Day #36-The Relenting Review

Today in Human Geo class we did a review on the exam test that we will take on Thursday. I think that overall it will be a relatively easier test than some of my other classes but we will see because this semester was fun. But that is the thing I am so concerned about is that I think that I had to much fun this semester and did not study or try hard enough. I will not make that mistake again next semester. There is a lot of information on that review sheet from this year and I do not know if I will be able to take it all in on Thursday. There is a lot of topics that we covered this year for sure and it will be challenging but if I study I will do well.

Day #35-The Tackle of The Test

Today in Human Geo we took the test on microfinance and it was hard to see how I did. I thought that I did pretty well but I do not know yet because at the same time I could have gotten a bad grade as well. I think that I got a B average area but I hope that I need to get a good grade so we will see. I knew all of the questions except two maybe three of them.

Day #34-Microfinance Matrix

Today in Human Geo we did a couple of things that were all very interesting. For the first part of class we talked about Mr. Schick and his academic team so it was interesting. The topics that he picked were very hard to understand. He gave us a couple of examples of the questions that his team had to answer during the academic events and I thought that it would be very hard to answer and I would not be happy to be on the team. That was all during the first half of class which was not fun to deal with.  While the second half of class we went over a couple of the slides in Microfinance so we didn't finish. But for the test Friday I really hope that the power point is up by then because it will be a great study tool.

Microfinance Make-Up Mysteries

1.) Q: What do loans for small businesses?
A: Loans give the business small amounts of money to get a kick start on their ideas or businesses.

2.) Q: What is microfinance?
A: A form of financial aid for small businesses that don't have access to banking services.

3.) Q: What solutions does microfinance solve?
A: Microfinance solves the destruction of small businesses do to the fact of large businesses taking control.

4.) Q: What is a microlender?
A: An organization that makes business loans to individuals who are not able to obtain financing from traditional lenders

5.) Q: How can we improve microfinance?
A: People can get a loan from other people who have money. Once the people who are borrowing can escape poverty, they can pay the donors back.

6.) Q: What is Kiva?
A: Kiva is an online website for giving microloans to the people who are asking for it.

7.) Q: What is a microloans?
A: Loans to people who ask for money to start their small business.

8.) Q: What kind of problems in countries that need microfinance?
A: Malaria, Drought, and Clean Water.

9.) Q: What is malaria?
A: Malaria is a life-threating disease spread by female mosquitos.

10.) Q: What are solutions to malaria?
A: Doctors are trying to figure out vaccines for malaria, and International Peace Corps. are trying to fight the battle against malaria.

Day #33-The Funny Folk Tales

Today in Human Geo we had a very easy class and it was easily the most fun of a class that I could have because it was so easy. All we did in class was just tell stories so that was so easy and it was funny because the stories that THE SHICK MAN told were classic. I wish we could have more classes like that but we didn’t get any work done so we won’t be able to. But it was a great final class of Human Geo before the break so I am happy about that. Now I know the famous Gumby stories that everyone who has ever had Mr. Schick has talked about. In this class it is not my favorite class because of the material but it is my favorite class because of the teacher and it is so much fun. It is up there with German and English when it comes to having fun.

Day #32-Argueable Assingment

Today in Human Geo we did a new project and did something new and a change for the first time in a long time. We made a project as a class on Google documents. I thought that it was a great idea and a chance for us to do something on our own. But once again there were a few people who thought differently than the teacher and blew this thing out of proportion. Some people think that there should be rule and civilized but if it went there way than there is a more than likely chance that work would not have been done. We should have assigned partners and then each group makes a slide or two and then will edit that slide until we are done. While the entire class was yelling and carrying on and trying to get order my partner Zach and I managed to finish and edit four slides that were ready to be read. we managed to get four slides done in 30 minutes and that was just two people. But unfortunately two of them got deleted and then we lost them but that was the work that people could. There are some people in this class that think that they are the leader and boss and rule everything but yet they are not because it was A CLASS PROJECT FOR EVERYONE TO WORK ON.

Day #31-Problem People

Today in Human Geo we went over the paper for our project and the questions during the entire class. I was not happy with how long it took to go over the paper because we only got to go over like 2 questions. There were some people that were complaining about the project and I think that people need to deal with the fact that we are doing the project and just do it. Mr. Schick is the teacher and the way he teaches is the way that we need to follow because he is the teacher. He chooses how we learn the material and how the lesson every day goes. But yet other people think that they are better than everyone else and don’t need to follow the rules and it annoys me. Because those people throw a fit when they don’t get their way and they should not get their way in the first place. Besides I think that the way that we are doing things now in class is better than usual.