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.
Other highlights from the 2009 World Population Data Sheet: Africa's population has just passed 1 billion. The continent's population is growing by about 24 million per year, and will double by 2050. About half the world lives in poverty. Nearly 50 percent of world population lives on less than the equivalent of US$2 per day.