Class Participation Points

I believe that I should get a 100% on class participation for this semester.  The reasons I think I deserve a 100 is because I’m always disguising the topics were on with Mr. Schick and the class.  Although I’m not always right I do try to talk about what is going on unlike some people.  Even when I was gone because of me being sick I connected with class by using Skype to see what we were doing and to learn more. 

Tuesday's Blog

1/8/13 was a fun day in class with Mr. Schick’s fun animal noises.  This included a deer and a zebra and how they react to different situations like something coming up behind them.  We learned many things today including the animals that can and cannot be farmed.  There are more than 2 million species in the world today and the animals that can be farmed from them is about 148.  Now how many do you think humans have actually been able to farm and make a good living off of?  Well to tell you the truth only 14 animals have been able to be successfully farmed for the good of everyone.  You would think that these animals would come from many different places but 13 of them come from Europe and Asia.  Leaving the one which is the llama which comes from South America.  Because of these animals not living in every place it made it hard for some cultures to farm easily.  Especially in New Guinea where they have to use their own physical labor to do the hard stuff.  I hope tomorrow will be like today except better.

Monday's Blog

Today in class we watched more about Jared Diamond who is trying to find out why some civilizations have moved so much further in their time span then other ones.  In today’s parts we saw how civilization have evolved over time from being hunter gathers to farmers and then starting to domesticate the animals which in turn provides more for the group.  After learning about how the cultures have evolved over time he then told us about how some cultures are gifted with their geological location and what grows in their area.  For instance in New Guinea they have a tree called the Sago which can be striped apart and the insides can be made into dough to eat.  This dough though is not good in nutrients but has many calories which do not give the people strong bones.  On the other hand in a village name Drah which is located in the Middle East was the perfect place to settle for the luscious wheat and barley fields that covered the area.  The wheat and barley that grew there was more nutrients then the Sago tree and also could be made into dough.  Because wheat and barley are grains they can be stored for a long period of time unlike the Sago dough which can only be stored for a couple of days.  This made the people from New Guinea have to forage for their food and not be able to focus on other things.  This is just some of the things we learned but I could go on for a lot longer if I had the time.