Raps and Pow Wow

so on Friday we listened to a few raps for the most part then were good. my favorite rap was emily and joshes they made up the rap in 5 minutes and it was still one of the best ones. i did want extra credit but i don't know how to write a song or what it should be about so made would be terrible. the raps were about the events that happened this year it was made by new york times and our last time to do it was Friday so i can't do it anymore. we were also told about the pow wow which is an native american celebration. I was gonna go to that but then i realized that it was my dads birthday so i couldn't do that even though i wanted the extra credit.

Videos on Climate Change

Today in class we watched two videos. The two videos strangely had the same information even though they were made in 2007 and in 2015. The first video was called global warming 101 and the second video was climate change 101 with bill Nye the science guy. The temperature of earth has risen from 1.2 to 1.4 degrees in the century. This is happening now because man is polluting the earth with bad toxins and gases and this wont just stop the temperature will keep growing. Humans change the the Earth with our use of fossil fuels some are gasoline, oil, and coal. We burn these things for energy. We also learned that cows produce so many farts that methane gets let out in the air. The greenhouse gas effect is occurring on earth because of a big layer in the atmosphere. You know how the greenhouses get really hot well that’s because of the glass that lets the sun in and doesn’t let them leave well the same thing happens with earth and we can’t keep living like this.

After Break

Today we got our grades back for out test that we did before Christmas break. I did a okay job on the thing but I could have done better. The exams were actually pretty short and I had a lot of time to study for this one after the others. Andy's mom visited us in class today. He did seam a little uncomfortable and she had a translator with her so that she could understand what we were talking about. We also talked about our plans for the rest of the semester. We have two more weeks of human geo and e have to go through a whole new unit. The test for the unit will be next Wednesday.

Mukherjee Project

 Today almost everyone Presented their projects and i think that everybody did a very good job but i was still disappointed that  we didn't get a grade for thisBackground- Hindu, 3 children, has written several books, first  president from Bengal, was married to Suvra Mukherjee ( died 2015 )

      Pranab Mukherjee, the 13th president of India was born December 11, 1935 in a small village in West Bengal.  President Pranab Mukherjee was asked what inspired him to join politics and become president and he said “I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me.”

 Following his education, which included a Master’s degree in History and Political Science, and a law degree from the University of Kolkata, Mukherjee began his professional life as college teacher and journalist. By 1969 he had left teaching and was elected to the Upper House of Parliament. He was mentored by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and eventually became Deputy Minister of many government agencies, including Minister of State for Finance.  His last role was as Leader of the Lower House of Parliament which he resigned when he decided to run for President.     

  Indians elected Mukherjee as President of the world’s largest democracy based on his  political background, his experiences, and his views on diversity. Citizens like Pranab and his ideas for the country. He talked about  “ the world is struggling to deal with the worst impulses of intolerance and hatred that mankind has ever witnessed. At such a time, there can be no better recourse than to remind ourselves of the high values, written and unwritten samskaras, duties and the way of life that is the essence of India. This is the time to reinforce the civilizational values that bind together the complex diversity of modern-day India and promote them among our people and the world,” The people of India look up to him positively and care for him. They believe his ideas are good and will help the world.

  President Mukherjee says acceptance and assimilation has defined Indian civilization. On December 1, 2015 he began “Festa De Diu”, Asia’s longest beach festival. The festival site was chosen based on the area’s mix of European, tribal, and Indian cultures. Mukherjee believes in not just the acceptance of diversity but the knowledge and understanding of different cultures and religions. He encourages safetyness within India and hopes that India can be a positive role model for the rest of the world while  currently dealing with terrorism and other terrible acts.

HW after test

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