My English Progress from 2013-2015

It is said learning a language needs some practise... or a lot of practise! I've been studying English for more than 10 years and I'll continue for the rest of my life. My first writing of this year is an email to my teacher explaining how do I want my life to be. I made so many mistakes!! (Specially grammar ones, and I had a need of more vocabulary).

My Grammar was a bit rude and childish and I knew it, furthermore writing a post took me 2 hours, I wrote so slowly and reluctantly. Actually I can include idioms, phrasal verbs and the lovely passive voice! ;) Although, the structure of my texts and oral presentatios was fine, I started with an introduction following of the desenvolupment and next the final conclusion.

My first oral presentation was about YouTube and I made it with Edith, we had a great time together preparing it! Our oral presentations tend to be funny and we love having that click with "public", so we made a little game, we putted some photos of famous youtubers and who guessed correctly who was had a candy.

My pronunciation wasn't very well and I made some mistakes with pronouns him, his, them, their...

I hope to get better with all my skills by training and watching English series as travelling a lot around the world.

Hawaii Wants To Get 100% Of Its Electricity From Renewable Sources by 2045

News: Hawaii just said that by 2045 all of the state's electricity would come from renewable sources replaicing the present 22%. Hawaii expects being the model that other states or even nations follow. This state has already invested a substantial amount of money in solar energy installing panels, and now the 10% of the energy comes from the sun. Also the active volcanoes will be a source of energy.

Opinion: I love knowing that states want to improve and turn all the energy into renewable. Dependence in fuel is over there! That's not good for oil companies, but it's fine for Earth, and for eliminating pollution. I wish more nations and even countries would put in this occasion to make world a better place. The paradise idyllic island will be even more delightful in 2045.

What money can't buy

It is said money can't buy happines, but it can help to reach it. Money can not buy feelings, the human's essence and what marks our life. We act, live, move, love... because of feelings, and no one won't buy my feelings, nobody can decide what I feel.

Is it ethical to pay children to read books or to get good grades? Of course I'd like to be paid for that I'd earn money for something I love! But that is not ethical, The incentive of a good book is the pleasure to read it, make up the story, and not to earn money! If we educate children in this way they'll expect money for everything in life, for going into a museum, for listening one hour of quantum's physic...

Money won't never buy my happines, money would help me to reach it, money would pay the back to the world, money would buy the coolest dress of Abercrombie's but not the feelings and stories I'll have wearing it.

FORMAL LETTER

                 Figueres, Sant Pau street, number 70

Palau de la Generalitat

                                        11-05-2015

Dear Sir Arthur Mas

Inspite of complaining about many situations, you are not our superhero, I am going to focus on my situation. I am 18, and I should be on cloud nine, but I am not, because even finishing high school this year and starting the best part of my life in university, I might not pay my daily life out of home. Students need more grants and supports to dedicate all day to study and not all night to work.

Studing a degree is a full rime job and families should not struggle just for trying to give the best opportunities to their grown kids.

Yet, that is not all, The students that can finish their degree are forced to move away, to another country, like Germany because they can not work on what they have studied. Catalunya is educating some people, but then it loses them.

Artur Mas, I am asking you more opportunities, more scholarships or grants for us, the future of Catalunya if it finally becomes a state. Education is a Human Right and everyone should be able to afford it.

Looking forward to your prompt reply.

Yours Faithfully

How to steal $1 billion in three days

News: 1 billion dollars disappeared from Moldovan banks over the course of three days in November 2014. The principal mastermind behind the mega fraud is Ilan Shor, who's 28-year-old. He's one of the richest people in Moldova with the wealth of his father. Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe, and corruption is many present. Shor has been charged with corruption and placed under house arrest, for the moment he hasn't made any comment .

Opinion: Corruption has been always present in many countries, Spain is expert in how to manage this cases, just kidding :)

Stealing 1 billion dollars in three days has reached a new level in corruption. Sir Shor is a highly qualified banker who doesn't care about poverty of the others, he only want to earn and make money.
Like all the others corrupts he will be fine in a luxury prision meanwhile someone who steals bread to eat goes to prison for two years.

Government is on the side of affluents, it doesn't care about society or worker class.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/07/news/economy/moldova-stolen-billion/index.html

Mother's day

Today, as all the seconds Sundays in May, it's mother's day in the United States. Here in Spain we celebrate this kind of holiday the first Sunday in May. Mother's day has been created for shopping and wasting money to demostrate how much you love your mom. All children in school create lovely but useless handicrafts for them mother. Although, mothers just want to relax and even go out with some friends!!

Stop making campaign for buying the newest cologne or scarf, mothers desire a peaceful moment for themselves. The top part of making a present is the surprise of receiving it, the content doesn't matter a lot. The gesture of having a little surprise for someone you really love makes the difference.

All the same, the malls won't stop of making a beautiful and lovely day an opportunity to earn money. 

Research Shows You Should Plan Your Goals In Days Instead Of Years

News: A newly-made research by Daphna Oyserman and her team have proved that the way to make goals happen involves starting to talk about "present you" and no "future you." The participants of this study were more likely to begin to study for a test or plan a party if the deadline was presented in days, not months. If you plan goals in days or even minutes you'll keep your head focused in present and make the final result to seem more urgent.

Personal opinion: A study isn't necessary to prove we start acting if the deadline is early. I just begin to study for an exam two days before, or I do homework the day before. We tend to relax if we see goals far away althoght time never stops running down, seems it rush only for bother you. New Year resolutions never works, and that's a fact, and that's because you'll have a year to accomplish it. Delete New Year resolutions and create New Day purposes.

So, start planning your life in days or even weeks, live present intead of thinking about future.

http://elitedaily.com/news/world/plan-goals-in-days-not-years/1020748/

Depression Can Actually Change What Your DNA Looks Like

News: A recent research by a team of scientists of Oxford have been discovered a gene associated with depression. Dr. Jonathan Flint's team studied thousands of Chinese women suffering from depression. Plus, comparing the DNA of these patients with the control group, the scientists noticed the depressed women had more DNA in their mitochondria, the organelle who supply energy to cells. They also found the the depressed women have shorter telomeres, the chromosomes' ending, which are associated with cells' ageing and finally organism's death. A mental illness have several responds and consequences to the hole body.

Personal opinion: I find quite interesting (and pretty funny) the relationship and connection between mental and body health. As this research had proved, depression's consequences might turn out terrible and irreversible for organism. The telomers shortening might age the hole body, and that's caused by depression! I didn't know depression had such effects. Our body is connected in a unique and amazing way, and all the little bad thinks, moods and habits may play against you.

Conversation

Vicki: Hi dear! I've just bought the ultimate smartwatch! Want to see it?
Cris: Oh God! More devices? Aren't you tired of wasting money?
V: No, I love it. I can't afford a life without being connected, without Wi-Fi signal. I need it, as I need breathing.
C: Do you turn off your devices?
V: No, what a foolishness.
C: That's not a stupidity, honey. You're starting to worry me. I think you are suffering from nomophobia.
V: I'm not sick.
C: Yes, you are. Answer this. Do you get anxious when your battery runs out?
V: I used to do, but I bought a battery for charging it when I don't have electricity.
C: OK. I dare you to switch off your mobile phone, smart watch, computer, iPad... every night in a week.
V: I can't do it
C: Vicki, your attitude isn't healthy, you must stop this proble, you know, better late than never.
V: OK, I'll try it.
C: Thank you, it's for your mental health.
V: Yes, I know it, I usually have a headache every night when I want to sleep or when I'm at class without my mobile phone.
C: It'll disappear, you'll see. I'm pretty sure you'll succeed.
V: Thank you for being always on my side.

Weird silence about Kenya's bloodbath

A few days ago took place one of the most awful slaughter of this century in Kenya, and mysteriously no one is talking about it. I found the news on TV but after I haven't see anywhere. I'm asking why the Germanwings' plane crush is more important that this bloodbath, or why many diplomatics moved to France for expressing them condolences and respect. Even the whole Europe and the world was morning and posting photos like JE SUIS CHARLIE HEBDO.

In this case, JE NE SUIS PAS KENIA.

All the religions are being threatened by radical terrorists like jihadisms, yet, in spite of help against them, a lot of countries are almost quiet and negotiate with them trying to rescue only them citizens. Acting like this way we aren't fixing nothing, are we? The world remained appal, and so many organization were created in order to avoiding another war.

The discrimination is a fact, and this massacre or even the Ebola's forget are proving it. 13 French deats worths more than 150 Kenian deaths. Oh well, some people can say that the Charlie Hebdo's attacke was an attempt to Human Rights, so kill 150 Catholic students isn't it? For media the more isn't the merry.

Looking back on my blog

Last years I've been working on my blog, and well, I think that I've improved a lot with my English. Now I write better and faster, I know more vocabulary and my essays are more reachfull, I can express my opinion better and better.

I'd like to speak more in English, to improve my accent and speaking. This summer I'll talk in English every day on my summer job, love it! Maybe the most useful activities to improve my English are this, speak and speak, and then, speak again. 

I don't find useful doing exams, I do it, and then I forget all about it. But exams are basics to see the basic English skills. 

Maybe the next yeat I'd like to do more speaking, some writings, but not a lot, one or two exams. I only want to learn English and have fun with it!

World Vision Water

World Vision is an association that now is reaching more people with clean drinking water that any other governmental organization. It's like, on more person every 30 seconds. Them expectatives are to provide clean water to more than a 5 milion people in 3 years, it's an ambitious project.

You know? They will succed, because every single donation will be doubled by a private company. 

Only in Zambia every day die more than 1600 kids because of drinking dirty water, more than SIDA and malaria together. 

Every day Africa becames more and more poor, and nobody makes nothing to fix it. Million of children have died, million of children have been victims of terrorism and war, million of children have benn victims of our ignorance and our selfishness, and the numbers haven't stop.

The money is definitely killing the humanity, I've seen more shows of compassion, human feelings on animals than on our society. Think about it, what's the capital? A piece of paper with sense? Yes, capital help us every day, but we are abusing with this. We are spending all day working, no contact with family, last generation technology and an awesome meannes.

We have all the resources to make the life of everybody healthy, but we don't do that. The reason is the money, nobody wants give money to others.

The happiest life? Be human, be yourself and try to help others.

I took this kind of new from here, take a look!  

http://www.worldvisionwater.org/

Project based learning

“The world needs more clears” But, how we could educate them? Recently a team of teachers has created a project base learning. The classes with the following project aren’t the normal ones, the students must solve problems and find the perfect solutions. So teachers are forming the students on these topics: knowledge, collaboration, critical thoughts and communication. They try to educate and entrepreneur adults who can create a rocket, find a cancer solution or stop the wars.

Actually in our school the English teachers are educating us with these objectives. They’ve made projects like contamination, science, world rituals, customs… and showed them to us. I love it, because I learn a lot of concepts, and in English! My opinion is that the school can be more efficient and effective with projects like that. I’d like to use more computers and make teams to solve problems in ESO. Also, now in Batxillerat we are already at the university and we must think like adults. For this reason I would to do the project base learning only in ESO and school, the Batxillerat now is quite correct.

It is clear that the government should think about the education of our children and change the old fashioned ways of teaching. So to conclude with, be clear, organise and managed your team and do your own project based learning.

Should teachers wear a uniform or have a dress code?

In many expensive schools and in schools in other countries, the teachers wear uniforms and elegant clothes. Also the children wear uniforms.

When I was little I dreamed on wearing on elegant uniform like in a lot of movies that I've seen. But I never hada a uniform. So I think that pupils and the teachers should wear a uniform, because there are a lot of studies that prove this type of clothes.

Secondly, the fact of wearing the same clothes improves your achademic results. I believe that if everybody dresses like you, it makes you feel more comfortable with yourself. Because nobody will spelling you for the way you dress.

In conclusion, wearing a uniform on school is fine improves your results and makes you feel good.

Story of solutions

We live in a superficial society who prefers more money to waste than more time with the family. I’m tired to see a lot of people working on weekends, travelling and buying stuff all day, and without time to spend with the children or the partner. I really know that we are living difficult times, not everyone has food, and I understand people working all day with this conditions.

On the other hand we live in a too polluted world with a hole on the ozone layer. Many people say that if we don’t change our habits we will destroy the Earth. All the humanity must be together and ban plastic bags; recycle more; build cooperatives, schools and hospitals; use public transport and reduce the carbon dioxide emissions.

Finally, to my mind we have more than we need and other people have less than they need. We can also give all the stuff we don’t use to others and maybe share cars, tools or whatever thing.

In conclusion, spend more time with family, change bad habits like having a lot of plastic bags or going everywhere with car and sharing your stuff. Between everybody we will save the world from us.

Educational blogging

“Don’t focus on having a great blog. Focus on producing a blog that’s great for your readers.” Brian Clark is a famous blogger from all over the world that thinks that as a blogger, everything you do flows from understanding your audience and seeking to help them as much as possible. I’m agree with him because if we do awful posts for the audience, they won’t follow us. It is fact that if you don’t like something, you will never read it again.

Firstly, many people say that having a blog will improve the academic results. I strongly disagree with this fact. This depends on the person, if he likes writing and sharing his opinion, the blog is perfect! But if he doesn’t like writing or sharing his opinion, the blog isn’t so good. Okey, I admit that writing is very important for a student, but maybe the student doesn’t want that all the world can read his texts.

Secondly, all the blogs aren’t educational. It is clear that everybody can have a blog, and everybody can share their opinions. So it seems to me that students could read Nazi blogs, racism blogs, blogs that incite to anorexia and bulimia… And this ideals aren’t educational.

Finally, when you post something on the Internet you may never delete it, so if after a time you don’t like and want to quit it you will never delete the post at all. Be careful off all the photos, texts and videos you post on Internet.

To conclude not at all the blogs are educational, if you don’ like sharing your opinion you won’t like the blogs and when you post something on Internet all the world can see it forever.

Tower Eiffel

Gustave Eiffel designed tower Eiffel in 1889. 250 workers lasted only 2 years in finish the construction. Firstly nobody liked the tower and they wanted to destroy it on several occasions. But on the mundial wars the authorities used it like an antenna. Now is one of the mosty visited monuments, with 7 milions of visits every year.

You can go up the tower with an elevator or with the 1665 stairs. The best moments to go to Tower Eiffel are the early morning and the night. The tower is 324 meters

10 THOUSAND WAYS

When I was little I used to sing "Ave maria" and "Buleria", and I really love David Bisbal songs. But a while ago i didn't like him. Until last month I listened the new song "10 mil maneras". I love that song.

The lyrics are very catchy and the melody too. My favourite part is this:

"Why don't you walk with me? Holding hands, without saving anything, being here is enough, looking at each other is enough."

The song is perfect for a lonely on rainy afternoon. 

"If there are ten thousand ways of forgetting, of saving us and trying, of always telling the truth, why say no? If there are ten thousand silences to prevent, not a single secret concealed... There is no reason to say no"

Terrorism

Bin Laden, ETA... this name mean terrorism and dead. But maybe, it means an intention for improve the society and lifestyle in general. I agree that they can't kill people for the ideals, but if we it think over, we will discover good intentions. For example, ETA wants the independence of Euskadi, like Catalunya. The difference between ETA and catalan people is that catalans don't kill nobody for our independence.

My opinion is ban terrorism and give them the opportunity to express thoughts. So please, don't kill people and animals, because every blood tear is too important.

In conclusion, ban terrorism, but don't ban the ideals. If we try it, we will live in a better place. Be carefull and kill the violence!!