Quiz Today and wrapping up population unit!!

Today was the day we had a quiz. It  wasn't too bad, I think the most challenging part was the shapes of the population, but you never know, I might of have done a lot better than I expected. We also had 2 shadow people, which were from St. Paul's, I don't remember their names, but for me that isn't a surprise because I'm not the greatest person with names. Actually, I think one of their names was Nick. D, maybe I'm wrong, but I think I am right. I feel like we didn't we didn't do much, because our class took up most of our mod(s) to finish the quiz. A funny thing that happened today though, is that Grant was about to say he was finish the quiz, but Mr. Schick warned him that he could not take the quiz back after he was done, so Grant decided to look over his quiz more. Then Android (it’s really sad that I don’t know his real name…) said he was done and Mr. Schick took it so quickly, not even giving him a warning! That is really all… Oh and it is Daniel’s birthday today!!

Population shapes and quizzzzz

Today we got our quizzes back, and I did pretty well. Apparently, the classes before didn't have notes for this quiz and they got higher grades than us, which isn't that good. To get on an even happier note is that we have a test on Friday, about migration and population, which sounds like it might be hard, so hopefully I can do well on it. The last thing that we did was look at some states to see which type of shape they are and what kind of age of population they have. For example, Ann Arbor, Michigan has a lot of people between their 20's and their 30's, because Ann Arbor is a huge college town. Another example is F. Bragg, North Carolina, and in this state there is a lot more men in their 20's, because it is a big military place there. The last state we looked at is Florida. Florida, obviously has a higher population in older people, because it's warm and there isn't too many young kids running around, therefore this creates a hot spot in retirement.

Quiz today!!

Today we had a quiz about the movie, it wasn't too hard, but I don't know if I got the last question and the last names of the 2 guys, Panther and Daniel, other than that I'm pretty sure I did well. We also had cupcakes, which were really good!! I got a vanilla cupcake, but then I gave to Devin instead because I wasn't hungry. Another thing, is that we are learning a new subject and the subject is the Population Pyramid. In this pyramid, we see the oldies, the economically active and the kiddos. The age groups that starts for these age groups are 60 - 64 for the oldies, 20 - 24 for the economically active, and 5 - 9 for the kiddos. The last thing that we learned is that there are shapes that represents nations and these shapes are the Christmas tree, the box and the cup. Well that ended our day... Oh and it was Erica's 14th birthday!! ( That's why we had cupcakes :) )  

We finally finished the movie!!!

We finally finished the movie!! It was really good, especially towards the end. The boys has been in America for 3 years now and it seems to me they are doing things that they would never imagine they would in their lives. The things that are most inspiring is that they are all getting jobs to support their family and there friends back in Sudan and some of them are trying to getting a degree. The person I felt most inspired from is John. John isn't here just to live a better life but he is trying to learn everything. One of the accomplishments that he was able to achieve was finding his mother and sisters, he also became the sectary for the 'Lost Boys" foundation, and the last 2 things is that, he got his Bachelor Degree at Syracuse University and he went back Sudan to build a medical clinic, which is a non profit organization. Panther also went back to Sudan to get married to his girlfriend, but before he did that he got a Bachelors Degree in Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. Last of all Daniel has a job at Whole foods and he is in a community college, but he still hasn't   located his family members, this may sound like he isn't going to be as successful as Panther and John, but he is the youngest. I think what I learned from this movie is to take nothing for granted, because you can achieve so many things that you might of not known you could.

Ya we are still watching the movie...

Instead of watching the movie right away today, we checked our test answers. Seems like it might of took up a lot of time, because we didn't see much of the movie (but we also had 1 mod, so maybe that's why). Then after checking our answers, we continued to watch the movie. We sort of focused on John in this part of the movie and about the jobs that he got. His 1st job is in a factory making baskets, which he says if very simple and his 2nd job is at McDonald's grilling burgers. One major aspect that John is doing is that he isn't going to throw out the traditions of the Sudan people and the other thing is that he wonders what Christmas trees mean and if they are in the Bible, because in, Sudan the people get in a big area and start to dance. The other person that we focused on too is Daniel. Daniel also has a job, but his job is at Bank of America. They all have been here for a year and they agree that the people here in America aren't very nice; they also are starting to feel lonesome. In the last part of the movie, which we will watch in Monday, we'll discover how these men can overcome these hardships.

Continuation of God grew tired of us...

Well we continued to watch the movie and just to be really general the Sudan people went to America. This process was no easy trip, in fact it was sad and challenging. The reason it was sad was because Panther, John, Daniel and many more had to leave all the people, who had been with them through the many years of hardship. After saying their goodbyes they went on the airplane, which was quite humorous. For example, some of them started eating the square butter whole and they even started to eat the hand sanitizer wipes. Even Panther had to keep asking whether or not they were eating milk or cheese etc. Once they got to Brussel, Russia, they had to take a connection flight to New York. Well they finally got to the United States and for them it's a completely new ball game. First they started to get accommodated to their apartments with the help of some helpers from the program. They showed them how to use a shower, toilet, microwave, and kitchen etc. Well, after they gave them a couple of weeks to settle in they still didn't eat with forks and spoons, instead they ate with their hands because they always will think of Kenya and they aren't going to throw out all the traditions they grew up with. Lastly, we left off at how they were getting their security cards, for they can get a job to back pay back the airfares, and rent etc.

God grew tired of us

We watched a movie today, which was pretty exciting. The title of the movie that we watched was God grew tired of us and it is about the civil war between north and south Sudan and the results of it. The cause for this war, is because in the north section it is mostly all Muslim and the south section it is both Christian and Animists. The north side wanted to have an ethnic cleansing, therefore they killed all the young men or put cuts on their foreheads from south Sudan. The results of this cleansing is devastating, all the 27,000 young kids that escaped, had to travel all the way to Ethiopia for refugee. It was no easy trip; kids had start eating dirt, drinking urine and a lot of them were starting to die from starvation, dehydration and malnutrition. They finally got to there, but it wasn't after 3 months that they had to move to Kenya. Sadly, the same situation happened to the kids except for this time, it was worse. They had started with 27,000 kids and ended up in Kenya with 12,000. Here in the Kenya refugee camp, is where we talk about 3 men, Panther, Daniel and John, who have lived in the refugee camp for almost all of their lives, and is now having the opportunity to go to America. We didn't finish all of it, but I will blog more tomorrow!!