Globalization: The Future?

The term globalization stands for the tendency of world views, products, ideas, technology and other types of cultures to spread around the world. The major factors in globalization are the media, telephones and the Internet, that allows us to share almost everything. Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among other people.

there is a high degree of migration and many students are spending time abroad. What impact might this have in the future? 
This is a commonly asked and discussed question today and many people means that this is negative because of job possibilities. Personally I believe that this is a positive change that will unite the world and all of it's countries. I think and hope that in the future the boarders in countries will vanish and receive more refugees in need. Of course this is far from where we are now, but I think it would be an effective way to give help to those in need.

Could this contribute positively to the global society? Will nationality cease to be important? Or will there be a backlash agains the influx of foreign workers and foreign students?

 I personally think globalization contributes mostly positive to our society and here is a list on why:

- It can reduce international poverty.

- Strengthen trade ties of corporations and companies.

- Spreads and share of technology.

- Makes world culture more similar, which can be positive or negative.

- Destroys unhealthy industries in developing countries, such as textile manufacturing, automaking and so on.
- Reduces child labor ad exploitation of poor countries.

Countries are all tied to their culture and traditions. The food, dances, religions, rituals, norms and standards are all parts of creating what we call a nationality. Every nationality is unique and that's an important thing to the world and the people in it. Therefore I mean that nationality will never cease to be important. The different nations might become more similar and cooperate more over the years, but nationality will never stop being important.

Regarding whether there will be a backlash or not, I'm not sure. Of course a more open world and society will give us many more work opportunities, but it can also be harder to find work on some cases.

Useful video on globalisation here

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-Eivor

"Stop Trafficking!"

Trafficking is a worldwide phenomenon that sadly affects millions of people every day.  There are many different examples of human trafficking, and in our textbook there are two different stories concerning this topic. I am going to write an interview about one of the victims that is presented in our textbook on task 3b.

Today I'm going to interview a victim of human trafficking. I'm going to hear Isabel's story on how she got tricked into working as a domestic slave with work that exceeded what was manageable for one person. I'm going to meet Isabel who is from South Africa at a café and I'm both scared and excited to hear her story.

"first of all, how are you and how is your life going after the terrible incident?," I asked

"I am doing fine, however, it's hard to sleep at night, knowing what I put my family and myself trough. I have spent the past year trying to reach out to as many people as even possible. I want to raise awareness on trafficking and make people realise that this is a very common issue, and can happen to anyone. It has been a tough year and I struggle a lot with anxiety and I hardly trust any stranger anymore, but on the other hand I have found my purpose and that is to save people from this nightmare," she answered and shifted in her seat while she was sipping on her tea.

"So," I continued, "can you explain how you got tricked and why you agreed on the offer?"

"Sure. A year ago I worked for a nice lady in her house, it was a great job with good money and I got to see my family every day. The woman eventually asked if I wanted to go to the U.S. and work there, but I declined the offer because I didn't want to leave my family." Isabel took a short break to get her story straight and to breathe, then she continued, "The couple said they would pay for my girls to go to boarding school if I accepted the offer, and it was so important to me that I accepted it. I stumbled upon an offer who was too good to be true. I trusted the woman I worked for a lot, so when she asked me to go to the U.S. in exchange for boarding school for my daughters, I naturally was too gullible and trusting. When you get an offer like that it's usually fake, but I wasn't aware of that at the time."

"That sounds awful! I'm truly sorry for you," I said in shock. "when you were in the U.S., how did they treat you?"

"They treated me like I wasn't even there. I wasnt allowed to speak or say my name to anyone. I took care of everything in their house; cooking, cleaning, gardening and the children. I worked for almost 100 hours a week and did only get paid $70 a month, which was way less then what I expected," she explained.

"at what point did you realise that you had been tricked? and how did you get out?"

"I almost immediately knew that there was something odd about the arrangement, and when I started working I knew that something was terribly wrong. I didn't know what to do and I couldn't speak to anyone so it was hard to handle. I was at a very low point in my life, alone and confused with only myself to speak to. At last I finally found the courage to contact an immigration attorney and charges was brought to the couple that I was enslaved for and I could go back to my family," she said with shame written all over her face.

"Thank you for talking to me, Isabel, it was truly wonderful to meet you and I wish you much luck further in life"

"The pleasure is on my side", she smiled and wiped a tear.

Image link: here

-Eivor

Human Trafficking

Today we had english all day at school. The main topic of todays content was human trafficking, who is a strong and touching theme. We saw the movie called "taken" who showed how humans are trafficked and how their basic human rights are taken away from them. Sadly human trafficking happens worldwide and can happen to anyone. Humans can be trafficked for domestic labor, forced prostitution and so on. The following questions is the task that we did after seeing the movie. We worked in pairs and found the answers together. The day was very educational, interesting and full of impressions. I learned a lot that I had no idea of from before.

Questions to human trafficking

TASK 1 asking and answering

1. How was the woman persuaded to go to the US?

   - She was told that her children could go to a boarding school, who is a big thing for girls in africa. She was also told that she would clean a house and be well paid.

   
   
2. What kind of work did she do?
   

   
   

   - She was a domestic slave. She took care of the children, a two year old and a baby. She cooked every meal, worked 100 hours a week and only got 70$ a month. She also did gardening and cleaning.
   

   
   

   Under what conditions did she work?
3. -She worked alot, and didn't get the money that she should have earned and promised. She was told to not talk to anyone and was responsible for everything in the household.
   

   
   

   How did she get out?
4. -She contacted immigration attorney and got her rights back. There was put up charges against the couple she worked for.  
   

   
   

   Where is Edwin Canilang from?
   

   
   
5. -Edwin Canilang was from the Philippines.
   

   
   

   Why did he come to canada?
   
   
6. He came to Canada he thought he got the opportunity to work with welding and plumbing. He also came to Canada because he was promised good wages and a steady job
   

   
   

   What kind of work was he put to?
   
   
7. He was put to picking garbage and digging ditches, which was not the job he was promised.   
   

   
   

   How did he get away?
   
   
8. - One of the men escaped and called the Philippine embassy, which came to rescue them.

   
   

   How many people are smuggled into canada?
   
   
9. - Around 800 workers are trafficked into Canada yearly, and another 1000 or more pass through Canada.

TASK 5 vocabulary 

In the text there was a lot of difficult words, and the fifth task asked us to translate them, in this way we learned a lot of new words to expand our vocabulary.

Forpliktelser - duties

Advokat - attorney

Forlatt - abandoned

Kroppsarbeid - Labor
Årlig - yearly

Påskudd - pretense

Rykte - rumor

TASK 6 quick research

A brief summary about Human trafficking

Human trafficking is a way to exploit people. Persons are sold bought and traded much like modern-day slaves. It's estimated to be a five-to-nine billion dollar a year industry. Trafficking victims are typically recruited by being forced or because they are deceived or tricked. Fraud and power abuse are also methods commonly used. The victim can slo simply be kidnapped. Different types of abuse such as for example threats,

violence and economic problems can often make a victim consent to exploitation. Exploitation includes forcing people into prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. For children, exploitation may also include forced prostitution, illegal international adoption, trafficking for early marriage or recruitment of child soldiers, beggars, for sports or for religious cults. The norms based on international human rights law, such as Vienna Declaration and Yogyakarta Principles prohibit human trafficking. The act is illegal but growing fast.

Countries of origin are shown in red, destination countries are shown in blue; Data is from the UN, in 2006

If you wish to educate yourself more on Human trafficking I recommend you to see the movie "Taken" or go to this website,  watch this short clip, or read up on some statistics or donate to help victims here.
-Eivor 

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Oral Task In Class

In our English class at 28.09.16, our teacher decided to pair us in groups and hand out tasks for us to present for the rest of the group. The tasks concerned different topics about world issues, exchange studies and Norwegian traditions. Everyone was interesting and educating to listen to, and I learned a lot from this teaching method.

Group 1, Eivor-Mari-Mille-Gaute

The first group (my group) decided on some questions that we wanted to discuss in class. We chose up-to-date topics about the refugee crisis and general facts about world immigration. The following questions are the ones that we discussed.

Question 1:

Why do you think that there are no syrians on the chart? (Image below the questions)

Answer: The chart only shows the refugees that has legal citizenship. The Syrian refugees is the main group among the refugees.

Question 2:

Why do immigrants come to Norway?

Answer: Four main reasons: Freedom, Work, family(not everyone get’s permission to stay in Norway) and education.

Question 3:  Which gender has the highest employment rate among immigrants? And why is that?

Answer: Men, because they come here to work, and possibly because of their culture. Many refugees follow the old household patterns, which means that the wife stays home and cooks and care for the children, and the husband is out working.

Question 4: How long can wage-earners on a short term stay in Norway without being registered as residents in the Central Population Register?

Answer: Six months, because taxes

Question 5: Can you think of another reason for immigrants to come to Norway, other then what you see in the picture below? The remaining 1%.

Answer: Because of the money that they will get, taxes and peace.

In this chart you will find some statistics and facts about the questions that just were mentioned. It was made in January 2016 and the facts are correct. 

Here are some links that we found our information from, and that you could use to go more in-depth about the topic: here, here and here.

Group 2, Andreas-Julia-Maren

The second group was going to choose a video each from this link and show them in class, and explain why they chose the following videos.

Maren chose this video because it was fun and exciting to see what you can do in other countries. It was also quite educating and showed how different we all are. It also taught everyone to be more careful with their hand gestures in foreign countries - because you never know what it means in their country. 

Julia chose this video because it reflects students study abroad experience in China. After seeing this video, I became more interested in a year abroad. 

Andreas chose this video because it is easy to understand and it shows the culture in china compared to The culture in the USA in a good and funny way.  

Discussion questions p. 221

a.             What special Norwegian features (for example food) do you think foreign workers might want to take back with them to their native countries?

Answer: Nugatti might be something foreign workers might want to take back to their native countries. I heard on the radio that they now sell nugatti in Asia. The class would also recommend salmon, brown cheese (if you are used to eating it), komler, milk chocolate, bacon sausage to other countries. 

2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a large number of foreign workers in a country.

Answer: It can be hard to integrate them into society, communication problems (hand gestures). Cheap work, work properly. Bring their own culture and traditions.
Body language can be a problem. One hand gesture can mean completely different things depending on where you come from.

3. Globalization will continue. Discuss what vision you see of the future when it comes to global education and work possibilities.

Answer: This year some student’s education was not valid because they took their education in other countries. There are differences in education in different countries, which might be why their education was not valid even though the education had the same standard as the Norwegian education. This could be fixed by having a council to judge different education programs. Work is affected by the EU since you can work in an EU country if your own country is an EU country. I would also add that the national borders will vanish in some time, and it will be a more open world and society. 

If you take an education as for example a nurse abroad, you will not be accepted in Norway. This could be a problem for students studying in other countries. Norway is too strict, so you need to study in Norway as well. This can be a problem for future workers. Norway somehow believe that you have to follow the Norwegian curriculum to be able to get a job in the country (in some cases). Personally I think this is unnecessary and you should be able to study in any country that you would like, and still get she same job as if you studied in Norway. 

Group 3, Ramiza-Rabab-Trym

This group showed an interesting and funny video about the stereotypical Norwegian person, that you can see here. They also talked a bit about the traditions that we have here. I personally think that they presented Norway in a good manner, and showed the best and most beloved sides of our country.

I took down a few facts about typical norwegian things, happenings, inventions and activities!

Pinnekjøtt

In Norway pinnekjøtt or Stick Meat is associated with the celebration of christmas. It's a main course dinner dish of lamb and is a beloved festive dish. The dish is rapidly gaining popularity in other parts of the world as well and is usually served with potatoes and mashed rutabaga. 

Bunad 
The bunad is a traditional costume of Norway and it is worn by both men and women. Today the bound is worn for celebration of weddings, baptism, the 17th of May and so on. The bound is very precious to the Norwegians and are very expensive. The dear clothing peace has a lot of embroidery and silver or gold jewellery pieces. 

Brunost
Brunost is a famous and tasty cheese that Norway is famous for. The cheese is found in almost every household in Norway and was invented by Anne Hov in 1880. What makes brunost different from regular cheese is that the cheese is mixed with creme and has a sweet caramelised flavour. 

Cabin trips
In Norway it's very common to own a cabin. Because Norwegians are so national romantic and in love with their mountains, fjords and nature in general, the cabins are commonly found in the mountains. Norwegian families go to their cabins in weekends or holidays. On these trips they like to go skiing, eat packed lunches, hiking, watch movies and play games. 

Cheese slicer/Ostehøvel
The cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention created by Thor Bjorklund in Lillehammer in 1925. The invention has been slightly modernised, but still works the same.

- Eivor