12/17

i wasnt in school because i was sick...

12/16

today i wasnt in school because i was sick.

12/15

today i wasnt in school today because i am still sick.

12/14

today i wasnt in school because i was sick.

12/10

today in class we got assigned a project...

12/9

today in classs it was mr schicks birthday ! we sang to him and then we finished watching slum dog millionaire.

12/8

today in class we continued to watch slum dog millionaire.

India - Slums or Glamorous?

Although India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 15% of the world's population. Almost 40% of Indians are younger than 15 years of age. India's population is approximately 1.17 billion  people, compared to the world it ranks 2nd. One reason why India's population is so large, and continuing to grow is because of child marriage. In some parts of India more in the rural parts, children are married as young as 13 and have many children in their lifetime. Another reason is their religion. In many countries around the world it is still considered to be a blessing to have a large family. In India, and most rural countries, they lack the required education to make them aware of how a large population will affect them in the long run. Some families also think that the more children they have the more money they will bring home.

        Poverty in India is a major issue. Rural Indians depend on unpredictable agriculture incomes, while urban Indians rely on jobs that are scarce. Since its independence, the issue of poverty within India has remained a prevalent concern. As of 2010, more than 37% of India's population of 1.17 billion still live below the poverty line. More than 22% of the entire rural population and 15% of the urban population of India exists in this difficult financial problem. One reason for poverty in the rural areas of India is agriculture. Rural populations primarily rely on agriculture with is high dependent on rain patterns. Inadequate rain can cause low, or in some cases, no production of crops. Since 1970, the Indian government has implemented a number of programs designed to educate the population and has some success with these programs.

        Asia's largest slum Dharavi is located in Mumbai. Dharavi has now turned to the sub city which was earlier the marshy dumping land. In the slum of Mumbai, there are 10,000 people crammed into a single acre, making it one of the most densely populated areas of the world. In Mumbai there are other slums which are beginning to rival Dharavi in size. In a city of 15 million people, almost 60% live in slums or in over the 2000 "slum pockets" across the city. Dharavi is located between Mumbai's two main suburban railway lines. To the north flows the Mithi River, which empties into the Arabian sea. Both its location and poor drainage systems make Dhharavi particular vulnerable to floods during the wet season.

        The worlds movie capital is not Hollywood  but Bollywood. Bollywood is the nickname for the Indian film industry located in Bombay. In Bollywood, movies are three to four hours long, they include dozens of songs and dances and include an intermission. Fourteen million Indians go to the movies on a daily basis. Although American-made films have been edging into India, only the blockbuster Titanic has ever made India's top five list.

         India faces many problems with human trafficking. Human trafficking is when people are recruited, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery. This is pretty much like a modern- day slavery. Men, women, and children are held in bondage and face forced labor working in brick kilns, rice mills, agriculture and embroidery factors. More than 1.2 million children in India are caught up in the human trafficking as child prostitutes.

        I think that the movie displays India realistically. The movie is about the slums of India. It's told from a kids point of view. However, they do show the Taj Mahal which is in the more higher end of India. Almost 40% of India are slums or shanty towns so the movie has show the "not so nice" parts of India. They also show the inside and outside of Latika's house which is a very nice house! Definately not in the slums! It's showing the right thing and not a self made portrait not linked with the real image. All those things and activities are really happening out there. While I think they could've shown more parts of the glamorous parts of India, the movie is a reflection of the main realities challenging millions of Indian children each day.

Citations:

http://www.indianchild.com/population_of_india.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-in-slums-of-mumbai.html

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/mumb-j13.shtml

http://geography.about.com/od/culturalgeography/a/bollywood.htm

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/slumdog-millionaire-tells-the-truth-does-not-glamourise-poverty-ngos_100146163.html

12/7

Today in class we wrote wrote an essay.

Studying India.

        India faces many problems with human trafficking, child exploitation, and forced labor. Human trafficking is when people are recruited, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery. This is pretty much like a modern- day slavery. Men, women, and children are held in bondage and face forced labor working in brick kilns, rice mills, agriculture and embroidery factors. More than 1.2 million children in India are caught up in the human trafficking as child prostitutes.

        At least 12.3 million people around the world are trapped in forced labor. Forced labor takes place in many different forms, including debt bondage, trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The victims most vulnerable are women and girls, migrants in debt bondage, and farmworkers.  India has emerged as a key destination and transit point for global trafficking of women and girls. Women and children and trafficked within the country for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage. These women and children come from relatively poorer areas and are trafficked to richer ones. Approximately 20,000 or 20% of women in prostitution in Bombay are under 18. Every day, about 200 girls and women in India enter prostitution, 80% of them against their will.

        Child labor in India is an extensive problem. Children under the age of 14 are forced to work as factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, and agriculture workers. Some have even been used as armed combatants by some terrorist groups. The government of India reports about 20 million children laborers while other non- governmental organizations estimate the real number to be close to 50 million! Children under 14 years of age, some as young as 4 or 5, are working hard just to get a meal.  An estimated 14% of children in India between the ages of 5 and 14 are engaged in child labor activities, including carpet production. To end child labor it would cost $760 billion over a 20 year period.  Some children are forced to work up to 18 hours a day, sometimes not even leaving the confines of the factory. Two out of every three working children are physically abused.

Cites used:

 http://pangaea.org/street_children/asia/carpet.htm

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Women-trafficking-in-India/articleshow/1975539.cms

http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/05/india-epicenter-human-trafficking/

http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/22/slide-show-1-over-60-million-child-labourers-in-india.htm

http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

12/3

today in class we continued to watch slum dog millionaire.

12/2

• Compare the motion picture industry in India and the United States.
• The Indian motion picture industry produces way more movies than the United states. In India they produce about 2,000 per year. In the US they produce only around 500 movies per year.
• What are the names of the three main characters (the "three musketeers") in Slumdog Millionaire?
• Jamal, Salim, and Latika.
• What is a “chai wallah”?
• Chai Wallah is an authentic Indian spiced tea made with organic Fair Trade certified tea and certified organic spices.
• Tell us five things we must know about the Taj Mahal. Include a fantastic photo
• Taj Mahal appears pink in the morning, white in the day and changes its color to golden in the moon light.
• The pillars surrounding Taj Mahal are slightly tilted outwards so that in the event of an earthquake they will fall away from the tomb.
• it is a beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife
• it took 22 years, and 22,000 workers
• it cost 35 million rupees to build.

12/2

today i wasnt in class because i was sick.

12/1

today in class we continued to watch slum dog millionaire.

facts

• What is Kaun Bangega Crorepati?
• Kaun Banega Crorepati (Hindi: कौन बनेगा करोड़पति '; popularly known as KBC') was an Indian reality/game show based on the UK gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? This version's title literally translates to "Who will be a ten-millionaire?" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaun_Banega_Crorepati)

• What is a shanty town? How many people live in shantytowns worldwide?
• a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)
• One billion people live in shantytowns worldwide and the figre will probaly grow to 2billion by 2030.

• Who is Amitabh Bachchan, and what does he have to do with Slumdog Millionaire?
• Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor and producer.
• He is the host of who wants to be a millionaire.

5 facts about Mumbai

• Mumbai's literacy rate is 85.6% (female: 82.7%, male: 90%) compared with India's overall literacy of 65.4%. (http://blog.monsterindia.com/my/manojmehta78@gmail.com/Little-known-Facts-about-Mum-16699.html)

• Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996. (http://www.mumbaihub.com/facts-and-figures.html)

• The population is 18 million, projected to reach 28.5 million by 2020. (http://www.mumbaihub.com/facts-and-figures.html)

• Mumbai singlehandedly handles about 25% of the domestic and 38% of the international air passenger traffic in the country. (http://www.mumbaiproperties.com/Mumbai_-_Fact_File/page_748140.html)

•    Mumbai is located in India, the second-most populous country in the world (http://www.trails.com/facts_12182_interesting-facts-mumbai-india.html)

Dharavi

•  One of the largest slums in the world. 

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

•  Lies on a  prime property right in the middle of Mumbai http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

• Home to more than a million peoplehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

• Rents can be as low as 185 rupees ($4) per month. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm

Bollywood

• Indian moviemaking industry that began in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930s and developed into an enormous film empire.

• The film industry based in Mumbai. Can also called Hindi cinema. Song and dance is a big deal in Bollywood and the films are multi- million dollar productions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood

How much is 250,000 rupees (or any amount of rupees) in American dollars?

• 250,000 rupees is equal to 5,522.79 US Dolars.

answers

1. What is the current population of India?
1. 1,173,108,018 

2. What is the total fertility rate in India?
1. 2.65 children born/woman. 

3. What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line?
1. 25% of people live below the poverty line

4. Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India.
1. On Feb. 13, people thought to be Islamic terrorists bombed a restaurant in the northern city of Pune, killing 17 people. A complex suicide and car-bomb attack in the heart of Kabul on Friday showed the continued ability of theTaliban to stage sophisticated operations in the heavily guarded capital, with the aim of undermining international support for the Afghan war. The attack was directed at two guesthouses here favored by foreigners, killing at least 16 people, 9 of them Indians. The rest were an Italian, a Frenchman, three Afghan police officers and at least two people whose nationalities had not yet been identified.

5. The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty.  Where does India rank on this list?
1.  It ranks 87 on the poverty list

6. Briefly describe the effects of the moonsoons on india.
1. With water brimming well past the permitted levels at the 350-foot Ukai Dam, according to official records, and the skies showing no sign of relief, the engineers apparently threw open the reservoir’s 21 sluice gates. Water then did what water does. It surged downriver, swallowing this city of three million people like a hungry beast. The diamond lanes of India became a warren of muck and ruin.

7. What are some of the probles indians have getting clean water to their people?
1. Indians are lacking basic services like water and sewage disposal.

8. What is the literacy rate in india?
1. definition: ages 15 and over can read and write, total population: 61%, male: 73.4%, female: 47.8%

9. What are the major religions in India?
1. Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% 

10. When did india acheive independence and from what country?
1. India celebrates its Independence Day on 15 August, commemorating the day it gained its independence from British rule in 1947.

link to the coffee project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yQcDGbweBGY3KTMciTbq_yyCgcDdnpZfNWMLVoukpts/edit?hl=en&authkey=CNmRgukF

11/23

today i wasnt in class because i was sick

11/11

Todayy in class we got assigned to do a project. I'm working with Morgan & Mark..

Links to back up

Fair trade coffee- http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/fairtrade.htm

Organic certified coffee-http://www.groundsforchange.com/learn/organic.php

Organic- http://www.organicfoodinfo.net/

Sustainable- http://www.greenpeace.org/international/seafood/what-is-a-sustainable-fishery

Who are the largest consumers per person? -http://www.ico.org/

Who are the biggest exporters of coffee?- http://www.fao.org/

Where did the term “cup of joe” come from?-http://coffeefaq.com/site/node/48

How does coffee get from the field to the table?- http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-is-the-Coffee-Made-71945.shtml 

Relationship Coffee Fair Trade Case Study - Part 1 of 2

5 terms

1. fair trade coffee-Fair trade coffee is coffee which is purchased directly from the growers for a higher price than standard coffee. 
2. organic certified coffee- grown by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality
3. organic- food that is farmed without the use of pesticides, antibiotics or genetically altered organisms.
4. sustainable- able to be sustained; able to be sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable
5. retailers- a merchant who sells goods at retail

5 questions

1. Who are the largest consumers per person?
1. Finland is the number 1 coffee consumers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita
2. Main coffee exporter?
1. Brazil is the main coffee exporter.
3. Where did the term "cup of joe" come from?
1. The U.S. Navy used to serve alcoholic beverages on board ships. However, when Admiral Josephus "Joe" Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol onboard ships, except for very special occasions. Coffee then became the beverage of choice, hence the term "Cup of Joe."
4. How does coffee get from the field to the table?
   
1. http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-is-the-Coffee-Made-71945.shtml Here is a link on how coffee is grown in the fields, then picked, and then ground into the coffee you use in your house everyday.
5. How to brew coffee?
1. You place a filter in the coffee maker, then you add 2tbs. of ground coffee per every 6 oz of water. Put water over the grounds and then pour the rest of the water over them.

11/9

today in class we watched a movie about coffee. it was pretty cooool

11/4

Today in class we worked more on our magazines.

11/4

Yesterday night  , my blogger wouldnt let me sign in to post. But anyways, yesterday in class we worked more on our magazines which are due tomorrow!

11/2

So today in class we worked on our magazines.

Today in class

today in class we worked on our magazine articles. we discussed the movie too!

Today in class

Today in class we finished up the movie. We found out that one of the men went to Sudan to marry his girlfriend and brought her back to the United states. On man found his family and flew his mother and his sister out to see him. However one man hasnt been able to find any of his family.

Today in class

Today in class we watched the lost boys of Sudan after they've lived in the united states for a year. One of them went crazy and had to go to the physco ward.One of the men learned that most of his family had been killed but that his sisters and brothers and mom were still alive so he has been sending money down to them. One day he hopes to bring them to the United States. Another man left his girl friend so he wants to bring her out here to help make things easier in his life. Overall most of the Lost boys are adapting very well considering they came form a completely different culture. Some are even managing to go to college and work and pay bills!

The day god grew tired of us

In Migration- migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)


Out Migration- migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)


Forced migration- (also called deracination - originally a french word meaning uprooting) refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_migration)


Net Internal Migration- a structural factor impacting on unemployment, involves people moving from rural to urban areas seeking employment. (www.socialpolicy.ca/i.htm)'


 Internally displaced person- someone who is forced to flee their home but who, unlike a refugee, remains within their country's borders.(http://dictionary.reference.com/)


Today in class we watched as the people from Sudan flew to Europe and then to America. What we watched really showed me how little resources they really had. Like for example one guy was trying to eat the hand towelette and one guy was just eating the butter plain. One guy was also using shaving cream to wash his hands and face. For work, one of the men had to leave his house at 5 am and then he had to sleep outside the factor until 7am until the factory opened.


The ongoing civil war has displaced more than 4 million southerners. Some fled into southern cities, such as Juba; others trekked as far north as Khartoum and even into Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, and other neighboring countries. These people were unable to grow food or earn money to feed themselves, and malnutrition and starvation became widespread. 

• Why did the Lost Boys have to run away from their homes?
• The lost boys had to run away from their homes because their country, Sudan, was in the middle of a horrible bloody war and they were killing all boys.
• Why couldn’t they stay in Ethiopia?
• They couldnt stay in Ethiopia because Ethiopia's government corrupeted and they were forced to leave. 
• What was life like in the refugee camp?
• They say in the movie that it was horrible. There was barely any food and water. All of the boys were so skinny and went days after days without eating. It must have been hard not having their parents there with them to help. 

map from sudan->europe->usa. that was the lost boy's route.

theres a map. it is a drawing from maryland to new orleans. that is about how many miles they walked. over 1000

10/21

Yesterday in class i had to leave at 1 because i had a tennis match.

10/19

Today in class Mr. Schick read out my past and we looked at a castle my cousins have.

Past

                 America is an incredibly diverse land.  Our nation is made up from people from all over the world. My dad's immediate family is primarily from Spain. My dad wasn't from the United States. My mom’s side, while most of her immediate family is out of North Carolina, her family's roots can be traced to England. 

My dad, Peter Fernandez was born in San Turce, Puerto Rico along with his brother and sister. My dad’s dad was born in Pola de Allande, Spain. My dad’s mom was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. My Great grandmother (his dads side) was born in El Maso, Spain. My great grandfather was born in Pola de Allande, Spain. My Great grandmother (his moms side) was born in Puerto Rico. My Great Grandfather was born in Ferroil Spain. In 1966 my dad, his sister, and his brother and parents left Puerto Rico and came to the US. My dad and his father lived in New Orleans for 17 years, until 1983. In 1983 only my dad and his father came to Maryland. A year later my dad’s mom, sister and brother came to Maryland. In Pollo de Allande however, if you mention the name Fernandez people will know who your talking about. For example, when my Grandparents when to visit Spain this summer, everyone knew in advance they were coming. They all referred to my grandfather as the "Son of Amadeo" who was my great grandfather. Pollo de Allande's population is estimated at around 1,000 people. When my grandfather was growing up it was around 500. 

        My mom, Joan Fernandez was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina at Albemarle Hospital. She lives with me and my Dad in Bel Air, Maryland. My mom’s mom was born in Philadelphia and my mom’s dad was born in Hertford, North Carolina. My mom’s grandparents (her mothers side) were both born in Little Washington, North Carolina. My mom’s other grandmother (her fathers side) was born in New Hope, North Carolina. My mom’s grandfather was born in Hertford, North Carolina. However, Hertford, being such a small town, if you mention the name White everyone automatically knows whom your talking about. To illustrate how big my family is in North Carolina, my great grandfather had 18 brothers and sisters. That is a large family for a town whose population is barely over 2000 people. As far as we know, none of my mother’s family ever left the country.

Future

In less than eight years I will have completed high school and college and I will have to make decisions about what I will do for a living and where I will live. When and if I choose to move out of Maryland, I will have to take into effect pull and push forces.

If I move from Maryland I want to move to somewhere where I can get a good paying job, good location, near my family, good economy and I have stuff to do there every day. Now obviously the push forces would be the opposite of the pull forces. I would want to move to a place where I wouldn’t have a job. I also wouldn’t want to be in a location that’s not good (i.e. near big power plants or right on a main highway). I don’t want to be completely away from my family. Somewhere where it isn’t too much money to fly and see them. Obviously I don’t want to move into a state or country whose economy is on the downfall. Finally, I want to move somewhere where I have stuff to do, to occupy my time.

After I complete high school and college I would love to live in New Orleans. I’m choosing to live here because it’s a fun city and there is a lot to do to occupy my time. I am interested in looking into a culinary job in the future, and New Orleans is world famous for their food such as beignets, Po’boys and Italian Muffuletta sandwiches. They are also world famous for their seafood. New Orleans is home to one of the largest and busiest ports in the world. This is strategic location. New Orleans is a center for higher tech learning. In New Orleans is Tulane University, a top 50-research university. Metropolitan New Orleans has very good health care too. . Now obviously, I wouldn’t be very near my family up in Maryland but I have some other distant family in New Orleans. Now with Hurricane Katrina and the big oil spill, New Orleans economy cannot be that good and I am aware. But I believe that their economy will make a comeback because of their seafood industry and Mardi Gras where over 2 million people come out each year. New Orleans would be my dream place to live.

Now if I couldn’t live in New Orleans for some reason I would want to live somewhere surrounded by water. I would maybe want to live in the Bahamas. The Bahamas are a beautiful island. It may be difficult to find a job on such a small island, but I would figure things out. I could work at Atlantis, their main hotel that is beautiful. The Bahamas are obviously in a good location; many tourists are coming in to visit there so the economy is going to be very good with all that extra money coming in.  Now obviously I definitely would be way far away from my family, and tickets are expensive so I would be able to only visit them a couple times so that would be a negative. In the Bahamas there is a lot to do, simply because a lot of tourists come to visit so they have to have stuff for them to do. 

But if I had to choose where I would want to live, I would chose new Orleans first because it has a lot of the things I want. Relatively close to my family, good location, and stuff for me to do. Oh, and also their home to a super bowl winning team. "Who Dat!"

10/12

today we took a quiz and it was easy. i did good(:

10/8

today in class we went over stuff, i recorded all my notes.

NOTES.

immigrant is someone that comes to a country
emigrant is leaving


4.32 is the net migration rate for the united states
more people coming in than leaving


5.63 is the net migration rate for the united states
more people are going to canada than the Us.




pull factor, push factor

the push factor is what drives people away from our country

the pull factor is what makes people come to our country