Native Americans

1. What does he say about life?

-          He’s talking about how the prophecy and inability for man on earth is coming to an end in a spiritual way. In his point of view it is necessary to understand the spiritual way of living to survive, and if you fail in this understanding you won’t survive.    

2. How does he describe the arrival of Columbus and European settlers in general?

-          He describes it as for them; it was the First World War taking place. The reason he explains it like this is because we can imagine how superior and down looking they were. They felt that they were the conquers and rulers, and therefore just took America by force, and by succeeding and accomplishing this is because they had newer and more advanced technology in both weapons and general sustainability.

3. What does he say about the future of America?

-          He’s talking about how the prophecy and inability for man on earth is coming to an end in a spiritual way. In his point of view it is necessary to understand the spiritual way of living to survive, and if you fail in this understanding you won’t survive.    

4. In the beliefs of the Hopi Indians, how can you “make it”?

-          In the Hopi people point of view it’s necessary to understand the spiritual reality way of life and how to live it. Only then will you make it.

5. How do the Hopi count the time of a human life?

-          The Hopi sun priests make use of thirteen points on the horizon for the determination of ceremonial dates.  Their ritual year begins in November with a New Fire ceremony, which is given in an elaborate and extended from every fourth year, for it then includes the initiation of novices into the fraternities.  Other ceremonies are similarly elaborated at these same times; while still other rites, as the Snake- and Flute Dances, occur in alternate years.  The Hopi year is divided into two unequal seasons, the greater festivals occurring in the longer season, which includes the cold months.  Five and nine days are the usual active periods for the greater festivals, though the total duration from the announcement to the final purification is in some instances twenty days.

6. How is human life related to nature and especially the tree?

-          Human life is related especially to the tree because we share the same DNA as the tree. And we can see how the tree breaths in what we exhale and when we exhale, the tree breaths in. Just general how we humans have a common destiny with the tree and how this is made in a circle of life, like the Lion King for instance.

7. What term does he use for our planet/our world?

He describes it as mother earth. He also says that when it comes to the climate changes, he doesn’t perceive it has negative at all. He uses the word evolution for this matter. 






Part 2

1. What is said about the situation of Native Americans in general today (the intro to the actual report).

-          The Native Americans are living under very harsh and poor circumstances. Some of them don’t even have hot water, and there are a lot of suicidal events happening. Also, life expectancy is below fifty which is very low.

2. Where is the report from?

-          The report is from in the USA called Nakota.

3. The reservation has the highest US rate of what?

-          It has the highest US rate of people living below the property line.

4. How would you describe the housing we see in film?

-          I wouldn’t even call it housing. It’s just a little pile of wood stacked for it to look like a house. But as the women in the film said, she only has cold water in her house. And from that I can guess that the insulation in the house is zero to nothing, which results in a terrible cold winter for the Natives.

5. What is the life expectancy for the Lakota Indians?

-          Life expectancy is around 50 which is very, very low.

My favorite sports moment

Through my whole life I’ve been doing lots of various kinds of sports-related activities both inside Norwegian and American style. As a kid, I kicked the first soccer ball at the age of 3 and was at my first practice when I was 5. I’ve always loved soccer and therefore it’s probably pretty obvious that my favorite sports moment is a memory of my carrier in soccer.

In 2009 I and my club (Trond IL) travelled to Sweden to participate in a local international cup where teams from across the globe were taking place. We’d heard from before that this cup was a tougher kind of cup than the others we’d been on when it comes to physical playing and tackling. We had a great start winning the first 5 matches with an average of 5-0 in goal difference. Our passion and confidence carried on until the quarter-finals where we met a team from Germany with players almost twice our size and body strength. But we didn’t let that stop us. The score was 2-2 after the break and we got even more aggressive and showed that we really wanted this victory. As the end of the 90 minutes of the match occurred, the score was 3-3 and both teams were tired and exhausted. It wasn’t until the very last 10 seconds that out team received a free-kick right outside the 16-meter line. As me and a team-mate stood there considering who was going to take it, he whispered to me that I should go with the others and try to score by head. I accepted his order and walked to the rest of the group. He shot right at the goalie but the goalie wasn’t able to catch it due to the power of the shot. He punched the ball to the ground and didn’t spot me who saw the opportunity and sprinted towards the ball and shot it right between his legs. At first I didn’t actually realize that I had just saved my team from elimination until everybody jumped on me hugging and shouting words of joy.

I can also tell that we won the cup and made Trond IL known across Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Even considering the victory, my best memory from my carrier was my goal in the quarter-final.

- Jarand 

What I found interesting about the book The curious incident of the dog on the nightime

What I found the most interesting

I find this book very interesting mainly because that the main person is suffering of the syndrome called Asperger’s syndrome which is an illness that weakens your confidence when gathering or being with others. The author, Mark Haddon, explains how a person’s life is when having Asperger’s syndrome through the whole book and takes it in a form of an adventure for Christopher which is the main person in this book. We see different samples of how he stands out from other people when the syndrome hits him. One example is when the policeman arrives and asks him questions about the incident that just occurred. Christopher responds by saying nothing at first because he doesn’t know how to answer him. This is one clear example of how it is to have Asperger’s syndrome. Also later, when the policeman attacks him with difficult questions in a too short circumstance of time, Christopher lays down to the ground and makes a kind of groaning noise that would by most people be understood as “enough asking, please”. But does the policeman care about this? No! He doesn’t give a blank butt about how Christopher responds and just continues with the asking.

I personally learnt a lot about Asperger’s syndrome when reading this book. I admit that I didn’t know anything about the syndrome until this book showed up. I think it’s an absolutely great example and lesson to learn about the Asperger’s syndrome because it’s also an exciting story. Of course you can look it up on Wikipedia what the syndrome is but I would highly recommend reading this because you will understand the twice amount of how it is to have the syndrome and what different challenges you stand upon and how you deal with them.

- Jarand 

Norsk oppgaver. 23/09/11

A) Det er dårlig kommunikasjon mellom moren til Alma og selveste Pikk-Alma. For det første forstår ikke moren problemet til Alma om at hun er unormalt kåt. eksempel: ruging på myntruller, perverse tanker om butikksjefen, fetish på pikk-poking og stjeling av pornoblader. Moren syns rett og slett det er ekkelt at hun er så kåt, og på et visst punkt i filmen sier hun at hun skammer seg over henne.
Men mer utover i filmen kommer de på bedre talefot. Når Alma kommer hjem så innser moren hvor glad hun er i henne og de får et fantastisk forhold igjen.
- Jarrizp0wer