Globalization and Infrastructure

Today in class we looked at the picture of the McDonald's and KFC again and we also looked at new photos. We talked about globalization and infrastructure. We talked about why it is important to be able to speak another language and how it would be useful to be able to speak Chinese. We talked about how movie making is the biggest industry the US has. 

9/11

Today in class we started off by talking about 9/11 when two planes crashed into the twin towers twelve years ago. Mr. Schick told us about where and what he was doing that day. He also told us about the students who were affected by it. Then we talked globalization and he looked at a picture of KFC and McDonald's that was built together. 

Sharing a Document

Today in class we got into groups and learned how to create a template that we can share with other students in the class. It was really fun and cool to see that you can work on the same document while in four different places. It was really funny when Logan wrote "shut up Payton" and then Mr. Schick put our document up on the board and he saw it. We typed up questions that we thought would be useful for the test with our group. I think that this tool that we learned today can really help us in the future. 

Carly Teaches The Class

Yesterday in class the first thing we did was talk about the abortion signs that we saw while coming into school that morning. Mr. Schick asked us our opinions about it and then Mrs. Ball came over the announcements and told us more about the protesters. Then Mr. Schick decided to let Carly teach our class today. She asked us about our blogs from the night before and asked us to share what facts we thought were interesting. We talked about them for a long time. We had some spare time at the end of class so then we started talking about if John Carroll is different from our old school. We also talked about computer support and demerit's and detentions. 

Did You Know Video

Today in class we watched a video about how our world has changed and advanced. One of the things that caught my attention was that soon China will be the most English speaking country. That surprised me because you would think the US would have the most people who speak English. Sometimes i think China is over powering us. Another one was that India has more honors kids then America has kids. That just shows how much bigger India is then the US. Another one that struck me was that the top 10 in demand jobs didn't even exist in 2004. This shows how much technology has advanced in the past few years. It makes me wonder what job i'm going to have and what jobs are going to be coming soon 

Steven Teaching The Class

Today in class Mr. Schick decided to let Steven teach our class. We reviewed all of the Greek vocab and we learned more about Socrates. We discovered more about the smart board that we didn't know. Then we looked at the Death of Socrates painting and made observations about what was going on. 

What the Greek Did For Us

Today in class we review Greek definitions from the homework last night. We learned about how the Greek were the ones who started democracy. At first it was only guys who participated in democracy but later it changed into men and woman. We learned about Socrates and his method. His method is questioning everything we are taught.