Disconnect

in class today, we watched the movie "disconnect". The theme in the movie is all the bad things that actually can happen on the internet.

a) a brief introduction to what the film is about

The movie is about a boy with few friends, he gets bullied and decides to take his own life and how this changes the life of many. But it is about others too, a pornographic actor, a news anchorwoman and a couple. The pornographic actor is doing porno i private chat-rooms and is getting paid and the anchorwoman is making a story out of it. The couple has lost their personal information online, and lost all their savings. In some way these story's are all connected.

b) Your opinion about the issues presented in the film - are there any familiar elements?

All of the issues presented in the film are relevant for how we use the internet. All of the things concerning the internet has actually happened an will happen again and again. The fraud element is familiar because my dad has been robbed over the internet a couple of times. But the credit card company has always given the money back so it has not been so big of a deal. The bullying is the element that is almost not familiar at all. I don't think people bully that much over the internet anymore. And if there is, i think that kids that has just begun being active in social media is the ones that is capable of bullying online. 

c) Did you like the film? Why/why not?

I did not like the film, even dough it is interesting. I think that the characters did weird and unreal decisions. The only thing that I seems legit is the things happening over the internet. the personal interactions where so far out for me that I cold like the movie. but the them was interesting and it discussed important themes. 

d) Which part of the film made an impression on you? 

The part of the film that made the biggest impression on me, was the one with the bullying where the kid committed suicide. The reason why this part made the biggest impression on me was because i feel like this could happen and seeing how "easy" it could be to push some one in the wrong direction.

I am sorry for the gloomy subject my sweet followers.

Thank you for reading!

XOXO -Svør

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Technology and Social media

In class today, we read texts about technology and social media in a exam preparation booklet. In this task i will state my opinion on the theme technology and social media.

The texts i have read have stated that you can get addicted to the social media applications such as tinder, while it changes the way we have done certain things for a long time. One of the texts also claim that using the technology makes us less officiant, while an other text say that i makes us more officiant and "up to date". An other text i criticizing how the big companies get our information and store it.

I think that the technology is genius if it is used in the right way, but i think that many people are using it in the wrong way. I think that it is genius that you can do more things at the same time and that you can spend the times of the day where you usually don't do any thing- like in traffic jams, at the bus, or while watching television. I agree with the statement in all the texts, but i thing it is a shame the we have grown so much together with the technology.

I use technology in almost everything i do during the day. I use my laptop during the lessons and instantly check my phone when the class i finished. When i do my home work, I use my laptop even more. I think I would have problems not having the technology in school. with out the social media and the messenge functions i would be lost, but not as lost as many other people I know.

My opinion on events in the American history

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

I think that the colonists did the right thing. Britain was not treating the colonies in America good. The taxes was too high and when a country is colonised I think the inhabitants would feel like they wore used. Most of the money that the colonists paid in taxes did not return to the colonies.  The colonists got a chance to try to be free, and they used this chance. It is an understandable act when you are not well treated. However, in my opinion they could have tried to negotiate and try to become free with less violence.

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

In my opinion, colonisation is not all right. The only reason why a country should be allowed to colonise a country or a piece of land, is if the area that is being colonised do not have any inhabitants. The other reason why I think that a country should be able to colonise another is if the colonised country has been hit by civil wars, massacres, wars and other happenings that has made unbalance in the region. The country should not have an acting government at the time, or any time soon. The country should be colonised so that it can become more stable, make a new government and get the economy increase. The colonists should then leave after some time when the country is stable and working again. But I think that this would only work in theory.

3.        The Bill of Rights guarantees Americans "the right to bear arms". Many Americans still feel this is important for personal they 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 because they had firearms.

What do you think?

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

I think that the argument, that the Minutemen and the local militias only won the fight for Independence because they had firearms is invalid. They may think that they need guns to revolt against their government, but I do not think that it would matter how many civilians with machineguns there were in America. The American arsenal is too large for the people to takeover.

I understand the argument about protecting home and family when needed. However, I think that the gun laws should be stricter even dough America has a long and special gun history. In my opinion, it should not be allowed to bear arms outside your home or the firing range.

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.

In my opinion the most important events in the Norwegian history is:

The Viking-era (790-1100)

This was an era with much violence. The Vikings plundered most of Europe and even reached as far as to America some hundred years before Columbus.

The independence in 1814

Norway got its constitution in 1814 after being in union with Denmark for some 400 years.

Some weeks after the union was dissolved, Norway entered a new union wit Sweden that lasted until 1905.

Second World War 2 (1939-1945)

Norway was occupied by Nazi-Germany in April 1940 even dough they declared themselves a neutral country.