What is asperger syndrome, and how is it possible to see that Christopher suffers from it?

In the book “the curious incident of the dog in the night time”, we meet Christopher, a 15 year old boy with asberger syndrome. Asberger syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder that is characterized by difficulties in social interaction. A person with asberger syndrome does also have special interests, and they have often an intense interest for a special theme, such as math.  

 

Christopher describes himself as “a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties”, and that is a characteristic which is describing Christopher in a good way. He knows only 2 persons (his father and teacher) well, and have therefore barely any social contact at all. However, this is exactly what he wants, for he want to be alone as much as possible. Christopher has also an intense interest for math. 

Therefore, it is possible to draw a line from his behaviour and to asberger syndrome. This is also confirmed by a small summary, written inside the book’s cover. 


However, is asberger syndrome really a disorder? If we ask Christopher, he would most probably say no. Many persons say that people with asberger syndrome are different from the rest of us, but not disabled, like many of us are thinking. I do agree a bit in that, it is e.g. important to remember that persons with asberger often are much better in math and science.

James May

James May (popular called "captain slow") is a famous British television presenter, writer and journalist. He is best known from the TV-show Top Gear, but he is also  writing in different newspapers and magazines.

James May was born in Bristol, England, in January 1963, which means he is 48 years old today.  In his first year after the public school, he dedicated his life to the music, and studied music at Lanchester University. After graduating, James May worked at a hospital in Chelsea as a records officer.

During the 1980s, James May started his career as a journalist, writing for "The Engineer" and "Autocar."  Through the 90s, he started his career as a TV-presenter, before he was snapped up by Top Gear in 1999.

Today, he is presenting the show together with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond.Top Gear is a huge success, and one of the most viewed TV-shows in the world.

Video blog, invisible people

Invisible people is a video blog about homeless people. The man behind the blog was unemployed, when he decided to start blogging.

I think this blog is a good example of the American spirit. When the man became unemployed, he decided to create his own work. He became a entrepreneur, with huge success. If you work hard, you can achieve everything, Many Americans say. This video blog is a perfect example, and shows that if you work hard, you can achieve a lot.

My first thoughts about the movie "Crash"

Crash is a movie about multiculturalism. We meet several people in different situations, and saw how they tried to solve different problems. We saw everything from a police man killing a hitchhiker, to a carpenter telling stories to his daughter. The movie was very varied, but had a clear red line: Multiculturalism. 

Almost every situation we saw,  was tense. Guns was used a lot in this movie, mostly to scare though. The movie was sad, and told us that being foreign and different in USA not always is easy. We saw a multicultural society, which not worked very well.

However, this is also a movie about hope. In one situation, a desperate foreign shop owner shot a 5 year old girl, when she tried to protect her father. Anyway, the girl survived, something she blamed the invisible cap her father had given her.

The movie shows in a great way how hard i can be to be different in USA. It`s maybe a bit exaggerated, but still worth watching.

How to act in our mentor business?

We are soon going to be stationed in a business for 6 days. How are we going to behave?

When stationed in a mentor business, it`s important to behave well. First of all, it`s really central to be polite. Being rude to your mentor, and he/she will start to dislike you from the beginning. It`s also a great advantage to be well prepared, to know why you are visiting this business, and ask about central themes. If you are showing interest for the business, the business will show interest for you.

How not to behave stationed in the mentor business then, you might ask. Well, to be rude and unprepared is no advantage. Being late in the morning is no advantage either. However, I am quite sure that we all will be able to behave well, and get a good time in our mentor businesses.

Poem

Glenyse Ward 

Young, native, poor and sad  

Servant to Mr. and Mrs. Biglow

Likes silverware, carpets and beautiful cups

Feels worthless, depressed and humiliated

Need her family, care and freedom

Fears for her future, her mom and dad

Gives working capacity, a sad story

Wishes the same as she needs

Lives in a garage

Glenyse Ward


By Magnus and Odin

Apologize

In the 1950s, 60 years ago, something terrible happened. Even though its 40 year before I was born, I am really terrified to hear what happened. I am full of disgust over the Australian government, and over all the Australian people, which did this. They ruined so many families, communities, they stole a generation.

Today, it’s important to remember this event, to protect the indigenous people in the future. I would do anything to prevent this to happen again. Are you with me?

Sorry. Such a small word, with such a big significance. Today, Australia say sorry to all the aboriginal people. Why? Because you all deserve it.