Absent January 31st

I was out on January 31st

First Day Of Western Civ!

Today, I met my new teacher Mr.Schick he is a pretty cool guy I totally didn't have him last semester. Anyway, we have some noobs in our class that don't know how to do the blogs but I guess that they will learn.  I am excited about our new class and I love my seat.  Our class is full of people I know and I talk to all the time.  This is going to be a very good semester and I am hoping I will get to teach again.  I really want to teach again I feel like I learned how to teach professionally and I can teach better this time.  If I teach my fellow students and I will learn great amounts of information about Western Civilization.  Well my first blog of the semester is about done and I'm going to play some computer games haha just kidding.  Have a good one.

Test Day

Well, I am not going to mourn that it is over because I have you next semester as well.  I really think I had the most fun in a Social Studies ever this quarter all the freedom and free speech we had was the best part.  we could have a debate in the middle of class about anything and I think its cool that a teacher allows that.  One thing I would take away for next semester is the Packets I like the old fashioned power point and taking notes off the power point.  I don't think I remember it as easy if we only underline and highlight.  The last thing I want to say should be added is being able to take notes on computers personally I am much more organized on computers than I am on notebooks its convenient to get to and I can take more notes much faster. This was a great Semester and I can't wait for the next one.  Have a good one.

Review Notes

    Review Notes

Christianity:
- Biggest Religion
- First founded by Jesus
- 2.2 Billion followers
- Religion believes in Jesus as the son of God meanwhile being Divine and Human.- Use of the Bible OT and NT 
- Abrahamic religion
Islam:
- 1.5 billion Followers

- 5 pillars of Islam
- Muhammed was the founder
- Sunnies and Shiites- Allah is God in this religion
- Abrahamic religion
Hinduism:
- 1.1 billion followers
- Founder is unknown
- Vedas usage
- Most followers from India and Nepal
-Oldest religion recorded
- Belief in Reincarnation
Buddhism
- 500 million- 1.5 billion followers
- They believe in the Four Noble Truths, Eightfold path
- Siddhartha Gautama is the base of the religion
- most followers are from Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan
- They believe in the Four Noble Truths, Eightfold path
Judaism:
- 14-18 Million Followers
- Abraham is founder
- Torah is their Holy book
- most followers accumulate in Israel, United States
- God is one Jesus is not the son of god

Religion Paragraphs

Christianity:
Christianity is the largest religion in the world with the most followers. 2.2 billion followers have been counted for Christianity. Jesus is the founder of the religion and preached to the people in Israel through the Holy Book called the Bible. Christians are normally in Europe, the Americas, and Southern Africa.  There are many other places that also have Christian followers just not enough to be counted as a stronghold to Christianity.
Islam:
Islam is the second biggest religion with 1.5 Billion followers throughout the world. Muhammed is the founder and they use the Qur'an.  Their religious focus is around the 5 pillars of Islam and their religion is very important to them they stop and pray towards Mecca 5 times a day they know where it is at all times. Sunnis and the Shiites are the denominations of the religion.
Hinduism:
 Hinduism, the third largest religion with 1.1 billion followers.  They are known as hindus. They have no founder to their religion and they use the holy book called the Vedas. Their religion is based around points of view and eternal truths. Most are in India and Nepal.
Buddhism:
Buddhism is the fourth largest religion with 500 million - 1.5 billion followers. Their founder is Siddhartha Gautama. Their holy books are the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path.  They can be found in Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, and Japan.
Judaism:
Judaism has 14-18 million followers. Abraham is their founder the Torah (the first five book of the Old Testament) is their holy book.  Most of their followers live in Israel, and the rest live in America.  They believe that God is one and Jesus is not the Son of God.  They believe in the 10 commandments and the 13 principals of faith.

Mr. Schick I am ready for the Test.

World religions

Today we learned about the most popular religions and the multiple widespread cultures from around the world.  It was interesting because we got to see the different viewpoints of different religions other than the religious standpoint.  The Social Studies book explains religions on a very easy to understand and detailed scale.  In other news, Christmas break is over and we are back in school doing normal work and a full week of school which is going to be tough to handle.  I could barely stay awake in classes than I would go home and sleep and that was only 2 days so I can't imagine 5 days.  Well, I guess  I gotta do what I gotta do right. End of the semester is coming up and I'm trying to get better grades than last time so I gotta work harder than last semester.