halloween death

Today in class we watched the last minute of the Ted Ed video. We also watched a video on a Swedish guy names Hans Rosling. He talked about how around the 1810's the world had a life expectancy of 40 years old and how everyone was poor. In the later 1800's countries like the England and the Americas started to rise on the chart. The chart looked a little like this 

For most of the time the Asian and African countries were still at the bottom while Europe and America was rising. The flu epidemic and war decreased life expectancy for a little bit, but everything came back to normal. During 1948 World War II ended and more countries started to rise with the USA. Japan, Iran, and more smaller countries started to creep up the graph, but most African and Asian countries were still last. Later though most people were up near the top which is how Hans try to predict that everyone would be there soon. Little did he know that was false and a lot of obstacles have come to counteract his predictions.

i forgot what happened in class

Today in class we went over our tests for a few minutes. I got an 98% on the test which is really good. I think I could've got a 99% on the test if it wasn't for that trick question. I'm still happy though because a 98% and a 99% are basically the same thing. After we looked over our tests and the trick question (there was promised to be no trick questions!!!!!) we took notes on population pyramids. I already had most off the information from when we took notes the last class, but we watched a TED-Ed video on it an took notes. I don't have the new notes with me, but you can trust me when I say they were good. I remember that a population pyramid that has the shape of a triangle means the population is growing quickly and is probably an pre industrialized nation. A graph with the reproductive years the largest means the population is growing slowly and is an industrialized nation. Lastly, a graph with the post reproductive stages the largest means the population is decreasing and the nation is most likely a post-industrialized nation. Examples of these are Niger,Canada, and Japan.

population pyramid

Today in class while Charlotte took the cia.gov part of the test, we took notes on population pyramids. Here are some of the notes I took:

• Goes from 1950-2100
• Shows population of the world -7,678,174,656
• shows distribution of various age groups in a population
• forms shape of pyramid when the population is growing
• Males - left & Females - right
• Used to visualize the age of a particular population
• has y axis: age group, and x axis: population size

ex.

Key Terms:

Demography - the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.

Aging - a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity.

Retirement - the act of retiring or of leaving one's job, career, or occupation permanently, usually because of age

just took the test

Today in class we took the population test. Mr. Schick made up a good rhyme that went like "Let us so good on our examination, and for us to remember the population!!!!!" I think I did good on the test, and i will probably get above an 85% on it. We had lots of time to do the cia.gov part of the test and I think that was the easiest part of the test. I also am nervous that I did the math wrong on one of the questions, but I check it and thought I got it right. For my push and pull countries I used Mexico, Afghanistan, Canada, and the U.S. I was about to use a different country instead of Mexico for a push country because I bet everyone is using Mexico and it does not have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world. I also am very sorry because I have tracked mud all over my desk.

Quiz tomorrow

Quiz Quiz Quiz time!!!! Today we discussed some things we need to know for the quiz. Some things I wrote down were:

Developing countries - pop growth
Cia.gov questions 20 minute limit
How long took to get 1 billion
Trend of billions (more than 12 to get to the next billion(
Matching terms on these - Crude Death Rate     Total Fertility Rate      Crude Birth Rate 

Unemployment Rate Net Migration Rate Population Growth Rate

Infant Mortality Rate    Maternal Mortality Rate   Rate of Natural Increase

Life Expectancy     GDP Per Capita     Population Pyramid

2 reasons women live longer than men: men dangerous jobs, women medical help

Monaco - live longest

Patrician countries - lowest life expectancy

Birth - Death rate = rate of natural increase

crude rate definitions

Migration Rates (immigrants - emigrants = net migration rate)

Describe 2 push forces and 2 pull forces from 4 different countries

ex. Mexico - push - cant get jobs / U.S. - pull - economy & freedom / Canada - pull - health care/

Find One more Push force

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GDP - amount of $ the average person makes

go to the nurse

Today in class we discussed the homework questions which were these:

1. The population of China is 1,384,688,986 (July 2018 est.), and India has a population of 1,296,834,042 (July 2018 est.)

2. The total fertility rate in Japan is 1.42 children born/woman (2018 est.)

3. The death rate in El Salvador is 5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)

4. The percentage of French people who identify with none as their religion is 23-28% (2015 est.) of the population. This statistic is not verifiable because in an 1872 law, the French prohibited state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs. This law was later approved by an 1978 law which emphasized that the collection of personal data is not allowed, and made it so information on an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions is not allowed to be collected.

5. 82.7% of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholic.

6. The GDP - per capita in the United States is $59,800.

7. The GDP - per capita in Nigeria is $5,900.

8. The GDP - per capita in Luxembourg is $105,100

9. 76.2% of people in the United States use the internet.

10. The United States has 13,513 airports and Russia has 1,218

11. 1.201 billion people in the world do not have electricity.

12. The infant mortality rate in Canada is 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births. In Cuba it is 4.4 births/1,000 live births. In the United States it is 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births.

13. The literacy rate for men in Afghanistan is 52%, and for women it is 24.2%.

14. Monaco, Japan, and Singapore have the highest life expectancy's.

15. Lesotho, Zambia, and Afghanistan have the lowest life expectancy's

16. Isle of man has the sixteenth highest new migration rate.

17. The unemployment rate for Vietnam is 2.2%, for South Korea it is 3.7%, for the United States it is 4.4%, for India it is 8.5%, and Kenya is 40%.

18. German GDP for military is 1.24%, for China it is 1.87%, and for the U.S. it is 3.16%.

19. The United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia produce the most crude oil. The United States produces 10,962,000 bbl a day, Russia produces 10,759,000 bbl a day, and Saudi Arabia produces 10,425,000 a day.

20. The countries that import the most crude oil are the United States, China, and India. The U.S. imports 7,969,000 bbl/day, China imports 6,710,000 bbl/day, and India imports 4,057,000 bbl/day.

21. 6% of the world speaks Spanish, 12.3% of the world speaks Chinese, and 5.1% of the world speaks English.


I probably could have done these questions in a shorter way without writing in full sentences, but it is too late. In the middle of class Griffin picked a scab and started bleeding so he went to the bathroom to clean it off, but it still kept bleeding. Griffin used tissues to try to stop the bleeding until after class when he hopefully went to the nurses office. I also disagree that we should only have one internet company because that would stink. If everyone was on the same WiFi, then people could easily get hacked and lose personal information because everyone's on the same internet. There are other reasons, but I have to do English homework.

cia factbook questions

1. The population of China is 1,384,688,986 (July 2018 est.), and India has a population of 1,296,834,042 (July 2018 est.)

2. The total fertility rate in Japan is 1.42 children born/woman (2018 est.)

3. The death rate in El Salvador is 5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)

4. The percentage of French people who identify with none as their religion is 23-28% (2015 est.) of the population. This statistic is not verifiable because in an 1872 law, the French prohibited state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs. This law was later approved by an 1978 law which emphasized that the collection of personal data is not allowed, and made it so information on an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions is not allowed to be collected.

5. 82.7% of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholic.

6. The GDP - per capita in the United States is $59,800.

7. The GDP - per capita in Nigeria is $5,900.

8. The GDP - per capita in Luxembourg is $105,100

9. 76.2% of people in the United States use the internet.

10. The United States has 13,513 airports and Russia has 1,218

11. 1.201 billion people in the world do not have electricity.

12. The infant mortality rate in Canada is 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births. In Cuba it is 4.4 births/1,000 live births. In the United States it is 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births.

13. The literacy rate for men in Afghanistan is 52%, and for women it is 24.2%.

14. Monaco, Japan, and Singapore have the highest life expectancy's.

15. Lesotho, Zambia, and Afghanistan have the lowest life expectancy's

16. Isle of man has the sixteenth highest new migration rate.

17. The unemployment rate for Vietnam is 2.2%, for South Korea it is 3.7%, for the United States it is 4.4%, for India it is 8.5%, and Kenya is 40%.

18. German GDP for military is 1.24%, for China it is 1.87%, and for the U.S. it is 3.16%.

19. The United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia produce the most crude oil. The United States produces 10,962,000 bbl a day, Russia produces 10,759,000 bbl a day, and Saudi Arabia produces 10,425,000 a day.

20. The countries that import the most crude oil are the United States, China, and India. The U.S. imports 7,969,000 bbl/day, China imports 6,710,000 bbl/day, and India imports 4,057,000 bbl/day.

21. 6% of the world speaks Spanish, 12.3% of the world speaks Chinese, and 5.1% of the world speaks English.

immigration vs emigration

Today we talked about population, core birth rate, core death rate, immigration, and emigration. We learned how some countries have a higher death rate then they do a birth rate, but most countries have a higher birth rate. We looked at the CIA website and found information on lots of different countries and their birth and death rates. We found out the the top 30 countries with the highest birth rates are almost all developing countries in Africa. Today before class we took a look at Mr. Shicks blog and learned that we have a test next week on this information, and he said this on his blog:
"Want to know what important terms will be on the next test? Here's a few!

Crude Death Rate     Total Fertility Rate      Crude Birth Rate 

Unemployment Rate Net Migration Rate Population Growth Rate

Infant Mortality Rate    Maternal Mortality Rate   Rate of Natural Increase

Life Expectancy     GDP Per Capita     Population Pyramid "

We have already earned about 2/3 of these topics, like today we learned about Rate of Natural Increase. Some countries have a negative one, and some have a positive one depending on the birth and death rates. We also learned about immigration and how that is how many people are going into your country and emigration is how many leave it. Some countries are positive have have lots of immigrants coming, but some are negative and have more people leaving than coming in.

McDonald's isn't healthy?

Today in class we started to learn about the Worlds population and Life expectancy. We saw a chart that looks a little bit like this:


We looked over the chart (it was only to 7 billion) and noticed how there was a big boom in the population because of the baby boom. The baby boom happened after World War II when all the men from war came back to their loved ones, and the economy was booming, so they decided to have lots of babies. In our generation we are having fewer babies because women in our period are now working and going to college, and do not have time to be a mother. Mr. Shick asked us if he thinks our generation will survive longer than his will. I don't know because you never know what kinds of medical technology's people will come up with, but also kinds of harmful things people will come up with that could harm us like vaping and fast foods. We never know what the future will hold, but all we know is that there might be less babies.

life and death

Today in class was a deeper discussion then usual. We talked about the world and how we have a population of over 7.6 billion. We also learned how 90% of the birth rate right now comes from developing countries such as Africa and India. I think it’s sad how a lot of these births are because women in these countries don’t have the ability to be education about the topic or are able to get birth control. Another reason is pressure to have boys instead of girls ,so people will have abortions just because it’s a girl. I hope the economy of these places get better so people all around the world can have a good education and know about these things like we so here in the United States. A creepy thing we learned is that every 11 seconds someone dies but every second 2.5 people are born. It’s also cool how we have a census that tracks are population very well and they put it on a website so we can look at it. The population is a crazy thing and we are just starting our unit on it.

we got our tests...

Today we went over our tests and I got an eighty one on it, but Mr.Schick said he is going to give us the rick questions and the UTC questions which we did not go over in class. We learned that the other class had a debate about number fourteen and fought about it all class. Our average was around seventy five percent which is a C. To me that is horrible, but Mr.Schick said it was an average grade. After the test since there was a China question in the test we looked at the T square protests and the guy who stood in front of the tanks. I moved with them and was willing to die for his cause. Over 1 million people protested and China had to send the Army in go get rid of it. Lots of people got shot and hurt and to this day it is illegal to talk about it in China. The fact that so many people rioted about the same things makes it seem like whatever they were rioting about had an effect on a lot of Chinese citizens. I cant believe they are not allowed to talk about it in their own country, and I heard people in Hong Long are getting arrested for it.

the test

Today we took the test, and I think I failed. I don't think it was that fair because we never really went over UTC at all, and it was not in any of my notes. I really hope I do not get another B because that would be very bad, and it would be hard to bring up. All I know it that I got the -5:00 question right, which is good because I spent a lot of time thinking about it, and checking my answers. I also looked over relative and absolute before the test, but didn't know it would be such a big part of the test. For about six questions we didn't go over it that much. I was the last one done because I went over all the questions I did not know and took an educated guess about it. Also I am dressed as Dopey the dwarf and six others are the other ones. Right now in class we are doing a crossword puzzle which Mr.Schick said his daughter completed in 12 seconds. I don't know how someone could think so fast and type the words in 12 seconds. Mr.Schick is last in his family which is kind of sad. Today overall was ok-ish and hopefully i dont have a B.

POP quiz!

Today we finished the last of our debate and maintaining time zones won it. I knew we were going to win because abolishing them makes no sense. We also talked about the metric system and how the US government pushed for it about 40 years ago, and Americans did not like it. We took a pop quiz and i got an 8/10 on it, which means i got an 80% on it. I think I will do well on the test tomorrow (that I just found out about) but it seems like the hardest test will will take so far. We also went over the use of scan tron in our next quiz, and that led on to discussion on SAT's and PSAT's. We talked about how the PSAT's do not really matter and you do not have to prepare or study for them because colleges do not look at them. Also how the SAT's probably are worth too much to colleges, how not all the biggest colleges are better than smaller ones, and how to not bubble in your answer as hard as you can because if you do and you realize you get it wrong, then the machine reading it will think its the incorrect answer. That is basically what we discussed in class today.

The Debate

Today we had a debate in class. We did not have that much time to do it and time went very fast. I did not get all my points across but abolishing time zones is just a dumb idea in general because timezone are working very well for us right now!!! Here's some points from my research:

• The whole world would have to learn a new way of living, this would also disturb schedules and transportation times, but both keep the problem of it being dark in one part of the world and light in the other
• Not all countries will want to abolish this because it would ruin everything!!!!!!!!

3. Daylight Savings Time

• we add 1 hour of natural daylight to our afternoon schedule
• longer evenings motivate people to get out of the house. The extra hour of daylight can be used for outdoor recreation like golf, soccer, baseball, running, etc.
• The tourism industry profits from brighter evenings. Longer nights give people more time to go shopping, to restaurants, or other events, boosting the local economy.
• Studies have found that DST contributes to improved road safety by reducing pedestrian fatalities by 13% during dawn and dusk hours.
• Another study found an 7% decrease in robberies following the spring shift to DST.
• adjusting daily routines to the shifting day length during summer may indeed help to save energy. A German analysis of 44 studies on energy use and DST found a positive relationship between latitude and energy savings. (basically less artificial light is used)

Why abolishing Time zones is just stupid

Today we learned that we are going to have a debate Friday, and I am set on winning. I have written down arguments and defenses. Some of the people in the middle did research and are already on our side. Getting rid of time zones is just dumb and would do no good for the world. I hope no one looks in my blog for this information but here is some of the research I found that will be a great asset in helping us win.
The people trying to abolish time zones use these as an argument:

1. Replace with a system aptly named the Hanke-Henry Date and Time

• The calendar would be identical every year, except for a one week-long 'mini-month' at the end of December every five or six years

2. Would be easier for businesses and transportation

• This would be a bad idea because at noon here it would be sunny, but noon in China would be completely dark and they would be sleeping (would make no difference abolishing time zones and make it more confusing) ex. “What time is it?” “It’s 14 o'clock” “So is it morning or night?” “I don't know but if we had time zones it would be easier and keep everything more organized)
• Every business in the world is already accustomed to timezones, if we abolished these, then every business in the world would be confused, world-wide communications would be disturbed (ex. “Lets have a meeting at 11:00; sorry we are sleeping here”
• All agriculture businesses would be doomed. Farmers and distributors would be confused about when to plant their crops, and changing the time will be hard (ex. “When should i plant my crops?” “6:00 in the morning” “But it is not sunny so they can’t grow”)

Time Zones

Today in class we finished the last part of the longitude power point; here are some things I recorded

• Are known as Meridians
• Farthest apart at the equator and meets at the poles

Then after that we started learning about time zones, and everyone was really confused. When we all saw the timezone map we debated about whether we should just make the world one time zone, keep it at 24 confusing areas, or even add more!!! While looking at the map the class observed how certain places only had one whole timezone, even though they were in different ones and how that counties government could decide what timezone they are in. For example, North Korea has 30 minutes increments instead of hour long ones. Here are some notes I took:

TIME ZONE - a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes; tend to follow boundaries of counties

• Earth is a sphere divided into 360 degrees of longitude
• Divide 360 by 24 time zones (one for each hour of the day)
• Each band of longitude is 15 degrees