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GEOGRAPHY ECON 4

THIS IS SAMS GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS CLASS AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS CLASS  THE WHOLE  YEAR. SAMS A REALLY COOL DUDE AND I'M GLAD HE WAS ONE OF MY TEACHERS THIS YEAR. ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO ADMITT THAT ON OCCASION I DID FALL ASLEEP IN HIS CLASS. BUT I DID LEARN A LOT IN HIS CLASS. I LEARNED THINGS ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT NORMALLY I WOULDNT HAVE CARED FOR. HE TAUGHT US HOW TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH OUR WORLD AROUND US AND HOW TO BETTER NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY BUT COMMUNITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES. HE MADE ME REALIZE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IN THIS COUNTRY OR IN WHATEVER COUNTRY WE ARE IN IT AFFECTS ALL THE COUNTRIES AROUND US WHETHER ITS IN  A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE WAY.

TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST I DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE PART OF THE CLASS BUT I DID ENJOY WATCHING MOVIES IN HERE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE EDUCATIONAL FILMS. MAINLY I LIKED THE MOVIES BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE WOULDNT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BUT WATCH AND LOOK LIKE WE WERE PAYING ATTENTION EVEN IF WE WERENT. MY LEAST FAVORITE PART OF THIS CLASS WAS HAVING TO DO CURRENT EVENTS. I DID LEARN A LOT BY DOING THE CURRENT EVENTS BUT I HATED READING SOME OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THE NEWS. I DISLIKED HAVING TO WRITE SO MUCH AND SUMMARIZE EVERY ARTICLE THAT I READ. IT WAS BORING AND TEDIOUS AND I WISH I WOULDNT OF HAD TO DO IT BUT OH WELL I NEEDED TO DO IT IN ORDER TO PASS THIS CLASS.

I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS I DIDNT KNOW BEFORE COMING TO THIS CLASS. I LEARNED THAT JUST BECAUSE SOME COUNTRIES ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD IT DOESNT MAKE THEM ANY DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE LIVE HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE THERE ARE MANY UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES STILL OUT THERE THAT DONT HAVE SUCH GREAT LIVING STANDARDS LIKE THE U.S AND OTHER 1ST DIVISION COUNTRIES. THE ONES THAT HAPPEN TO BE AS DEVELOPED AS WE ARE LIVE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE WAY WE DO IN AMERICA. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT MOST PEOPLE THAT MIGRATE HERE INSTEAD OF OTHER COUNTRIES DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A BETTER STANDING GOVERNTMENT THAN SAY A COUNTRY LIKE GREECE. GREECE IS A 1ST DIVISION LIKE THE U.S THEY HAVE UP T DATE TECHNOLOGY BUT ITS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT ISNT AS "INVOLVED" AS OURS IS BUT OUR GOVERNMENT DOESNT SEEM TO BE CHANGING WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TAUGHT, IF SAM DIDNT THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US THAN IT OBVIOUSLY WASNT 'CUAES HE DIDNT TEACH IT TO US. ALSO I DONT THINK I WILL BE TAKING THIS CLASS NEXT SEMESTER BECAUSE I SHOULD BE GRADUATING AFTER I AM DONE WITH MY SUMMER SCHOOL. I DID ENJOY BEING TAUGHT BY SAM BUT I'D RATHER NOT HAVE TO TAKE THIS CLASS AGAIN BECAUSE AS A SENIOR I'M SO READY TO BE DONE WITH SCHOOL.