1 If it doesn't work on him/her, you'll just have to deal with your grade and go with the flow. 2  If your grade is already good (i.e. an A instead of an A+), a teacher may be reluctant to raise it. 3  Think about whether or not you actually need your grade raised.
After years, if not decades, of warnings about Japan's aging population and its low birth rate, the day is here. Japan's official census shows that the country's population has shrunk. And not by an inconsiderable amount either: The 2010 census showed a population of 128,057,352, but the 2015 figure, released Friday, shows just 127,110,000. Japan's population had shrunk by almost 1 million people in five years.
Japan is far from alone here. The U.N. has estimated that a total of 48 countries will see their population decline by 2050. Moldova is expected to lose more than half its population by 2100, the worst decline of anywhere in the world. But Moldova is tiny. Japan is the third largest economy in the world. It's a crucial trading partner for the United States and China. How exactly will its declining population affect the wider world?