Today in class we ALL worked on a power point presentation about microfinance and microloans. Laura put her face in all the slides and everyone went nuts, and started yelling at her. Mr. Schick tried not to laugh while all of this was going on but somehow he resisted. It was very funny as he smiled than had a straight face over and over again.

Today in class we worked on the peace corps challenge I still have to get the worksheet from Mr. Schick and finish it. Mr. Lepp substituted, and it was a good time. I hope that everyone has a good weekend and that their plans for thanksgiving go well.

Today in class we all worked on the peace corps game. we got into our groups Nick, John, and I worked the entire class on it. They both showed me how to work the website, I still have to get the worksheet from Mr. Schick because John told me I needed one right before the bell rang.

Today in class we went over the test. Mr. Schick was not happy with our grades whatsoever because our class average was a 73. I did bad on the test because I wasn't there in class on Monday and I didn't get the notes but I didn't check his blog until the day of the test so it is my fault.  I will do better in class to get my grade back up to where it was.

I was not in class today because I got my braces taking off at 9 and something went wrong and it took them like 3 hours and I had to go back at 3 to get my retainers.

Today in class we all took a test on the leaders. I thought it was challenging because I did not have the notes on my blog that  I needed. I hope that i did well enough to get a good grade. I have a 92 currently and hope it stays up there. After the test the bell rang and we all got up and left. I had Earth Science next class and had to take a quiz i did well on that.

Today in class we went over the leaders again and how they all went through things that have changed them tremendously. Mr. Schick told us how different everything was when he was young. His teacher picked him up by his hair in front of his ears and then dropped him. We all said goodbye to him as we left the room.

Today in class we went over what assignments that we did for the week. Mr. Schick made a power point and listed facts about all the leaders from the countries that we researched. It was a fun day today in class just like it always is. Laura yelled at John again for saying the wrong thing. (imagine that) In china there are barley any nature because the air over there is so polluted because of cars, oil, and coal that they burn.

Enrique Peña Nieto is the 57th president of Mexico. His six-year term began in 2012. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011.

Xi Jinping is the current paramount leader of China and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India, in office since July 2012. In a political career spanning six decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress .

Hamid Karzai GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 22 December 2001. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001.

Joachim Gauck is the President of Germany, serving since March 2012. A former Lutheran pastor, he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights activist in East Germany.

Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states, known as the Commonwealth realms, and their territories and dependencies, and head of the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations.

François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande is a French politician who is the current President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra.

Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian politician who has been the President of Brazil since 1 January 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. She was previously the Chief of Staff to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.

Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who is the current President of Venezuela. He was previously the Vice President of Venezuela and the Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Hugo Chávez.

Abdullah delivers remarks to the press inside the Marine One hangar at the Crawford Ranch in Crawford, Texas, following his meeting with the President George W. Bush on 25 April 2002. he is worth 21 billion dollars gave women rights.

Hassan Rouhani is the 7th and current President of Iran and also a Muslim cleric, lawyer, academic and former diplomat.

Shimon Peres is a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He is the ninth and current President of the State of Israel.

I have gotten all of my information from Wikipedia. I would like to thank them for the help.

MEXICO
 Leader- president- Enrique Peña Nieto
constitution- Federal republic, Constitutional republic

CHINA
Leader- Xi Jinping- president
Government- Communist state, Socialist state, Single-party state

INDIA
Leader- President- Pranab Mukherjee
Government- Federal republic, Constitutional republic, Parliamentary system


AFGHANASTAN
Leader- president- Hamid Karzai
Government- Islamic republic

GERMANY
Leader- president- Joachim Gauck
Government- Federal republic, Constitutional republic, Representative democracy, Parliamentary republic

UNITED KINGDOM
Leaders-  queen-Elizebeth
Government- Unitary state, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system

FRANCE
Leader- president- François Hollande
Government- Unitary state, Semi-presidential system, Constitutional republic

BRAZIL
Leader- president- Dilma Rousseff
Government- Presidential system, Federal republic, Constitutional republic

VENUZELA
Leader- president- Nicolás Maduro
Government- Presidential system, Federal republic, Federation, Socialist state, Constitutional republic, Republic

SAUDI ARAIBIA
Leader- King- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah
Government- Unitary state, Islamic state, Absolute monarchy

IRAN
Leader- president- Hassan Rouhani
Government- Unitary state, Islamic republic, Theocracy

ISRAEL
Leader- president- Shimon Peres
Government- Democracy, Parliamentary system

Today in class we all took a retest. Rosaschi got his first A today, on the retest. I got an 83 which is better then what I got last time. I am pretty sure that everyone was happy that Mr. Schick gave us a second chance. I don't think that anyone in our class today get a worse score than they did last time. we started a new unit about the nations, states, nation states.