School Lunches?

From time to time, someone will say that Norwegian schools should serve hot lunches like Swedish and Finnish schools do.

American schools also serve school lunches. Here's a video made up of photos one Chicago school teacher took of a year's worth of school lunches.



What do you think of them? If Norwegian schools served hot meals, do you think they would look better, worse, or about the same?

Many schools have their lunch menus on line. My old high school and my old elementary school are among them. (The elementary school also serves breakfast.)

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Exp...

This might help explain what's going on with Great Britain, England, and the United Kingdom. But you may need to watch it a few times... and perhaps take notes.

Happy Halloween!

Life Imitates Movies

It's not quite the same story as the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", but computer operator Sushil Kumar has gone from "rags-to-rajah" on the real-life Indian version of the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" game show, a Hindi-language program called Kaun Banega Crorepati.

The host of the show is Amitabh Bachchan - the very same movie star whose autograph young Jamal wanted so badly in the movie!

Happy 150th Birthday, Fridtjof Nansen!

Here's a version of his story your history teacher didn't tell you....

A wonderful (long!) video about language

Language is a fascinating thing. It is part of what makes us human. It is one of the most complicated and important things our brains do, but we know little about it. Here is a video from the BBC, narrated by Stephen Fry, that talks about what we know and what we only wonder about.

Have a great vacation! Get some rest, and we'll start classes as usual after the break.

The Little Red Hen and Donald Duck

You may have grown up reading Donald Duck comic books. (Maybe you still do - many adults in Norway do....) But did you know he was first introduced in a cartoon? The cartoon was called "The Wise Little Hen" and was a retelling of "The Little Red Hen", one of the first stories in the Tracks 1 book. This cartoon is from the 1930s - the animation and even the music look very strange to us today.