Farewell Mr. Schick

This is my 60th and final blog post in Mr. Schick's Human Geography class. I must say Mr. Schick has won my favorite teacher of all time award. It will be sad after I finish my test tomorrow and never have him as a teacher again. We have had some great memories and he has been a fantastic teacher.

                                Thank You Mr. Schick

Today in class we watched some more of the video and took a  much more in depth look at the details of it. I learned new things that I had not known before hand. Such as the fact that only 14 animals are useful if domesticated. I thought there was many more. Another thing was the fact that Guineans are the only people who live like the people 10,000 years ago lived. This was all very interesting to me and I look forward to taking my final Human Geography test tomorrow in mod 7.

 P.S. i will not have access to a computer on Friday that is why this my last blog.

8 Minutes of Glory

Today in class Mr. Schick began by talking to us about the test we suppose to have tomorrow but being the nice person he is we don't have the test till Friday. But I have a dilemma, I wont be here on Friday so I get to take it tomorrow. Yay! The 8 minutes of glorious video that we watched was actually pretty informative. It told us about early explorer experience and that mind set both the traveler and the native people had at the time. I enjoy watching this video because it really does give us a true depiction of different aspects of the world.

Shine Bright Like a Diamond

In class today we had a substitute for Mr. Schick. Ms. Snook, she is nice and was my SAT prompter but other than that she is new to me. I don't know why Mr. Schick was out today but I hope to see him tomorrow. In class we watched a video from National Geographic called Guns, Germs, Steel. I was mainly about Jared Diamond went to Papua New Guinea to answer a question. The question was " Why do white men have so much cargo and we have so little?" Well first things first don't call us "white men" were all people your just less fortunate and happen to not be white. But Diamonds theory was that it was due to the different races. I agree and it was not a crazy thing for black people to be discriminated against. So if the Americans kept going with cargo and insisted to be treated nicely what did you expect to happen. The Americans would feel superior and the Guineans would feel inferior.

Call Me Senor Clutch

We were extremely lucky to not have school on Tuesday. We were off school simply because it was cold. I was happy but at the same time I was wondering if Harford County Public Schools were mentally stable. I had a horrible day off in case you were wondering. But tomorrow will be a tough day because it will be the first time all year where I woke up at 6:40. Also today I was supposed to have a oral Spanish exam and thanks to the 2 hour delay we didn't do it!! When sitting in math class I was called to the office to retrieve a shadow. I am the most clutch person because they always give me the 8th graders unsure of what school to go to and I always have a great impression and they decide to go to John Carroll. I am proud that I am amazing. Today in class we talked about HUMAN SACRIFICE. That was a pretty awesome subject.

Normal Day At The Office

This is my first blog in a while so I apologize if I am a little rusty. Today was our first day back to school. Thankfully we were given a 2 hour delay on a Monday which really helped me. I was able to get my mind focused on the school week by a little extra sleep. I was very excited to be back at school so I could see all my friends again and not just sit around all day and wake up at 11:30 every morning. Also to see Mr. Schick of course. Most of the exam grades have been posted so it was nice to what I got. It was good to get back into the swing of things but I found myself questioning what class I should go to next but I was able to be at the right place most of the time. Tonight is the BCS National Championship so I really hope that school is cancelled due to inclement weather. Go Semigers!

P.S.- that was a mix of Seminoles and Tigers because I don’t know if want Florida State to win or Auburn. lol

Exam Sheet

Fridays class was very beneficial. It gave us information we need to know for the Social Studies or Human Geo exam on Thursday next week. Thankfully all my teachers gave me a study guide but I just need the motivation to actually study them. I dont know what to think about the upcoming exams but I'd rather not think about them at all. The power point Mr. Schick made for us to study off of was short but it definitely gave us the proper information to be studying. I just pray for help next week.

Wild Wednesday

First and foremost HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. SCHICK!!!! I wrote that while holding down the shift key! Only because I forgot about caps LOCK. Today was crazy because every student at John Carroll was hoping for no school. It turns out we have school, a 2 hour hour delay. This was helpful because I slept in a little Monday and Tuesday so a 2 hour delay helped get me back on track. Today was fairly a good and it ended even better than it started. We played our big rivals in C. Milton Wright. We ended up beating them by a comfortable margin. This was a very exciting game and i'm very happy we game out with the win. Tomorrow is my best day in terms of scheduling so I'm looking forward to that. We don't have class tomorrow so I will talk to you again on Friday.

Sweater Friday

Today was the first day I wore the long sleeve sweater. I hate it. I really liked wearing the sweater vest but i cannot find it so I had to find an alternative. Also today was not a very good morning for a plethora of reason but I have very many tests today. The Human Geo test today was not very difficult. It was probably the easiest test I'll take today. I am also happy because now I have gotten through 2 of the 3 tests today. I just got my test back and I got a 100%!!! I am happy. It is very hard for me to write a blog about today's class. We are Mr. Schick's smartest section. GO SECTION 07!!

Post Title

Today was a semi productive day. It began with Math then Computer Support and so on. It was a busy morning due to the fact that I had two tests and another after Human Geography class. I am exciting for Earth Science to be over for two reasons. First is it will mean I would have survived my horrible Wednesdays and second because my basketball practice is canceled. It is canceled because my coach goes to Law School in the city and has his exams this week and yesterday we just ran around like chickens with our heads cut off. So smartly it was canceled until he is able make it back to school in time for our 3:30. The class today was semi productive because we went over Mr. Schick's semi complete power point. This caused some ruckus because everyone was complaining but it was fine with me. I am very happy that Duke beat Michigan yesterday!

My 10 Test Questions

1. What type of people are eligible for Kiva loans? 

• individuals that do not have access to banking services and have low incomes.

  2. How can microloans help? 

• It allows small business owners access to insurance. 

  3. What is a mircoloan? 

• A microloan is when a person lends a small amount of money to a developing business. Once the business is running good the lender will receive their money back.

  4. What are 2 common uses for microloans? 

• Starting up new businesses 
• Getting products for your business

  5. Name two problems in developing countries.

• Diseases (malaria)       
• Famine

  6. Define Microfinance. 

• Microfinance is a form of financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and related services.

  7. Is a microloan beneficial to the community?

• Yes

  8. What is Kiva? 

•  We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty

  9. What is a main disease in developing countries?

• Malaria 

  10. What continent host the majority or developing countries?

• Africa 

BEAT MICHIGAN

ps. Im a huge Duke fan

Long Monday

Today was once again a slow and long and boring Monday. But what helped was a hilarious 1st mod class. *wink* *wink* Human Geography. I was a half hour late to school because I was feeling sick. Today was also game day. Little did I know that if your late on game day you are not allowed to play. That was interesting. We ended up losing but oh well. I walked into class and the first thing Mr. Schick says to me after asking me why I was late was to go see Mr. Maynard. I wasn't sure why but I went against my will. It turns out I had a shadow. I had no idea but I took him under my wing. We had a pretty good day. What was interesting to me was that he was from Pennsylvania and John Carroll is the only school he is looking at. he lives in a town that I had never heard of but Mr. Schick did. Mr. Schick told a very interesting story today about a homeless man back in Chicago.

Happy Thanksgiving

I was not in class today.

Crazy Day

Today started with the regular chaos that happens on Monday mornings . Tired, Groggy, Slow, Boring. Today had the same issues but today was a very demanding day of a student athlete. It involved having to give your extremely important research paper, worth alot of points, into Mr. Perry. This is a very stressful thing to deal with due to the fact that there is alot of requirements that come with this. Anyhow despite the busy schedule we had another basketball game.We won by the way. In class, it was extremely hectic. We all worked on the same power point or Google Presentation and it was mad chaos. Some people worked diligently but others were just there to make those doing the work furious. HMM dylan HMMM.  It was ugly in the beginning but it picked up towards the end and eventually it was a success. Mr. Schick has been working hard on the Variety Show and so I am going on Wednesday to see this amazing show first hand!

Lovely Leppert

I was so happy to see that Mr. Leppert is our sub for class today. He is really nice and an awesome dude. With Mr. Schick out of class today we continued to work on our Peace Corps Challenge and annoying worksheet. I have done the Peace Corps Challenge game about three times and I try to make different decisions every time time to please Gwafa. I think the fact that they give you a certification paper at the end of the game is just hilarious. This day is a little slow but it is a busy day that I so for have gotten alot of work done in. Like I said I LOVE MR. LEPPERT!!!

               Stay Classy San Diego 

Whopping Wednesday

Today was probably the busiest day of the year so far. My Wednesday consisted of 1 of mod, an extra class, 4 tests and my first ever high school basketball game. I had a great lunch, the extra class was in a hot classroom, my tests...well I don't want to talk about it and we won the basketball 57-28. It was a very stressful Tuesday knowing that I had this Whopping Wednesday to slay the next day. True I made it through the day, it was still a testament of my hard work to succeed. In Human Geography class we participated in  the Peace Corps Challenge. It wasn't the first time we played this "video game" so I had little bit of knowledge on what to do but others seemed confused. I'm interested to see what we do tomorrow.

Test Takeover Tuesday

Today in Class we went over are test that were an awful affair. The average in the class was a 73% and im sure its obvious to you but this is a horrible test average. I was fairly disappointed  that was average because it was an open blog test. What I conclude from this test is that I need to make blogs that are much more informative on the material learned in the class period. Something I found astounding is that my grade dropped 10 points and I passed the test. I was really upset to see this but good thing I built a good cushion and started the test with a 99 percent in his class. But I left the test with a 89 percent in the class. Im Just Saying. Mr. Schick kept on saying this. I was raised to not say im just saying because I was taught that it means " I don't care what you have to say and that im right and your wrong". But it is what it is. I have an extremely busy day tomorrow. It consists of 5 tests and my first high school basketball game. All in all today was not a good day and I don't think I should have lost so many points on the test. Im just sayin.

Monday Mayhem

Today in Human Geography class it was a very hectic first mod. Mr. Schick decided that he should cheat the system and he shaved his amazing go-t in the month of November. The reason he shaved is because he thought it made him look older but here is my look on the situation. If he kept the go-t then he would look younger and not older because old people to usually have facial hair and younger people generally have facial hair. Therefore by shaving to look younger he now looks older. Sorry it was really bugging me. Anyway in class we began a "project" that's topic was Microfinace and Peace Corps. It was on a really fun website that took you into a virtual world and you had to make decisions to keep the town alive and successful. I thought I did fairly well on the first day of this new assignment.
     

                      By the way daa Bears got lucky.

World Leader Lollipop Wensday

So today Mr.Schick gave us lollipops with all of the different world leaders faces on them! Mine was so good, it was the one guy from Mexico. Everyone else got someone different. I feel bad for whoever got Queen Elizabeth II, shes old. Anyway we took a test today on the different world leaders and im not gonna lie, it was hard. I still think I did fairly well. Considering I have a 99 percent in the class so far, I gave myself a little breathing room. Im am proud that I have such a high grade in this class because I really want to be on the stage receiving some sort of honors, first or second. It was a little sad watching the other kids go up on stage and my name be called. I know I can improve and I expect to be on that stage next assembly. Oh and just a little tid bit of information, the first sentences may or may not have been true.

Tie-rrible Day

Today Mr.Schick had a funny tie on. It was really small and skinny. I had to let him know about this rare of occasion of skinny tie-itius. But it was okay because my tie day was alot worse. I wore a bowtie today and I regret it. It was tied so so poorly that I almost untied it and took the detention for no having a tie. It was embarrassing. Anyway we have a Human Geography test tomorrow and I need to continue my studies right after I finish writing this blog. In class today we really just reviewed the world leaders slides and finished up the rest of the power point. The most interesting world leader in my opinion is either Dilma or Queen Elizabeth. Each are influential for different reasons. Well I have a test to ace so ill blog ya later!

Picture Problems

This will is the very first time im blogging during class because we have some extra time. The majority of the class had problems copy and pasting the pictures of the world leaders. I was able to copy and paste pictures with no problem so I kinda of dazed of during to this "expo". Today so far we are talking about updating our blogs. We are also talking about how Mr.Schick gave us 5 bonus points instead of the guaranteed 3 points. I was watching Ellen and a little Chinese girl was on the show. Ellen asked the girl what her favorite thing about America was and she said the sky was really blue. Mr.Schick was talking about how the sky in China is really polluted and disgusting so when I heard this I had an immediate connection with class. People in China eat dogs...ew. Personally I would not eat a dog but I would cow or chicken. I will be studying for the test on Wednesday to boost my grade!