Day 40

Today in class, Mr. Schick talked about the BAHS academic tournament. JC participated and won first place out of 24 schools. He talked about how the tournaments work and how you answer. He read us some questions from online, that relate to the questions they have to answer. Some of the people in our class could answer most of them, and it was fun to do. After we finished answering questions, we got to see what we got on our country test. I was really nervous to see what I got, because I thought the test was challenging. When I saw my test score, I think I could have done better. Hopefully the test won't bring my grade down a lot, and still end the quarter with a good grade. We also talked about generic names for soft drinks. We learned that around the United States, people call soft drinks different names. For example, pop, soda, coke, and others. In Maryland, we mostly say soda and we are taught that way from our parents. These cultural characteristics can link or divide a region. Examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage.