G20 France

The French president’s position on terrorism according the article is that the terrorists are most definitely found guilty.  He believes they need to fight them and get rid of them.  The French consider United States to be allies; after all, we are fighting a long side in war in Afghanistan.  

Sustainable Agriculture

A regional food hub is a facility with a business management structure that aggregates, stores, processes, distributes, and markets local and regional food products.  These food hubs provide food from sources you can trust and they are a place for farmers to pick up and drop off for firms.  They provide active coordination and permanent facilities such as for food to be stored. 

You can find these food markets near John Carroll at:

District Court House Parking Lot
Intersection of Thomas & Bond Streets
Mary E. Risteau State Office Building
2 South Bond Street
Bel Air, Maryland

And

Kelly Fields Parking Lot
Corner of Route 24 and Boulton Street
Bel Air, Maryland

JC cafeteria,

            I would like to propose the idea of a “JC Sustainable Food Day” to you where we bring in organic foods to serve at lunch.  This is an excellent idea because through bringing in organic foods we can educate the school community about the issue of sustainable agriculture.  We can educate them by giving them information on the topic.  We can also show everyone the differences between healthy organic foods and junk foods.  If we can persuade more students to eat organically not only are they helping themselves health wise, but they are helping the environment.

            Sincerely,

                        Sarah Pattisall

WTC

1.      The car is blue.

2.      It is about 2:30.

3.      St. Pauls’ Chapel

4. Seven

Gap Minder Global Health

The relation between life expectancy and the money spent on health in gap minder shows that even though some countries such as the United States pay a lot of money on health care they have low life expectancies. 

John Dau

Global Warming

1.      Climate change is caused by greenhouse gases which are earth’s natural way of regulating temperature.

2.      Our climate is changing due to humanity’s effect on greenhouse gases.  Human activity is possibly increasing the greenhouse gases through fossil fuel combustion and deforestation.

3.      The climate is warming in some areas of the world dramatically compared to many years ago and in other parts of the world it has even cooled slightly.

4.      The reason the East Coast has been hit with the massive blizzards is because due to global warming in certain areas of the world glaciers have melted causing there to be more water evaporated and eventually the evaporation is turned into precipitation which traveled to the east coast and resulted in a blizzard. 

Soda Pop in New Mexico

The reason there are so many name for soda pop in New Mexico is the result of immigration and moving.  Also the bordering countries of New Mexico use different name for soda.

Oversea Arrivals to the U.S.

Due to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 oversea traveling to the U.S. dropped.  People also believed that the terrorist attack was due to overseas terrorism, “U.S. officials say their "working assumption" is that the attacks in New York and Washington are acts of "overseas terrorism." They say they cannot rule out additional attacks.” (U.S. Officials Say 'overseas Terrorism' Likely – CNN)

These statistics help to make us aware of historical events based on dates or major things that happened around this time.  For example during the war the unemployment rate went down because there were more jobs available.  The drop in oversea travel in 2001 was due to the historical event of a terrorist attack. 
"U.S. Officials Say 'overseas Terrorism' Likely - CNN." Featured Articles from CNN. 11 Sept. 2001. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://articles.cnn.com/2001-09-11/us/overseas.terrorists_1_terrorist-osama-bin-attacks-officials?_s=PM:US>.

Chen Long

Sarah Pattisall

January 7, 2011

Human Geography/Mr. Wojo

My Interview with Chen Long.

Chen Long is my neighbor.

Q: Where are you from?

A: I am from Beijing, China.  It is one of the biggest cities and it is kind of like your New York.

Q: Did you like it in Beijing?

A: I was young when I lived there and I remember it was too busy for me.  Maryland is a lot calmer and I like it more.

Q: When and why did you move to the United States?

A: My dad’s company was expanding and wanted to partner with major corporations in the United States so he had to relocate, I was in the third grade at the time. 

Q: Where did you go to school?

A: My mom homeschooled me for a year and taught me English. 

Q: So your mom knows English well?

A; My mom is American and she met my dad on business, and then moved with him to China so she knows English really well.

Q: Was it hard to learn English at first?

A: It wasn’t too hard because my mom had taught me a little bit of English over the years but I had to work hard to speak fluently.

Q: Do you feel like you have benefited from learning English?

A: Yes, I do.

Q: In what ways do you feel like you have benefited?

A: I’m really glad I learned English because I think one day I want to work for my dad’s company who does a lot of work with both United States and China so it’s good to have both of the languages and cultures, plus it is really cool to be bilingual.

Q: Do you speak Chinese or English with family and friends?

A: I speak Chinese at home and with my friends I speak English.

Q: Why?

A: Because my parents don’t want me to lose my heritage so we speak Chinese with each other on a regular basis.  My friend’s first language is English so I speak English with them.

Q: What about your friends from China?

A: We kind of lost touch which is sad but the people I still talk to we speak in Chinese and I try and teach them a little bit of English.

Q: Do you go back to visit China a lot?

A: When I was younger my family did a lot but we don’t as much anymore.  I think we are planning a trip this summer so I’m very excited!

Q: Are you glad you came to the United States?

A: I am but some days I imagine how much different my life would’ve been in China and I’m not sure if I would rather have grown up there.

Q: Where do you go to school now?

A: C. Milton Highschool.

Q: Do you like it there?

A: I like it a lot and I have a lot of friends there because we went to the same middle school.

Q: Is school here a lot different from school in China?

A: Well my school was definitely a lot bigger, but I don’t remember it too well.  There weren’t many differences, but as you get older the schools get bigger and the education system is really difficult.

Q: Do you have any friends at your school who are Chinese?

A: Yeah there are a few, but I don’t know them too well but we’ve talked before, just in English though.

Q: Do you have any relatives who still live in China?

A: My mom’s side of the family lives in Illinois, but my dad’s side is all from Beijing.

Q: Do they ever come to visit you?

A: They try to every now and then, but my dad isn’t very close with them.  Whenever we go to China we visit.

Q: Since you are raised culturally diverse do you ever find it hard to fit in with other people?

A: Sometimes I get the feeling people judge me because of my accent and my heritage but that’s their problem not mine.  If they’re going to feel that way and not bother getting to know me then their opinion doesn’t matter to me.

Q: What was it like when you first came to America?

A: I was so excited but pretty nervous at the same time.  I was upset about leaving my friends but the idea of moving somewhere totally new seemed like lots of fun.

Q: Next time you go to China can you bring back pictures?

A: Yeah, definitely!

Thanks for your time!

Lativia

Dear Journal,

           My plane landed in Latvia about a week ago and its alright.  Its definitely got a lot of really cool landmarks but there are somethings I don't like.  Life in Latvia is so much more different than my homeland.  They hardly use any electric appliances!  The food is really healthy, there is no fast food!  The country isn’t doing as good as the United States and when I was looking at the stats and I would make 68.75% less money and have a 78.49% of being unemployed!  So imagining working in Latvia and trying to support for your family, its probably really tough.  The student who I'm staying with comes from a good middle class family and seems to like in Latvia but she always gets so excited when I tell her about the U.S. and all the technology! But I guess since the health care is 84.95% less money on health care, which is good since people are more likely to have HIV/AIDS!  I’m really happy I don’t live here and I do not like my experience very much.  I only have a couple more days left and I can’t wait to get out!  Besides all of the stuff I don’t like the beaches are really nice and they have a lot of cool historical sites.  So maybe my next couple of days would not be too bad! Let us hope so!

                                                Sincerely,

                                                            Sarah Pattisall