Disconnect

Today we saw the movie "Disconnect", the main subject is about being dependent of the internet and having contact with strangers (that may not exist) over chatting on the internet. The movie contains multiple happenings that can happen, if you give away your personal information or if you gets in a personal relationship with someone you don't know, in the worst case. It can really be dangerous to be too personal on the internet and its important to be especially careful with pictures, think about it twice befor you press the "publish" or "send" button. Even though you delete the picture is already out there and it will always be. Almost every happening in this movie is lifethreatening for the person it involves. In my opinion, this movie is a real eye-opener.
The elements in the movie are familirar, you hear about tragedies happening where the reason is bullying over the internet, often in the news. This has luckily never happened to someone close to me.
But even though these happening maybe have happened, the film is very dramatic because they have assembled the worst stories together.
I really liked the film, even though it is dramatic, it's still realistic and it makes you think about what you are doing and be more careful. The movie contains three different happenings but you get to know the persons in the story very well so its easy to separate them.
The scene in the movie that made the deepest impression on me was when Ben's sister yells at him to turn down the music, opens his door and sees whats happened.

Global issues

The technology is developing all the time, that can eventually leed to less places of employment. For example the technician will slowly die out. Together with the developing of the technology our lives are getting easier and easier to live. We can shop both groceries, things and clothes while we are stuck in the traffic or waiting on a train. We can easier multitask now, most of us are owning multiple electric devices as phones, tablets, laptops, pc's and TV's.

But the developing isn't just positive, we're sitting more through out the day. Children want to play on their phones or watch TV instead of going outdoor with friends and play. We are using more time inside our houses because we don't necessarly need to for example go out to buy things in the store.

I think this progress is both positive and negative, we have to think about how we use the technology and still try to remain an active everyday.

1. Do you think the colonies had good reason to declare Independence? Why?

• Yes, if I was a colonist I would definitely declare independence because I would rather pay taxes to my own community than to an other country who actually earn money because we payed them.

2. Should one country be able to colonize another? When should a colony be granted Independence?

• I don't think a country should be able to colonize another because in every case this has happened the power has been abused. I think that if England had helped people with moving to the US the only fair thing to do would've been to pay them a reasonable sum to thank them. I'm totally against the regime that England and other countries runned.

3. The Bill of Rights guarantees Americans "the right to bear arms". Many Americans still feel this is important for personal safety and in case they need to revolt  against their own government, They argue that the Minutemen and the local militias only won the fight for Independence beacause they had firearms.

What do you think?

Should everyone have the right to bear arms? All kinds of arms?

• I think that the socitey would be safer if only educated people like the police and the military bear arms and not everyone else. If everyone had the right to bear arms, we're not just giving the right to normal people but also criminals. In my opinion school-massacres are happening way to often in the US and i don't think the number would've been that high if every person had the right to bear arms.

4. If you were to present your nation's history in the same way as above, which events would you choose? Why?

- List the events and write a couple of sentences about them.

• It was actually a 10 years old boy that drew the Norwegian flag, but his dad is getting the honor of it because it was him that showed the proposal for the government.
• When the 2. worldwar started, Norway declared to be neutral and not participate in the war. But after a year our got attacked by German troops.

Immigrants

- Why did people leave Europe to go to America in the late 1800s? What was their 'American Dream'?

The Europeans including the Norwegians immigrated to The United States by the promise of free land. Many people were tempted by the opportunity to get a better life. If the immigrants were farming the land, they were granted around 600 acres of soil and a farm much bigger and better than any farm in their native land.

The immigrants “American Dream” was to get a better life by getting a bigger farm with more acres of fertile soil.

The immigration was a result of many push and pull factors.  Some main push factors that drove the immigrants from their country was religious persecution, poverty and political oppression. Some pull factors that attracted the immigrants to the U.S. was civil rights, freedom of expression, religion and a good economic opportunity.

The Irish immigrants were pushed from their country because of a bad potato breeding with an illness.  The potatoes were quite important for the Irish people, therefore many died and some decided to move. 

Do people still believe it can be achieved? 

Yes, most of them do, but every person that were asked had a different answer to what the amercian dream was and what it meant for them. I think everyone changes the dream to what they think are possible to achieve for themselves.

How has the definition changed?

The definition has changed together with the progress of the economy. Four years ago the economy was more stabilized than what it is now so people have shifted their dream to one that is more based on values and that is more affordable in the situation they live in today.

Two quotes by Oscar Wilde

Tasks

My own defenition of these words:

• then, than

Back then, funnier than

• which, witch

A dog which makes noice and a witch at a broom.

• through, threw

I threw a ball through the door

• there, their, and they're

There - place, their - has to do with people and they're = they are

• to, too, two

To someone, way too much and two dogs

• lose, loose

To lose something, a loose screw

Mr Anderson is a man in his fourties, he was born the 16th of January, at a wedensday actually. He is a very sophisticated man when it comes to other peoples meanings and thoughts, he is a member of the Democrats himself, but is against all the others. His religion is the Buddhism and he is a strong believer. Mr Anderson is born in Sweden but can speek both English and Spanish as well as his mother tongue. He is now living in Ohio but his dream is to move to Washington D.C. and visit the White House. In September it's a big day for Mr Anderson, the Vesak, a holiday in the Buddhist religion.