Global issues

Today we started up a project in class where we are to have both an oral presentation and a written report about a global issue. I've chosen human trafficking, and my problem is "In which ways has globalization affected the human trafficking?". I think I might change it through the project, but now I have an idea about what to do.

Heading forward

It makes me really scared sometimes when I'm surrounded by people talking about their futures and plans going many years ahead. The reason I get frightened is that I always end up understanding that my plans doesn't last for long. There are many problems on my way out there, and first of all, we have the worst one. The fear. Even when I'm home I sometimes get afraid when I'm alone, because I don't feel secure.

How people want to spend their lives is very different. Some people plan their whole way and follow it, while others like to live on the edge and take what comes along. It might be that a part of getting exited enough for studying doesn't only include “the safe side” - to know that you'll get a good job and a secure future. An other way to encourage oneself to get educated could be to chose an education that might not be as secure in the future, but one that you find really interesting. The problem about this would be that you might not get anywhere with it. It's important to be reflected and critical, to know the good and bad sides about one self.

I'm still not sure about what I'm going to do when my time in this school is over, but I know with myself that I need a plan and a goal with my future. I'm that kind of boring person who need to know every step of the road, and stick to my plan. Not just so I know what I'm going to do in the future, but just as much for counting down until my years in school is over. Because I don't have a plan yet, and probably won't have one in a year, I've almost decided that I'm taking at least one year in the military first and then, hopefully, I decide to take my education in the army or to take it at another place.

Many people talk about taking some or all of the years studying in other countries than Norway, for example Australia, England or America, but I don't think that's something for me either. I think it would be smart to study somewhere you need to speak English as well as meeting new people and getting used to handle people from different sides of the world. At the same time my English would improve and this will probably get more important during the globalization. But my “being alone”-fear comes all back to me here as well. But nothing is decided yet, for now I let it all be a surprise.