The Suffragette was an educational movie that taught me many new things about the suffrage movement in England, and I liked it a lot. Personally, I didn’t know that much about women’s fight to vote in any other countries than Norway and USA, so I enjoyed learning about the Suffragette movement. What I learned form …
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Stormzy
Stormzy, or Michael Omari, is one of my favorite artists, and holds two of my all-time favorite songs, so I definitely heard of him before. His songs have a big range of themes, but some of the prominent and recurring ones are the struggles black people face in society today, celebrating the black youth of …
The Hate U Give
THUG, also known as The Hate U Give, is a novel written by Angie Thomas published in 2017. 16-year-old Starr Carter is the main character, and she lives in “the ghetto” while she attends a private school in the good part of the city. She witnesses her friend Khalil getting shot by a police officer …
The Hate U Give – opinion on the first three chapters
I have already read this book before, and I consider it to be the best one I have ever read. The plot, the character developments, the way the author shines a light on such important matters and issues. I also love the way she portrays Starr’s thoughts about living in society today being a black …
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The Outcome of The British Election
Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party won the UK election, with 43.6% of the votes. They now have 365 seats, which is 47 more seats than after the previous election. The Labour Party now has 203 seats, which is 59 less than they had after the previous election. They had their worst election result since …
The US Constitution and the Supreme Court
The American Constitution is one of the oldest constitutions still being actively used today. It was written in 1787 and ratified in 1789, but since then it has been changed several times. In this blog post I will talk about how the American Constitution was made and the first Amendments, but I will also talk …
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Presidential candidates in the 2020 election
Kamala Harris Kamala Harris The former San Francisco district attorney and attorney general of California, Kamala Harris, is one of 17 presidential candidates for the democrats before the 2020 election. Kamala is 55 years old and is currently working as a California senator. Questioning Mr. Trump’s cabinet nominees and his Supreme Court nominee quickly drew …
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Child Poverty in the UK
One in three children in the UK are currently living in poverty. That is four million children and around nine in the average classroom. This is the highest rate in the industrialized world and is predicted to rise to five million in 2020. What defines children living in poverty in the Unites Kingdom is when …
Illiteracy in India
Not being able to read or write negatively affects you throughout your whole life, but it negatively affects society as well, maybe even more than you think. About 30% of the world’s population is illiterate, and India has the highest population of illiterate adults with a staggering almost 290 million individuals. Before reading more about …
British Politics Aside from Brexit
Hello Today in class we read about different political issues in Great Britain, apart from Brexit. The issues I read about talked a lot about poverty, homelessness and social care. It turns out that there are a lot more people living in poverty in Britain than I thought. January 1st, 2018, the rise of homelessness …
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