Today in Human geography class, we discussed more on the topic of immigration and population. We looked at 3 different types of population pyramids. There is the tree, box, and cup. The U.S. is seen as the box because the number of people alive during childhood and elders is about the same. An example of the cup would be Japan. Japan is also known for kids dying younger and elders dving longer. Besides this, we discussed part of of Mr. Schick's life before he somehow became a teacher. I know I've probably said this before in an earlier post, but the job you had, is really what i what to do when I am older. It amazes me how you got to do that! That is why I asked you how you got into that job, and you make it seem easy, but I look at famous people and they talk about how hard it was for them to get where they are today, and that they made it. I want to be famous someday and sometimes question whether or not I have it in me and doubt. So I kinda look up to you in that way:) Great class discussion looking forward to more!
Today's class was one of the most interesting ones we've had so far. Today's discussion focused mainly around what thinking globally and acting locally means. What do they mean? An example used in class today was farming. If everyone starting farming for their fruits and vegetables, it would affect grocery stores. Now of course the stores wouldn't go out of business, the fruits and vegetables rate being sold would increase. So in other words, something we did locally would effect globally. But besides this discussion we talked about our thoughts on voting. How more older people tend to vote more nowadays. This brought up the discussion of weather or not the age for kids to be able to start voting should be lowered to age 16. In my opinion, I think at this age we are too young and immature to be asked and vote for political affairs, because honestly everyone would just think the same as their parents. You hear kids arguing politically, but you know it's just them tal...
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