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.