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My name is J.N, and I attend at GCE Lab school. I am taking a class known as Radio-rithmetic and learned about different genres, dissonance and consonance, and ways to edit music. We went on multiple FEs such as Chicago Recording Company, Chicago’s "The Drive" radio station, and many more. What we are doing for our final assignment or project is that we are creating a song or a remix of a song. I chose to create my own original song rather than remix or reuse someone else's song. Even though there are some samples of other musician’s songs, most of this song is mainly original. I am proud of creating the lyrics and the guitar chords/order of the song, and I am proud of the song in general. I hope you enjoy.


When I was first introduced to this project, I was excited. I always wanted to create a song of my own, but I was always a procrastinator to do so. Now that I have to as an assignment, I began to think about what song I would create. First, I wanted to create a completely original song of my own. I also wanted to get out of my comfort zone of a comedian. I decided to create, or at least try to create a sad and passionate song. Even though it didn't turn into what I hoped it to be, I am still happy about it. I took inspiration from Louis Armstrong’s "What a Wonderful Word" and songs from Rebecca Sugar such as "Here Comes a Thought".

When first creating the song, I wanted to start with the lyrics. I believe what creates a good song is the story. Of course, the lyrics were supposed to be sung by a female singer. But no one was available, so I had to sing it for myself. I used autotune in order to make the song sound more professional and more female based, since this part was made specifically for a female singer. I also used some delay in order to create a better intensity for the listener to hear. I am happy with the delay I first created, and kept it throughout the song.

After I created the lyrics, I started to make the audio and sounds. The first audio I made were the drums, since they were simple to create. I decided to use the 4/4 time sequence as my drum beat. The reason being was because it was the easiest drumbeat to create. It also allowed the listener to follow along with the song and the rhythm.

J.N, "Drum beat Sequence"  Own Work, Dec 15 2016

Once done with the drum beat and the lyrics, I decide to make the intervals and notes for the chorus of the song. At first, I used violin notes to follow along with the chorus lyrics. But the end product from the violin was out of tune and way too scratchy. So, with the help of my guitar teacher Sat Raymon, we used guitar chords for the chorus. The main guitar chords were G major, D major, and C major, but we used notes form all around the G major scale.

J.N  "G major scale" Own Work Dec 14, 2016

Later on, I decided to incorporate the main line of chords for all parts of the song. I would try out different pitches on chords to see what sounded good, but I still needed a higher pitch to make it better.

After I was done with the chorus, I made more modifications to the rest of the piece. I would try to add chords in empty areas. I did more voice recordings for higher intensity and a better echo. Finally, what I did last is that I used content from the internet in order to create an intro. I chose to use two piano pieces of the same song "Here comes a thought". The original was made by Rebecca Sugar, a well known story and song writer. But was arranged for piano by two different pianist, spywi and WeimTime (not real names). They both had different remakes of the song, yet I put them both together as the intro for my song.

After doing the intro, I was completely finished. There were still multiple problems such as myself being in a different room at the time to record, but that couldn't be changed. I am still proud of my song even with the errors, and I cannot do anything about that. Still, my song was finally finished after I put in the intro. 

J.N "Song Graph" Own Work Dec 14, 2016

While writing this song, I wanted to use the story form in order to keep the listener interested in the song. The story form is a form that uses exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in that order in order to keep the audience reading or listening to the song. Songwriters use the same form when it comes writing music. My form is intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, and outro. This song's form is similar to story form, using the intro as the exposition, most of the verses and choruses as the rising action. The final chorus and the bridge is the climax. The falling action and ending would be the outro of the piece.

They also use tension and release, or consonance and dissonance as well when it comes to notes. Consonance is when a note sounds harmonious while dissonance is when a note sounds unstable. They are used for tension and release, with consonance as release and dissonance as tension. I use this throughout my entire song to give it a better taste for listeners. The main use of tension and release would be the repeating notes G major chord and E minor. GM would be considered consonance, since it is pleasant sound, while Em would be dissonance, since it is an unpleasant sound.

I really enjoyed creating my own song. It was fun to play around with Garageband, while trying to create my own song from scratch. If it weren't for my teachers, I would have created an entire song without any help whatsoever. One thing I learned from making this song is that you can't always get what you want, but you can change or alter what you have while creating the song. This stands true since I couldn't find a female singer, yet I was able to change the sound of my own voice. I wish I could have found better existing samples for my song, but besides that, I am happy with the song I made.

spywi "Here comes a Thought" Online Video Clip. Youtube.com Youtube, Aug 27, 2016 Dec 14, 2016

WeimTime "Here Comes a Thought” Online Video Clip. Youtube.com Youtube, Sep 3, 2016 Dec 14, 2016

Viva La FNAF or Death to All Fans. (on the inside)

This class is known as Radio Rithmetic, taught by Adam Cohen and create by GCE Lab School. This class/unit was made to teach students how to read, analyse, and hear music through a mathematical standpoint. What my class and I learned from this unit was subject such as tempos, notes, time signatures, and much more. I’m proud of working on this action project, since I put in so much detail into it, and that I analyse one of my favorite songs.

This is my first action project that I have done in the elective term. What I had to do is I have to analyse my favorite song, “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay. We have to analyse the songs tempo, beat, notes, and even the climax. I worked hard on this presentation, and I hope you enjoy.

I AM Malala

Malala is an inspiration to girls, boys, and all children around the world. She speaks up in order to help give girls an education. I am in a class known as MDGs. We talk about the problems that are happening in the world today, and how to fix them if my class and I ever could. Malala is a big part in improving this world. So for our assignment, we created a powerpoint that shows quotes and information from the book I Am Malala. I hope this will help you have better perspective of Malala.

Overtale (Undertale Reference)

This is a slideshow that we made in our Water class. It talks about CO2 levels in Bordeaux France, and how the CO2 level will effect them in 2100. The reason I made this  presentation was because in my Water class, my class and I focus of the context of water, weather, and climate change. We were learning mainly about climate change, and how it effect parts all around the world. I am proud of this slide show, since it brings the reader a better understanding of the problem. I hope this makes you understand the CO2 problem in the atmosphere will keep getting stronger and stronger until we do something about it.

 

Did Gender Equality Really Progress?

Gerloff, Alfred A. Jr. (2005)  First All Female Crew. 
Web: Wikipedia

In our Humanities class, we had had to right an article that revolves around to different countries, and how women are treated in areas such as government, combat, and domestic violence. The main reason we did this article for an assignment was because my class and I were learning about gender inequality in all areas of the world, from South Africa to the US. I hope this article will help you realize the injustice that gender inequality brings upon the two most progressive countries in the world.

Did Gender Equality Really Progress?
Women have been discriminated ever since the beginning of humankind. Even today, women are still treated like second class citizens. They are treated like they are second class citizens through government, combat, and domestic abuse. But women aren’t just being treated like second class citizens in places like South Africa or Afghanistan. Women in the US and in Poland treated inferior to men, even though both countries say they are more “evolved” and “progressive” than most countries.

Between 2001and 2012, at least 6,488 US troops were killed in Afghanistan. But 11,766 women were killed by their ex male partners during the exact same time frame(Vagianos). Even in wars, it is more risky to be a woman in domestic violence, than it is to be in combat. At least 3 women are murdered per day by their male abuser in the US (Vagianos). Even with this problem, the US states they are the most “evolved” country in the world. Not only is gender inequality in domestic violence, but in the government and politics as well. Data from the 2006 American National Election Studies Pilot Study showed that both male and female voters, regardless of their political persuasions, expected men to perform better as politicians than women. People believe about areas such as combat and national affairs would be best handled by male politicians. As for female politicians, they have been expected to be in areas such as education and child care, rather than any other area of government.(boundless.com). But for the women in military, there are about 203,000 female soldiers in frontal combat. But most times, women in the US are sexually harassment by men all around different areas in the army. Statistics suggest that as high as 1 in 3 women experience sexual assault while in the military, twice the reported statistic for sexual assault among civilians. Even with this injustice, the military’s judicial systems remains outside of the American legal process and most perpetrators of sexual assault go unpunished (Pedowitz). This is an injustice to women all around American, and should be stopped.

Ever since the 90’s, Poland has been striving for gender equality and women's rights. Yet even today, there is a large percentage of of domestic abuse for women. Poland is the country with the lowest rate of violence against women in the European Union (EU), according to a report published in 2008. But even then, Poland has percentage of “just” 19. So is “scoring” lowest a reason to celebrate, or was it rather a wake-up call for Poland. After all, 19 percent still means that almost one if five women in Poland experienced violence. Also, often time, people who are suppose to help such as officers, are reducing domestic abuse as a solvable “conflict” within the family (Mis). Even if Poland improved in gender equality, they still have a lot more progress to make before they truly treat women like first class citizens. But even if the Poland government still needs work on domestic abuse, they’re still striving to stop gender inequality since the late 90’s. In 1997, the Government adopted a first National Programme of Activities in aid of Women, which had been drawn up with a strong involvement and participation of the more than 300 non-governmental organisations for women all around. They have been trying to help women in Poland all around gain high jobs, better pay, have gender equality and much more. Yet, even though women are advancing, there are in total 1153 women in their military fighting frontal combat. In Poland’s defence, there population compared to the US is about 167 times the amount Poland is. Also, Poland has only been accepting women into military academies since 1999, and most of the female soldiers graduated at 2003(Reinsberg). But in the end, Poland government and combat have less sexist than they were a decade before. They still need work on some areas, but they are trying to improve for the better.

In total, America can learn from Poland, and Poland can do do vice versa. Even though Poland and America are different countries, they both have their own histories with gender inequality. We Americans say we are evolved and our country is the most advanced in the world, but looking at the facts, it show that Poland is more progressive than the US. Poland has been trying to eradicate gender inequality since the 1997. Even if they still need work on some areas, they are still going in the right track. As for America, Poland should learn how to accept more women into their military and combat. But in Poland defense, Poland has only excepted women since 1997. Not to mention the population in Poland is at least 167 times smaller than the population in the US. In the end, we can all work together to stopping gender inequality. Sure, there’s always be the one sexsist trying to make sure gender inequality stays. But as long as we treat all people, no matter what race, sex, or gender, well, then the voice of that sexsist will fade away in a crowd speaking for gender equality.

Works Cited

A.Vagianos “30 Shocking Domestic Violence Statistics That Remind Us It’s An Epidemic”
Huffingtonpost.com October 17, 2016
URL:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/domestic-violence-statistics_n_5959776.html

E. Pedowitz “Women Now Allowed In Combat Roles, But We Still See Inequality in the Ranks” mic.com October 17, 2016
URL:https://mic.com/articles/24416/women-now-allowed-in-combat-roles-but-we-still-see-inequality-in-the-ranks#.0nufR5w8

“Gender equality and women's rights / empowerment in Poland” Website:http://ec.europa.eu/
October 18, 2016
URL:http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/gender-equality-and-womens-rights-empowerment-poland_en

“Gender Inequality in Politics” boundless.com 17 Oct. 2016 from
URL:https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/gender-stratification-and-inequality-11/women-in-the-workplace-89/gender-inequality-in-politics-513-10467/

“Gender violence in EU lowest in Poland - should we rejoice?” http://news.trust.org/ October 17, 2016
URL:http://news.trust.org/item/20140306164123-i8wuf/

M. Mis “Gender violence in EU lowest in Poland - should we rejoice?” http://news.trust.org/ October 17, 2016
URL:http://news.trust.org/item/20140306164123-i8wuf/

Gerloff Jr "File:C-130 - First all female crew.jpg" commons.wikimedia.org Oct 20, 2016
URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C-130_-_First_all_female_crew.jpg

Five Countries without Filters (FNAF reference)

The class I am taking is known as the Water Class. We learn mathematical and scientific ways on how water is made, and how we can use it. This blog is about a project at school in which my class and I had to build our own water filter. The reason we did this was because we were learning about aquifers and the water table as well. The other reason we did this was because around the world, people usually don't have access to pure water. So, to acknowledge the lack of clean water, we created our own water filters.

J.N 2016 Oct 17
Filter Poster

The materials that were needed for this project were sand, gravel, activated carbon, cloth, and an empty 67 oz bottle (Coke). The other materials that were needed to build were a hammer and nail. I bought the gravel, bottle, and carbon from Walmart. As for the cloth, hammer, and nail, I brought them from home. There were two different types of sands I used, but one of them was from Home Depot and the other from school. I had a prototype, and I acquired sand from a nearby area. It wasn’t until later on in this filter, than I realized the sand I had was more dirt than sand. This ruined my prototype and my first try on this filter.

There were various steps to building this filter. What I first did was that I cut open the bottom of the bottle in order for water/the ingredients to enter(Carbon, Gravel Sand). I first used the hammer and nail to poke at least 4 small holes, and three big holes into the cap of the bottle. The reason why I did this was because I saw one of my classmates doing this method, and it work really well for him. My prototype had a very slow rate of filtration, and I didn’t want the same mistake with the caps on this one. I then cut and added a small piece of cloth twisted onto the bottle with the cap. The reason was because I wanted the water to be clean and not have any other substance with it when it came out of the bottle. I then added activated carbon, and put another piece of cloth on top of the carbon. Next, I put gravel on top of that cloth, and added sand as well. The reason to put sand on gravel and not vice versa was because when I was at the water filtration plant, they had put sand on top of gravel. This was because in water, a heavier and larger object would fall faster than a smaller object. So I followed their example. The problem was I had sand from a nearby golf course at the time. When I tried to put water in it, it made the water even more disgusting. So I had to wash the bottle after my first try, and had to redo most of the process. Only this time, without the golf sand. I bought all purpose sand the next day, and also used some of the Petco school sand when I got to school. My filter was then finished.

How my filter works is I first put water into the top of the surface, where all the bigger and smaller pieces will already be filtered out due to the fact that the top of the filter is pet sand. The water then goes through all the purpose sand, and then through the first piece of cloth. The reason I added cloth there was because I did not want the sand to fully mix with the gravel. The water then goes through the gravel in order to let the water pass quickly while leaving some traces of water. It then goes through another piece of cloth, and goes to the last layer. The last layer is active carbon, and the reason carbon is there is because it absorbs tiny molecules of dirt/toxins with its pores.

How my filter is similar to groundwater filtration is that it has water pass through many natural substances you would find in the wild, such as sand and gravel. It also has a similar layering system, with sand at the top, gravel in the middle, and charcoal at the bottom. Finally, it produces clean and efficient water, but doesn’t change the pH much.

The reason I choose to make my water filter look this way is because in mind mind, it was easy to gain access to all these items. Most of these items you can either find in the forest, such as sand gravel, and charcoal. As for the rest, you can find it in any trash can, grocery store, or even polluted lake. These items would be the bottle and the cloth.

J.N Oct 6 2016
Dirty Water

                                                                            Dirty Water

J.N Oct 6 2016
Clean WateJ.N. 2016 Oct 5

Clean Water

The water I was filtering out was originally river water from a previous FE(Field Experience). I added substances such as dirt, street water, and a cigarette butt into my dirty water in order to see the difference. After I dirtied up the water, I tested out the ph level, and got a 4.0, or an area that is in the acidic part of the pH scale. After I used my filter with the water, I got a 4.1, a 0.1 difference from the dirty water.

I of course didn’t taste the water. I would be poisoned, or at least have diarrhea. Instead, I smelled both of the water samples so that I wouldn’t get sick. The dirty water smelled like a cigarettes. This is because in the dirty water, it had some cigarette butts in it. The clean water didn’t have much of a scent, so that meant the filter did work properly in some ways. But judging by the ph level, the filter didn’t fully filter the water. The sample that was filtered was cleaner and little to no dirt than the before sample.
                                                      My Water Filter

J.N Oct 13 2016
"Filter Picture"

To find out the difference of the ph level for the two different waters, we must first find out the equation. In a calculator, there is a way to find the ph using the equation -log10(H+)=ph. Since we already know the ph, all we need is the (H+) so we can find out the difference. So what we do is we reverse/switch up the equation -log10(H+)=ph, we would get the equation 10^-ph=(H+). For the ph of 4.0, it is 0.0001. For the ph of 4.1, it is 0.000079432. If we divide both of them, the answer would be 0.7493… for the (H+).

Equation: -log10(H+)= 10^ph=(H+), so, -log10(H+)= 10^-ph(4.0/4.1), and that would equal 10^-4= 0.0001and 10^-4.1=0.000079... Divide 0.0001 from 0.000079... = 0.7493

Before After

0--------4-4.1-----------7---------------------14

Acidic Neutral Basic



Work Cited

“How to make a Water Filter” wikihow.com 2016, oct 5
URL:http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Water-Filter

“How To Make A Water Filter” wilderness-survival-skills.com 2016, Oct 5
URL:http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/how-to-make-a-water-filter.html

“Practical Primitive” practicalprimitive.com 2016 Oct 5
URL:http://www.practicalprimitive.com/skillofthemonth/charcoalfilter.html

J.N "Picture Filter" blogger.com  2016 Oct 13

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J.N "Clean Water" blogger.com   2016 Oct 6
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J.N  "Dirty Water" blogger.com   2016 Oct 6
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J.N "Filter Poster" blogger.com   2016 Oct 17

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Education Should Be a Human Right

 I create this article in my MDG class after learning all about multiple parts of the world that doesn't gain access to education. I hope that whoever reads t will enjoy it at least, and will try to help out on stopping education crises in Africa, America, and the Middle East.

WEISBORD, Bernd. Carolus Magnus Schule-Burundi. Web: Wikicommons

According to a study for the Global Partnership of Education, “Children who don’t go to school are often the most vulnerable and marginalized”. Children are forced to work with their families, just because some families can’t afford an education. They will grow up into the same situation as their parents, and will repeat the same process with their own children. There are other reasons, such as people going to school would result with helping their families with income. The other reason would be that it would help out the economy in multiple ways. The final reason is there would be less poverty and economic struggle in the world. I believe ensuring that all children should go to school, not should, but must be considered a human right.

According to UNESCO, at least 61 million primary school-age children were not enrolled in school in 2010 . At least 47% of these children were never expected to enter school, and 26% attended school but left. As they grow up, they will become part of people 3 billion people that are below the poverty line. When people are not educated, they have a harder time finding jobs and an even worst time supporting a family with the income of that job. They couldn’t afford most needs, (such as warmth, proper food , and proper clothing)and would have to live in the worst of conditions. They would also have little to no medical help, since most jobs that are for people that haven’t graduated college or high school, doesn’t give medical help at all. This is why Education falls into the Safety category in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In this world today, people must need shelter, food, water, medical help,and warmth to survive. The consequences of not fulfilling these would have a terrible effect onto the families across the globe. Without proper education, people would lack the certain qualities to gain jobs that support families with the correct amount of income they need to survive. Without a certain amount of income, people can’t be able to afford essentials such of protection and medical help to survive. In 2011, 165 million children under the age 5 were stunted due to chronic malnutrition. (Do something. org) because people in poverty can’t afford medical help for children. Their lack of money is because of the lack of education they had when they were children.

In most cases, gaining education leads to higher paying jobs. This would lead to a higher pay rate, and a better economy. The State of Working America, or the SWA, has done a survey and found out that most people who are looking for job are not the ones fit for it“Job seekers outnumber job openings by a significant margin—in September 2010, the ratio was 5 to 1.”. This is because people would either not go to school, or couldn’t be able to finish school. Without education, people cannot be able to gain certain jobs that some economies desperately needs. This isn’t happening just in the U.S . In Hatch, Africa, a man named Adrian Young spoke out for African Academy about for the lack of engineers in South Africa. He states how the Engineering Industry is lacking of so many engineers, they had to expand to expatriate professionals.(African Academy) This is because many Africans don’t have the proper education for primary schools, and because of that, people couldn’t go to college. If we do create a better and more accessible primary education, then we might be able to help the economy grow by gaining the better and more needed jobs that economies need.

We have to stop saying to ourselves that everything will be fine. We have to start thinking about the future, and to do that, we have to start thinking about the next generation of the future. In most cases,the best thing to do to give children proper teachers and staff first. In 2002, an analysis was made, and it was found out that the teachers working in public schools in Texas, at least 1 out of 3 lacked academic training or proper certification.(Department of Education/Time Magazine)What we need to do is to bring more money for better teachers and better staff. We can gain them in two ways. We can be able be taxed by the U.S.government, or we can create fundraisers to help gain better staff and better teachers. As for the children in Africa, we can be able to bring schools to them as well with the help of fundraising as well.

If children weren’t able to gain a proper education, then it would be harder to find a proper job in places such as cities and economically advanced parts of the world. They would descend into poverty, and not gain access to medical and financial help, and could not afford shelter, nor food. But if we worked together, we could be able to gain a proper education for primary schools, and make it accessible in all parts of world.

Works Cited:

“11 Facts About Education Around the World” Dosomething.org 2016, Oct 2. URL:https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-education-around-world

“11 Facts About Global Poverty”. DoSomething.org 2016 Oct 2. URL:https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-poverty

“Critical Skills Shortage in South Africa”. africanacademy.com 2016, Oct 2.
URL:http://africanacademy.co.za/critical-skills-shortage-in-south-africa/

“Out-of-school Children” globalpartnership.org 2016, Oct 2. URL:http://www.globalpartnership.org/focus-areas/out-of-school-children

Rotherham, A. “The Education Crisis No One Is Talking About ”. Content.time.com 2016, Oct 2. URL:http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2070930,00.html

The Water Poster

What I am taking is called Water class. This class talks about how we use water, what percentages of water we use, and how much water other people use. We also do experiments or experiences in this class, like bring water from the river all the way back to the school. What I will be talking about here in my blog is an assignment known as the Water action project. My action Project is mainly a poster, that will hopefully ( if I achieved all the requirements) be on a side of a bus in the near future. This poster talks about the usage of how much water an adolescent, a South African adult, and an American adult uses or wastes. (Keep in mind that the reason I use at least fifteen gallons less than the average adult is because I don't do many water chores daily. I still do chores, but not always water related, and not daily.) This poster is mainly supposed to visually tell people about how much water we use, and how much water the other country uses. It should also show people that we use too much water compared to countries that are on the other side of the world, even if those countries waste almost as much as we do. I am mainly proud that I have finished this assignment, and I have high hopes of putting this poster on public display.

JN. (2016) The Water Poster

In my final draft, it isn’t clear what the poster looks like, so I will give you a short summary. The graph background is supposed to look like as if there were piles of news articles about water crises and water shortages, all piled onto each other. I made this collage by copying and pasting the news articles of the websites, and stacking them onto each other. This is supposed to represent how much information and how much news there is about water crises around the world. But we still do nothing but stack them onto a pile. For the data itself, there are three categories: America, South Africa, and Student ( student as in me). The data is in the graph are shown as text stating about how much gallons and liters they use. The graphs represent what percentage of water are used in the average person’s everyday household. For this graph, I do not want to compare the water for the viewers. Rather, the viewers who are looking at the poster will compare the charts themselves. If I had more time, I might put in more data on different countries in the final draft, but for now, I will only have a one on one country comparison. I will also put in my own.

When trying to calculate the time it would take to walk 6 km with one’s water, I had to use three factors; the weight of the average person in one’s country, the weight of the water, and time it would take to walk a kilometer. What I first did was I found all the information I needed to. First, I looked up the info on how much water the average person in one's country use. Then, I needed to find out how much time it would take to walk a kilometer. It would be 12-20 minutes, so I chose 13 or 15 min as my time factors. I would find the average weight in one’s country. Next, I multiply the weight by 20%, as the safest weight you should carry would be 20% of your body weight. I would then divide the weight of the water by the weight of the 20%, and get how many times you could go between destination A and B over and over again. Next, I multiplied it by 6 kilometers ( which is takes 1 hr and 30 min), turn the hours into minutes, and get the unreduced answer. I would finally turn the minutes into hours, and get the reduced, final, answer. For South Africa, it would take about 25 hrs, and it would take about 2 more for Americans.

The reason I picked South Africa is because when I think of water shortages and little usage of water, I think of South Africa. Little did I know, South Africa has a much more stable usage of water, despite the fact that the average American uses at least more than 14 gallons more than an average South African. I had always thought that all the South Africans would have to work hard getting the least amount of water there and back. If I do pick out more countries, then it will mainly be countries that have a poor government and have people walking for miles just to get water. When I was walking for water, I had thought about the other people in different countries, trying to do 6 times as much as I did.

When I brought water back to class, I knew the people in Asia or the Middle East had much more work than I did. But calculating how much water I  would really have to carry, I realized I couldn't do much in life. I  would have to miss school, couldn't have fun, or even have a social life. I am grateful that I live in a country that has a seemingly unlimited supply of water all around, and you can acess anything with the tips of your fingers. I only carried a portion of  the water I needed, and was ok carrying that water. But my class and I had wheels and we were getting the water from close to the school. We didn't do anything compared to the people in India or Middle East. We should all be grateful for what we have, and not waste time on complaints if we didn't get what we want. If we were like any other country in the world, then we would have less water, less items and less happiness.

Cites needed for this project

Images

Name: Map Showing Global Physical and Economic Water Scarcity 2006 gif. Made: 2006 Cite:Map Author: BCC Ne Name:WWDR4 Water scarcity.PNG Made: March 26, 2015 Cite:Map Author:Axelsaffran

Name:Teesta 1 ...The story of a Dead river Made: 2014 Cite: Map Author: Unknown

Name: DFID/ Russell Watkins Made:2010 Cite: Map Author: Russell Watkins
Name: File: California Drought Status Oct 21 2014.png Made: October 21 2014 Cite: Map Author: Michael Brewer

Name: File: Mwamongu water source.jpg Made: June 6 2006 Cite: Map Author: Bob Metcalf
Name: File:World Water Day (4462056297). jpg Made:March 25 2010 Cite: Map Author:GDS Infographics

Name: Flint Water Crisis, Iowa Caucus Debacle, Obama signs The TPP Acronym TV (55) Made: February 4 2016 Cite:Map Author:Dennis Trainor Jr
Name: What Color is You Water Made: October 13 2012 Cite:Map Author:I Love Mountains. Org

Name: The Great Indian Water Walkathon Made: June 21 2016 Cite: Map Author: Indo Asian News Service

Name:1989 and 2014 Made: May 16 2015 Cite:Map Author: Glenn Weiss

Sources

Page Title: US Indoor Water Use /Watersence/ US EPA Made:2016 Cite: Website Author: Unknown

Title Page: How long does it take to walk 1 kilometer Made: 2016 Cite: Website Author: Unknown

Page Title: Typical House Hold Water Consumption/ How much water is used/ Capr Town rain and grey water use Made: Unknown Cite: Website Author: Unknown