Yesterday in class we were given a pop quiz on the two population demographic maps we talked about in class. I did not feel confident with the quiz because I forgot which stage a country goes through when it has a rapidly falling death rate. Even though I got an 80 on the quiz it didn't bring my grade down much. For the rest of class we reviewed for the next test and for exams. When we reviewed for the next test I felt that most of the topics were covered in our last test so I can use that as a study guide. As for exams I am pretty confident because I have already had semester exams at my last school so I am more prepared on my ways to study. I have kept all of my previous tests and can look at my blogs to study.
Today class was supposed to mainly be on taking notes on Greek mythology, but we got pretty off topic. We got off topic and spent most of class on questioning the credibility of sources. This started when students questioned if the Greek god's really weren't real and it was concluded there was no real way to prove there existence or disprove it. Then we started to broaden that to all religions. There is no real proof that God existed or didn't exist that is why people must have faith. Then we moved o to history where you said that history is written by the victors which means the civilizations who survived and passed on their history wrote about their history from their point of view. One example is if Germany won world war two, Hitler would be known as a great leader who defeated the allies and killed off the "evil" Jews. We concluded with that all these factors should be considered before coming to a conclusion on how history could have played out.
Comments
Post a Comment