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.

Living in a village or living in a city (Contrast and Comparative paragraphs) (Point by point method)

It is clear that it does not matter where you live if you have near your family, friends, job and whatever you need. However, questions about the benefits and drowbacks of living in a city or in a village are constantly being raised.
In my opinion, both places can bring to us positive things and some negative ones.
On the one hand, talking about daily life, in big and crowded cities we find a lot of traffic and people everywhere while in a village, there is less traffic because most people go to places on foot. Moreover, in villages, there are less inhabitants which makes possible that you can walk down the street without finding lots of people around you, so in this sense, a village would be a better option to enjoy the peacefullness and quietness.
However, if we look at how difficult is to find a job in a small village, it must be said that cities do not count with this problem because there, there is a range of employment opportunities as well as many shops where you could fin whatever you were looking for. On contrast, it does not happen in villages and especially in the small ones.
Then, referring to the activity in the freetime, it depends on the interests of each person. For example, if you likes nature, you would spend a really good time walking in the countryside near to a small village but in contrast, it is true that, in a city, people could go to more varied social places like cinemas or pubs and could attend several social events.
In conclusion, depending on what you want in your life, you should choose one place or another to live but if I have to give my own opinion, I would totally choose to live in a village or even better to live in a village really close to a city because in this case, you would be able to enjoy the advantages of both places!

Sport (Thesis statement)

It is necessary that people take concern about how beneficial for our health sport can be and that they start doing exercise.

Child obesity and its effects (Problem and Solution Composition)

Child obesity has become a really serious problem in our today's society. Every day, more and more children are diagnosed as obese and that is something with lots of risks for their  health and life in general. First, the possibilities of dying from heart attack increase dramatically as well as the probability of developing cardiovascular illnesses. Besides, it is evident that obesity condition children's social life because on the one hand there are some activites like walking so much time or playing for a long that ordinary children can do but the obese ones cannot do. Moreover, on the other hand, unfortunately, we live in a world full of  stereotypes and prejudices so some stupid people can make even more difficult the life of an obese person just for how they he/she looks.

In order to avoid these problems, I consider totally necessary to start educating children since they are really young. It would be a good idea to make teachers and schools in general control what children eat when they are in school. As well, vending machines with junk food should not be allowed in these places because children with no parents near to them can buy lots of junk food without thinking how bad they are eating.
Apart from this, parents rule the most important role. Their responsability is to take good care of their children's diet and if it is needed, to ban their children from eating some kind of food they do not see as healthy.
are helping obesity to increase!

What happens with reading? (Opinion paragraph something I like and most people don't)

From my point of view, we should not allow that such a great thing reading is become less and less frequent. Talking as a person who loves reading, I strongly believe this hobbie is one of the most wonderful things we can do in our freetime. However, it is extremely easy to find lots of people who have never taken a book and tried to read it. This is something I cannot understand, for me, it is difficult to imagine how some people are loosing fascinating things reading gives to us, For example, when I read I am able to disconnect from the world for a while and focus only in the exciting stories I am reading. I love this sensation of putting myself in the place of the main character and feel all the sensations he/she has and experiences he/she lives.
That is why I say: ''It is urgent to recover the interest of people for reading''

The best way to travel in a city...

Today, I am going to post my opinion about which the best way to travel in a city is. I have had this idea because yesterday morning, when I was going to make a project to the library, a young man asked me if I would like to make a survey in order to determine how the transport in Murcia is. Since then, I have been thinking about it and about the wide range of ways to travel in a city we can use. Sometimes it could be complicated to choose one of them but for me, one of the best ways is travelling by bus.
Bus has a lot of advantages. For example, it is an enviromentally friendly mean of transport and causes less pollution than private vehicles. Moreover, public transport is cheaper, you just have to buy a cheap ticket and you do not have to take care of the fuel.
Besides, we can say bus is comfortable because when travelling by bus, you are allowed to do other things during the journey such as reading, using a phone or even sleeping.
In addition, it is great to get off the bus in a bus stop, avoiding looking for a parking place.
In short, I strongly believe people should use more public transport to go to work or to go to university because it is, from my point of view, the perfect mean of transport in a city.

Such a great woman! (Describing people)

Today, I would like to describe someone I really admire. Her name is Angelina Jolie and, as most of people would know, she is one of the most famous actresses and personalities in Hollywood.
Since I was a child, I have always been interested in Angelina Jolie. That might be due to the fact that just at first sight, Angelina is incredible. Physically, she counts with a nice figure because apart from being a tall woman, she has a nice curvy body. If we take a look at her face, we will also be fascinated by her big blue eyes and her fleshy lips. Moreover, all her fine facial features are framed by a long brown hair which I consider it is really desiderable.
So, for me, Angelina Jolie is one of the prettiest famous women nowadays, she could be a model perfectly and I would like to look as well as she looks.
However, on the other hand, I also think about Angelina as my role model because her personality really makes her an interesting woman to meet. As far as I know, this actress has always been nice to press and reporters trying to interview her. Furthermore, in lots of interviews, she has given proof of how cultured and intelligent she is. In addition, it seems to me that the amount of charity events Angelina has been involved in, show that it is a generous person who I am talking about. I admire that a woman with such a big quantity of money does not forget the social responsability we all have and she is considate with those whose money is always thight or they have not anything for eating.

To conclude, for all the previous reasons, I hardly believe there should be more people like Angelina Jolie in the world and I wish I could bear a little resemblance to her at least.

Zoos (Advantages and disadvantages)

Nowadays, it’s really common that people go to zoos in order to see some exotic animals they don’t see normally. These places, as most things in life, may have some advantages but several drowbacks too.

On the one hand, as positive things, we can mention zoos bring to us the possibility of knowing more about all the animal breeds and their habitat. We can see the lifestyle of animals which can be only found a lot far from us. That is wonderful especially for people who loves nature but have not the opportunity to travel to exotic places.

In addition, it must be mentioned that zoos help to conserve certain species because they  control endangered animals and take part in the labour of facing their extinction.

Nevertheless, on the other hand, one of the worst things of breeding animals in captivity is that they are not used to living in a zoo, it doesn’t matter if zoos count with natural enclousures which are extremely similar to their natural habitat, it’s not their ‘’house’’.

Moreover, most of the zoo animals are not domestic so we do not know how they are going to act with people all around them. Therefore, zoo animals may have behavioural problems and this fact makes that they have to be put in locked cages.

In addition, wildest animals are trained to acquire a determined behaviour which it’s unnatural for them and sometimes it results in punishing aniamls to try to teach how to act.

In conclusion, for all the previous reasons, I think zoos are not really good if they are designed just to show animals as if they were in a circus but it is clear that some zoos are doing a really important labour to save endangered species in order not to loose them.

A day to remember for the rest of my life

1st of December, 2015 23:42
I could not be happier! Today, it was my birthday, my 18th birthday and I would have never imagined how great it was going to be.
Despite the fact that I am far from home, from my family and my true friends, my classmates from university and flatmates have made my day really especial.
All started at 16.00 when I went to university to attend my German class. After that, we had Cultura but before starting the class my classmates had been planning my surprise. It consisted in turning off all the lights of the classroom and putting candles in a cake in order to make me blow out the candles while we make a wish.
I was totally in shock when it happened and I could not react until some minutes later. I was not expecting such a great surprise and present from my classmates but I have to thank all of them for making this day one of the best ones in my life.

They are appealing books...are not they?

After some busy weeks, today I have gone to the nearest bookshop and I have not been able to resist buying some books I want to read since some months ago.
All of them are a mix of some kind of ''poetry'' and ''narration'' That is why I love them, I  love this kind of writing and although today I have already bought THREE books, I am thinking about some more books I also want...Hahaha
I wish I could tell you more about what they are about but I have not had time to read them yet but the three books talk about love and how a person could continue his/her life after a breakup.
I know all of them are written in Spanish but I am trying to look for similar books in English and, for sure, when I find it I will post them here!
I hope you like these books and you are also attracted by them as I am! :)

A complicated week

First of all, I want to apologize in advance if my weekly entry is not enough entertaining for you but it is not a good week for me. That is because I have felt really overwhelmed by the university homework. Apart from studying for a lot of practices we have had to do in only three days, I cannot rest because I have been searching for information to include in our project of Culture.
Although it is a project I am really excited about, I must say that it is too long! I have been like three hours just to find information about one topic...What a difficult work!
However, now, at night, I feel really relieved when I find a little time to write here and post it in the blog because I do not know if much people is going to read it or not but when I write, I forget for a while about my student's life and I can RELAX.
Moreover, I am also starting to be excited again because weekend is coming and this weekend I come back to my town where all my people is waiting for me! I am having dinner with some friends I have not seen for a month on Saturday and that makes me feel really happy.
Next week, I will show how it is going on and I will try to recommend you some books I am trying to read. Until them, have a great time and do not hesitate to ask me if you want something special to read! Xxx

Victoria de Samotracia, what a beautiful thing!

I do not know if I have ever talked about my interest in art but if not, I tell you my readers that there are some art works which really fascinates me and that I cannot stop looking at when I saw a picture of them.
For example, one of these pieces of art is ''Victoria de Samotracia'', an old greek sculpture.

Since the last year, when I studied Art History, this sculpture is for me one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
From my point of view, it is incredible to realize that a lot of centuries ago, people were able to create such a wonderful figure just with a fragment of marble.
On the other hand, the fact that the sculpture does not have a head, makes me wonder about how the head could be but I also believe that the lack of it, makes the figure more interesting and it is turn for our minds to imagine a head for the figure.
In my opinion, art from Greece is the most striking for me and I doubt that some day we were able to create so impressive sculptures as Greeks did.
To conclude, I want you to know that I have just promised to myself I have to visit Athens at least once in my life and enjoy the beauty of this old art.

THE CHAOS - An English poem -

Today, I am not going to tell again things about my day or my life in general, I have decided to show you an interesting thing I found yesterday on the Internet.
For some of us, maybe it is not interesting but for me, as a future english philologist, it have attracted my attention and I thought this must be shared with all of you.
It consists of a ''poem'' focused in the strange pronunciation of some english words. The poem puts together all the exceptions of english pronunciation from a humorous point of view and I am sure you will have fun reading it.
I hope you like it! :)


THE CHAOS
by Dr. Gerard Nolst Trenité
(Netherlands, 1870­1946)

Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I!  Oh hear my prayer. Pray, console your loving poet, Make my coat look new, dear, sew it! Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain. (Mind the latter, how it's written.) Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague. But be careful how you speak: Say break and steak, but bleak and streak; Cloven, oven, how and low, Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. Hear me say, devoid of trickery, Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore, Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles, Exiles, similes, and reviles; Scholar, vicar, and cigar, One, anemone, Balmoral, Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel; Gertrude, German, wind and mind, Scene, Melpomene, mankind. Billet does not rhyme with ballet, Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet. Blood and flood are not like food, Nor is mould like should and would. Viscous, viscount, load and broad, Toward, to forward, to reward. And your pronunciation's OK When you correctly say croquet, Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, Friend and fiend, alive and live. Ivy, privy, famous; clamour And enamour rhyme with hammer. Solar, mica, war and far; River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, Doll and roll and some and home. Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangour. Souls but foul, haunt but aunt, Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant, Shoes, goes, does.  Now first say finger, And then singer, ginger, linger, Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge, Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. Query does not rhyme with very, Nor does fury sound like bury. Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth. Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath. Though the differences seem little, We say actual but victual.

Refer does not rhyme with deafer. Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer. Mint, pint, senate and sedate; Dull, bull, and George ate late. Science, conscience, scientific. Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. We say hallowed, but allowed, People, leopard, towed, but vowed. Mark the differences, moreover, Between mover, cover, clover; Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, Chalice, but police and lice; Camel, constable, unstable, Scenic, Arabic, Pacific, Principle, disciple, label. Petal, panel, and canal, Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal. Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, Senator, spectator, mayor. Tour, but our and succour, four. Gas, alas, and Arkansas. Psalm, Maria, but malaria. Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean. Doctrine, turpentine, marine. Compare alien with Italian, Sea, idea, Korea, area, Dandelion and battalion. Sally with ally, yea, ye, Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key. Say aver, but ever, fever, Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. Heron, granary, canary. Crevice and device and aerie. Face, but preface, not efface. Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass. Large, but target, gin, give, verging, Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging. Ear, but earn and wear and tear Do not rhyme with here but ere. Seven is right, but so is even, Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen, Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk, Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work. Pronunciation ­­ think of Psyche! Is a paling stout and spikey? Won't it make you lose your wits, Writing groats and saying grits? It's a dark abyss or tunnel: Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale, Islington and Isle of Wight, Housewife, verdict and indict. Finally, which rhymes with enough ­­ Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? Hiccough has the sound of cup. My advice is to give up!!!

My best holidays

If I have to decide what my best holidays are, I must clearly say that they took place last December, when I went to London with my family.

The idea of travelling to London came when we were all tired of looking for cheap holidays without any result. After reading lots of travel brochures, when we saw some pictures of London and all the things to do were there, all my family agreed to set off to London.
Two weeks later, our plane was landing in Britain's capital!!
During the holidays, my family and I spent all the days doing sightseeing and visiting some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Moreover, England brought to me the possibility of knowing another culture and speaking English all the time so it helped me to improve my level in this language.

My favourite photo

On 16th June every year, I cannot forget, it is Cristina's birthday (my best friend)
She normally organizes a birthday party with all our group of friends. This year, Cristina was going to be 18 years old so we, her friends, decided to give her a surprise and we prepared a party for her without she would know it. Moreover, we gave to her a fantastic camera as a present and it is that camera who took this photograph.

This potograph was taken that day and I do not exactly why but although it can result silly, this is my favourite photo. Maybe it is due to the feelings it causes to me because when I look at the photo, I suddenly remember that special day, all our laughs and the great time we had. In addition, I am with Cristina, one of the most important persons in my life so despite how old the photo will become little by little, I will always be in love with it. It does not matter, I will continue having it as the wallpaper in my phone and also in my computer! Hahaha

One problem, one solution (Problem and Solution Paragraph)

Suddenly, the bellboy faces a problem: There is a jumper in the hotel.
A man has booked a bedroom in order to kill himself.
Then, we know that probably he wants to jump from the top of the building because of two problems. One of them is that he has recently lost his job. Moreover, we can see that the wife of the man has left him and she has gone with another man.

In my opinion, I hardly believe that despite all the problems you could have, the last thing to do would be to try to kill yourself.
I consider everything in life have a solution. For example, the man should try to look for a job, regardless how hard it may be.
On the other hand, referring to the problem with his wife, I know this is hard to do but he should overcome this and rebuild his life as far as possible.

A place I have decided to travel at least once in my life

Personally, after taking time to think about my favourite travel destination, I consider one of the greatest places in the world must be the UK. I’ve never been there but with all the photos I’ve seen and all the comments I’ve heard I can imagine it is such an amazing country.

In a future, I would like to travel to England and specially to London because I’ve always dreamt with it. I believe that travelling there can bring me the possibility of knowing another culture. Furthermore, it would be really interesting to discover what british traditions are and how different they are from Spanish ones.

Moreover, in addition to the possibility of knowing other culture, if you like the nature and the calmness, UK is your best option. UK is plenty of untouched regions which will fascinate you. 

On the other hand, I would also recommend to travel to the UK because it is an English-speaking country so all the time you stay here you’ll be forced to talk in English and it’ll help you to improve your level in English.

In conclusion, for all the reasons I’ve mentioned, I would choose the UK as my best travel destination and I hope you agree with me.

Don’t be afraid and go to the UK. You won’t regret it and you’ll have a new fabulous experience to tell.

Smoking, is it a form of suicide?

While I am walking down the park, enjoying the smell of flowers which have not withered yet and admiring the nature around me, I suddenly start to smell smoke...Where does it come from?
Oh, I know, the smoke comes from the cigarette of that young girl sitting in the bank. How is it possible? Can you understand somebody is killing herself as well as disturbing others' time of relax?
- I cannot. It is totally unlogical to think that something we all know is bad for our health and with the power of killing us, continues being more and more sold everyday despite the campaigns against it.
Moreover, it is okay you do what you want with yourself but why the rest of people have to suffer you smoking? I totally agree with the law of non-smoking in public spaces and I consider it will never change, without regarding what others say.

The other side of fashion

- Today, I want to talk about the strong influence fashion has in our lives.

First of all, I’m sure everybody have noticed that little by little, fashion has become a really important part of our lives.

Since the last years,  more and more fashion bloguers, stylist, ‘’models’’,… have emerged. It’s really common that these people use Social Networks in order to show the world their style and their idea of fashion. Initially, it has nothing harmful but if we have a closer look we can realize how young people are always seeing stereotypes which can make them want to look like the models they see, and this fact has several harmful things.

- For example, people are increasingly insecure. They feel they’re not good enough just because they don’t look like people in photos or they don’t have  the most stylish appearance or the most fashionable clothes.

It makes that, especially young people, don’t appreciate theirselfs and that they desire to be like the other people.

- Furthermore, it can be one of the causes of eating disorders. People don’t feel good with their body if they don’t have the perfect size so they are willing to do whatever in order to achieve this purpose.
Based on this, we find anorexia, bulimia,…

- In conclusion, it’s sad to say but we ourselves are who are promoting unintentionally these kind of illnesses.

Studying abroad (Opinion paragraph)

- Nowadays, it's becoming more and more common that people travel abroad to finish their studies in a different country.

In my opinion, it could be really helpful for you beacuse it would help you to improve your level of a foreign language because you will be forced to speak in the country's language all the time. Moreover, you'd have the possibility of knowing other culture, different people,... That's a really interesting thing!
Furthermore, studying abroad may offer you several laboral possibilities. It could help you to find a job easily in the future.
However, I also realize that studying abroad has some disadvantages such as being so far from home, from your friends and family. I imagine it must be absolutely difficult to start a new life in a new country without knowing anyone or even without knowing much of the city you're going to stay in.
I figure that people miss all their old life mainly at the beginning, in the first month because although you're having a great time you don't have your friends and family near to you to tell them how the thing is going. Nevertheless, with today's technologies you can keep in touch with your people, which makes the experience less hard.
- In conclusion, as all the things in world, studying abroad has a positive side and another negative one but I would say ''No pains, no gains''

The Giant's Causeway (Describing a place)

The Giant's Causeway is one of the most touristical places in the UK.

It is a rock formation made of basalt which is situated in Northern Ireland.
This natural landscape was created 60 million of years ago, when a field of lava cooled and formed these hexagonal blocks. However, there is a legend about the origin of this rock formation. The legend is based on the fight between two giants, where they threw the rocks which has formed this place.

If I would have to explain my opinion about The Giant's Causeway , I imagine it must be an exciting and wonderful place to visit because there, you can see how the ocean and the land join.
In addition, it's a landscape you won't find in another place because the only similarone is also in UK.
Moreover, I believe if you are in front of such a wonderful thing, you must feel relaxed and fascinated seeing this great landscape.

For all these reasons, I'd want to encourage everybody to visit this wonderful place, I'm sure nobody will regret it!

What freedom means to me

''Freedom is just based on doing whatever you want''- This is an opinion which is becoming more frequent in our days, speacially among young people. More and more people believe that freedom means that you can do the things you want at the moment you want and I totally disagree with this.

In my opinion, freedom must be based on the possibility of making your own decisions but always respecting some limits. 

We can't say that doing some things without caring about the rest of people is freedom. Although you are free, you must be responsable and keep in mind that you act in a certain way if you know it could harm others.

In conclusion, I would say freedom includes acting moderately.

Shakespeare

Nowadays, most of people don't usually read but there are some authors who continue being read although their books were written some centuries ago.
One of this authors is William Shakespeare, an english famous writer, who lived between the XVI and XVII centuries. Some of his best pieces could be ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Hamlet'' or ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''

Moreover, Shakespeare's books have been translated to several idioms so it has made possible that in every country people can know a little more about this renowned artist and that they can read some of the best stories which have been written.
In Spain, for example, almost everybody has heard about ''Romeo and Juliet'' or has attended to a theatrical performance of the piece.

To sum up, we must say Shakespeare and his books keep having a strong influence in the literary world, even among the youngest readers. People continue reading this author regardless the fact that his production is part of an older literary movement and I hope this won't change

Just a Poem (Experiment with a Poem)

Proud of the poem below

Proud of who I am
Proud of all the reached things
Proud of being always myself
Proud of saying what I feel
Proud of not keeping quiet when something's unfair

Proud of living my life
Fear of being dead in life

Fear of being controlled
Fear of silence
Fear of time passing us
Fear of giving up
Fear of becoming what I've always hated

Fear of loosing my self

Proud of myself / Fear of my self

Are new technologies positive or negative?

Nowadays, lots of people use new technologies for several things like working, studying, chatting, checking the news,...
This fact has positive things but also some negative things.
On the one hand, we can't deny that new technologies are really useful. For example, if you have to write a long essay, you can use a computer in order to write it faster than if you would do it by hand.
Moreover, new technologies make possible that you chat with people who maybe are so far from where you are. Furthermore, we have the possibility of seeing someone who's in the other part of the world just using a computer.
In addition, Internet may bring you all the information you need to do a project, an essay...
On the other hand, I hardly believe that if we use these new technologies too much, they might be harmful because there is the possibility of becoming addicted.There are some people who can't stop using a mobile phone or a computer all the day and it could become a really serious problem. 
In conclusion, I think new technologies are good only if we use them moderately. Although we can use social networks, chats or something like that, we must never forget to talk face to face.

Backpacking...A tempting adventure

Today, at 10:00 am in the morning, I have just woken up and I still remember the dream I had this night. It was about me and my flatmate some months later, in summer. The story is that we both decided to go on a trip as backpackers, but taken to the extreme: without any mobile phones or computers. At first, I know it could sound a bit crazy but if you think about it seriously, it really tempts me. I mean, imagine how great could be to travel just with other girl and a small backpack with a few belongings while you are exploring the most wonderful and lost places in the world. Although it can be hard at first, it would be a great opportunity to know even more about yourself and to be alone just with your mind and the culture of other part of the world.
I strongly believe it could be useful to prove ourselves that we do not need to be connected to our mobile phones and social networks at everytime, that there are great things to discover out there and we are losing them while we check our messages in Facebook.
After all these thoughts, I start my day with a smile and full of positivism (apart from decided to move a bit away from my phone), I see it, I see myself in summer as a backpacker... :)

First of all...

Hello! Welcome to my blog!
I'm Victoria and this year I'm studying ''Estudios Ingleses'' in the University of Murcia.
As part of my studies, I have entered the blog's world, a project which I'm really excited about.
I will try to post as often as possible and I'll show all of you my opinion about several topics and things I like.
I hope you enjoy my site! :)