What I think I should get in class participation

I think that I should get an 85 in class participation because I do participate sometimes but I don't participate all the time. When you call on me I usually have the right answer and answer the question well. Other than that I don't raise my hand too much but I do sometimes.
What I think that you could do better is not make the students blog every night because it is very easy to forget. I also didn't like all of the group projects that we had to do because they were confusing and rather hard. Other than that I liked the class and thought you were a very good teacher.

About Papua New Guinea

Today we researched Papua New Guinea. In Papua New Guinea, 49 out of 50 people are working. 12th fastest growing economy in the world. The current population is 6,310,129. It is the 105th largest in population. The population growth rate is 1.936% and is 60th in the world. It is not growing very fast but it is on of the top ranks in the world. Papua New Guinea gained independence in 1975 and their independence day is September 16. New Guinea has 562 airports, 20 paved and 542 not paved. It is slightly larger than California. They have a 1.9% unemployment rate which is really good. Papua New Guinea has an Army and even an Air Force. the legal age to be drafted into war is 16. The active personnel was 3,100 in 2005. The defense budget totaled 26.7 million in 2005. The capital of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby. The net migration rate of Papua New Guinea is 0. This means that there is just as many people going to the country has there are leaving. The government in New Guinea is a constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm. 13% of the population is urban. Internet host is 5,006 and 125,000 users. There are only 6 universities in Papua New Guinea. 57.3% people are literate which means that they can read and write. 42.7% people in Papua New Guinea are not literate which means that they can't read and write.  Over 800 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea. This is because there are different groups that don't interact with each other and they end up using different languages in most groups.

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I was not in class today.

Absent

I was not in class today.

More of the Video: Guns, Germs, and Steal

Today in class we watched more of the movie Guns, Germs, and Steal. Today we watched these people discover an ancient village. They have been digging for years in the Middle East at a place called Drah or Draa. They found what could have been a granary. A granary is a place to store grain. In the granary, nothing would have been able to get to the grain to damage it or make it not good. The stone age people then started to become farmers. they changed the way people lived. They started growing thing by their homes. They were able to grow more than they needed so they could save it in the granary. There are three things that a civilization needs to advance. These things include: a large population, technological advancement, and a division of labor meaning that they work would split the work so other people could do others things instead of all the people hunting. Not long after the middle east was formed China was formed. China was able to grow rice. Not long after China, the Americas were formed and they could make corn, squash, and beans. Then came Africa and they could make sorghum, millit, adn yams. The stone aged people changed the way people would live forever.

Guns, Germs, and Steal: The Movie

Today in class we started watching the documentary called "Guns, Germs, and Steal". This is based of the book "Guns, Germs, and Steal" by Jared Diamond. This movie is about the difference in societies. Jared Diamond visited

Guns, Germs, and Steal: The Fates of Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, an Steal was so popular that it was made into a movie because a guy thought it was so important. This book was written in 1997 by Jared Diamond. The book attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations have survived and conquered others. The book won the Pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and the Aventis Prize for being the Best Science Book. This book is also a multi-million dollar seller. After reading this book, some people agree with him on what he wrote but others think he is completely wrong. the book also covers some things on environmental differences. These environmental differences include the difference between Papua New Guina and some societies here in the United States. This book is definitely worth reading about.

Why we should study Jared Diamond?

Jared Diamond is an American scientist and an author known for his books on science. He was born on September 10, 1937 and he still living and working today at the age of 75. He was born in Boston but now lives in Los Angeles , California. He is currently the Professor of Geography at the University of California. He is became the Professor of Geography in his late fifties has a third career. I think that the reason that we are studying him now instead of someone else is because we are in Human Geography and he is the Professor of Geography so he knows a lot about geography. Jared Diamond is also a well known author of many science book. Some of his book include: The World Until Yesterday and Guns, Germs, and Steal: The Fates of Human Societies. Guns, Germs, and Steal is mostly about how societies are failing ro succeeding in what they do.  Another book he wrote was How Societies Choose To Fail or Succeed.  I also think that we are studying him because he is a very interesting man and knows a lot about the topic that we are learning now. He studied a lot of different topics during his college career. He is a great researcher and has gotten many granted from a lot of colleges around the world. He has a PHD in Philosophy and Geography. This is also a great reason to study him and what he does. He has gone to Papua New Guinea to study ecology. He mostly went there to study the exotic birds.