Groups!

Today in class we got into group of 3 or 4 to research one of the 5 main religions. The 5 main religions are Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam. Me, Grant and Caroline got Judaism. It was a long mod today, so we were able to get most of our presentation done. It looks really cool too. We researched a bunch of things and I'm pretty impressed with what we got. After the first mod, we got a 5 minute break, therefore I went to my locker and got some pretzels, but my pretzels didn't last that long, because I started to share them with everyone, but I'm cool with that because I was still able to have some. On the other hand some people went all out and got some fries, but they were pretty nice about it though, because they let us have some. Well I really can't believe that it is the start of the second quarter, but I liked this how this class started for the beginning of the second quarter :) .

It's only a 50 point quiz...

Well today we had a 50 point quiz that will counted in our 1st quarter grade. I really hope I did well, but I have no idea whether I did or not... So we had a shadow and her name was Mikalya, and she was shadowing from Fallston Middle School. Mr. Schick gave her the quiz also, so maybe she did well, or maybe she didn't. It wasn't too bad, but towards the end of the quiz, I just started to guess, but I looks like I guessed pretty well. We were crazy today, so hopefully Mikalya wasn't freaked out. Also Mr. Schick was wearing all grey!! Thought it was pretty cool/funny. I had a velvet muffin in health class, and it was really good. Last thing is that today is the end of the 1st quarter, can’t believe that I have completed one quarter of my freshman year!!!… J

We watched a video, then we talked

Today we didn't do any writing, which is surprising (at least for me). Instead we watched a video, on America, I cant really remember the title of the show we watched, or else I would tell you. The main point that the guy who had the blonde hair in dumb and dumber says that America isn't the greatest country in the world, and he supports this statement with so many data, that you obviously believe the guy. I mean I really don't know what is the greatest country in the world is, but I don't think that it is America, but it might be wrong. The thing is that sometimes, I might think that Switzerland is the greatest country of the world, because of all the green etc, but that is wrong because you can't just base a country on its greatness on whether or not it is pretty enough for you. You got to go with the data about that country.

Religious Wars

Today Mr. Schick ranted. He ranted about wars, specifically religious wars, and I can see why he is a little frustrated with this topic. Well we first learned that religion can be both unifying and dis unifying force. There are 5 major religions and those are Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the things is that there are so many conflicts between these religions, but they almost believe in the same thing. You see the Jews believe they came from the descendants of Abraham, but Muslims and Christians also came from the descendants of Abraham, and I can bet that there is so much war between these faiths, especially Muslims and Jews. Also religion can have millions of followers all believing the same thing, therefore you can expect there would be a little bit of conflicts. The thing is that even if you look different or have a different belief, it shouldn't be resulting in the using of bombs and tanks to destroy cities.

Cultural Characteristics and Mr. Schick's awesome vacation

Today Mr.Schick was here!! But Arri was not (he has been gone for almost all of the month)... Well Mr. Schick told us about his vacations, which sounded pretty fun. 1st he told us about he saw his daughter, who studies journalism at the university Boston, but Mr. Schick's "adventures" had just begun. The adventure that he did was going to the Red Sox's game with the television crew. How he actually got into the television crew section was actually pretty funny though. He decided to go walking around the stadium, because where he was staying was pretty close to where the stadium was. Then he saw all the television crew cars, but it was blocked by police cars, but there was a gap. So he went walking in "like he owned the place." and guess went he got in!! Well to make the long story short he had a really good time with the television crew and they got right in the middle celebration of the Red Sox's win. We did do classwork, but I thought it was more important to blog this. :)

Well we took a test...

We took a test today, and let's say that I did not get anything. Apparently Grace, was the only one to finish; bet she was determined to take those AP classes. Also a shadow student finished, so that we my moment of shock, I wonder if he did well... The big thing though was that Mr. Schick wasn't at class!! I was pretty disappointed, but unlike Grace, I wasn't SUPER disappointed. I liked the substitute teacher, but I never remembere3d his name. As you can I stink with names... This week was pretty crazy, but I really liked it, it was nice to have a change for a little while. It sort of stinks, because today is the last day of spirit day, so that means I can't wear sweat pants all day. Apparently we have a Pep Rally today around 1:00, hopefully it will be fun, which I think it will. Well tomorrow is going to be a long day, because we have homecoming, but I think everything will look pretty cool :).

Going over the population quiz

It was COUCH POTATO DAY!! Enough said ... Well today we checked our quizzes, and that took most of our class time. I think the reason why it took so long is because everybody kept forgetting to say the question, and then say the answer. I did ok, maybe I could of done better, but I'm happy with what I got. After we finally finished checking the quiz, we went on to review cultural characteristics. The components of cultural characteristics are parts of a group's everyday life, the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all the members, and the same characteristics can also link or divide a region.  To be more general about these characteristics can be put as language, ethnic heritage, and religion. That is really it for today. Sooo tomorrow is PSAT'S, nothing really exciting, except we get to arrive at 9 and leave at 12:30, which is really nice.