review day

Today in Human Geo, we only had 40 minutes for class. In the beginning of class, we went over our tests from last week and we turned in our essay. I remembered to print my paper out before class, which was good. This is my last blog before 2018 ends. I am a bit worried for exams because I don't really know what to expect. I am hoping they go well and smooth. I am really happy that our exams are before Christmas break instead of after because it makes the break more exciting and relieving. On Monday the exams I have are English and Bio, then on Tuesday, I have my Math and Spanish exam, and then on Wednesday I have a Bible exam and finally, my Human Geo exam.

last class to write our essay

Today in Human Geo, we had the whole class to finish and peer edit our essay. I am so glad that we had 2 days in class to work on this paper because it helped me stay focused while typing it. I used the time to my advantage and ended up finishing my paper today. Tomorrow when we have class, it is mandatory for us to have them printed at the start of class. If we don't turn them in tomorrow, our grade could end up dropping by 1 or 2 letter grades. I am planning on printing my essay out tonight so I don't forget in the morning.

writing the essay

Today in Human Geo, Mr. Schick was not in class. Instead of going to his room, we had Human Geo in Mrs. Gauthier's room. We had the whole class to write and proof read our essays for the final. I found the essay was a bit harder than I thought and I was working on it the entire class and only got half way done. I am planning on finishing it over the course of today and tomorrow's class. I hope we will get the whole class to work on our essays again tomorrow because that will be very beneficial to me and the rest of the class.

test on migration

Today in Human Geo, we had our test on the topic of migration. I found this test to be pretty good because it wasn't too difficult. I had remembered talking and going over what most of the questions on the test consisted of. The podcast we listened to helped me with the test because it helped relate what we were learning in a book to real life scenarios. I am glad that I looked over my notes before the test because I knew a lot more of the questions than I thought I would. The test was mostly on the vocab words we had written down, asylums, and other topics that we read about in this chapter. In Human Geo, we also have an essay due this Friday at the start of class. I know more about what I am going to write about after taking that test. Tomorrow in class we are going to talk about our essays and go over them and I am glad that we have time to prepare.

unauthorized immigrants

On Friday in Human Geo, we talked about unauthorized immigrants. Some of the immigration concerns in the US are border patrols, workplace, civil rights, and local initiatives. Some reasons that compel unauthorized immigrants to sneak into the US are new employment opportunities family reunification, and a better way of living. In my opinion, I understand why people immigrate into the United States illegally because its quicker, easier, and there is a low chance of being caught since so many people do it. I think the only real way to stop this is to create a border wall or have more guards around the border. I also think that with the new laws that have less reasons for people to receive asylum to the US, it could cause more and more people to illegally enter the US since its harder to receive documentation into the United States. These laws could then end up hurting us more than helping us in this scenario.

controlling migration

Today in Human Geo, we talked about the topic of controlling migration. Over the decades, countries have taken over the policies of selective immigration. They did this because more people want to enter the US than what is allowed by the quota. This means that countries allow people with specific employment placement and family reunions into their country more easily than letting just anyone in. In the United States, the Quota Act was passed in 1921 and the National Origins Act was passed in 1924. This marked the end of unrestricted immigration in the US. A problem that the US has faced because of these restrictions has been many unauthorized immigrants entering the United States by crossing the border without proper documentations.

packet about immigrants

Today in Human Geo, we talked about upcoming events and received a new packet that we were instructed to read in class. I found that I enjoyed reading the packet out loud, like last time, instead of everyone reading it on their own. We all read the packet and took notes on what we thought was important. I learned that the UN classifies countries to 4 types of immigration policies. These four policies are maintaining immigration levels, increasing levels, reducing levels, and no policy. I read that unauthorized immigrants are people entering a country without proper documents that are needed. A lot of this unrestricted immigration ended in 1921 when the Quota Ac was passed. These laws established maximum limits to the amount of immigrants. The immigrant percentages now are 8% in Europe, 13% in the United States of America, and 21% in Canada. I was surprised to see that Canada had a higher percentage than US, but I believe it is because the USA has a bordered fence around it while Canada doesn't.

talked about podcast

Today in Human Geo, we listened to the rest of the podcast in class and then talked about our opinions of the podcast afterwards. In my opinion, I thought that the podcast was somewhat bias against Trump because it made him seem like he was an extremely bad person for not having as many exceptions for immigrants trying to apply for asylums in order to enter the United States. If anything, I think the law that Trump has made about accepting only around 50 people each day for court dates to receive an asylum is actually better for the United States. I believe this because some of these people entering the United States might not begin a job right away and the problem they had in their original country might be still prevalent in the US. I also think that this could possibly lower the crime rates or keep them the same. For example, if we allowed just anyone to enter the US, crime would increase greatly in my opinion. Even though people may not agree with everything Trump does or says, I think his law about asylums can most likely result in improving the US.

listened to more of the podcast

Yesterday in Human Geo, we listened to more of the podcast about migration, immigration, and asylums. We learned that Obama added domestic violence to the criteria that the US accepted asylums into the united states. Then, when Trump became president, he took that aspect of asylums away and began the concept of metering. This means that he made a law to reduce the amount of people entering the United States each day. I think this is a good idea for the most part because the people entering the United States might not start working right away and they could end up with no job and the problems they faced in their original country could still affect them in the United States.