Migrations

     Today I learned that there are many different ways of classifying people, and that you can't always tell a person's race by just taking a glance. There are several fairly specific ways of telling rather a person is one race or the other. These include finger prints, skin color, blood types, and hair texture/color. I also learned that there are many different ways you can sort migration/immigration. Including by country of origin and destination, country of destination, and populations by country. Today I also looked at many different types of visualized information. I always thought of visualized information as being based around graphs and scattered plots, but today I saw websites that used other visualizations to portray information. The use of maps, circular plots, and information set up as an activity were all explored today. Personally, I am fine with sticking to the basic bar and line graphs, but it was neat to see other ways that some people find easier to understand information.

Thinking About Success

   From most to least amount of contribution to success would be hard work, skill, opportunity, and then luck. Hard work would be first because most of the time it takes hard work to develop any skill. For example, you can say you want to be good at painting all day long, but until you practice you won't improve on your ability to paint. Skill would be next because it is important to have skill in the area you are trying to be successful in. Opportunity is also an important factor. For example, If a child has grown up with the desire to paint, but hasn't had the finances to better that skill, then it's less likely for him/her to be successful in that area. Lastly, I believe that luck is only slightly a factor. For example, some people might get lucky and have inherited much wealth that causes them to be successful, but that is pretty rare.

Exploring Business/Clothing Industry

     I didn't have an extensive knowledge of how the clothing industry operated, so I learned a lot by reading the article. One thing that shocked me is how precise the distribution of clothes is. No matter where the clothes are, they must pass through "the cube" which is the base of the business. There is a specific day and time when the clothes are ordered and delivered. One of my questions would be, why do the clothes have to pass through the main location before being shipped? I researched this question, and the most common answer would be for quality check. The distribution centers want to make sure the quality of the clothes and merchandise are acceptable.