Thursday, September 22, 2011
A More Cultured Society.
In sociology this morning, we were discussing different cultures and the values, beliefs and norms that are associated with each one. At the end we began to talk about Ethnocentrism, Cultural Realitivism and other things dealing with cultural perspective. As our teacher was talking I was thinking of this project and the point I am trying to make about technology helping us to learn from others all over the world within minutes. In our class our teacher was telling us how our world is trying to get away from Ethnocentrism(thinking our culture is the best) and striving more for Cultural Realitivism(understanding different cultures in the context of different circumstances). Isnt that what the internet and technology in general is trying to help us do? If we are truly trying to be more understanding of different cultures, technology would be a good thing for everyone. It can give us the opportunity to learn and better understand so many different people. I just dont see how technology is hurting us when it can give our country the chance to become more a cultured society.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Norway.
Name: Ida Monhof
Location: Asker (Oslo)
I live in asker, its kind of a suburb to oslo, which is the capital. And I go to the university in Oslo and I am currently on my first year of a bachelor in literature. So a normal day in my life would be getting up at 6 am!! And then leave the house at 7 to take the train into the city. Classes starts at 8.15. I don't have school every day and classes usually ends at 12. So then I sometimes stay at school to read and do homework for a while or I go meet some friends or I just go straight home. The weekdays consists mostly of school and homework, but in the weekends we go out. Drinking age is 18 for beer and 20 for liquor in Norway. And it's the same for the clubs, 18 for the ones that only serve beer and 20 for stronger alcohol. And that's about it:) oh and I like to read almost anything:)
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Location: Asker (Oslo)
I live in asker, its kind of a suburb to oslo, which is the capital. And I go to the university in Oslo and I am currently on my first year of a bachelor in literature. So a normal day in my life would be getting up at 6 am!! And then leave the house at 7 to take the train into the city. Classes starts at 8.15. I don't have school every day and classes usually ends at 12. So then I sometimes stay at school to read and do homework for a while or I go meet some friends or I just go straight home. The weekdays consists mostly of school and homework, but in the weekends we go out. Drinking age is 18 for beer and 20 for liquor in Norway. And it's the same for the clubs, 18 for the ones that only serve beer and 20 for stronger alcohol. And that's about it:) oh and I like to read almost anything:)
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Technology Connects People- Mike Schorah
Mike Schorah is a business entrepreneurial leader, delivering IT innovation for strategic competitive advantage. He is from the United Kingdom and in this video he is talking about how Technology has changed the world and connected everyone.
Germany.
Name: Stephanie Helbig
Location: Berlin
Okay so, I’ve lived my whole life in Berlin, Germany, besides one year, which I spent in TRF. School system is pretty different here but anyways a normal day in my life while going to high school would pretty much look like this:
I’d get up and go to school. Since school usually starts at 8 o’ clock, I had to leave the house at around 7:30 and then go by subway. This takes like ten minutes and then a short walk. School was finished depending on how many classes I had that day mostly at 2:15 pm. Afterwards I’d usually go to my grandparents house to get food since both of my parents work. Homework and all the good stuff and then I’d just go outside and see who’s there. Even though Berlin has 3.2 Million people the little districts are like a village. If you’ve grown up there, you know most of the people since elementary or cause you did sports together. Sports aren’t connected to school in Germany. There are just clubs you go to and then the different clubs play against each other. I played handball for seven years so on some days during high school time I went to practice in the evening. I live close to a park with a lake and we would go there or go to the zoo or the movies or whatever. Since in Berlin the infrastructure is pretty amazing because we have a lot of busses and subways, trains and so on we could go everywhere without a car.
Since Thomas Strandemo was talking about partying:
Drinking age for beer is 16 and for “hard” alcohol 18. They just started being strict about because there was a lot abuse, but well Berlin is famous for some clubs. Most of them you can go to with 18, maybe with a fake ID a little early but that usually only works out for girls
Some are for people age 21 or older since they want to make it more sophisticated but what keeps most people out are the sophisticated prices
Location: Berlin
Okay so, I’ve lived my whole life in Berlin, Germany, besides one year, which I spent in TRF. School system is pretty different here but anyways a normal day in my life while going to high school would pretty much look like this:
I’d get up and go to school. Since school usually starts at 8 o’ clock, I had to leave the house at around 7:30 and then go by subway. This takes like ten minutes and then a short walk. School was finished depending on how many classes I had that day mostly at 2:15 pm. Afterwards I’d usually go to my grandparents house to get food since both of my parents work. Homework and all the good stuff and then I’d just go outside and see who’s there. Even though Berlin has 3.2 Million people the little districts are like a village. If you’ve grown up there, you know most of the people since elementary or cause you did sports together. Sports aren’t connected to school in Germany. There are just clubs you go to and then the different clubs play against each other. I played handball for seven years so on some days during high school time I went to practice in the evening. I live close to a park with a lake and we would go there or go to the zoo or the movies or whatever. Since in Berlin the infrastructure is pretty amazing because we have a lot of busses and subways, trains and so on we could go everywhere without a car.
Since Thomas Strandemo was talking about partying:
Drinking age for beer is 16 and for “hard” alcohol 18. They just started being strict about because there was a lot abuse, but well Berlin is famous for some clubs. Most of them you can go to with 18, maybe with a fake ID a little early but that usually only works out for girls
Some are for people age 21 or older since they want to make it more sophisticated but what keeps most people out are the sophisticated prices
China.
Name: Thomas Standemo
Location: Hong Kong
When living overseas, school was rigorous and my down time was always playing sports (I am going to talk mainly about Hong Kong). Either playing pick up games in basketball with my friends or down at some parks with the locals. We would always eat at home (someone prepared the meals for our family. She was from Indonesia and her salary we gave her was probably quadruple what she was get in her native country). We would shop in the villages or markets (way cheaper than the city). We would hang out near the school because it gave us an opportunity to play basketball. On the weekends everyone would go down to a beach front where the usual teenage high schooler would get up to no good. (Drinking age is 18 in HK). Then if you were daring you could head into Central (main part of HK) and go to clubs (again not hard to get into). As for reading....hahaha I have no idea. I personally like to read a lot of biographies but I know a lot of guys my age and they would say that they don't enjoy reading. International schools are cool because they are like a melting pot of different cultures and you get to meet a lot of great people.
Location: Hong Kong
When living overseas, school was rigorous and my down time was always playing sports (I am going to talk mainly about Hong Kong). Either playing pick up games in basketball with my friends or down at some parks with the locals. We would always eat at home (someone prepared the meals for our family. She was from Indonesia and her salary we gave her was probably quadruple what she was get in her native country). We would shop in the villages or markets (way cheaper than the city). We would hang out near the school because it gave us an opportunity to play basketball. On the weekends everyone would go down to a beach front where the usual teenage high schooler would get up to no good. (Drinking age is 18 in HK). Then if you were daring you could head into Central (main part of HK) and go to clubs (again not hard to get into). As for reading....hahaha I have no idea. I personally like to read a lot of biographies but I know a lot of guys my age and they would say that they don't enjoy reading. International schools are cool because they are like a melting pot of different cultures and you get to meet a lot of great people.
International Communication.
Today, so many of us have friends from all over the world that we wouldn't be able to contact without the use of technology. Years ago when pen pals were popular, communication was hard because it would take months for letters to be delivered, making staying in touch difficult. I was able to email friends from all over the globe, and got a response from each one within 5 minutes. I asked them to tell me what a typical day would be like for them. Knowing this information exposes me to entirely new cultures and new types of people, and discovering it took minutes.
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