Task 1:
Ketil:

• Ketil went to Rowland High School in California.
• After the teacher had him talk about himself in front of classes, they began to get curious, and began to ask him questions about Norway. As the result of that he made friends.
• One of his subjects were “Getting around”, where they were preparing the students for life.
• Ketil played in the school`s soccer team, they had to practice four hours every day. His host family took him to the dessert, and let him drive a buggy and a dirt bike. He also went shooting with his host father, he was a gun freak.

Tonje:

• That who made Tonje`s school so special was that it was an outdoor school with no corridors; the classroom lead straight out into the open.
• In the most classes there were 25-35 students.
• For lunch some were brought lunch from home, some were brought lunch from the school cafeteria. The school had two lunch breaks, one for the freshmen and sophomores, and the second for juniors and seniors.
• The students were informed about daily events at the school every morning at 8 o`clock, on TV-screens in every classroom.

Task 2:
True or false:

• There is an national school system in the USA – False
• Schools are run on a local level – True
• There is homogenous grouping in some of American schools, which means that young people with one sort of ability in each subject class – True
• After-school activities are an important part of life in American schools – True
• Southern California has a hot, dry, desert climate – True
• Students from poor families often go hungry during the school day – False
• Class sizes in the USA are about the same as Norwegian schools – True
• The school day begins with morning prayer – True
• Most states in the USA guarantee students 12 years of schooling – True
• Most schools do not care whether students feel much school spirit or not. Students come and go as they please – False

In the name of the father

"In the name of the father" is a film directed by Jim Sheridan in 1993. The film is based on the true life story of the Guildford Four, four people who were arrested for the IRA`s Guildford pub bombing which killed 4 British soldiers and a civilian, but they were innocent. The screenplay was adapted by Terry George and Jim Sheridan from the autobiography Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon.

The main character is an Irish man called Gerry Conlon and all his family and hippie friends. Especially his old friend from high school, Paul Hill. After Gerry has gotten into a lot of trouble in Belfast he decides to travel to London where he stays with some old friends.

One day Paul and Gerry are at the wrong place at the wrong time, a bomb exploded, Gerry and Paul get arrested for the bombing of the pub, even though they didn`t do it. But the police use violence and tricks to make them confess. So they confess, and they were sent to jail, for 30 years or more. Gerry’s father gets 15 years and almost Gerry’s whole family has to go to jail for something they didn`t do. Gerry`s father is sick, and he die in jail. After his father`s death Gerry starts his fight for justice. He had been sitting in jail for 15 years. A lawyer called Gareth Pierce finds evidence which proves their innocence and their case been taken up in court again, and they all get their freedom back.

I really liked the movie, but it was a bit long. I think all the police who know that Gerry and all the others were innocent, should get fired and arrested for their secret proof, and how they treated this case. No one deserve to get in jail for something they didn`t do. I personally liked the film. I think it was really sad
when Gerry`s father died.