The UK. election

”If the Libdem are to decide in my opinion they are closer to the Conservative party then the Labour party!”

A new general election is coming up in Britain, and it looks like we're going to have a draw between the Conservatives and the Labourers. This means that the Liberal Democrats now have a lot of power, as a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and any other party will basically mean success.

I personally think that the Liberal Democrats will form a government with the Conservatives because even though they are on different sides of the political spectrum, they still have common interests such as the economy, health care and how to rule. The Laborers haven't recovered from their horrendous term, and that is another reason for the Liberal Democrats to go with the Conservatives.

Senior Project

This spring semester we were asked to write a senior project, a final big assignment that plays a vital role to our grade in this subject. I chose to write about the increasing teen drug abuse in the US. I would like to share some of the things I learned while working with this project.

During the working process of this project I learned a lot of interesting facts about teen drug abuse in the United States. I started out with a few questions, and my main question was why drugs like marijuana have become so “popular” amongst kids in the United States. As I mentioned earlier, the number of teens using drugs has tripled over the last ten years. The most common drug amongst teenagers is Marijuana. Teens get a mixed message about marijuana, some say it’s dangerous and destroying, others try to proof the opposite. The documentary “The Union” tries to convince us of the opposite. The creators of this film are expressing an almost positive attitude to marijuana, and uses every argument to proof that the drug is as harmless as coffee. For teenagers in the United States, where the age limit for buying alcohol is 21 in most states, believing that marijuana is harmless, may often lead them to “the easiest” way to having fun. My friend who studies in New York asked some of the students at her school about what they thought was the reason for this escalating problem. They said the main reason probably was the strict age limit for buying alcohol. The next question I asked myself was what the American society could do to stop this negative “trend”. Parents caring, taking initiative and control is probably the best way to start. It is also another important reason for this problem to be taken seriously. It is a fact that a lot of young people admire the US, and US “trends” are often picked up by young Europeans. If this problem is not handled carefully, it will make reputational damage to the US abroad.

"The Blind Side"

Last Tuesday we watched å movie in class called "The blind side". The movie is based on the true story of Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher. Michael, a.k.a. Big Mike, is practically homeless when he meets Leigh Anne Tuohy and her familly. Leigh Anne finds him walking the streets in the rain, and she invites him into their home for the night. Slowly, Michael starts becoming a part of the Tuohy family. SJ, the son in the familly, and Michael become good buddies. Leigh Anne goes to the school about Michael's academic performance, and is surprised to learn that even though he has scored low in almost every aspect, he scored in the 98th percentile in protective instincts. Her husband, Sean, talks to the school coach to get Michael enrolled in the football team. Michael performs exceptionally on the field and catches the eye of many college coaches from around the state. We did not get to see the whole movie that day, because it was too long. The last thing we saw was that Michael confronts Leigh Anne; he asks her if she only took him in so that he would play football for her alma mater. Michael goes back to his birth mother's apartment in the projects, where his old friends welcome him. It will be exiting to see how this goes, since Micheal's old friends and inviornment seem to have a negative impact on him. We will se the rest of the movie the upcomming Tueasday, where I also will update you on the end of the movie.