Maps

Maps are a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features. Maps help me a lot in reference to social studies and the history class I took last year. I know that the features are very important and they help you to read a map. The key is the most important feature of the map because it mostly tells you everything about the map and how to read it and figure out things and also what your looking for. The title is also important because it tells you everything that's on the map and what the map and data are all about. Maps can also be used for other purposes outside of history and social studies for other activities and also to collect and analyze data to learn more closely about the topic.

Map blog

Today in class I learned about the different kinds of maps and how to label certain areas of things on the map. I also learned that the tropics of cancer are called that because they have a special from shipped like a star and that stands for the tropic cancers. Another thing is I learned is how to label the longitude and latitude degrees on a map to find certain and exact points. The equator also goes through the middle of the map. The international date line I learned about has a very specific location, and it doesn't run in a straight line through an exact area it curves and starts in between Alaska and Asia and runs through the alaskan islands.

Maps blog

Today I was very interested in the lesson because it was cool to see how maps work and when you actually break it all down you can really see the history of the maps. I learned a lot about longitude and latitude and how they both work more into depth. earth Is a sphere divided into 360 degrees of longitude. I also thought it was interesting that parallels are acts drawn parallel to the equator and at  right angles to meridians. I didn't know that master reference time for all points on earth and greenwich time (GMT) is located at the prime meridian at 0 degrees longitude.

Human Geography video argument

I disagree with the points made in the video because you can't put the northern hemisphere on the bottom of the map because then it will switch all the countries up and the equator will be messed up and it will be cold in the north and hot in the south but it will mess up Canada and Antartica because in most areas of those countries it will be super hot because they will be closer to the equator when there normally farther away from it. Also I disagree that maps should be taught more in school because there more important things to learn in school then maps because there only useful for certain things and there not something you need to memorize on a daily basis to help you with your everyday life. Also I disagree that all the points were valid because some of the points they mentioned or discussed were not realistic and they are just either throwing out ideas or giving out facts that really weren't useful in human geography and I agree that it should be taught more because when you go into college and get older in high school it will be useful for the social studies classes you take and in English to because you will have more background information on things.

All about maps

Today in class I learned all about map scales and how the measurement works on a scale. I learned that a scale is presented in three different way which are ratios, fractions and just regular scales. Also,  I learned about the 4 types of distortion which I never knew about before and I thought it was interesting how almost everything can be distorted and how points increase and decrease, and the distance between two points can be overlaid on a scale to determine the distance on earths surface and the scientific method of transferring locations on earth's surface to a flat map is called projection. Also, earth's spherical shape causes distortion when drawing it on a flat piece of paper which I found interesting because everything shifts when you re daw the map and world by hand.

Absent

Today I was absent from human geography because I left early for a soccer game.

First test after blog

Today was our first test and I studied a lot over the weekend but I struggled on 2 of the questions but overall it helped to look over my notes to refresh my memory of what the test was on. But the essay I wrote I felt really good about it and I knew exactly what to write. Also it was kind of an easy and fun unit which was fun.

Pre Test blog

Today in class I learned a lot more interesting facts about socrates that I didn't know about. The first thing I learned which was the overall main thing is that the unexamined life is not worth living. That phrase really shocked me because I didn't expect it to have such a deep meaning behind it and it really made me think about how life is today vs. back then and I just thought of how much the world has grown and advanced in things since back then. Also I learned that an idiot in Athenian democracy was someone who was self centered which also surprised me because I thought it would be someone who was helpful to others and was willing to teach younger people lessons and teachings and be more useful.

Kate's Blog

The lesson today made me feel appreciated because now in our generation things are so updated and everything is more organized and ran in a certain way. I was surprised that socrates was charged with corruption of youth and impiety and 500 male citizens found him guilty and was sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock. Socrates also had the opportunity to escape from jail because his friends came to get him out but he refused to leave. Also Athens attracted brilliant thinkers and victors from around the world shared their knowledge of astronomy and the teachings in Greece mostly were based around the greek gods and their teachings. Socrates also fought for his life after drinking the poison before his death.

Kate's blog

Socrates fought in the Peloponnesian war and I never knew that he was such and important man and how he id so many heroic things. Excellance lead to having the first democracy established in 508 BC  which was the first ever democracy created. Socrates also worked with young students in workshops and his method he used was very relatable to the scientific method. He also worked as a stonemason and had a very unique death. Socrates also worked right outside of the agora which was a place for gathering and people called it the center of life. I also learned that polis was a political entities ruled by their bodies of citizens.

Kate Bullock's blog

A message to Garcia means to me that it was an inspirational essay written to educate people and teach them a lesson about the Spanish war and how things were ran and done. Also a message to Garcia teaches a lesson about excellence. Arete in greek means excellence and it gives people life lessons on how its a mortal virtue and its a good thing to have in you to become a good person. Also the message leads through the war explaining each step that happens and how things work for example how the messages were delivered and how the presidents reacted. The message also makes me feel grateful that things are so much easier in life these days for instance it's easier to communicate with people because you can just text or call them.

Kate Bullock's 2nd blog

The message to Garcia relates to teens now a days and me by sending a powerful message. I think its very had coming to a brand new place far away from home not knowing what to expect, what language to speak or even what life will be like in a brand new place. The message also sends the message that you should be grateful for what you have and where you live because some people don't have all the privileges that you do and you should take advantage of what you have. Another thing is you should take advantage of all the friends you meet in your life so when you grow up you have people to do things with. Also the message brings out that is do what your supposed to or else you will face bad consequences. The message to Garcia also relates to teens because the more you read of the message the more questions people have and that leads to more discussions.

My experience here so far at John Carroll these past 2 days have been absolutely wonderful. Ive already made so many new friends in most of my classes and I also got a chance to meet some of the upper class man in my advisory and with other activities.
All of my teachers that I've meet and had classes with so far have been so welcoming, understanding and most of all so helpful. At first I was nervous because I knew I was just entering a brand new school only knowing a few others. On my first day I met so many new friends and during the first day of class I  really thought that it wasn't just me that was entering a brand new school for the first time, it was every freshman. Another thing that has made my experience great at John Carroll so far was realizing the more I get involved the more things I learn and the more opportunities I can have. My John Carroll experience started this August when I was offered to join the girls JV soccer team. Right away we all connected and bonded like on big family and that really gave me a chance to meet new friends but also meet and talk with some of the girls on the varsity team. I am mostly looking forward to that I get a new fresh start in my life and get to begin such a new wonderful journey of my life.