Hello everyone, I’m Lina and welcome to my blog. On this site you will read 5 blogs. Blog number 1 is a biography about Walt Disney. Number 2 is a review about the movie Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle. The third blog is an essay about Dutch school pupils and uniforms. In my fourth blog you can read a short story. And last but not least, my fifth blog is about my dream holiday! 

The two blogs I want to be assessed are the review about the movie Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle and my short story. 

My dream holiday would take place in London. There are a lot of places I would like to visit there. For example, the Big Ben and the London Eye. We would travel by metro because there are a lot of undergrounds in London. I would love to go there with my family. We would use money from my parents to pay for the trip to London and the activities there. We would stay with my aunt who lives right in the center of London. There are many things you can do and many places you can visit in London. I would go to the Big Ben and the London Eye. But also visit places such as Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and some museums, like the Victoria and Albert Museum. The reason I choose this city is because there are so many places of interest. It is also not that far away from the country I live in, The Netherlands.

I would choose to go there in summer so that there is a big chance the sun will shine when we visit all those places. You also won’t have to wear a coat, scarf and all the other winter stuff. And the photos will look nicer with the sun shining all over the places. We would stay there for a week, so we’ll have the time to enjoy the city and visit some family I have in England. I would go there when the school year ends, so summer break, after I’ve turned sixteen. This describes my dream holiday.  
 

This essay is about the following statement: ‘At Dutch schools pupils should wear school uniforms’. 
First of all, you don’t see the social inequalities when the pupils wear schooluniforms. Children can no longer be bullied with the fact that they have less money, because it can’t be seen.  
Second, fashion will play a much less important role when there are school uniforms. You can’t see who is busy with fashion and who isn’t. People won’t be bullied any longer if they don’t go along with the fashion. 
Third, a school uniform creates a unity. Everyone looks the same and that creates a sense of unity. 
Fourth, school uniforms are a good remedy against invaders. There are many schools here in which there are people who don’t belong there. Teachers and janitors no longer know who does and who doesn’t go to their school. School uniforms will solve this problem and immediately show it when there are invaders. 
And last but not least, less people would be late on school due to not knowing what to wear. With school uniforms they won’t have that choice anymore and make it to school on time. 
So, there are many reasons why Dutch pupils should wear school uniforms. And what about English pupils? They have been wearing school uniforms for years, so why wouldn’t it work with Dutch pupils? 
 

Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle is a 2017 fantasy adventure comedy film. It is the second part of the 1995 movie Jumanji starring Robin Williams. This movie is directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris McKenna. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Nick Jonas, Karen Gillan, and Bobby Cannavale.  

The movie is about four young people who discover a video game while having detention: Jumanji. After they have chosen their characters, they get sucked into the game and become the characters they have chosen. So is Spencer, the gamer and nerd of the group, the adventurer Dr. Sahu Bravestone, rugby-star Fridge turns into zoologist Franklin Moose Finbar, the non-striking Gillan turns into Ruby Roundhouse, a Lara Croft lookalike that her ground state in a fight, and the popular girl Bethany turns into a middle-aged overweight professor. Together they must save Jumanji and finish the game to get back to the real world. This turns out to be the most dangerous adventure of their lives.   

Jack Black steals the show as the popular teenager Bethany. When Bethany ends up in the body of Jack Black it is up to him to act like her. And he does this very well. He knows how to put just enough of Bethany in the character, without it being to exaggerate. You almost believe that it is really Bethany. Like when Bethany had to go to the bathroom which is a total new situation for her since she’s stuck in a male body. And this causes hilarious situations. Dwayne ‘ the Rock ‘ Johnson knows to surprise the audience with humour. You may know Johnson from explosive action movies in which he plays the leading role. But in Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle, the character stuck in his body is a real nerd. Jonhson knows how to bring this with great humour. Hilarity all around.  

Personally, I think this movie is a success and a great sequel to the first movie. It has all kinds of genres in it. There’s action, comedy and fantasy so there’s a big chance you’ll like the movie. I recommend this movie to anyone who’s into these genres and loves a good film to laugh. 

It was a cold dark night. Tom and Mary had been driving to the castle for about five hours. The wind was howling and in the distance they could hear the cry of the wolves in the forest. Suddenly the car came to a stop. It had broken down. ‘What was that?’, Mary asked surprised. Tom, the one who was driving, got of the car to see what had stopped them. While they were listening to the cry of the wolves, Tom had bumped into a tree trunk in the middle of the way. ‘I guess we’ll have to walk to the castle, Mary, it should take about half an hour’. Mary got out of the car reluctantly and the two of them started walking towards the castle. They could hear the cry of the wolves again but this time it was closer. ‘We have to hurry Tom’, Mary said, startled. ‘Don’t be scared, the wolves can smell fear and it will only lead them to us’, Tom said and they started to walk faster.  

Tom noticed Mary shaking in fear. ‘I have an idea’, he said, and he walked towards the forest. ‘Wait! Tom, where are you going?! Don’t leave me here alone’. But Tom was already gone and out of sight. Mary didn’t know what to do and started freaking out. ‘Should I start looking for him or just wait here?’, she asked herself. She decided to wait for him and just hope he would come back soon. After 5 minutes she started to worry. All kinds of bad thoughts came up. What if the wolves had found him? What if he got lost? She heard something rustling in the bushes. ‘Tom, is.. is that you?’, she stuttered. And yes, there was Tom, with a big smile on his face and two branches in his hands. ‘Look what I’ve found!’ he yelled, as he was walking back to Mary. ‘Are you crazy?! You left me standing here alone in the dark without saying a thing about your ‘idea’ and I was wondering about what might have happened to you’, Mary shouted angrily. ‘I’m sorry, but listen up’, Tom said hastily, ‘I’m going to start a fire with these branches and then light up the candles that we brought in our bag for in the castle. That way we’ll have light for on the way and it will keep the wolves on a distance’. ‘That’s a great idea’, Mary said relieved, and Tom started making a fire.

Again, they heard the cry of the wolves. Suddenly a wolf ran out of the bushes towards Mary and Tom. Mary screamed and Tom, who had just finished lighting up one candle, held it towards the wolf. But it seemed like he wanted them to follow him. Tom started following the wolf slowly, but Mary hesitated. ‘Wait a second… Mary come! I know why the wolves were crying the whole time’, Tom shouted, ‘look, there’s a baby wolf stuck with her leg in the bushes’. Mary, who was terrified of the wolf, saw the baby wolf and immediately lost all her fear. ‘I have to help him’, and she slowly walked toward him and freed his leg from the branches. The wolf, who had been watching her, ran to his baby and they both ran away back to their pack. ‘I’m proud of you Mary’, Tom smiled. Tom and Mary walked back and they could finally continue their road to the castle.