Video! Amanda Spaeth and Grace Leung

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Daily 1

Grace Leung

1/24/11

West Civ

Dailies 1

Traditionally we learn history through a modern textbook from one point of view, with one story told. A book also is usually told from one standpoint making it harder to understand the meaning and how it leads up to the turning point. This belief contributes to linear history because it is not systematic and does not lead one event to another. With a hypertext world we will become more accepting of cyclic history because in believing in “hypertext” we believe that everything is in a cycle. This means, history will reocurr due to the different events that collide leading to another. An example of this is if a man is walking down the road on his way to the mall to get a shirt (event A), then a woman is walking to the mall to get a dress (event B) and is having a bad day, then they meet at the door and she gets angry (event C), this leads to event D. Because of event A and B the event C is caused causing another event. Each event being linked together like this shows us the cycle in which the events took place. The repeat of events can be caused by linking previous events to future events making it a cycle. This can help us discovered easily how history is caused and what each event leads to. 

Human Geo Exam: Amanda Reid and Grace Leung

1. Learn to use our computers in a responsible way
2. Get rewarded for helping others use the computers
3.Use them to stay organized or help the school with events
4. Use the databases to stay green by not using paper
5. Lesson where the math teacher teaches us how to use the online resources
6. Take classes online to prepare us for college
7. Chat room for studying
8. Use the video chat to work together
9. Organizing a charity event
10. Using google maps to learn the area and roads

Human Geo Exam

Question 10


1. The most important are, Energy Security and Climate Changing, Strengthening Support for the Most Vulnerable, and Putting Quality Jobs at the Heart of the Recovery. 
2. Energy Security and Climate Change- http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/, http://www.globalissues.org/article/595/energy-security
Strengthening Support for the Most Vulnerable- https://www.cms.gov/MedicaidEligibility/downloads/POV10Combo.pdf, http://www.comparehealthrates.com/
Putting Quality Jobs and Heart of the Recovery- http://jobsearch.monster.com/?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_n=olmsrchsk&s_kwcid=TC|21015|job||S|p|7171306618, http://www.careerbuilder.com/

Human Geo Exam

Question 9

Frances President feels the United States is an Alli of France because they both have the same views on terrorism and feel it is wrong. The French President proclaimed that they will fight against terrorists along the U.S, because that is the only way to stop it.

Human Geo Exam

Question 8


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Human Geo Exam

Question 6

1. There are several reasons for climate change, one of which deals with the greenhouse gases. The greenhouse gases are essential to the living things on earth. But when they increase to a certain level they can become dangerous, there has been an increase of these gases causing our climate changes.
2. Human activity is also a contributor to the increase of green house gases. By burning coal, oil and other gases we fuel the greenhouse gases, making them increase by a lot. We are also big contributors of the large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
3. The climate is warming because studies show that global surface tempatures have increased in the last few years. Not all areas around the world are getting warmer though, some are even cooler than usual. But the ten warmest tempatures have occured after 1995.
4. The blizzards in certain parts of the world are not due to global warming, some of these areas have low amounts of carbon dioxide and do not increase the greenhouse gases.

Human Geo Exam

Human Geo Exam

Question 4

1. There are so many names for soda pop in New Mexico because it is on the border of Mexico where many immigrants cross over to the United States. Making it a more cultural area, bringing in different sayings or different ways of saying things.

Human Geo Exam

Question 3

1. The most unfriendly city in the U.S according to the Korean Times is L.A. http://www.koreatimes.com/

Human Geo Exam

Question 2

1. The car was colored turquoise.
2. It was 3:45.
3.There were 8 people.
4.

Human Geo Exam

Question 1


1. From this chart you can see a decrease in immigration to the U.S from the years 2001 to 2003. The reason for the sudden decrease is because of the terrorist attack that occured in the U.S, called 9/11 in 2001. This attack on the Twin Towers stunned the world because security was threatened in the U.S making it less likely for immigrants to want to migrate and live there.
2. Statistics can give us an insight to historical events because different decreases and increases are big clues to what is going on. In this chart the decrease in immigration to the U.S is huge, from 2001 to 2003 people are not migrating because of the terrorist attack on two of the U.S' most prized buildings, on September 11th 2001. Because of national security the amount of decrease in immigration is large because the U.S security was threatened.

Interview!

Grace Leung

1/3/11

Mr.Wojo

Honors Human Geography

Summer Chang Interview

Q. What part of Korea are you from?

A. “I am from South Korea.”

Q. What is your first language?

A. “My first language is Korean.”

Q. What nationality are your parents?

A. “Both of them are Korean.”

Q. Do you have any siblings? If so what are their first languages?

A. “I have one younger brother. He's first language is also Korean.”

Q. Do you know any other languages besides English and your first language?

A. “I can speak Chinese little bit... Korean is relate to Chinese characters basically, it's not that hard to learn rather than English. Like Spanish is easy to learn for English speakers.”

Q. Describe your home town to me.

A. “I’m from Seoul, which is capital city of Korea. It is a very big city, it is as big as New York City!”

Q. What is your favorite memory from your childhood, in your home town?

A. “I don’t have any typical thing, but I was with my family although I’m staying here alone now.”

Q. What was it like to learn English? Was it difficult or easy?

A.“It’s not that easy. Cause English is not my first language… 

When I was in Korea, English was the hardest subject, and I didn’t like English, even. But I gain confidence for English from learning here.”

Q. Describe the school you went to, to learn English.

A. “Usually most of Korean students are learning English since when they go to Kindergarten. Korean students are eager to learn English, thus they get some tutoring from the teacher for English. And I also got tutoring when I was in Korea, that’s the general thing in Korea, to learn English.”

Q. Were the schools more difficult or different in Korea than they are in the U.S? If so what are the differences?

A.“The schools in here are very different from Korea. Firstly, I should use English in here instead of Korean. We don’t have counselor or advisory things in Korea, and also we have typical schedule that we should follow. It means we don’t have any chance to choose class that we want to take, or drop that we don’t want to take. Lastly, Korean high schools usually end between 4 to 5 o’clock, and they have kind of study hours right after school through 10 o’ clock.”

Q. What are some sports or hobbies you had in Korea that you might have not have here?

A. “We don’t play sports in high schools in Korea. When we go to high school, then we just stay focused on only on academic things for college. But some schools have soccer team or basketball team.”

Q. Describe your favorite type of music from Korea? And Artist?

A. “I like most of K-pops. I was very surprised when someone here asked me k-pops, and she even knows Korean singers, and also she said her dream is visit Korea and watch Super Junior’s concert which is famous singer group in Korea.”

Q. What is your favorite subject in school right now? Did the teachers in Korea teach differently?

 “My favorite subject is math. The way of teaching in Korea is very different from here. We are usually just focused on the result of the problem but not how to solve the problem. But in here, the teachers give us some minutes to think how to solve the problem. That's very different way to what I'm used to do in Korea, and I like that way.”

Q. Do you have the same type of technology in Korea?

A. “if you mean overall technology in Korea, it's very well developed. For example, most people in here using cell phone from Samsung or LG. Actually, they are Korean company. And Hyundai or Kia are also Korean company.”

Q. How many times a year do, you visit your family?

A. “ I usually going back to Korea during summer time and Christmas. I just came back from Korea last Sunday and I still jet lagged.”

Q. What are some celebrations that occur in Korea that we might not have here? Are there any cultural differences?

“We have some our traditional celebrations like Thanks giving day in Korea.

It's kind of Thanks giving day in Korea, called Chu-Suk. We don't have school about 3days around Chu-Suk. Most of people are visit their hometown, all of family members gather together and hold a memorial service for their ancestors. We eat a lot of foods during Chu-Suk like you guys eat many foods during Thanks giving day.”

French Exchange Student Essay

Grace Leung

1/4/11

France Reflection

          My name is Grace Leung and I am a foreign exchange student from the United States. I am going on my third month in a French, small private all-girls school in Paris. There are many differences between the U.S and France, starting with the income of the average French worker to the American. The difference in GDP is huge, France’s GDP is 32,800 and the United States is 46,400 dollars. After this discovery I realized how lucky I was to have lived in the U.S. Another discovery that made me very thankful, being a high school student and going to college wanting a job after that, was the rate of unemployment chances were higher in France. The percent for chances in unemployment in France is 9.70%, while the U.S is 9.30%. The oil use in France is much lower than the U.S making it consume 50.68% less. This is a huge surprise since the U.S’ pollution rates are around the same amount as France. There is a 33.33% less chance of getting AIDS or HIV in France and in France they live 2 years longer than the citizens in the U.S. Also in France it is less populated, because there are 10.12% fewer babies.The many differences between these two countries made me realize how the world can truly be a different place.

 

China and the United States

China and the United States have many differences in population to other differences. China’s population is of 1,330,141,295 and is the largest country in the world, while the United States population is 310,232,863 making it third in the world. Also the United States median age is 36 years, making it a year more than China’s median age. China is also a communist country, while the United States government is a federal public, giving its people more rights. The capital of the U.S is Washington D.C and the capital of China is Beijing. The rates, for AID’s is larger in the U.S, as it is 1.2 million, while China’s number of people with AID’s is 700,000. Despite China having the larger population, the U.S’ AID’s rate is higher. These are just some of the many differences between the Unites States and China.

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