Population Pyramid

Today in Human Geo we talked about Population Pyramid.
A Population Pyramid is a tool we use to keep track  of all the different countries population.

In class we watched the video I linked in my previous blog. We didn't finish it, but we talked about things like how these pyramids show how poor a country is or how rich a country is- in supporting their own country, with health care etc.

For example, in this pyramid:



It's the United States most recent population pyramid, the lines are much longer for the baby boomers (age 50-60) because they had a high reductive period.

We also talked about the three stages that countries go through:

• pre-industrialization: not much economic growth, like poor countries
• industrialization: periods like the baby boom stage; tons of economic growth
• post-industrialization: like todays economy

Post 15

Today in Human Geo, Mrs. Schick was absent so we had Mrs. Smith. We were left instructions on the Human Geo blog to watch this video:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLmKfXwWQ

It was talking about why population pyramids are made and how they are used. Population pyraminds help us keep track of the population for not only people living but for people that are dying too. It helps because us because we don't have to sit down and actually count the whole population of say China- who has just over a billion people living there- and try and find out what the death and life rate is.
Population pyramids are good for helping with history projects or any projects dealing with the population of the world. It can tell you about the population growth and decrease this year or 5 years ago, it can even predict the future!

This is a really cool website that tells you all about present population, birth rate, etc! It has everything (:

I'm going to brag a little...

So today we got our Chapter One test back. I did waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy better then I expected.

I GOT A 96%! I was one of few people that got all the questions right and a good grade of the essay questions. It was a pity to know that my Human Geo class is 6th in the grading placing but I'm just happy I got an A!

Now as I said I got all of the questions right in the multiple choose, (even the one I guessed on), but I wish I could have done some of the essay questions better. Like the one about Socrates trail and death, I think I could have explained it better. Like explain what he actually did and why he choose to drink Hemlock on his own will. Also the question about globalization, I could've explained it better. But I think I VERY well!

Day 14

Population and Migration 2.0:
 Measuring Population-

• Crude birth rate: number of births per 1,000 of the population
• Crude death rate: number of deaths per 1,000 of the population

Rate of natural increase (RNI):

• Produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate.
• This gives us the natural growth rate in percentage form for a country or region

Net Migration Rate: The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year.

-An excess of persons entering the country is Net Immigrants
-Written as a positive number
-Ex: Canada has 5.65 migrants per 1,000 population
-United States: 3.62
-An excess of persons leaving the country is Net Emmigrants

• Written as a negative number
• Ex: Mexico has -3.11 migrants per 1,000 population
• It was: -3.61 two years ago.

United States population growth rate: (Renewed)
-Last year: 3.62
-This year: 0.77%

-Birth rate: 13.42  births
-Death rate: 8.15 deaths

-Migration rate: 2.45 migrants

-Life expectancy at birth:
Total Population: 79.56 years
Male: 77.11 years
Female: 81.94 years

Day 13

Population and Migration:

- Population and Settlement PowerPoint

• over seven billion people on the planet right now.
• increasing by over 73 million per year
• 90% of this population growth takes place in he developing countries of Africa, South and East Africa, Latin America.

• In 1804 America's population reached 1 million for the first time; it took 10,000+ years to get to a million
• In 1927: another million in only 123 years
• 1960: next million in only 33 years
• 1974: next million in only 14 years
• 1987: next million in only 13 years
• 1999: next million in only 12 years
• 2011: next million in only 12 years again

Life Expectancy:
- the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year.

Day 12

Today in Human Geo, we had a test on all the things we have learned so far.

 

For myself the test was pretty easy. It helped that we could use our blogs, but I studied and it wasn't that hard to remember all the things we talked about so it was an easy test!

I think I did fairly well, I known most of the answers. and I think I'm going to get a good grade (:

 

I think the test was fair, it didn't have any really hard questions and the essay questions weren't hard to answer or expound on.  

 

It was a nice test!

Day 11

Today in Human Geo, Mr. Schick was in Philly for something and wasn't in class today. So we had a sub that was dressed up like a Scooby Doo character...

 

But basically today we had to go onto quizlet.com and make online flashcards for our test today.  Our test will e on the things we have learned so far like, globalization, did you know 3.0, babybooming- everything we've learned so far.

 

In class I made my flashcards based on the questions we discussed in class and also question I made me myself to help me study. I probably will use them too help me study. It's a very good way to study!

Day Ten

Today in Human Geo we discussed the test we have on Wednesday. Mr. Schick asked us about what questions we would like to see on the test. We talked about a lot of very good questions. We also had a really good talked about the future from the Did You Know 3.0. We talked about things like the IPhone and IWatch. The IWatch could be the new wallet, it has things on it like your credit card information.

Some of the questions people said were:

• Who wrote the Message to Garcia? - Elbert Hubert 
• The purpose of Elbert writing AMG? - to get the lazy people motivated 
• What war was being fought during this tale? - Spanish-American War
• Name an element of globalization? - changes traditions in other countries, tribesmen in Africa talking on cellphones etc. 
• Positive & Negative in globalization? - Positive: the world is more connected (connectedness), Negative: because there building new factories everyday and it is polluting the air which give them health problems, and also cause the death of animals (less birds etc.) 
• Ancient Greece Definitions
• Why is the American language so important? - because it is the international language of business. 
• How did the American language become the international language of business? - When the Americans won World War II in the Babyboomer stage; countries like Britain got destroyed by the war and it was depressed other there, so while they were rebuilding, we were making businesses and selling and it was an economic boost.
• And lastly Socrates famous quote was? - 

"The un examined life is not worth living."

He was saying that too not question things is not a very good life to live. You should be able to think on your own, not have someone tell you what to think. 

Day 9

Yesterday in Human Geo we had a discussion about Globalization.

-Globalization is the connection of different pars of the world. (Inner connectedness)

• results in the expansion of international cultural, economic, and political activities.
• examples: modern restaurants, like McDonalds are mostly all over the world but it's an American restaurant.

The economic part of globalization is- say when someone buys food from a Chinese McDonalds, American businesses get profit from that money.

• in also places like McDonalds can change other countries culture because now they get fast food instead of having traditionally sit- down talking dinners.

-The Chinese also smoke more than Americans. They buy American cigarettes. Chinese have more population so greater number of smoking.

The Silk Road- In BC people had to travel on a road to get silk from China, at the time China was the only silk making country. So many people started traveling on that road that they called in the "Silk Road".

Globalization includes religion, technology, language learning, and exchange.

Day 8

Today in Human Geo, we talked about our previous blogs. We had a conversation about the facts from the video we had to watch.

One person said that it was creepy how 1 of 8 people last year met and got married.  I would definitely agree but it doesn't surprise me. It's also kind of, well more than kind of, but dangerous to met someone online, I mean unless you know that it's 100% a real person or they  are telling you the truth that that picture and information is really their because people can steal pictures from other peoples profiles and their information and then when you go to meet that lovely person you talked to online it turns out to be like an ax-murderer. Online dating websites are okay for the most part, I just think maybe people should stick to the old fashion way. In my opinion.

The second fact we had a loooong discussion about was that China will become the first English speaking country in the world. When I first say that I was surprised, but then our teacher told us it was because they have over a billion people living in China that have English as their second-language at a young age. They also learn English because it is the "language of business". We learned that not just people from China, but India and other countries, what to learn our language because it is good for communication in business, they get more jobs, etc.
There are up sides and down sides to this, the down side is, they will most like take our American jobs because they are more motivated to actually do the job and they work for way less money then Americans do. Up sides to this is that we buy things and have business from them. Everything you see or wear, or possess is either "Made in China" or "Made in India". It's also good for our businesses, if a foreign person is willing to work for less pay then a home-breed then businesses save money and that businesses stock or product will be lower for us buyers.

It was a good discussion.

Shift Happens

Did You Know

Today in Human Geo, we watched a video called "Did You Know" also known as "Shift Happens".  It is a rather interesting video about how our world around us is changing every single year. It points out the things we may not notice because our generation is use to this kind of change because it happens so gradually and quickly. Like for examples, did you know that ...

1. China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the WORLD!

•    At first I honestly thought this was inaccurate because you would think that America would have the most English speaking people right? Wrong. We learned in class today that China will become the number one English speaking country because their population is just simply bigger than ours. China has a few billion while America has a maybe a few million. Plus, most of our population is from different countries also. We learned that this will change our country because we are and will be completing for jobs with these people.

2. 1 out of 8 couples married in the US last met online.

• This did not surprise me. Mainly because I've seen all those E Harmony, or Match.com commericals saying how many people have met online. I think that eventually everyone will start meeting their "soul mates" online because they wont want to do it face to face they would rather have a person matched to them then start the face to face stuff.

3. Twitter users tweet about 50 million tweets per day.

• This didn't surprise me either because I am one of those awesome twitter users. I tweet everyday, and if I don't tweet, I'm on twitter. Twitter is a good way of communicating with people from different states and or countries. So many people use twitter daily, so that number definitely grows every day.

4. The number of texts sent everyday exceeds the total population of the plant.

• Anyone who has a phone, texts. They may text a couple times a year or a couple times a minute. Text is a HUGE way we communicate with people today. Mostly people, like myself, prefer a text over a call. I agree that in some ways it's a bad thing because we have lost face-to-face communication where we actually talked to someone. But my opinion to it is that, this is the 21st century it's not like it was 20 years ago, technology is just going to vastly grow, so everyone is just going to have to learn to live with it.

Technology plays a HUGE role in my life. Technology has been apart of my life for literally all my life. My parents are very tech-savvy. My mother works with computers like designing and stuff and my father uses computers a lot too. I had my first phone at a young age, and even before that I had a computer in my possession, DS's, digital cameras, TV etc. I like technology, I think it's a very good way to improve our world with a lot of things and help us human beings.

Definition 2.0

• agora-  in Ancient Greek cities, an opened space that served as a meeting ground for various activities of the citizens, a gathering place or assembly. The agora was the venter of artistic and athletic, spiritual, and political life of the city. 
• Arête- In it's basic sense, means excellence of any kind. In it's earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of the fullfillment of purpose of fiction. Moral vulner; the act of living up to ones full potential. 
• Polis- It was the typical structure of a community in the Ancient Greek world (centre urban area, body of citizens.)
• Year 508 BC- Klisthenis came to power. Birth of democracy; the first democracy. 
• Socrates- He was a Classical Greek philosopher who is created with laying the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy; known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic Method. 
• The death Socrates- He was sentenced to death because he refused to recognise their gods. Also they thought he was introducing different gods (disrespecting the other gods), and  "poisoning" the youths minds so they sentenced him to death by Hemlock (a poision.) 
• The Socratic Method- the Socratic Method was when he would ask a question and answer, he would get a student to state a thesis and then by asking him questions would prove the thesis led to a contradiction. 
• What the Greeks meant when they called you an idiot- It meant a private person/ layman that didn't participate in politics. 

Definitons

• agora- In ancient Greek cities, an open space that served as a meeting ground fro various activities of the citizens. (via Britannica.com)
• arête- In its basic sense, means excellence of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of the fulfillment of purpose of fuction. (via randalvegter.com)
• polis-Was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek word. (via ancient.eu)
• The year 508 BC- Three-years of conflict, Klisthenis came to power, he placed the foundations of Athenian democracy, with serious reforms. The increase of the races from four toten and the parallel disturbution of the city in Trities and municipalities. ( via Greece-Athens.com )
• Socrates- He was a classical Greek philosopher who is created with laying the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy; known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic method. ( via ancientgreece.com )
• The death of Socrates- He was sentenced to death because he refused to recognize the gods recognized by the state. ( via eyewitnesstohistory.com )
• The Socratic Method- The Socratic Method was a stage in the history of dialetic, although it is still used today. It is a process of question and answer. He would get a student to state a thesis and then by asking him questions would prove the thesis led to a contradiction. ( via ancienthistory.about.com )
• What the Greeks meant when you were called an idiot- It meant a private person/ layman that didn't participate in politics.

Day Four

09.3.14

For the first part of the class, again, we got our blogs all together and made sure everyone had them. Next, Mr. Schick took the grades for having a composition notebook for our notes.


Today we talked a little bit about "A Message to Garcia".
We learned that during the Spanish-American war, President McKinley desperately needed to get a letter to the head of the insurgents, Garcia.

Elbert Hubbard, the writer of this essay, was using this story as a metaphor. He was trying to get the point across that, we need to know how to do things without questions asked, without laziness, or trying to get out of it. Don't complain, just do what you're asked to do and thank God you have the ability to still do it.
Elbert Hubbard's essay was recognized and, later reprinted virally 80 million times.

Next, we were talking about voting.

We learned that one year, only 53% eligible voters voted in the USA. Then the next four years, 61%, the next 63%, and the next 59% and so on and so on. That's only a little over a half of the population on eligible voters. In other countries like, Peru, Iran, and Rwanda had 86%, 75, and 89% vote every year. So what's wrong with us Americans who have a right to vote? Even if you don't like the people that are running, you still should vote. Voting is very very important. It's important because the people that don't vote (usually 18 to 35), are the ones that are going to live to have to deal with that president or person in any office. People like to complain about the President and or the people in office right now, and those same people are the ones that said "Oh, I don't feel like voting." "I'm not going to vote."

My ALS Ice Bucket Challenge :)

For Mr. Schick's class today, we basically just talked about how to properly do our blogs.

But most importantly, we talked a little bit about the horrible diease ALS.  ALS affects about 10,000 people in the USA. Those people are mostly young women and men, who will only live up to 2-5 years. Not many people know what the diease ALS is, they just know those "crazy people" dumping ice cold water on their head. But this diease and awareness is much more than that. The ALS diease starts out with the affected person losing feelings in their arms and hands, eventually it's their legs, their upper body and then they start to slowly have trouble breathing.

I think that it's good that ALS is becoming noticed more and more, because people like celebrities with money just sitting around, not using. They are giving money to help cure then terrible diease. Even if you have only 10 little dollars to donate, every single dollar counts and the people with the diease and the families appreciate it so much. (:

Day One

08.26.14

Today was the first day of Human Geo as a freshman!

 

   It was basically a review day for the class because obviously we are new.

 

• First, we got to know our teacher, Mr. Schick.  He told us that we needed a Gmail account in order to use blogger.com

• Next, we added Mr. Schick's blog page too our favorites bar on our computer.

• A Gmail account is required.

• The people that didn't have a Gmail account, made them.

• The people that did, started too sign up for blogger.com

• Mr. Schick throughout the class told us about using our blogs and homework.

• A book was also thrown on the floor

• In Human Geo, we are not going to be using a lot of paper, only for test and the final exams.

• We are to have a composition notebook to take notes in class so it will be easier too write our blogs.

• We also have the composition books so the teacher knows that we are actually paying attention and not just fooling around on our computer.

 

    Mostly our teachers just want us too have fun this year!