We watched God grew tired of us.

God Grew Tired of Us

In class today we watched the movie “God Grew Tired of Us”. In the documentary the “Boys” were taken to the United States so they could start a new life. Sadly only a few of the boys were allowed to relocate because of several issues. The relocated to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. When they moved into the apartment everything was so shocking. They were not used to using electricity so when they saw “refrigerators” any ad “lamps” it seemed very amazing. Also they were eating all their food with their hands. Even rice and spaghetti. I find this weird because in Nigeria, there are certain foods that you eat with your hands like “Farina” but you don’t eat everything with your hands like these Sudanese guys do. Anyway after the apartment they went to the grocery store. There were all out of American foods there that they were not accustomed to. But , the grocery clerk explained to them everything and anything about the foods.That was all we all we watched.

September 26th 2012

Today’s class was one of the worst performances we had as a class in whole. Everyone was talking at one point even I. Mr. Schick told us countless times not to talk yet we talked anyway. I hope that we as a class don’t do this again. But anyway we went over the test at the start of class. We took almost all period to go over the test because everyone was talking. Plus there were a thousand “What If?” questions which I think are destructive towards class discussions. After going over the Test we continued to “God grew Tired of US”. The video “God Grew Tired of Us” is an awesome video. In the sense that the Video shows the world something that was hidden from the world for a number of years. I wish that the Sudanese boys get the chance to go back home. Imagine these kids never got the chance to have a proper birthday party or eat until they are full, or just live one day for complete fun. Instead there whole life they had to fight for food or wonder if they will leave until tomorrow. It’s horrible.  In summary today’s class period was not the best one we have had yet, but I still think that Human geo is my favorite class.

9/24/12

Today's class was one of the most of the most memorable class experiences we have had in this school year. First we worked on the test. The test was not hard at all. Prior to the test I thought it would be very hard. But once I started I suddenly grew more confident. After the test we watched a documentary about kids living in Sudan. The kids living in Sudan suffer A LOT. The video really changed my impression about the World. I originally thought that the United States guarded the whole world and that no injustice goes unseen. Even though I still think that U.S is the protector of the world, I do understand that something’s really do go unseen. I really wish that these kids in Sudan get more help from the U.N.  One day I hope that I can indirectly help the children In Sudan. That is what I think about Today’s class.

9/21/12

Presentations

In Human Geography we continued to watch presentations. One presentation that really stood out in my mind was the presentation about Brazil. On the first slide they wrote “Eleanor Butt face". I found this slightly funny but when I saw Mr. Schick’s reaction my face resumed its prior expression. Mr. Schick looked at the presentation like it annoyed him. He then whistled as if something was dropping. But the presenters did not notice what was going on. They kept on laughing. After that slide there were a lot of mistakes they made but overall they did an alright job. All of the other presentation had a lot of mistakes (Grammatically).I don’t like to point out other peoples mistakes but Andy was not hesitant. It was a little funny the little mistakes every one made. Everyone did a good job in summary but you can tell when one person does all the work in one group. When one person does all the work, the project doesn’t look very good and no one gets a good grade. But luckily in my group every one pitched in. Another thing that I noticed was that Mr. Schick used Nigeria in the group assignment. I like that because usually Geography teachers always neglect African countries. But I don’t like the way they present Nigeria. They make it seem like such a horrible country. . In conclusion, Class is very fun and I can’t wait till the next one. :)

9/20/12

Wilfred Ikejiofor

Mr. Schick

 Today in Human Geography, The class presented their Projects. At the start of class Mr. Schick asked the class who would like to go first. Austin and I volunteered to start first. We could not reach an agreement so we played “Rock Papers, Scissors. I won the contest, so I presented with my group. I worked with Ricky, Avery and Maria. The night before when we worked on our presentation we wrote our names on the slides that we worked on. So when it was presentation time every one already knew what slide they were going to do. Maria & Avery did their slides first. When it was my turn to present I saw that the crowd was getting bored so I tried to present with a lot of enthusiasm. While I was presenting I said a joke and the whole class laughed. After I did this I was pretty confident because it is hard to make a large group of people laugh. After I, Ricky presented his portion of the PowerPoint. Personally, I think the audience should know a lot about Germany, after my presentation. A couple other groups went over their presentation with the class after us. Some were a little more organized than others but overall everyone did a great job. Not everyone in the class got a chance to present so tomorrow we will finish up the lesson. In conclusion I had a lot of fun today and I hope Tomorrow gets better.

September 17 ,2012

In class today we watched a PowerPoint with Mr. Schick. The PowerPoint touched on something’s that we will need to learn for this year. First I took some notes on Population and Settlement. According to Mr. Schick there are 7 billion people on earth. The population growth is about 77 million people per year. But strangely enough 90% of the population growth takes place in developing countries that are located mainly in Africa, South East Asia & Latin America. Then we went over life expectancy throughout the world. The highest life expectancy in the world is in Monaco. Monaco is pretty much an island where rich people relax and boss people around. I assume that it is not very stressful in this country, so the life expectancy is 80.57 for men and 87.43 for women. In U.S the life expectancy is 76.05 for men and 81.05 for women. While in undeveloped countries like Chad the life expectancy is 47.65 for men and 49.82 for women. Women are known to live longer than men because men like to take more dangerous jobs. I think it’s a social thing and an economic thing. Men sometimes feel like they have to be the one to carry the burden of the famly.Also, money is very important and sometimes you need a dangerous job to make money. We talked about other things in class, but if I cover everything we talked about I will be typing all day. In conclusion Human Geo is very fun and I look forward to next class. That is my summary of class today.

Did You Know 3.0

September 15, 2012

In class today we went over the Did You Know 3.0 video. 

We talked about “various details that were various students thought were very important or surprising. The first fact we went over was that fact that India has double the amount of honor students then we (U.S) has kids. When I heard this fact, I thought that it meant that Americans are stupid. But, Mr. Schick explained the fact and I found out it that it was supposed the fact that India has a lot of children. Then we talked about Facebook. Apparently if Facebook was a country then it would be the third largest country in the World. That shows that Computers have engrained themselves into Society. We continued to talk about Did You Know 3.0 until 1:30. At 1:30 I had to leave for a Cross Count meet. To go on, JC cross country won almost every single event except one.

 In conclusion I had lots of fun in class, but sadly I had to leave early. 

Did You Know This?? 3.0

There are two very important facts that I came across while watching the short YouTube clip “Did You Know 3.0”.

The first fact that I thought was very important was that “Digital music sales in 2011 outstripped physical sales for the first time.” This fact is a great way to visualize the direction that society is moving. The world if not already is going through the “Digital Age”. Imagine, the average phone can hold 100 times more space than the first computer.  This shows that technology has increased rapidly over the past 10-20 years.  This also shows that Society is keeping up with rapid technology advancements. In conclusion, I like this fact because it represents life today.

The second fact that I thought was quite intriguing was “There are 31 billion searches on Google every month”. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It is great because Google makes life much easier and the more users on Google the better Google becomes. However, it is also a bad thing. I believe that no one should depend on only one thing. In addition, Google has access to every single Google search you have ever made. This means that Google knows a lot about you, and I think that no one should have that information other than you.

 

In conclusion, technology is growing rapidly every day. Better and better tech is created and society is increasing in intelligence and worldwide awareness. Even though there is a dark side to this , the Pros outweigh the Cons.

September 12 , 2012

Today in Class, we went over the Homework. As we went over the Homework there were A LOT of questions. (I asked like half of them). We took almost 20 minutes to get question 5. But, Mr. Schick gave us a lot of important in, formation. Apparently the economy across the world is way worse than the American economy for example; in Europe gas costs around 7 dollars. Crazy Huh? As we went over the questions, we touched over some very delicate topics. Like in Zimbabwe the unemployment rate is 95%! Also, Mr. Schick told us about the tension surrounding India and Pakistan. Both Countries have or will have nuclear bomb capability. This means that if any country trips up, the other country will be eager to nuke them. While in class I thought About Nukes. Originally I wished nukes didn’t exist, but then I recalled that without nukes World War two wouldn’t have ended. Towards the end of Class we talked about the different countries that our class had been to. 60% of our class had been out of the country. This is very interesting when you think about it. IN conclusion Class, was very nice and I look forward to the next one.

Important question.

I think that the most Important question is " What country consumes more oil than any other? United States 

This shows how green America has to become. America should investigative. into other methods of Oil-Usage.

CIA Questions

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2. What is the population of the United States? 313, 847, 465 
3. What are the five largest countries in the world, by population? China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil 
4. What is the population of Pakistan? 190,291,129 
5. What kind of government does the United States have? Constitution-based federal republic 
6. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe? 24.9% 
7. What is the largest country in the world by area? Russia 
8. What country has the third greatest number of airports? Mexico 
9. What country has the greatest number of exports? China 
10. What country exports more oil than any other? Saudi Arabia 
11. What country imports more oil than any other? United States 
12. What country consumes more oil than any other? United States 
13. Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military? Yes 
14. What is GDP? Gross domestic product 
15. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it? Liechtenstein 141,000$ 
16. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita? No 
17. Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent? Africa 
18. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found in which continent? Africa 
19. What other country is in the top ten? Asia 
20. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths? 18 
21. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones? No 
22. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic? 23.9% 
23. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic? 76.6% 
24. What is Net Migration Rate? the difference between total immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time 
25. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world? no it is 26 
26. What is the current population of the entire planet? 7.039 billion 

September 6th , 2012

Today in Class, Mr. Schick gave us notes on how to write notes. He told us about life in college. In college, teachers give lectures. They usually have more than 100+ students. Teachers don’t have time to answer every question. Then Mr. Schick told us about his birth. Apparently, Mr. Schick is the messiah. Then he told us about Illinois. Illinois has more people than every other state in the Midwest. Then I found out that more than half of the population of Illinois lives near or in Chicago. Also, Illinois is full of plains. Mr. Schick was born in Chicago, In December in a unknown city. Just like Jesus Christ??? Then Mr. Schick gave us time in class to work on our blog. I started to work on my blog but I didn’t get to finish. In Conclusion Human Geography is very, fun and I think it’s my favorite class.

September 5th 2012

Wilfred Ikejiofor

September 5th 2012

Human Geo

Today In Human Geography class we went over how to add gadgets to our blog. I had added a gadget to my blog the night prior. After that Mr. Schick stressed the importance of Wikipedia. Apparently not every random person with an “unknown” agenda can change Wikipedia. That is news to me. Mr. Schick really likes Wikipedia which kind of makes sense. Wiki has a lot of information that other websites don’t have half of. Also Wikipedia is free , which makes it easy to access as long as you have Internet access. That was pretty much how class “went down” today.

August Third , 2012

9/3/12

Essay #1:  Give your original definition of arête, and describe how Socrates and the ancient Greeks demonstrated this quality.

Arête is the highest state of being a human being can achieve physically, spiritually and emotionally. I believe that Socrates demonstrated this behavior by standing up for what he believed in while in court. Socrates was asked to apologize But, Socrates did not apologize because he knew that he was right. I believe that standing up for what you believe his Arête. Arête is excellence of the highest nature, and fighting for what you believe in (when in the right) is excellent.  

However, I think that the Greek’s exhibited on a day to day basis. For example in Spartan Society, Men and Women strove to be the best they could physically. However in Athens men and Women strove to be the best they could be mentally and physically.  Both city-states had an emphasis on Arête in their cultures. This shows that the Greeks showed Arête in important aspects of life.

Essay #2:  Imagine that Elbert Hubbard and Socrates have time-travelled to the present.  Describe what they would think or say about life.

Elbert Hubbard would be disappointed in life nowadays. He would be heartbroken to find out that almost no one in this world strives for arête on a day to day basis. There are no “hard workers” anymore; people just go to work for money and nothing more. He also would be disappointed in the way “America” does things. America is a Capitalist country (Technically half), but Elbert Hubbard believes in Capitalism. In conclusion Mr. Hubbard would be disappointed with life today.

Socrates would be proud of life today. Imagine a country that is democratic, that everyone has their own say and no voice is ignored (Almost). Socrates would be overjoyed, because in Socrates native Greece you could be killed (like he was) for expressing your thoughts but in America, you can say almost everything. In Conclusion, Socrates would be happy with life today.

Essay #3:  Assuming that you think that excellence is a good thing, write out a five-point action plan that  describes how you are going to approach your career at the John Carroll School over the next four years

• 1.      Pay Attention in All my Classes.                                                                                               I am going to pay attention in all my classes so that I understand everything that is going on in the class, at all times. If I can understand what my teacher teaches me , test’s and quizzes will be a breeze.
• 2.      Homework
• I am going to do all my HW this school year. Regardless of the time or amount I am going to do it. Usually HW is a big problem because I like to wait until the last minute. But this year I will try not to do that.
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• 3    Not Quit
• I will try my best not to quit anything at John Carroll unless I have to. Giving up will not be something I do this school year.
• 4    Organization
• I am a very messy person when it comes to keeping a binder. This school I’m using a computer instead of a binder, but that can get messy to. I will try to keep all my files in a organized fashion that way I don’t get unorganized.                                                                                Have Fun
• Sometimes if you Work too hard you forget to have fun.  This is the only time of my life that I get to go through High school, so I should just enjoy the ride. That doesn’t mean that I become a bum and not do any of my assignments. It just means that I don’t stress to hard and I have a good time.

That is my 5 point Action Plan to becoming Successful At JC.

10/1/2012

Today In class we finished the movie “God Grew Tired of Us”. I was amazed by what these hard-working Sudanese guys accomplished. John Doe got his high school diploma and his Associative degree. He made an organization for Helping Sudanese lost boys and girls. Also, he was reunited with his mother. Panther got his bachelor’s degree and is stilling looking for his mother and father. He moved back to Sudan temporarily so that he could marry his girlfriend. He also plans to build a school in Sudan. The third Sudanese lost boy is still living in the Job Corps.  I don’t think that the Job Corps was a good idea for john. I feel as if all the other Sudanese youth did better than John because they didn’t join the job corp. Anyway I really enjoyed the movie and in summary every one life was better. That is my summary of today’s class.

Fourth Day Of Class

August 31^st, 2012

As class started we went over Wednesday’s homework. We talked about Greek life, and the start of their 

democracy. I already knew that Greek Philosophers were the founders of Western Civilization, but I didn't 

know about Socrates. Apparently, (According to Mr. Schick) Socrates was an ugly man with many controversial ideas. He questioned mainstream school of thoughts and made his own conclusions about life. He did something that I could never do. I could never go against the world like he did. He was a master debater and teacher. Using his self-titled method, he out-witted common man by allowing them to see contradictions in their argument (I wonder if he instigated a lot of fights).However, I think Socrates is stubborn. When time for his execution he was given a chance to apologize. However he didn’t, because he believed that he was right. That is understandable. But before it was time for him to drink Hemlock, he was given another chance to go in exile, yet he denied it. He was stubborn, he could have escaped with his dignity and life, but he chose the wrong choice. 

But in Conclusion, Socrates was a great philosopher and was one of the minds that developed Western Civilization.