire

        Today in class we started watching Slum Dog Millionaire. Its a movie that's based in India. There are so many differences from India to the United States. In India its very overcrowded and there's almost no room to live in. There's hardly any technology use. Also, there's trash everywhere and the kids are just picking through it trying to find something valuable. The kids con things to people to make money and in that country it seems that you make more money conning money out of something or stealing than actually having a real job. The school they go to is very overcrowded and full of mayhem.

Push and Pull Force Songs

1. Break away - Kelly Clarkson
2. Don't Forget where you belong - One Direction
3. Temporary Home - Carrie Underwood
4. This City - Patrick Stomp
5. It's 5 o clock somewhere - Jimmy Buffet

Canadian National Anthem

Monday

       Monday's class is always mod 1 so naturally the class went very very slow. Mr. Schick told us about how this past weekend The John Carroll won the academic competition. We spent a couple minutes of class doing quiz questions. Luke got most and I'll admit I was half a sleep during that part of the class. Next we started a new unit that had to do with geographical cultural. We talked about the fact how a lot of marylanders have and go to crab feasts. In my opinion more states should have that tradition.

Countries Presentation

France
     - republican government and semi- presidential system
     - president alongside of prime minister
     - republican form made in 1958
     - President Fançois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls are the leaders
     - Government divided into executive, legislative and judicial branch
     - Hollande is part of the socialist party
     - President and prime minister share power
     -Prime minister is appointed by President
     -The prime minister was born in Barcelona, Spain and obtained citizenship at 20
     - A republic is a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens
     - The current president can be president until 2022
     - Presidency is 5 years a term and each president can have two terms
     -Leaders can be changed by new election, revolt on, boycott, and assassination
     - censure motion - a statement or vote that decides if someone is still fit to hold that position
     - socialist is the highest party

China
      - China is a communist state
      - Communists means the government controls the economy and every once and a while there is
        an equal share.
----being continued next class
   

Cancer Awareness

               For todays class, Mr.Schick allowed us to go to the cancer fair. There were a couple different tables that talked about different cancers, symptoms of that cancer and ways you can prevent it. The table that I had the most interest in was the table that prevented smoking and tobacco use. The table had two different lungs sitting on the table. The difference between them was one had twenty years of smoking in them and the other was perfectly healthy. The table also had the teeth that suffered from chewing tobacco. Looking at all these things kind of scared me because there isn't a time where I don't see my grandparents smoking or my dad chewing tobacco. It scares me because I don't want a cancerous disease to ruin there life the way the lady at the table told me there was a strong possibilities that would happen to them especially my grandparents who have been smoking for over 30 years. It doesn't make sense to me how my dad can do something that he know is killing him. After school today I gave my dad the pamphlet that talked about the effects of chewing tobacco and he laughed it off. He even ended up throwing it away. It didn't make any sense to me why he didn't seem to care he was causing himself fatal consequences. I guess in the long run he'll be upset he started this addiction.

Missed class

         I was absent from school today because I was sick.

Project Continued 2

        In class we worked on our projects once again. My partner, Delaney, wasn't here today so I had to work by myself. I looked up more about the leadership and elections of Canada. In Canada, the government has an election every 4 years. The next election is October 15, 2015. The prime minister does not have a limit of terms they can serve. Anyone eighteen years or older can be a prime minister.       A person in parliament has a up to a 5 year term in government . After this class, I think I am about done with the project.

Project Continued

           Today in class we continued on working on our project. I found out that Canada has been a parliamentary government since 1867. Queen Elizabeth is the head of state and Stephen Harper is the prime minister. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been the prime minister since 2006 and there is question as whether or not he will win the election next year in 2015. He is the 22nd prime minister of Canada. A prime minister in Canada can be a prime minister as long as voters vote for him or her.

Project

               Today in class we started a project for the start of the second quarter. We have to work in pairs and each pair has a country. My partner in Delaney and our country in Canada. We have to make a power point about the country we have. The power point has to include the type of government Canada has and many stuff on the leader. Canada's leader in Prime Minister Stephen Harper but some people would get that confused with Queen Elizabeth because she is the head of state for Canada.

Pop quiz

          In Friday's class we took a pop quiz. I did horrible on it so it lowered my grade. It was annoying and I was upset with myself because its the end of the quarter. I know now that if I want a good grade in this class I need to pay attention and remember the things we talk about in class. Hopefully I'll do well in the next quarter.

Interesting Facts Review Part 2

       Today in class we looked up some more interesting facts about the leaders of the countries from the other day. We learned that Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, is the most powerful woman in the world. Also that Enrique Pena Nieto, president of Mexico, is the most powerful man. Enrique Pena Nieto committed infidelity to his first wife and fathered two children with another women outside of his marriage. I found that interesting because if he ran for anything in America and did that his career would be over. Another important fact was that Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, brother was killed trying to save hostages. I find that very sad but also amazed at the impact it had on the prime minister that it made him achieve what he has come to today.

Interesting Facts Review

          Today in class we went over the interesting facts of the leaders we had to blog about the other day. I didn't know before today that there was another leader of Germany called the chancellor. The chancellor is a lady named Angela Merkel. She is known as one of the most powerful women of the world. I found that the most interesting of all because its unusual for a woman to control a country.

Leader's Facts

 (Mexico) Enrique Peña Nieto- Unlike many other Mexican Presidents, Enrique didn't study at an American college. 

(China) President Xi Jinping- His father was a communists veteran. HIs father was the founding members of the communists party. 

(France) President François Hollande- He was raised Catholic but transferred to Atheist. 

(Canada) Prime Minister Stephen Harper- He enrolled into University of Toronto but dropped out after two months. A couple years later Harper enrolled into University of Calgary, where he completed his masters. 

(Germany) President Joachim Gauck- Both of his parents were Nazi Party members. 
-Angela Merckle Chancellor of Germany is considered to one of the most powerful women in the world

(United Kingdom) Prime Minister David Cameron- Cameron studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Brasenose College, Oxford, gaining a first-class honours degree in 1988. 

(Brazil) President Dilma Rousseff- The first women to ever hold office in Brazil. Between 1970 and 1972 she was captured and jailed for protesting the dictatorship government. In the jail it is told she was tortured. 

(Japan) Emperor Akihito- His family has been in the oldest running hereditary monarchy in the world. 

(India) President Pranab Mukherjee - In 1986, Mukherjee founded another party, the Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress (RSC), in West Bengal. The RSC and INC merged three years later after reaching a compromise with Rajiv Gandhi. 

(Russia) President Vladimir Putin- He joined the KGB right out of university and spent the 1980s helping the Soviets secret recruit people to spy on the West. 

(Syria) President Bachar al-assad- When he was younger he is said that he never showed any interest in politics.  

(Israel) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu- Netanyahu joined the Israel Defense Forces during the Six-Day War in 1967, and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit.

Countries and their Presidents

1. Mexico
2.  Federal Representative Republic
3. President
4.

1. China
2. Communists
3. President Xi Jinping

4.  

1. France
2. Semi- presidential System
3.  President Fracçois Hollande
4.  

1. Canada
2. Constitutional Monarchy
3. Prime Minister Stephen Harper
4.  

1. Germany
2. Federal Republic
3. Joachim Gauck
4.  

1. United Kingdom
2. Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy

3. Prime Minister David Cameron
4.  

1. Brazil
2. Constitutional Republican
3. President Dilma Rousseff
4.

1. Japan
2. Constitutional Monarchy
3. Emperor Akihito
4.

1. India
2. Federal State
3. President Pranab Mukherjee
4.

1. Russia
2. Federal Presidential Republican
3. President Vladimir Putin
4.

1.  Syria
2.  Unitary State, Semi-presidential system 
3. President Bachar al- assad 
4.  

1. Israel 
2. Parliamentary System 
3. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 
4.

Test Results

      Today in Human Geo we got our tests back. I did absolutely horrible and failed. I'm really disappointed in myself because the test lowered by overall grade a lot. Mr. Schick is helping us that didn't do so well by giving a homework assignment that is an easy 60 points. I really need to be better at studying though. I hope next time I do better.

Catch up Day

        In class a lot of people had to make up test not including me. Those of us who didn't have to take the quiz we were given the opportunity to do our homework. After I had finished my homework there was still about 20 minutes left in class so I just played games on my computer.

Test Today

                  Today in Human Geo we took a test. Mr. Schick had us use the CIA fact book for the first part but only for 10 minutes. I couldn't find the precent of countries that speak spanish and english. I don't know how well I did on the quiz but unlike last time I did study the vocabulary words. I was confident on that part. There were two extra credit questions that I had no idea what the answer was so I just guessed. I'm one hundred precent sure I got them completely wrong. On my last quiz I got a 83% so I'm hoping for better than that but I don't know if I will.

Test Review

        Today in class we went over everything in this unit for our tests. We went over all the vocabulary like life expectancy, crude birth rate, crude death rate, net migration rate, immigration, and emigration. We went over how if you know the crude birth and death rate you can also figure out the natural increase of population. We also went over that if you subtract the emigration rate from the immigration rate you get the net migration rate. The class learned that infrastructure is what a society needs to build a good country. An example of some countries that are dying faster than giving birth are Japan, Germany, and Italy.

Spotify

           Today in class we spent the whole time talking about Spotify. Spotify is a website for listening to music. Most of the class Mr. Schick gave us the codes to give us a premium membership for three months. We are using spotify for our class because all of us are going to make playlists that in Human Geography. I think this really cool because I've never done in anything like this before.

United States

        In class we went over again the debate of whether or not America was the best country in the world. Mr. Schick had us a look up facts and rankings on the CIA fact book site. I found that United States weren't too badly ranked after all in the stats but they are definitely still not the best country in the world. After looking at all the stats, I realized not one country is in first in everything. In my opinion no country should be considered the best. Although I do think some countries have some work they need to do in particular areas.

America is not the best country in the world?

           In friday's class, Mr Schick showed us a pilate of a new tv show. The video showed two news caster's (a man and women) fighting over politics and in the middle of them was another, male, newscaster. He was silent throughout the other newscasters fight and when questions were asked to them. When questions were asked directly to him, he'd make a joke out of it and say something that involved the New York Jets. Until a question popped up from a young college girl. She asked "what makes a America the best country in the world". After already making a joke out of the question, the man was forced to answer by the television host. The man looked around the room like he was contemplating his answer before he completely exploded. He went into very detailed and well responses supporting how there was no answer to this question because America wasn't the best country in the world. The man overly yelled and probably shouldn't have cursed the way he did but I have to admit he had a point.
         
         America isn't the best country in the world. I'm sad that I have to admit that the country I'm growing up in isn't the best but its' the truth. Almost half of our population doesn't even vote. We don't stand up for each other, we fight for ourselves. Lots of people talk about how our country is full of freedom but then when you see people from other countries come to ours, I hear complaints. It just doesn't make sense to me. I always hear my parents talk about how bad Obama is and maybe he isn't the best president that we've ever had but I don't think its right to blame every political problem in this world on him. He's only human. As a American's none of us own up to to our mistakes, we find someone else to blame and clean up the mess we made for us. As a fourteen year old girl, people would read this and say I didn't know what I was talking about but I do and I hear all the stuff I wrote about everyday.

Missed class

        I was not in class today because i was at the freshman retreat.

Pyramid Population

           Today in class, Mr. Schick was not there and we had a substitute. We were assigned to watch a video and answer questions. The video was about the pyramid population. One thing I learned in the video was that Russia and Nigeria have the same total of population. As the years go by though, Russia will have less and less people while Nigeria will have more and more each year. I also learned that there are about 271 people born each minute while there's only 106 that die every minute.

Unit One Test Review

         Today in Human Geo we got our first graded test back. My final grade was 83%, a B. I think I did okay but I could do much better. Only the multiple choice questions I did well but I need to be better at the essay questions. I need to be more detailed when I write about something on Mr. Schick's test. I'm glad my test didn't hurt my grade too much but I defiantly need to study more when a test is coming.

Life Expectancy

          In class we went over more about population and settlement. We talked about life expectancy, infant mortality, crude birth and death rate, net migration and net emigration. Infant mortality is is the rate of babies that die before their first birthday. Crude birth rate is the number of births per 1000 of the population. Crude death rate is the number of deaths per 1000 of the population.Net migration rate is the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year. An excess of persons entering the country is net migration. Last year Canada had 5.65 migrants but this year it has only gone up to 5.66. The United States last year had 3.65 migrants but now only have 2.45. Net emigration is the excess of a person leaving a country and is written a negative number. Last year Mexico had -3.11 and now they have -1.64.

Population and Settlement

         In friday's class we talked about population and settlement. Mr. Schick showed us a powerpoint of different stats about the number of people dying and being born. Right now there are 7 billion people on the planet and is increasing by 73 million each year. In years to come our world will most likely be overcrowded and we will start running out of nonrenewable resources. I learned how there is very low life expectancy in chad and how they don't even have enough clean water. 90% of the population growth takes place in development countries like Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. When we talked about life expectancy I was very surprised to see U.S. low in this. I think that if people in the U.S. want to live longer they need a better diet.

Test Today

          Today in Human Geo we took our first test. The test for me seemed very fair. The some of the of the essay questions I had trouble with so I probably need a better blog but other than that I felt  very confident. The test had a lot of stuff on message to Garcia, globalization, and technology. I'm really hoping to get a good grade on this test.

Class Today

       In class today we had a review for wednesday's test. Mr. Schick asked us to come up with test questions we thought would be useful to the test. This technique for studying has really helpful because it helped me know what exactly would be on the quiz. Although not every question we came up with went in, a lot did. The class came up with questions from everything we've worked on so far. Like a message to Garcia, globalization, ancient Greece, Did you know 3.0 and little talk about baby boomers. The class discussion really helped me know what to study and I'm hoping to get an on wednesday.

Globalization

       In friday's class we talked about globalization and how it is the connection of the different parts of the world. It results in the expansion in international, cultural, economical, and political activities. Mr. Schick explained it to us by showing us a picture of a KFC and Mcdonalds in Japan. Both restaurants were together in one building. The building was a very Japanese styled building so it was weird seeing a Mcdonalds and a KFC there. Next, Mr. Schick had us check where our shoes and text books and anything else we had were made from. Most of us answered China and there was only one person in the class with an American copy book. It amazes me how a restaurant we use so commonly here can also be used commonly in a place a lot of people in America haven't been and the same goes for all the different Chinese things we have.

Technology

               Today in class we talked more about the video from yesterday. A lot of the facts from the facts still shock me, like the fact China will become the number 1 English speaking country. It just weird to think about because there first language isn't English, its Chinese which is a language that doesn't even come close to the English language. I think kids my age don't really understand the effect technology has on our life until an adult reminds us. As we learned in the video our whole world runs on technology whether it's meeting someone on the internet and starting a relationship with them or just checking your phone for a simple texts. It's crazy how fast technology is growing.

Fast Moving World

1. First text message was in 1992
       - My initial reaction was that I couldn't believe it's only been 20 years since the first text message. It feels weird thinking of not texting because I do it all the time.
       - The changes in today's world involving texting is huge. I've never not texted all day and texting is growing even more because now you can even do it on your laptop.
       - Texting is a big part of my life. I use it everyday all day, except in school.

2. China will soon become the number 1 english speaking country.
       - My initial reaction was no that can't be right but after i remembered how big China is it made more sense but its still weird to think about.
       - The changes to everyone knowing English is a good thing to me. Its easier to connect with the world.
       - I speak English and hardly any spanish

3. Today's learners will have 10 to 14 jobs by the time there 38
       - My initial reaction was that I was shocked that I am predicted to have that many jobs in a short time period.
       - The changes in jobs in adults today is crazy. My mom has had about 4 or 5 different jobs in my life time and the need for something new is growing more and more with each generation. It makes me nervous for how many jobs all be in.
       - I haven't had a real job yet but jobs play a big role in technology. School is my job right now and I use a laptop in every class.
       

The Ancient Greek and Excellence

Agora- The Agora was a central spot in the ancient greek city-states. The literal meaning of the word is "gathering place" or "assembly". The Agora was the center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city. 

Arete-  means of "excellence of any kind". This notion of excellence was ultimately bound up with the fulfillment or purpose or function. 

polis- means city in greek. It also means citizenship and body of citizens.

the year 508 b.c.-  Democracy began in Athens. Male citizens  were given the chance to vote on how the city-states should be run. 

Socrates-  was a classical greek philosopher  as one of the founders of the western philosophy. 

The death of Socrates- was charged with youth and impiety and sentenced to death. 

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 the ancient greek meant if they called you an idiot- a private person, not interested in politics. The term they used back then ultimately became the term they use now. 

 

 http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/access/greek/timeline_greece.htm and Wikipedia 

A message from Garcia

       Today in class we talked more about a message to Garcia. We talked about what the author might have been feeling during writing this. It showed how he felt about the next generation. The author complained and complained about how unreliable the next generation was. He quoted that it takes a good man or women to do the job when the boss wasn't even there. I learned that there's no shame in being poor if you work hard. I like that saying a lot because there can be a rich person who has done absolutely nothing with there life but they inherited their parents money and then a poor person who works everyday, all day and has next to nothing. After talking about a message to Garcia for a while Mr. Schick explained to us how the story was a metaphor. Next, Mr. Schick stressed and stressed to us how only a little over half the nation votes. I think that's very sad considering I always hear people talking about politics around me and some of them don't even vote. When I'm older I'm going to vote for who I want in office instead of complain about who it ends up being.

Missed Class

     Today I was not in class because I had to leave early for a soccer game. We played St. Paul's. We had a great game and actually came out winning five to one. It was great experience because the game showed we could work as a team.

Plan to be a better a student

• Organization- Through middle school I was really bad at remember where I put things so through my freshman I'm going to try my best to keep everything in my locker, binders, and folders organized. 
• Homework- I've always done my homework at the last minute and now that I'm in high school and my homework pile will  probably be much higher than before, I need to set a side more time for homework. 
• Concentration- I think concentrating in class in really important because you never know what might be on a test. 
• Studying- When a teacher says there's gonna be a test or a quiz tomorrow, take it seriously and study.  
• Note taking- In every class the teacher expects you to write down notes and I need to try and listen for the right things to write down in the right way. 

Day 2

             Today in human geography we learned how to properly send the urls to Mr. Schick. It was a embarrassing knowing that I was one of the ones who had trouble with it but I guess going over it in class is the only way to really learn. Next we went over the syllabus and the rules of the classroom. The one thing I like about John Carroll is how straight forward the teachers are with what were going to be doing through out the term. My middle school never did that. In almost every class the teachers don't allow extra credit including Human Geography and the way they explain why makes me understand why.

First Day of School

         My first day at John Carroll was the same as I thought it would be, which is a good thing. Every class I knew someone from either the soccer team or my old school. I could tell right of the bat what teacher would be stricter than others just by hearing there opening introduction. Today, I think, was the most time I had ever said my own name. I finally figured out how to work the combination on my locker by the end of the day which may seem stupid to others but it made me proud of myself none the less. I don't think I'm ever going to understand the bell schedule at least until the end of my senior year. Most of the teachers had explained that there not completely caught up with the new technology what they don't know is that I'm horrible with understanding laptops too. My first day at John Carroll was a good one.