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

10/7

today in class we went over the terms we had to do for homework a couple days ago.

notas

for the population to stay the same, the tfr has to be 2.1.
if its higher then 2.1 its gonna go up.
if its loser than its gonna go down.

not everybody thats born lives

immigration is people coming into a country
emigration is people leaving a country

you can be citizens in 2 places

10/6

today in class we went over our notes. and stuff in general. it wasnt an uplifting class.

10/5

today we reviewed the test which only one person in our grade got an A on. then we got candy.

10/4 BIRTHDAYY(:

Yesterday, Oct. 3rd. was my birthday(: I went to an orioles game yesterday for it. They lost but my 2 other teams won.! The Saints & the Ravens. i'm 15!

population studies: defining our terms

LIFE EXPANTACY: 

an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)

france :
males: 77.79 years
females: 84.33 years
 (rated #8 in the world)


japan:
males:78
females: 85.62
(rated #3 in the world)


cuba:
male: 75.19 years

female: 79.85 years

(rated #55 in the world)

kenya:

males 57.9

females: 58.24

(rated #189 in the world)

afghanistan: 

male: 44.19 years

female: 44.61 years

(rated #219 in the world)

united states:

males: 75.65

females:44.61

(rated #49 in the world)

BIRTH RATE: 

the number of babies born annually per 1,000 women of reproductive age in any given set of people. 

(www.nrdc.org/reference/glossary/b.asp)

Japan - 8 births/1,000 people (rated #222 in the world)

Kenya - 37 births/1,000 people (rated # 29 in the world)

Ethiopia - 44 births/1,000 people (rated #7 in the world)

United States - 14 births/1,000 people (rated #154 in the world)

Germany - 8 births/ 1,000 people (rated #220 in the world)

DEATH RATE:

Deaths per 100,000 population. May be used to compare the burden of disease between different groups. Also called crude death rate

(www.ehdp.com/vitalnet/glossary.htm)

Afghanistan -18 deaths/1,000 people (rated #7 in the world)

Kenya - 8 deaths/1,000 people (rated #67 in the world)

United States - 8 deaths/ 1,000 people (rated #99 in the world)

Japan - 10 deaths/1,000 people (rated #69 in the world)

Mexico - 5 deaths/1,000 people (rated #192 in the world)

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE: The total fertility rate of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime. 

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate)

Niger - 8 children born/woman (rated #1 in the world)

Afghanistan - 6 children born/woman (rated #13 in the world)

Japan - 1 child born/woman (rated #218 in the world)

United States - 2 children born/woman (rated #126 in the world)

Germany - 1 child born/woman (rated #196 in the world)

MIGRATION RATE:

The number of persons departing the country to take up permanent residence in another country per 1000 mean (or mid-year population) for that year.

(statinja.gov.jm/DemoMethodology.aspx)

Mexico -  -4 migrants/1,000 people (rated #153 in the world)

United States - 4 migrants/1,000 people (rated #25 in the world)

United Arab Emirates - 23 migrants/1,000 people (rated #1 in the world)

Argentina - 0 migrants/1,000 people (rate #73 in the world)

Saudi Arabia - 8 migrants/1,000 people (rated #171 in the world)

Uganda - 9 migrants/1,000 people (rated #173 in the world)

TFR:
Average number of children born to be a girl .


Niger 7.75
Afghanistan 5.60
Japan 1.21
United States 2.05
Germany 1.41

10/1

Today in class we worked with partners to do some questions. my birthday's in 2 days(: