January exams...Do they really work?

Today, here I am, Christmas is about to start and I do not stop thinking about the great time I am going to spend with my family and friends here in my town and how much I have missed them. However, while I am excited to see my loved ones and stay again at home, suddenly, I have realized that maybe these Christmas holidays are not going to be as nice as they could be... Why do I think this? Because I know how much I must study for my university exams and the time this will require.
After wondering what the aim of doing exams in January could be, I still do not understand why universities all around Spain choose January as the month for official exams. It seems to me as unlogical that students have to get ready for such an important califications in their degree after the longest period of celebration we have in our country. Christmas is the time when all the people should enjoy with their family and their friends, the time to meet with those who are far away from us along the year, it is the only period to be carefree and just enjoy... But for everybody except university students.
Why? Why exams could not be later than January or even before Christmas? I think if the educational system chose other dates for exams, the results would be better because students would not study in a hurry all the subjects they are being passing over during all the Christmas.
To sum up, as an university student in her first year, I hardly believe educational professionals should take time to reflect if they are doing well, because for me, the answer is clearly NOT.

Educational system is not doing right. (Composition)

Nowadays, education is one of the most important things in a person’s life and since we are children, our parents at home or our teachers at school try to teach us how we should act in certain situations, what our debts and obligations are, what we must not do,… For me, that may become a problem when we start not to think about our children's happines and we start thinking about the ideal things we would like them to reach.

I personally think that some parents are not doing well because you cannot leave the responsibility of educating your children on teachers. Teachers, since Infant teachers to university teachers, try to give children basic skills in several subjects but  parents have also the responsibility of encouraging you to discover what your real talent is, in what you want to have sound knowledge.

In my opinion, some parents are wrong when they just tell their children to attend to classes, to study a degree,… just in order to acquire a qualification which allow them to find an employment and earn a living. It seems to me that educating a children is more than that, it consists on supporting your children in whatever makes them happy. It does not matter if they do not want to study a degree, if they are not good at taking a degree and they cannot get a diploma, you must not pressure them, you should talk with them in order to find what they are talented in.

In conclusion, I strongly believe educational system or parents are not right if their only aim is to form people able to pass exams and study hard, no matter if they forget what they have learnt. On contrast, in my view, everybody has to discover on their own and look for the things which they really like. By this way, people will not forget what they learn because they are interested in.

A dark painting (Describing a feeling)

Today, I want to describe the strong sensation this painting makes me feel. The author of this painting is the spanish Goya and he painted ''Saturno devorando a sus hijos'' (the title of the work) during one of his dark periods.
To me, it is clearly a pessimistic vision of the world because when I see this picture, I cannot help thinking about how cruel the world can be. Maybe, that is the metaphor Goya wanted to express: If someone is enough inhuman to kill their own children, what is the humanity capable of?
It is a strange feeling that I do not like to have but that I consider it is  interesting because it can makes you stop and think about the world and how we could mend it.

Introduction and conclusion of an essay

INTRODUCTION
- ''Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal''(Albert Einstein) - With this quote, I would like to state that it is a fact that nowadays it is difficult to imagine our lives without technology and how useful they could be, but at the same time, I want to point the disaster an innapropiate use of technology can result in. It is neccesary that we take concern of the risks technological progress has and try to avoid them.

CONCLUSION
In conclusion, technological progress may not be as good as it seems and it can become harmful if we do not take the proper precautions when we use all the things it brings. So, it is not bad that we enjoy the positive side of technology, as long as we keep in mind how to avoid the risks it can cause.

How great studying abroad could be! (Outline and thesis statement)

I) THESIS: Everybody should try the wonderful experience of studying abroad at least once in their life because of the lots of positive things it may bring to us.

II) Improving the level in a foreign language
     A. Necessity of talking all the day in a foreign language
     B. Improvement in pronunciation
     C. Learning ''idioms'' and useful colloquial expressions
     D. Gain fluency

III) Knowing other cultures
      A. Different people
      B. Different places
      C. Different lifestyles

IV) More responsabilities
      A. Learn how to live on your own
      B. Obligation of managing your own money, taking care of your house, cooking your own food,...

V) Social experience
     A. New friends
     B. Parties and social events

VI) All the previous points show that studying abroad is an experience you would never forget because it can help you in the future (finding job), makes you grow into a more mature person (new responsabilities) and it makes your social life more interesting (new friends and multicultural people)

What a great week!!

On contrast to some weeks ago, when I wrote telling you how much overwhelmed I felt and all the stress I had with university works, this week I write to tell how much happy I feel right now!
The last week of classes has arrived and furthermore, we have already made our oral exposition of Culture! It was a great success!! Our project was about legends and haunted castles so we decided to make our exposition more original and we talked as if we were in a TV program. This made all the class (included the teacher) laugh and not stop paying attention to what we were saying. Besides, I stop to think in the moments of work the project has required and I must say I had really enjoyed. I mean, I was lucky and my group was formed by other four girls who are very nice so we all together have worked as well as we have had a fun time!
Referring to what I said before, it is my last week here in Murcia because for personal reasons I am not going to be able to attend to the last two days of classes before Christmas but... it means that I come back to my town, my lovely town! Hahaha
You could not imagine how much I desire to see my friends and family!
On the other hand, at this moment, I think about how my life here in Murcia has been and I realize I am also happy. It is true that, at the beginning, I was scared of coming here alone and I did not know how things were going to be, but today...I am glad to say that Murcia has brought to me special things and people I am going to miss these holidays!
Now it is time to leave! Good night everybody! :)

University vs. Highschool (Contrast and Comparative Composition) (Block method)

In my opinion, university and high school are both places where you learn a lot and where you are going to meet some people who will probably stay in your life for long but it is an evidence that they are quite different from each other.

On the one hand, I would like to talk about high schools. High school is the place where teenagers are going to experiment a lot of changes in their lifes. During their time studying at high school they know those who are going to be their friends. Moreover, it is a period when teenagers are becoming adults so we could see how sometimes they act like children and sometimes they act and think like adults. In terms of education, as high school is part of our compulsory education, some teenagers are clearly not interested in their studies but they are obliged to attend classes so they just disturb others because of boredom and bad politeness. Apart from this, teenagers in high school are taught several subjects and it is quite probable that they are not interested in some of them. They cannot choose what they study.
In addition, it must be mentioned the emphasis teachers put in controlling if students do their homework or not if they are failing and why,...

On the other hand, university is totally different from high school. First, in university we find people from all ages, not only young people who has just finished compulsory education, we can find older people who have now decided to take an university degree. That is why university bring you the possibility of knowing varied kinds of people and ideas.
Referring to education, university students are greatly interested in the subjects they are studying because they have chosen what to study so it is difficult to find someone who does not enjoy his/her career. In addition, as mature people they are supposed to be, teachers do not control what they do or study, they just teach their lessons and it is the student who decides if he/she is going to study, do exercises,...

In conclusion, we find two different worlds in the educational system. For me, it is better the university but being in high school is a period everybody has to experience and that it is necessary to decide what we want in life or what we do not want.