Daily #2

Modern life is very different than life in the past in many different ways. First of all, the quality of life is much better in the world than it was back in the past and technology has evolved so much better now that it can be used for pretty much anything.  Also, modern life transportation has increased from virtually a horse and buggy in the past and maybe a car if you were lucky. Life in the past was much simpler than it is now because there were not nearly that many things you could do to entertain yourself back then but this idea could be a good thing if you did not get yourself into trouble like we do today. A major difference between past life and modern life is the amount of money a person or family had because the past was a time where money was hard to come buy so the children had to get jobs early so they could help provide for their families. Throughout time to the present, jobs have become more plentiful for people to apply for so families over time could earn more money. There was also a lot more poverty in the past even though there is still poverty in the world now and there were a lot more poor people back then. With all these differences between two time periods, it is better to live now or in the past?

I would say that even though you could argue for many reasons that it was better to live in the past, it still is a lot better to live in the present, but it is not always. For one thing the past was safer than it is now and there were not as many daily courting events that negatively impacted the world. It is always better to live now because you can get a better education so you can grow up and get a good job and it is much easier to get money so you can support yourself. One thing that makes modern life not better than the past s that there are many wars going on and thousands of people lose their lives every day due to unsafe living conditions. Even though there are many arguments against modern life, our way of life exceeds the life of the past in almost every aspect of the qualities of life.

Daily #1

Progress in history means that the world is getting better in terms of technology, quality of life, and other things that tell people if the world is getting better through specific events in history.  There have been many events throughout history that have affected these themes of progressive history and have made history regress somewhat. The important thing is that most of the negative events throughout history have been resolved with the help of humans or other countries discovering a new way to solve the negative event. For example, many of the wars were resolved with the help of human stepping in and stopping all of the deaths that were occurring so the wars could end. History must progress through time in order for the world to keep going each day and if history regressed for a significant amount of time, it would be safe to say that history would not be progressing. Even though history always manages to progress, it sometimes can take a step back, even sometimes for a long period of time.

I would say that the mammoth is probably better than a present day elephant because the mammoth lived through pretty bad conditions like the Ice Age and they supported themselves just enough to survive through treacherous conditions. Mammoths are even bigger in size than the elephant even though they are in the same family and their bodies learned to adapt to the coldest conditions. Elephants today have it easy compared to mammoths in the past because some of them get to live in zoos and they can find food pretty easily. Mammoths also had a ton of strength they could use to survive attacks from other animal and they could use their tusks efficiently. This is why mammoths are probably a little better than elephants since the past was much harder to live in then now.

Question 15

Our 10 Step Plan

1. Spread the word of God and Archbishop John Carroll using social media.
2. Better the learning experience by exposing students to other parts of the world.
3. Advertise the school and what it stands for.
4. Share ideas with others on the Interne.
5. Use a blog to better the experience as a student.
6. We should use our computers to prepare us for the future ahead of us.
7. Use news websites to keep up with current events and the future.
8. Learn not only the cirriculum, but how to integrate technology into it.
9. Use the computer to start new programs and share them with others.
10. Use the computers to help you grow wiser and more knowldgeable so that you can use them for the rest of uour life.

Question 7

A regional food hub is a central facility that stores, processes, and distributes food products regionally and locally. They are essential to to sustaining agriculture and food distribution because they do have to find new ways to distribute locally and these local hubs help grow food that is in their region and distribute it to regional stores for the consumers. The hubs can find new ways of transportation to deliver their food products faster and more efficiently for the consumers.

2. You could go to numerous places throughout Harford County to find USDA poultry, including Broom's Bloom Dairy in Bel Air and Andy's Eggs in Fallston, MD. There are many types of beef you can find around John Carroll, including Angus beef and crossbred. Some good places to do are Hickory Chance Beef and the Mill of Bel Air. Places to go for vegetables include Brad's Produce in Churchville and Wilson's Farm market in Bel Air.

3. I am writing a proposal for a "JC Sustainable Food Day" where we could get organic food products from local markets and we could help teach the students at John Carroll about growing organic products and how important it is to sustain agricultural products. For one day we could go to a local farm market and pick up some  organic products o use for an assembly later that day. During the school day, we could teach that growing organic is important and that agriculture is so important to the United States that we could no go without it. Hopefully, the students here understand how important it is to grow organic products and maybe we could start a program here.

Question 6

The enhancement of greenhouse gases through human activity causes climate change because humans are burning fossil fuels by driving cars and that enhances the greenhouse gases, so surface temperatures have gone up a little bit each year. Human activity is the main reason behind climate change because we burn so many fossil fuels that the greenhouse effect is producing more greenhouse gases that lead to climate change, especially in North America. It is a fact that the climate is warming because the climate has warmed almost 1 degree Celsius since the late 19th century, especially in North America but it has cooled in some spots. It has been warming all over the world. The Northeast has been hit with so many blizzards because precipitation in the form of rain and snow is increasing throughout the United States and it has got cooler near the North Atlantic region. 

Question 5

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Question 4

There are so many names of "soda pop" in New Mexico because there are a lot of Indian reservations there so they have their own way of saying it and there are also a lot of immigrants from Mexico that say soda pop their own way.