1. Slavery. In the south there were many big plantations, and they needed a lot of workforce. They took slaves from Africa, and they forced them to work at the plantations
2. Slavery was ruled unconstitutional, which means that it is unauthorized by the constitution, or is inconsistent with the constitution
3. Obama didn't root himself in the Civil Rights Movement, something that removed the "us versus them" mentality completely. He focused on relevant issues, and did not talk as if the US was made up of many populations, but as if they were one.
onsdag 9. mars 2016
mandag 1. februar 2016
Checkpoints "Events in American history"
Revolution
Before the French and Indian War there were 13 colonies in America
"No taxation without representation!"
The Revolutionary War started in April 1775
The colonists declared their on July 4th 1776, in Philadelphia
Slavery and the Civil war
1619
1807
Abraham Lincoln became president of The United States in 1860
Lincoln's victory lead to the abolishment of slavery
The emancipation proclamation freed the slaves in the ten states that were fighting against the north in the civil war
The USA in WW I and WW II
Isolationism, to stay out of the war for as long as possible (stay isolated)
In 1917, an American boat was attacked. This forced America's hand and they helped to end the war as soon as 1918
The League of Nations was a legion formed to secure peace throughout the world
America declared full out war on the 11th of December 1941
Harry S. Truman made the executive decision to drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The women had to go work in the factories, proving that they could do the men's job just as well as themselves
The Cold War
The USSR and the US had a common enemy under WW II, when that common enemy vanished, the vast differences in ideology started showing
The USSR was the first to launch a satellite into Space in 1957
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
Before the French and Indian War there were 13 colonies in America
"No taxation without representation!"
The Revolutionary War started in April 1775
The colonists declared their on July 4th 1776, in Philadelphia
Slavery and the Civil war
1619
1807
Abraham Lincoln became president of The United States in 1860
Lincoln's victory lead to the abolishment of slavery
The emancipation proclamation freed the slaves in the ten states that were fighting against the north in the civil war
The USA in WW I and WW II
Isolationism, to stay out of the war for as long as possible (stay isolated)
In 1917, an American boat was attacked. This forced America's hand and they helped to end the war as soon as 1918
The League of Nations was a legion formed to secure peace throughout the world
America declared full out war on the 11th of December 1941
Harry S. Truman made the executive decision to drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The women had to go work in the factories, proving that they could do the men's job just as well as themselves
The Cold War
The USSR and the US had a common enemy under WW II, when that common enemy vanished, the vast differences in ideology started showing
The USSR was the first to launch a satellite into Space in 1957
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
mandag 4. januar 2016
Viewpoints
Page 155
1. Except for the exempt about faith, these values are generally universally followed
3. I know a few people from The Big Apple, about a dozen, and they are just regular people (to Norwegian standards), who have the same values as I do. However, if you start venturing south, to Texas, or east, to Florida, you might start to see some things you would not expect to see
5.
Democracy: it is the fundamental foundation to a fair and just system
Freedom: builds on democracy, where you should be able to vote for whoever you want, listen to whatever music you want and do mostly what you want
Justice: "all people should be treated the same, in public and in a court of law." This is the fundamental baseline to hinder corruption in the higher ranks of society
Individualism: the thought of working only for your own good makes me feel queasy. However, the idea that you can help society whilst still achieving your own personal goals, is in my opinion the optimal solution
Friendliness/adaptability and hospitality: these are things necessary for a good community that people want to live in
Mobility: being able to move where you want at any time is just as freeing as freedom itself
Faith: I literally could not care less about faith than I already do if I tried as hard as I could
6. My values come from my family and the society I live in. I have a very minor influence on what values I have, but I would not have been the same person in the least had I been brought up in Japan per say
Questions 155-158
The pioneer is completely free of governments and sanctions
"me" is the person singing the song (I can only assume). America was never "America" to "me", because nothing could ever live up to the promises of gold and riches in the folktales about The New World
All of them
Poor people, Native Americans, black people
Greed
If someone were to set up a shop selling pickaxes to miners, they would have gotten ahead of the curve, and gotten rich off of it. The people who got behind the curve, are the people who came after the gold rush and got nothing but scraps for the major risk they took in coming to America
The "I" is referring to a black slave taken from Africa to "build a "homeland of the free.""
Rhymes go 2-4 2-4 3-3
It makes the song "clang" better
America never has been, and never can be, the fabled land of riches and treasures once promised by the settlers. The streets will not be paved in gold, you will not dip your pan in the river and pick up an ounce of gold in one swoop and you will not get rich quick without good old hard work
1. Except for the exempt about faith, these values are generally universally followed
3. I know a few people from The Big Apple, about a dozen, and they are just regular people (to Norwegian standards), who have the same values as I do. However, if you start venturing south, to Texas, or east, to Florida, you might start to see some things you would not expect to see
5.
Democracy: it is the fundamental foundation to a fair and just system
Freedom: builds on democracy, where you should be able to vote for whoever you want, listen to whatever music you want and do mostly what you want
Justice: "all people should be treated the same, in public and in a court of law." This is the fundamental baseline to hinder corruption in the higher ranks of society
Individualism: the thought of working only for your own good makes me feel queasy. However, the idea that you can help society whilst still achieving your own personal goals, is in my opinion the optimal solution
Friendliness/adaptability and hospitality: these are things necessary for a good community that people want to live in
Mobility: being able to move where you want at any time is just as freeing as freedom itself
Faith: I literally could not care less about faith than I already do if I tried as hard as I could
6. My values come from my family and the society I live in. I have a very minor influence on what values I have, but I would not have been the same person in the least had I been brought up in Japan per say
Questions 155-158
The pioneer is completely free of governments and sanctions
"me" is the person singing the song (I can only assume). America was never "America" to "me", because nothing could ever live up to the promises of gold and riches in the folktales about The New World
All of them
Poor people, Native Americans, black people
Greed
If someone were to set up a shop selling pickaxes to miners, they would have gotten ahead of the curve, and gotten rich off of it. The people who got behind the curve, are the people who came after the gold rush and got nothing but scraps for the major risk they took in coming to America
The "I" is referring to a black slave taken from Africa to "build a "homeland of the free.""
Rhymes go 2-4 2-4 3-3
It makes the song "clang" better
America never has been, and never can be, the fabled land of riches and treasures once promised by the settlers. The streets will not be paved in gold, you will not dip your pan in the river and pick up an ounce of gold in one swoop and you will not get rich quick without good old hard work
mandag 23. november 2015
Checkpoints "Slam" 23.11.2015
He hopes it could be "anything" because if his former girlfriend really was pregnant, his life as it was could very well had been over in a snap
Well, a lot of things aren't "quite right" about what Alicia is saying. The main things being that boys "always try to wriggle out of it" (manipulated quite), and the fact that it's her baby and her's alone, and he has no say as to what happens to it until it is born.
Sam feels excruciatingly anxious. He has no idea what is going to happen when he finally tells Alicia's parents what is going on, and he is petrified by the mere thought of it. I have not felt like this int he recent years, but one time when I was 6 years old, I managed to topple my computer screen onto the keyboard and it broke. It was no big deal, we had many spares, however I was so scared of the consequences, that I did not even realize why I was freaking out. I guess Sam's situation was a lot different, since he knew EXACTLY why he was feeling the way he was.
1. The story is being told by Sam
2. This is told from a first-person perspective. First person = "I", Third person = "Sam"
3. Sam and Alicia
4. She wants to keep it
5. Because they are both responsible, except for the times when they're not (she decides)
6. Alicia wants for Sam and her to talk to her parents as soon as possible, whilst Sam wants to postpone the conversation indefinitely
7. They are going to wait for twenty-four hours
8. Sam was most worried about telling his mother, because everyone in his family already had broken her heart. He did not wish to be the last nail in the coffin for a dying family
9. Sam wants to see if there is a little man trying to force himself out of his chest, since his heart is beating so ferociously that it cannot be natural
Well, a lot of things aren't "quite right" about what Alicia is saying. The main things being that boys "always try to wriggle out of it" (manipulated quite), and the fact that it's her baby and her's alone, and he has no say as to what happens to it until it is born.
Sam feels excruciatingly anxious. He has no idea what is going to happen when he finally tells Alicia's parents what is going on, and he is petrified by the mere thought of it. I have not felt like this int he recent years, but one time when I was 6 years old, I managed to topple my computer screen onto the keyboard and it broke. It was no big deal, we had many spares, however I was so scared of the consequences, that I did not even realize why I was freaking out. I guess Sam's situation was a lot different, since he knew EXACTLY why he was feeling the way he was.
1. The story is being told by Sam
2. This is told from a first-person perspective. First person = "I", Third person = "Sam"
3. Sam and Alicia
4. She wants to keep it
5. Because they are both responsible, except for the times when they're not (she decides)
6. Alicia wants for Sam and her to talk to her parents as soon as possible, whilst Sam wants to postpone the conversation indefinitely
7. They are going to wait for twenty-four hours
8. Sam was most worried about telling his mother, because everyone in his family already had broken her heart. He did not wish to be the last nail in the coffin for a dying family
9. Sam wants to see if there is a little man trying to force himself out of his chest, since his heart is beating so ferociously that it cannot be natural
torsdag 5. november 2015
05.11.2015 Multiculturalism
Task 1
I have visited many places wit different cultures, to give an example, Sicily. The main differences between Norway and Sicily are the driving regulations. In Norway there are pages upon pages talking about what you can and cannot do whilst in a car on the road. On the other hand, the Sicily government seems to have given up. The last time we were there, we had to wait for five minutes for an opening over the road. There is zero control, none at all. The only norm I noticed is that you always drive faster than the person behind you. The cars were not the issue, Sicily is not as rich as Norway, and not everyone can afford a car. Imagine this: fifty scooters trying to get through one bottleneck by bobbing and weaving past each other. It was maddening.
Sundbyfoss is honestly not very multicultural at all. It's a small place in the middle of nowhere, so there are basically no immigrants there.
There is way more immigration to Norway than emigration, because Norway's a rich country, why would you want to be anywhere else?
Task 2
1. Norwegian immigration has been going on since the conjugation of Norway around 900 a.d.. Norway has always been attractive to immigrants, whether it's because of our oil today or our fish and wood resources previously. Later, during the industrial revolution, Norway needed more professionals in the field. The professionals were majorly from Germany, and the industry in Kongsberg and Røros were made with their help. Ever since we found oil the immigration numbers have skyrocketed, and between 2002 and 2015 the numbers have doubled (approximate eyeballing by looking at this model https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/innvbef ).
2. There are many more immigrants in Britain as compared to Noway, because they have throughout the last 60 years gotten immigrants from all over the world, from Jamaica to Eastern Europa. The immigrants that come to Norway normally go directly into the big cities such as Tønsberg and Oslo. Refugees from The Middle East immigrate a lot in today's world, however, there are also a lot of people looking for work.
I have visited many places wit different cultures, to give an example, Sicily. The main differences between Norway and Sicily are the driving regulations. In Norway there are pages upon pages talking about what you can and cannot do whilst in a car on the road. On the other hand, the Sicily government seems to have given up. The last time we were there, we had to wait for five minutes for an opening over the road. There is zero control, none at all. The only norm I noticed is that you always drive faster than the person behind you. The cars were not the issue, Sicily is not as rich as Norway, and not everyone can afford a car. Imagine this: fifty scooters trying to get through one bottleneck by bobbing and weaving past each other. It was maddening.
Sundbyfoss is honestly not very multicultural at all. It's a small place in the middle of nowhere, so there are basically no immigrants there.
There is way more immigration to Norway than emigration, because Norway's a rich country, why would you want to be anywhere else?
Task 2
1. Norwegian immigration has been going on since the conjugation of Norway around 900 a.d.. Norway has always been attractive to immigrants, whether it's because of our oil today or our fish and wood resources previously. Later, during the industrial revolution, Norway needed more professionals in the field. The professionals were majorly from Germany, and the industry in Kongsberg and Røros were made with their help. Ever since we found oil the immigration numbers have skyrocketed, and between 2002 and 2015 the numbers have doubled (approximate eyeballing by looking at this model https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/innvbef ).
2. There are many more immigrants in Britain as compared to Noway, because they have throughout the last 60 years gotten immigrants from all over the world, from Jamaica to Eastern Europa. The immigrants that come to Norway normally go directly into the big cities such as Tønsberg and Oslo. Refugees from The Middle East immigrate a lot in today's world, however, there are also a lot of people looking for work.
mandag 2. november 2015
"Who are the British", Writing 1
A day at the golf course
Top o' the morning to ye laddies, today I'm going tell the tale of the time I went golfing with uncle Scot!
It was a normal Scottish day, green as far as the eye could see, beams o' light shining down upon the land and rivers aplenty flowing throughout the horizon. Everything was going swell, 'till that little bugger of a leprechaun stole me nine iron! I think it might've had a personal vendetta against me, seeing as I found this wee little pot of gold the other day. We were both shocked, seeing as the leprechauns never come out during the day. While I'm on this topic, the whole myth of the leprechauns sitting with a pot o' gold at the end o' the rainbow is utter and complete nonsense. Firstly, the sun burns their skin, and they must therefore wear full body suits in order to be outside during the day. This becomes very uncomfortable, and even the thought of sitting outside an entire day is enough to make a leprechaun cower in fear. The second part o' this statement that should confuse the devil out o' anyone with half a brain, is why on Earth would they have their life savings out in the open like that? Not even that, but they're supposed to just give it away? Why, because you found 'em? All a bunch of smoke and mirrors, just a bunch of he said, she said, into the nth dimension.
Nevertheless, we never got a hold of the little bugger, however what we did find was his personal stash! It was right over there, by the seventh hole. We never got the chance to look in it, however it might've been in our best interests to not make enemies with the very essence of nature itself.
I swear that to this day, I can still hear him swinging at golf balls in the wee hours of the morning before the sun has come up, with my nine iron in one hand and a pot o' gold in the other.
(Disclaimer! The task told me to be creative, not realistic)
Top o' the morning to ye laddies, today I'm going tell the tale of the time I went golfing with uncle Scot!
It was a normal Scottish day, green as far as the eye could see, beams o' light shining down upon the land and rivers aplenty flowing throughout the horizon. Everything was going swell, 'till that little bugger of a leprechaun stole me nine iron! I think it might've had a personal vendetta against me, seeing as I found this wee little pot of gold the other day. We were both shocked, seeing as the leprechauns never come out during the day. While I'm on this topic, the whole myth of the leprechauns sitting with a pot o' gold at the end o' the rainbow is utter and complete nonsense. Firstly, the sun burns their skin, and they must therefore wear full body suits in order to be outside during the day. This becomes very uncomfortable, and even the thought of sitting outside an entire day is enough to make a leprechaun cower in fear. The second part o' this statement that should confuse the devil out o' anyone with half a brain, is why on Earth would they have their life savings out in the open like that? Not even that, but they're supposed to just give it away? Why, because you found 'em? All a bunch of smoke and mirrors, just a bunch of he said, she said, into the nth dimension.
Nevertheless, we never got a hold of the little bugger, however what we did find was his personal stash! It was right over there, by the seventh hole. We never got the chance to look in it, however it might've been in our best interests to not make enemies with the very essence of nature itself.
I swear that to this day, I can still hear him swinging at golf balls in the wee hours of the morning before the sun has come up, with my nine iron in one hand and a pot o' gold in the other.
(Disclaimer! The task told me to be creative, not realistic)
mandag 26. oktober 2015
Tasks and activities
- Discussion
1. No. Even though The British Isles are completely surrounded by water, due to the globalization of today's world, most Britons will never notice the difference. They have virtually everything they'd ever need, with both large cities and a lovely countryside. If they were going on vacation to the south, they would fly by plane, but this does not differ from how us on the mainland do it.
2. Judging by the places I've been in the UK, I think I would like it the best in Oxford. It's a huge city, but it feels like a small town. It has parks, malls, museums and much more. In contrast to Oxford, London feels extremely crowded and bleak.
Today I have learned that
- The tallest mountain in The British Isles is called Ben Nevis. It's 1343 meters tall and it lay in Scotland
- The British Isles is the 8th largest isle in the world with an area of nearly two hundred twenty square kilometers
- People from Britain are not called britishmen, but they are instead called Britons
- Cockney is an actual English accent
- There is a place in Wales called llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- Discussion
1. No. Even though The British Isles are completely surrounded by water, due to the globalization of today's world, most Britons will never notice the difference. They have virtually everything they'd ever need, with both large cities and a lovely countryside. If they were going on vacation to the south, they would fly by plane, but this does not differ from how us on the mainland do it.
2. Judging by the places I've been in the UK, I think I would like it the best in Oxford. It's a huge city, but it feels like a small town. It has parks, malls, museums and much more. In contrast to Oxford, London feels extremely crowded and bleak.
Today I have learned that
- The tallest mountain in The British Isles is called Ben Nevis. It's 1343 meters tall and it lay in Scotland
- The British Isles is the 8th largest isle in the world with an area of nearly two hundred twenty square kilometers
- People from Britain are not called britishmen, but they are instead called Britons
- Cockney is an actual English accent
- There is a place in Wales called llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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