Learning About Unemployment

While studying unemployment, I have learned some causes for rates to be lower or higher.  I have focused on states in the United States and their unemployment rates, and I have found a list of the top ten lowest unemployment rates in the US, and have been looking for why their unemployment rates are so much lower than the others in the country.  People have connected many things to low unemployment rates, such as what industries are around, and what education people have.

What's in the area is an important factor of the unemployment rate.  If there is a large oil reserve under a certain area, there will be more jobs open for extracting it, processing it, and overseeing the work that is done.  Places with low unemployment rates usually have lots of natural resources in the area.  North Dakota has an unemployment rate 5.9% lower than the national US average, at 3.6%.  This state has many different jobs available because of the area they are in.  In North Dakota, there in petroleum and good land for farming.  The natural area can also open jobs for tourism, because many people will come to that place to look at natural wonders, visit national parks, or just stay there for a bit because it's nice.

Many unemployment rates are affected greatly by the education people in the area have.  For example, Minnesota's unemployment rate is 6.8%, which is 2.7% lower than the national average.  This may be because 31% of the adult population has either a bachelor's degree or higher.  This allows for more people to get better jobs, and can cause openings for people who could work under them.  For example, if there are no jobs open except for many spots for lawyers, everyone will want to be a lawyer.  However, if a jobless person that didn't go to school tried to apply to be a lawyer, he wouldn't get the job.  If people in that place had good education, it would be much easier to get that job as a lawyer, because they would know how to do that job.

Here is a site I used to compare unemployment rates to job openings and education.  Fish

SLC

How have I grown as a student?

Last quarter was the first time I took a geography class, and I have never really been good with atlases before then.  Since taking geography with Mr J, I believe I can find cities and countries easier, as well as label maps with rivers, cities, and compass roses.  I also know how to find new quantities and values of lots of things in science, like mass and volume and density, using water.

What challenges did I face?

The biggest challenge I had was note taking.  On most projects, I don't take any notes, and when I do, they are extremely low quality and I don't take them willingly.  In Humanities, we were assigned an argumentative essay about what democracies were supposed to focus on: general welfare or individual needs.  In this class, I only took one section of notes, and it was the quotes from the giver.  I also didn't do the pre-writing and made the outline after I had already written the first paragraph.  I find it annoying, difficult, and inconvenient to take notes, because usually, I would just write my facts right into the text.  Also, while reading an online article, it is irritating to have to switch tabs to you tones document to write something down.  However, it helps organize thoughts and ideas to write down what you've learned so you can get to them quickly later.  I also had some challenges in orchestra, which can be read here.

Goals

Next quarter is the last quarter of this year, and I need to guarantee the best grade possible for me, because this quarter I know my overall grade in many classes will be a 4 due to recent assignments.  I think that in order for this to happen, I need to follow the instructions that the teachers give me, and try not to take any shortcuts like not taking notes or skipping pre-writing.  I should also focus more in class and pay attention to ways that I can make my work better.

Viola last Quarter

While playing my instrument in orchestra last quarter, I realized some things.  I noticed what I can and cannot play at the moment, such as I have no skill at extremely fast songs.  We are playing selections from Carmen, and the songs have short notes and a fast tempo.  I struggle to keep up with the rest of the orchestra, even at the most simple parts.  I think I need some more practice playing many quickly.

Last quarter we also started practicing for Chamber, a music festival where student musicians get into groups and play a song chosen by the teacher.  Most Groups are chosen by the students, but I was placed in a group not of my choosing.  I'm not particularly upset with my group, but I'm not overjoyed with it either.  None of us are horrible musicians, but we aren't professionals, and we need some improvements.  We struggle to play together on the tempo.  Other than that, we know all the notes and are almost ready for the concert.  I hope we can resolve this issue soon.

Food Plate

Eu morei em Easton, uma cidade na Pennsylvania.  Easton e a sede da Lafayette, uma universidade muito boa.  Lafayette tem uma parque muito grande, mas eu so fui la uma vez, e nao sei muito sobre ele.  Mas, tem outro parque que eu fui muitas veses.  Da pra correr, ter guerras de neve, e casar animais pequenas Nao e uma parque de verdade, mas eu fui la muitas veses.  Ele e um campo de milho, e nos invernos nao tem as plantas, e da pra jogar no campo.  Ele fica atras da minha casa.  Nesse campo de milho tem marmota e cobra la.  Meu amigo Liam foi ordido pro uma cobra, e depois matou a cobra.  Meu cachorro tentou comer marmota muitas veses, mas a marmota era mais rapido do que Amber.  Esse campo de milho era muito divertido.