My Dream

If you ask a couple people if they have a dream, they will most likely have one. Everyone has a goal they want to achieve. Well, so do I. Since I was a little girl, I've always wanted to go to the USA. Or more precisely, move there. I don't really know why I've always wanted to do that, but I think it is because I want to see something new. I want to experience the other cultures, and most of all, I want to learn the language fluently. I've always loved the language. English has been MY subject in school since I started. I also want to move to USA because of the High School spirit. I want to know how it feels. I know it's not like what you see in movies, so it would be fun to experience it. I think it would be good for me to get away from my life here in Norway. This is something I really, really want to do, so I've thought about an exchange year in the states when I'm 17/18.

The New America

In the story "The Hunger Games" there is a country named Panem. Panem consists of thirteen districts and they have one ruler. In this text I'm going to write about what I think happened to the "old" USA since it's now become Panem. Like I said, there is only one ruler in Panem. I think this ruler wanted to show that he had all the power, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop him, but this can’t be the only reason why he did it? No, I think that he was a good person at first, he had no bad intentions and he was just like anyone else. But one day he made a huge mistake and people saw the person he had become. He had a big ego and it was now all about him, no one else. When he made this mistake, people got angry and there was no turning back.civil war broke out. People was destroying the country without even noticing. The civil war lasted too long for the ruler’s liking, so he bombed everything and the country was too damaged to be fixed. They had to build up the country again or die. They couldn’t live there anymore. So, they built up the country named Panem.

Interview with the refugees

Sigurd    Thea    Elise 

We got a task to interview some refugees that had to escape from their own country because of war. These refugees came all the way from Syria and Eritrea. We had the opportunity to interview a really great guy, his name was Kadas and came from Eritrea

 Why did you come to Norway? 

 I wasn't safe there, so I couldn't stay. If I'd stay, I'd have to be one of the government. Some people like to stay there and be with the government and others don’t like to stay. 

How did you come to Norway. 

 At first I went to Kurdistan and I stayed there for two years. While I was there, I was teaching kids about music. Things didn't get any better, so I couldn't stay there forever. I kept going to other countries like Turkey and Greece where I stayed for two weeks. Then I went to Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and then finally Norway. 

What would you like to achieve? What would you like to do? 

Maybe play football. Not just with friends but at a professional level. Right now I play for Batnfjord.  

What do you think about us Norwegians? 

 For me, perfect. You are very, very polite. I've never seen people like you.

 Was there anything you could do in Eritrea that you can't do here in Norway? 

 I don't know actually. It's really difficult. 

Then he asked us what we think about refugees. All of us thought that it's good for the culture.  

 Is there anything we Norwegians can do to make it better for you refugees? 

For me everything is perfect.  

In this task we got the pleasure of getting to know a lot more about refugees, and how their life is while escaping. It was a great opportunity. 

The Social Media

The teenagers today use social media everyday. At least most of them do. The social media is the place we can be ourselves, but still a lot of people use the social media the "wrong" way. Today people use Photoshop, right? On the social media a lot of people photoshop almost every single one of the photos they post. This creates a pressure. Everyone feel this pressure in some way. Mostly girls, but boys too. To be "popular" you must have tons of followers, tons of likes and a pretty "feed".

I won't write so much about the pressure, I'll rather write about how we use the social media. 

Well, I can speak for myself. I use social media to communicate with my friends and get to know people I've met, or never met. I know a lot of other people use social media to get more popular and get liked. I think this is mostly the people who's editing their photos to death and only care about likes and followers.

Is this really how our generation is going to be?

A Perfect World

A Perfect World

We live in a «perfect world». Everyone has to be perfect or else you won’t be accepted. One can’t be yourself and one have to live up to everyone’s expectations.

 If you don’t wear expensive clothes, you’re not perfect.

 If you don’t have perfect eyebrows, you’re not perfect.

 If you don’t wear and have expensive make-up, you’re not perfect.

We live in a world where we can’t have confidence. If we do, people would think that we are better than them.

In this world, we can't pick our own friends. You have to be friends with the "cool ones". The 

“perfect ones”. How are we supposed to be happy when the world turns against us?

 But this, this is not me. I wear what I want. I don't have a lot of make-up. I don't have perfect eyebrows and I choose my own friends. And I hope there is people that does the same thing, wears whatever they want, doesn't buy expensive make-up if they don't want to, choose their own friends and knows that just being themselves is enough.

These "perfect" images is ruining our world. We can't let that happen.

Thank you for reading! 

About me

My name is Elise. I am a 14 year old girl from Norway. My parents are divorced and I have one sister. Her name is Jeanette and she is 22 years old. My family isn’t exactly big. My hobbies are scouting and I’m practicing shooting. I’ve been scouting since 2^nd grade.  There we have different tasks and do a lot of funny things. There’s also a lot of camping. In 2013 we were on a camp in Stavanger (a place in Norway ). It was a lot of fun and I met a lot of new people. I’ve been to Norwegian Championship for scouts.