Ken Robinson

Ken Robinson really surprised me. I have to admit, I didn't really have high hopes to his presentation. How fun can really school as a topic be for someone who just can't wait to finish. But I actually found his presentation quite interesting. That he uses humor to underline what he's saying is of course helping! So, what did he say? Well, people are creative. This is probably best shown by children who are not afraid to be wrong. Ken says "you have to be prepared to be wrong to come up with something original". And I think his right. School systems around the world teach children that being wrong is one of the worst things you can be. They stigmatize mistakes.

The fact that no school system teaches creative subjects such as dance on a daily or weekly basis makes the kids learn from the head up. In a few years more people than ever will be graduating university, the problem is that degrees won't be worth much. We'll get academic inflation. The thing is, everything he says is trough. Mathematics and literacy have always been valued more than drawing or other creative subjects at school. And the higher up you get in the school system, the more it focuses on you head. Well, one thing that I'm pretty sure he's got right is the fact that creativity is becoming more and more important. Companies, big businesses and most important, the world, need people who can produce original ideas that are worth something. Simply, the school systems have to start valuing these kinds of abilities because it's these thoughts we need in the future if we want to keep moving forward. 

This is England

In 2006 the film "This is England" hit the movieteathers. We meet 12 year old Shaun living in England in 1983. Shaun lost his father in the Falklands War, and feeling sad on the way home from school one day, he meets a group of skinheads. Shaun eventually gets accepted as a member of the group. When the group splits in two, one racist group and one non-political group, Shaun decides to stay with the racist group. Shaun becomes a member under the leadership of Combo, an exprisoner, who wants to promote white nationalist views. Like many skinheads, Combo has been recruited by the National Front, an openly racist right-wing political party, and soon the gang begins to fracture, with Combo taking one faction toward violence and petty crime against blacks, Indians, and Pakistanis, while Woody, the leader of the other group, and his friends follow a more benign path. As Combo's gang harass the local ethnic minorities, the course is set for a rite of passage that will hurl Shaun from innocence to experience.


The Falklands War started on 2 April 1982 with the Argentine invasion and occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. The conflikt was the result of a protracted diplomatic confrontation regarding the sovereignty of the islands. Neither state officially declared war and the fighting was largely limited to the territories under dispute and the South Atlantic. The initial invasion was considered by Argentine as the re-occupation of its own territory, and by the UK as an invasion of a British overseas territory.

Britain launched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Argentine Air Force, and retake the islands by amphibious assault. After combat resulting in 258 British and 649 Argentine deaths, the British eventually prevailed and at the end of combat operation on 14 June the islands remained under British control.

OneNote :)

Here is just another post about OneNote. I really can't say that there's much new to announce. The program still works perfectly and is really great for use in the classroom. It's great to have all the notes at one place, and the fact that you can implement the teachers power point presentations and write your own notes at the same place is great! It's also an amazing tool to use at group projects because all the people in the group can collaborate on the same notes. I really enjoy using OneNote:)

Martin Luther King Jr.

October 14th 1964 the Nobel Peace prize was awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. At only 35 years old, the civil rights leader was the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace prize to this point. The prize honors acts "for the furtherance of brotherhood among men and to the abolishment or reduction of standing armies and for the extension of these purposes."

The prize meant that King would be given about $54,000 that would be given to the civil rights movement. King said that he, with this prize, felt that the rest of the world were concerned about the problems in America and was glad. Also the American Ambassador in Oslo at the time, Miss Margaret Joy Tibbetts expressed joy and gratitude that one of her fellow countrymen had won the prize.

Here we go again :)

To be straight forward, Guantanamo is too difficult for me. I don’t have enough time to learn all I have to so I can write this paper. The topic is just too big for a paper this size. So I have instead decided to focus on this goal from the curriculum: "tolke minst ett større skjønnlitterært verk og en film og et utvalg av annen engelskspråklig litteratur fra 1900-tallet og fram til i dag". With this as my guide line I have chosen to read the non-fiction novel “The Price of Love” by Nikola T James. The story is about Nikola herself and her life living with abuse. This brings up social issues and relations that are also mention in the curriculum. 

OK, so I have tried to narrow down the topic for my in-depth project. I have done some research on the internet, just trying to get some basic information about Guantanamo Bay and Camp Delta. Most of what I found had to do with facts concerning the facilities, but I also came across some articles about how the detainees are treated. I find this quite interesting and I have therefore decided to focus on whether or not the War on Terror can justify the conditions at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. If I have enough space and time I will also try to write a little about the newest changes - like the fact that Obama has decided to close down the detention camp.