New Chapter

Today class was only 40 minutes because of the pep rally and powder puff game so we didn't really get to start the Power Point. The new chapter we started was called Population and Settlement. First Mr. Schick made us write down words and questions that we will answer when we get farther into the Power Point.  We learned that there are 7.6 billion people on the plant right now. That averages out to about 73 million people being born per year. We also learned that 90% of the worlds growth in population comes from under-developing countries like South Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Move Clocks Back Like Beyonce

Today we got our tests back and I got a 70% which isn't that good but its not like terrible i guess. Im not upset about it though because I definitely know I could do better if i had studied more.We went over the tests to correct what we got wrong so when exams come around, we will have the right information to study. Mr. Schick gave us 2 extra credit points because we didn't go over two of the slides, one on UTC and one on Daylight Savings Time. So that boosts my grade to like a 72% or something. I don't really think that's going to do something but who knows.

Test Day pt. 2

Today was our test on maps and longitude and latitude and that stuff. I actually think I did pretty good on it. There was only like 2 that I didn't know so I just kind of guessed. I don't want to sound cocky and say that I got a 100 because the last time I said that I didn't then I sounded stupid. Anyways Mr. Schick put in our quiz grades and I got a 4/10 which I was expecting because I didn't know like any of the answers. I found most of the things on the test easy like the questions about the time zones. The only thing I really found kind of hard were the last two questions which I think I git wrong.

Pop Quizzz

So today we finished our debates and everyone in my group (the undecided) opted on to just keep time zones which I agree with. I just think that it's kind of pointless to abolish them when we've spent so much time and effort into reinforcing them. the other group made some good points, but the group that said we should keep them won me over. Anyways we also had a pop quiz which i'm pretty sure I failed. We also have a test tomorrow so that means i have to study a lot tonight so I can be prepared to do well.

A Heated Time Zone Debate

Ok so today in class we did our time zone debate. As we ended our discussion I'm leaning more towards the side that we should keep time zones. I do see the benefits in abolishing time zones but, I think it would just be more practical to keep them. Because the world is already using time zones it would be hard to get everyone to get on board with the idea of abolishing them. Even if we were to abolish time zones and have a 24 hour clock, the sun would still rise/set for different parts of the world so it's kind of pointless.

Time Zone Debate

Today in class we broke up into three groups depending on if we think we should keep time zones, abolish them, or if you don't have an opinion on it. The point of this was that we are going to debate on Friday against each other. I was in the group that doesn't have an opinion because I think both sides have good arguments. Although we didn't have a set opinion we still had to  take notes on both sides of the argument. From the information that we gathered I'm leaning towards they should stay how they are but who knows maybe that will change on Friday.

Quiz Day

So we had a quiz today and I actually think I did good on it which is good. We finished the Grids and Time Zones PowerPoint. Time zones are regions on the globe that observes a standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones usually follows the boundaries of countries because its more convenient for areas in  close commertial communication to keep the same time. Time zones are split up by hours, with an exception of Australia who has a 30 minuets buffer. Most of these time zones are messed up due to them going through cities so there's really no point in them at all.