A Foreign Visitor
Today we had a visitor in class. Her name is Lee Ann Potter and is from Maryland, USA. She is the director of education and volunteer programs at the U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C. and she spends this year in Norway, teaching students like us.
She showed us a bunch of documents and photographs from the founding of the United States, and she educated us about the constitution and everything the government does. It was cool the way she included us in the education. This made everything a lot more interesting and fun. I think it was nice to hear American politics from an American, and her views on the system.
I really hope we can do something similar soon, because this was interesting.
Milk
Recently we watched the movie "Milk" which is based upon the life of Harvey Milk, a man who was an LGBT rights (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) activist and also a politician. He was the first openly gay politician to become elected into the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was tired of the way gay people were treated, so he decided to run for candidate to the upcoming election for a seat in the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The first time he tried this, he just wore his regular clothes, and he kept his long beard and hair. When this didn't work out, he changed his clothes into a suit and he cut his hair. This turned out to be much more effective, and he won the election.
The film discusses themes like homosexuality, acceptance of the people and love between people.
This is movie won several prizes. Including eight Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards.
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