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tirsdag 24. september 2013

Working abroad and studying abroad.


Studying abroad is maybe on of the coolest things one could do in his or her childhood - at least it sounds that way! We got the chance to talk to Annicken, who'd been studying in France and working in America, we got the chance to ask her questions about her journey.

Here's an excerpt of the interview:

Where have you studied?

"I've studied in Trondheim: European Studies – Bachelor with one year about the History of the EU, political science and one year about languages. Studied there for two years, and then went to France for one year, in Lyon.

She wanted to go to England, but it since it was quite expensive.

Why did you choose to study abroad?

Because NTNU an erasmus program, an EU program that makes it free for students to go abroad for a student exchange.

She had French for three years, at her High School - so she knew a little bit.

If you go to France, Spain, Germany you get a four-week language course for free!

What did you earn, in terms of experience, by studying there?

“I learned to speak French almost fluently, learned about myself” She also learned about how you handle new the new & different situations. You also learn a lot about the country you're visiting. Lastly you learn about the culture, French people eat dinner a lot later than in Norway! Learn that things can be done in another way than your home country.

Did you have a job while studying? Where?

No...

You told me earlier you'd been working in America, where did you work?

After she finished her bachelor she decided to go for a master. When she only had one semester left, she applied for a student internship at several consulates. She got a Skype interview at the consulate in San Fran and one in London.

She was living with three American girls, all working, or as she said it: “ all young professionals”.

Why did you choose to return?

“My Visa Expired”. She had to go back to finish her master.

Do you want to go back?

“Yes!”

Would you recommend working and/or studying abroad?

“YES, especially if you have the opportunity to do so.”

This is just one person's view, but I think a lot of people share her views.

Personally we would love to work abroad, studying as well! We want to do both overseas in The United States Of America! We would recommend going abroad! It sounds like an amazing experience, and you'll learn a lot. Now you'll have to excuse us, we're going to dive into the world of Universities!

But before we go: here's some links to get you started:

http://www.studyabroad.com/ - "Take the leap. Study Abroad! Your source for all things study abroad. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_abroad_in_the_United_States - Wikipedia article on studying abroad in the US


This is a collaboration post between Haakon (check out his blog here) & myself.

tirsdag 17. september 2013

Questions to "The Raft"


I have just read the short story “The Raft”, and in this this blog post, I answer some questions from the teacher about the text.
What point of view is used to tell the story? What consequences does this have for the way we see events?
The story is told from the grandson’s point of view. Then we are able to read the story as listeners, and we cannot read the thoughts of the teller, because we only see his face.

Can you find examples of irony?
It might be an irony that the grandfather have lost his short-term memory, and only can remember the awful times from the war.  

Where is the climax of the story, in your view?
When the boat they were unsure on approached.

What would you say are the main themes of the story?
War and regrets 
 


Review of www.thinkb4u.com


After using and trying out the website www.thinkb4u.com, I have to say that I am not very impressed. The idea of www.think.b4u.com, is to teach how to use the internet properly, and how to be safe while using the web.

 I think the idea is very smart, and that it can be an extremely helpful webpage appropriate for every age group, but I did not find it user-friendly. The short-videos are both entertaining and informative, but I had the problem that once I had seen one short-video, I could not close the window. Then I had to refresh the page, but to watch video number 2, you had to watch number 1 first. So by refreshing the page, I had to watch number 1 again, but I had the same problem again. So I have watched the first video in the three categories, but I was not able to watch anything else.

The website also makes an annoying noise from time to time, even when I am not one the page. This can be mildly annoying.

So to conclude: The idea is super, but the webpage itself is not so good.

mandag 2. september 2013

Redemption day


In the movie, Erin Brockovich-Ellis, gets a job as a file clerk for Ed, her former lawyer in another case, lawyer firm. Erin files some papers that she finds suspicious, and she starts to investigate. She then travels to the town where clients live, and she finds out even more. The case is that the groundwater has been polluted   by Pacific Gas & Electric, and the pollution has caused many people to get sick. She gathers the entire town to join a big lawsuit against PG&E. After much hard work and talking to all of the people in the town, they win the lawsuit and the residents in the town wins 333 million dollar.

Water pollution as a global problem.


As shown in the movie Erin Brockovich, water pollution can be a serious and lethal problem. Although no one died in the movie, there is a possibility of dying from the diseases the unclean can cause. There are also other, more dangerous type of pollutions than the one in the movie, and also less dangerous types. Despite how dangerous the pollution is, they can all affect humans and animals. People’s access to clean water is becoming more difficult through the entire world, but mainly in the poor countries. According reports from U.N., half of the world’s population is experiencing polluted drinking water. There are over 1 billion people in the world who don’t have access to clean drinking water, and approximately 5,000 people die every day from drinking dirty water. As I said before, this also affects the animals. Every year, over 1 million seabirds and 100, 000 sea mammals die due to pollution.

I hope this post has shown you, the reader, that water pollution is a global problem. There is no simple solution to this problem, and I don’t have the answer, but there are many organizations who work with this problem.

                 http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-pollution#