Dear Diary!

We were told to write a text about a movie we have seen, Mississippi Burning! This is my text:

Dear diary!

Today my mother became a part of a new campaign, where they fight against recial discrimination, between black and white people.

That some people use these words wrong:

• race                                  
• colour
• religion
• national orgin

is one of the thing that my family hates the most! Because of this I am afraid that they soon will be going after my family. I am only 16 years old, and I have very strong opinions. I dream of living in a world, where black and whites people have the same rights. Where they can be friends and live happily ever after toghetger, sit together in the bus or even eat together in the resturant. That would really be a dream to me! A wish come true.

I really wonder, why do white people look down on black people? I do not think that anyone reaaly has an answer to that question.

I think that white people think that they can hurt, harm or ever kill black people because of their scincolour. 

Goodnight dear diary hugs and kisses from me!

Nyhetsvakt uke 4 (egentlig uke 48)

What can we do to improve the world and how??

All these texts is about how much nature really mean for the mankind and that we really need it. Without the nature wouldn't we survive. Animals and plants give us much of what we need to survive, almost all ous food, much of our clothing and building materials for our homes(some places). These texts tells us so much about the nature, how important it is for human beings and how much chemical waste we have. But do you know what?

In so many cases we tell ourself that if we don't bring us together, the earth will be destroyed. But do we do anything about it?

If one person in the class wants to do anything about it, like recycle, it wouldn't help. But if the whole world was willig to cooperate, we could do it. Together!

Økosofi tells us that we have to take care of the nature and that we have responsibility above the animals and all the nature in the world.. That we are (humans) a part of the nature. A mountain or a tree has the same rights that we have to live in this world and that the mankind has no rights to be superior. Do you know how much you really harm the nature over an year? I think you should look that up.

The American Dream

America is known by the land of  oppertunity. People travel to America to get a fresh star, to start with nothing, work hard and end up with sucess. This sentence  is called The American Dream and this dream is a central theme in tha book, Of Mice And Men. The characters hopes and dreams are relative to this theme. Do all the dreams come true?

Almost all the characters in this book has a dream. Crooks is a man who comes from a diffrent country

then USA. He is used to be threated diffrently then the other guys at the farm. All he want is to bethreaten equal, he wants to sleep in the same room as the white people.

Candy does also have a dream. He is an old man and he knows that when he can not work any longer, the owners will throw him out. That`s why he wants to move to the little dream hous with George and Lennie, where he can live peacefully and work until he dies.

Lennie and George almost have the same dream, the big one wants to live on a farm with many animals and his bestfriend George. Lennie is not very clever, but he is very strong. To feed animals is his favorite thing, and when they move to the little farm that would be his work. George is the smart one, who wants work and live on a farm, and he knows just which one!
The `Tart, also known as Curleys wife, wants to be a famous actor or a singer. She had the opportunity ones, but her mother said no because she only was fitheen years old.

The end of the story is very sad. It shows the reader that The American Dream didn`t  allways work out. for Lennie and Curley`s wife it didn`t work out, in the end of the book they both die.

So I guess that to start with nothing, work hard and end up with sucess, didn`t work out for everyone.

Sourves: - The book Of Mice And Men

              - and a mind map

Hva burde jeg velge?

Vi har blitt bedt om å skrive et refleksjonotat, om en problemstilling som er faglig relatert til Berlinturen vi hadde.
Det problemet jeg har valgt er en svært vanskelig en, man må velge mellom venner eller familie:                               

Problemstilling: Jeg lever i Øst-Tyskland under den Kalde krigen og har en datter som skal begynne på universitetet. Hun har gode karakterer og alt ligger til rette for at hun skal komme inn. Så sier imidlertid Stasi at jeg må bli informant, ellers får hun ikke plassen.

- Hva er valgmulighetene?

- Hva ville jeg gjort?

Jeg har nå et viktig valg å ta. Dette er opp til meg. Datteren min sin framtid står på spill, og mine venners liv også. Nå har jeg to valgmuligheter jeg kan bli informant og sikre at datteren min får plassen. Så hun kan få seg en utdannelse og en bra jobb senere i livet.Da må jeg eventuelt tyste på de jeg har rundt meg, men jeg kan jo bare tyste på ting som ikke spiller noen rolle i det hele tatt. Eller så kan jeg velge å bli informant for Stasi, da får ikke min datter plass på universitetet og jeg har da ødelagt for henne.

konsekvensetikk: riktige handlinger er de som gir et godt resultat

Det jeg ville sagt var viktigst er jo framtiden til min datter, men det å  miste alle mine venner ved å bli informant høres jo veldig kjipt ut. Uansett hva jeg velger får det konsekvenser senere. Jeg hadde jo ikke trengt å si til noen at jeg var informant, bare si noen løgner her og der, hvis de lurte på hvor jeg skulle. Hadde jo heller ikke trengt å si noen viktige ting, bare sånne småting som egentlig ikke spilte noen rolle. Men hvis jeg da hadde valgt å bli informant, ville vi ha mistet alle rundt oss, enten ved at Stasi tar dem eller at de finner ut at det var jeg som tystet om de. Begge dialternativene vil lage stor smerte. Det hadde jo ikke vært hyggelig om alle bare sett stygt på deg og ingen ville ha noe med familien din å gjøre. Jeg kan ikke tenke meg noe verre enn å bli ledd av, livet ville forandret seg helt.

pliktetikk: riktige handlinger er de som følger gode normer

Hvis jeg hadde valgt å bruke denne modellen ville det å si sannheten vært riktig, så hvis menneskene rundt meg gjør noe galt så skal jeg jo si ifra ifølge loven. Men tenk hvis jeg hadde valgt å ikke bli informant for Stasi, da ville datteren min hatet meg og jeg kunne aldri tilgitt meg selv for å ødelegge hennes sjanse til å en gang bli noe. Alt lå i rette for at hun skulle komme inn på universitetet men på grunn av meg har hun mistet den sjansen. Hennes framtid ligger i mine hender. Livet hennes står på spill og jeg aner ikke hva jeg skal velge, venner eller familie? Men det er jo allerede mange informanter, trenger de virkelig fler?

Jeg ville brukt modellen konsekvensetikk og tenke på hva resultatet hadde blitt på det alternative jeg valgte. Mitt valg ville falt på å bli informant, jeg hadde da sikret datteren min plassen på universitetet. Så hun kan gå på skole å få en utdanning og en bra jobb senere i livet. Trenger heller ikke å si noe viktige ting bare noen forandringer, tror dette ville vært det lureste å gjøre hvis vi skal tenke på et godt resultat. Hvis jeg hadde valgt det andre alternativet ville jeg ha ødelagt min datters fremtid, noe ingen far har lyst til å gjøre mot sitt barn. Denne tenkemåten ville endt opp med at datteren min får en utdannelse og en god jobb, mens jeg må finne unyttig informasjon til Stasi. Hvis jeg nå hadde valgt å ikke bli informant ville jeg ha hatt dårlig samvittighet ovenfor datteren min og jeg kunne aldri tilgit tmeg selv. Jeg kommer uansett til å ha dårlig samvittighet, men jeg syntes at dette virker som det rette svaret.

Dere kan lese mer om informanter her og Stasi her :)

Bilder av vektskåla og Stasi. 

English- The Six-Day War!

We have been told to write a post about a conflict, where I chose to write about The Six-Day War, because I think that it is exiting that the war only lasted for six days when other wars last for years.

• The cause of the war was a strong build-up in Egypt and Syria, these countries threatened Israel with attacks. At the end of May, Egypt blocked the Gulf of Aqaba to Israelian shipping.
• The participents was Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Israel.
• 5. June completed the Israelian Air Force a surprise attack that destroyed most of the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian air forces on the ground. Then came the Israeli ground forces to attack, backed by aircraft.
• After Israel had invaded Sinai to the Suez Canal and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, and the west East-Jerusalem from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria. On 10. june it was signed a ceasefire agreement . I think that the solution was very smart. It was good for the countries, that they dont loose land or power.

Describe a conflict

Recipe
1) what is the conflict about?  more land and power, money(resources) or freedom.
2) who are the partier?
3) how do they fight?
4) was there an solution? if not- do you think  there will be? was the solution good? for who? etc- reflect