Advice to fellow student

According to an article we read in class, studies show that students using facebook while studying for exams get lower grades than those who do not. The article said that students using facebook, even just intermittently, were on average 20 % lower.

I understand that people doing other things than studying, get lower grades, but I don’t think facebook is the problem. I can almost guarantee that if they didn’t have the opportunity to be on facebook, they would come up with something else to do.

I think we should focus on giving the students good study techniques instead. Students would get better results if they had a method on how to work themselves through the tasks without losing their concentration.

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Erin Brockovich

Title: Erin Brockovich
Direktor: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Susannah Grant

Erin Brockovich is a drama film based on an unemployed single mother of three. Erin doesn’t have much of an education, and can’t find a job no matter how hard she tries. After being in a car accident and losing the lawsuit, she manages to force her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While working, Erin comes over an interesting case. She is convinced that the facts concerning the case are false, and after working with some of the greatest lawyers in California, they finally manage to solve it.

Erin Brockovich is based on a true story, which makes the movie even more interesting and motivating.




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The Butterfly Circus

Title : The Butterfly Circus
Writer : Joshua Weigel

The Butterfly Circus is a short film about a man called Will and the challenges he has to face in life. Will is born without any limbs, and works as an attraction at a circus where he is treated badly. The manager of a circus named The Butterfly Circus turns up at one of the shows. He thinks Will is a unique person, and sees him as equal to himself. Therefore, Will decides to go with the director and his circus to start a new life.

The Butterfly Circus is a movie about hope and willingness. Will doesn’t have any limbs, but still he manages to overcome his obstacles and accept his body and the challenges it brings.

To see part one of The Butterfly Circus, push this link
To see part two of The Butterfly Circus, push this link


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Me and My Expectations

I was born in Norway seventeen years ago, in 1993. My name is Therese, and I live in Bærum as I have done my entire life. Friends, school, work and exercising are what I do in my spare time, just like most teenagers.

This is a school blog, and the subject is international English. I’ve had English at school since I was six years old, but international English is a subject were you learn the language at a higher level.

I have a lot of expectations for this semester. I hope to improve my vocabulary, communication and understanding of the language. I also want to learn more about international cooperation, culture and different types of media from the English-speaking parts of the world.

English is a language used worldwide, and by learning English I get the opportunity to make myself understood and understand people from great parts of the world.

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