Blog assignment 1
When I began to think and speculate on the task, I thought it was very difficult to think of aspects of our daily life that I think and/ or hope will emerge, change or disappear. I think that society is constantly undergoing changes of various kinds.
Periods 1-5 years from now:
One thing I really hope will change in the near future is people's anti-social behaviors that have arisen in association with smart phones and Facebook. I have friends who can’t leave their home without them checking their Facebook before, yet they continue to check their Facebok page each quarter on their mobile, “God forbid that they would miss something”. You meet to socialize with your friends, but it ends up with everyone checking their mobiles.
There is absolutely no ill meant to people, but it feels a bit like the technology takes over man's place.
Periods 6-50 years from now:
I don’t know if everyone is aware of the fact that high school is not compulsory for adolescents in Sweden. That is something I really hope will change when I have children, high school will be mandatory in my home, but it would be nice to avoid that discussion. J
I personally think that it is wrong to allow children in such a young age to take such an important decision. When I was 15 years old I had no idea that I would become an economist, I wanted to become a lawyer. But today I know that if you don’t have a high school education as a starting point you can’t study and become whatever you would like. That is why I think it is important to have a high school education, which is the reason to why I hope that high school will be mandatory for our young adults, not just in my home, but all over Sweden.
This was a relatively difficult task, but the two things I wrote about above are what I hope will disappear and change over time.
//Caroline Gallo
