THE QUIZ

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

Human geography

10/11/13

            Today in human geography we took the quiz, it was not very hard and I think that I did better on this one than the last one.  It was about the different population graphs.  I liked the “Joke” POPulation Quiz.  It did not take me that long to finish because I knew most of the stuff off the top of my head.  We had two guests in the class and I think that Mr. Schick scared them away.  They did not know how to take the jokes.  That’s all for today I will pick up on Monday, thank you for reading.

Graphing

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/9/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we got our tests back and continued going over the pyramid charts. My test was not bad but not great either. With the charts we learned some specifics on the different types. The triangle chart is used mostly for developing nations. The nations that they are used for usually has a high birth rate. With the box graph it can sometimes have a bulge in the middle because of a increase in the birth rate of the nation. In the cup graph it has a low birth rate and not many people in the working age. That’s all for today I will pick up on Friday, thank you for reading.

Pyramid Charts

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/8/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we took our quiz on the movie, it was pretty easy. I only got stumped on one or two questions, other than that is was easy. After the test we learned about population pyramids. There are three basic shapes of population pyramids, they are triangle, box, and cup shape. It is very easy to find the information you are looking for in the pyramid chart. I will pick up on pyramid charts tomorrow. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.    

God Grew Tired of Us: final chapter

Dominic Huskins
Mr. Schick
10/7/13
Human geography

            Today in human geography we finished the video. It was good the ending was different from other videos it did not say they had a happy ending. It showed that these people had real challenges and that life is not just become easy because you move to the US. In the movie we saw that Panther got a new job as a bus boy in a restaurant. Daniel moves out of the apartment to get in the job core so he can go to college. John starts school at community college. He figures out that his family was alive, they are in a refugee camp and they have a disease. One of the boys that was in Pittsburgh took off and the police found him. He had post-traumatic-stress disorder and was put in a mental hospital. In the end Panther marries his girlfriend, meets his mother and sister and he plans to open a school in his village in Africa. John is supporting his family in Africa and in America. He has founded a non-profit organization and is building a medical clinic. Daniel is taking classes at a community college and has never found his family.

God Grew Tired of Us: part 3

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/4/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we went over our test and watched more of the movie.  I did okay on the test but not great. In the video, they showed the “lost boys” one year into their time in the United States.  They had jobs and were providing for themselves.  They have volunteers to take them to and from work.  They were buying food for themselves and everything they need on their own.  They are doing all these great accomplishments but they seemed to be lonely and bored with themselves.  They are missing there friends back in their home.  That’s as far as we got today I will pick up on Monday. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.

God Grew Tired of Us: part 2

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

9/2/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we continued to watch the video, “God Grew Tired of Us”.  We picked up where the “lost boys” were getting on the plane to go to America. When they got on the plane they did not know how to work anything, they were eating butter and hand towels. They did not know what these things were, they thought they were regular food. These boys said that the food tasted better in the refugee camps. Some of them get to New York City and they move into their apartment and they do not know what anything is or how anything works. They do not know how to turn on lights, how to use the fridge, and they do not know how to use a trash can. Then there was the people that went to Pittsburg and they had the same experiences. That is as far as we have gotten. That’s all for today thank you for reading.

"God Grew Tired of Us"

Dominic Huskins
Mr. Schick
10/1/13
Human Geography

            Today in human geography we started the video called “God Grew Tired of Us”. It was about the country called Sudan and there was people that lived there that were forced out of their home because of a war that was going on. It was a civil war in Sudan between the north and south. The north was Muslims and the south was Christians and animists. First all the people of the southern part of Sudan fled to Ethiopia and stayed there in refugee camps for three years. Than the refugee camps shut down and all the people had to travel all the way down to Kahuna, Kenya. Than they settle in Kahuna for a while, than they get an offer to go to the United States. That’s as far as we have gotten and we will pick back up tomorrow. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.