In class today a women from the United States came to tell us about the United States Constitution. She moved to Norway recently, with her husband and her two sons, and now she travels around in Norway to teach the students about the Constitution in the US. She told us that every year 1 000 000 people from all over the world come to see the original document of the constitution. People often get surprised that the document only consists of 4 pages. It is divided into 4 articles, and it tells us about the structure of their federal government, the relationship between the federal government and the states, and how to change the constitution. Further on we discussed why the government exists, and why it's such a big and important part of the American society, and we agreed on the following points:
· The government controls the economy and the taxes.
· The people need to have rules and laws to follow.
· The government participates in making a balance in the society and between the different states.
The United States constitution starts with the following sentence: We, the people of the United States in order to form a perfect union. Further on it says something about their assignment that consists of establishing justice, promote the general welfare, provide for the common defense and secure the blessing of liberty of themselves.
It was very interesting to learn about the constitution, because it tells us a lot about the US society in general. The women who came to hold this presentation was very engaging, and made most of the class participating in different discussions.
