In class we are watching the documentary called Where to Invade Next for our research paper we are going to be writing. In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore stars in, directed, and wrote this film. In this documentary he visits different countries to “take their ideas” as he says it. He sits down and talks to different people such as teachers, workers, regular people, and even presidents or leaders of them countries. The countries he visited were Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland. In Italy Moore visits a factory where he discusses with the owner and various workers about labor rights and their workers well-being such as paid vacations, and paternity leave. Next in France he visits schools where he talks with the students and teachers about the school meals and how they have a real chef, the schools meet with dietitians, and they only drink water. They also talked about sex education. In Finland he discussed also with schools I think specifically a high school that they barely have homework and the teachers want the kids to go and have fun and have more family time. Also they don’t have standardized tests yet there the #1 education in the world. They also don’t believe in tuition for say a private school. In Slovenia he talked about how everyone goes to college for free. Next in Germany he visits two factories and business parks where he talks with various workers about the country's labor rights and work life balance. In Portugal he talks with some people and three city policemen also about the country's May Day holiday for the workers, the lenient drug policy of Portugal, and the abolition of the county's death penalty. In Norway he discusses Norway’s humane prison system. In Tunisia meets with women activists to discuss the evolution of women's rights in the country. Lastly in Iceland he discusses the theme of women in power, speaking with the world's first democratically elected female president of Iceland.
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