Technology Versus Communication: Are we really connected?

By Ronny Roman

                Most of the people in the world now have a computer, a modern mobile or an easy internet access device which gives them the chance to communicate with other people everywhere and whenever you want, but people forget that they can talk to someone else personally.  Some people spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer or talking on their mobiles and they prefer to do that instead of talking to the people around them. In my family, for example, my younger brother spends lots of time sitting in front of the computer, chatting or playing, and we just can talk with him. At 8 pm when we are having tea, he is very nervous because he needs to come back quickly to the computer. I cannot bear that situation anymore; therefore I had a talk with him, however he did not understand what I think. Maybe the technology comes to make our lives easier, but we should live with technology instead of living for it.

Friendship also has its Limits

By Cindy Molina

            Friendship is important for our life but it has also its limits. Most people have friends; we enjoy good moments with them and we usually share our problems because we trust them. Definitely a friend is a person that we love, but, some friends could confuse the confidence and do not respect your private life. For example, it happened to me a while ago. I used to have a friend that I told all my secrets and problems. We used to be close friends until the day she begun to call me all day long or leave me messages because I did not invited her to a party or to my house. This behavior was very strange and she was driving me crazy, I decided to get away from her because we were too different. Fortunately, now I have friends that understand me. I think that friends are very important for us but they have to respect our private life as well.

One of a Kind

By Mauro Sáez

              Learning is a well- known natural psychological process where we acquire some knowledge. This can be shown in many differents ways and sometimes we learn some behaviors and we acquire them from someone we admire. In my special case, I learn something, but it meant more than a specific topic, I learnt inspiration for teaching and the person who is responsible for that is the woman that I invite you to read ahead. Sue Sylvester is the most amazing person that I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I know her for almost a year. In July of 2009 she made her first appearance. She is one of the main characters in a TV series called Glee. She has worked as a teacher for 10 years, when she was younger she was lost, she had a lack of motivation. She didn’t know what to do with her life, but since she found the passion for teaching she has always found the way to succeed in life and now she teaches her students everything that she can so they can achive their goals. She is tall, blonde and she’s gorgeous. The thing that inspires me the most of her is the fact that she’s so strong and she’s hard with her students but she still shows that she has a heart because she can be the sweetest thing when she wants to, she’s just pure inspiration for teaching. She’s is just one of a kind. I’ve never seen someone like her before in my life.

My Brother

By Juan Eduardo Espinoza

I think that an exceptional person should be somebody who is a good person and a role model for other people. The person that I choose is someone who really helps me when I need it, he is always there for me and I think he is great. He is my brother Alan Espinosa, he is a tall guy, bold and an outgoing person, but he is really serious when he has to. He is a biologist and an excellent professional, because since he was a child he loves bugs and little animals. I think that he studied what he really loved, and that is admirable. But the quality that I like the most is his ability to hear and help me, even though sometimes there are some little things, he is always there to give me some good advice, even if he has had a hard day, he is always there to listen to me, I think that all brothers should have a relation like the one my brother and I have. 

What am I going to study?

By Nicole Cruces 

                Deciding what you are going to study is always a difficult question in life. When you leave high school you have to decide which course your life will follow. You have to decide, whether you are going to study something or not. If your answer is positive, you will have to deal with a lot of factors. Friends and family´s opinions are important factors in your decision. Some teenagers never study what they really want; because their families do not support them. On the other hand, your likes and your abilities are the most important factors. You have to think about these questions, what do you like? , and what can you do best? In my case, when I decided to study English it was a difficult decision that I had to take. Even though my knowledge of English was little, I decided to be brave and make my major effort in order to do what I really wanted. Now I can say that making big efforts is the best way to overcome your own obstacles. But, it is really important that you can enjoy studying what you really want, because if you do not, you are going to be unhappy and people are not going to get anything good from you. Psychologists are worried about this too, for example: María Soledad del Río, Psychologist from the Catholic University of Chile says: “Nowadays with many alternatives to study is more necessary in young people the need to choose a course of study with greater accuracy and safety”. Due to all these reasons, this big question has to be answered with carefulness and maturity in order to achieve your goals in life.

An Exceptional Person: Hugh Jackman, my Favourite Multifaceted Man

By Maria Rojo

                  Hugh Jackman is the most multifaceted man I have ever met. When I was a child I watched the movie “X-Men” and I just fell in love with the main character, Wolverine, a savage super hero who had lost his memory. I started searching more information about the actor, his name was Hugh Jackman, a multifaceted Australian guy who started being an actor, a dancer and a singer in musicals in Sidney, but he didn’t become famous until he did the musical “The Boy from Oz”. Then, he started doing movies. He acted in X Men, becoming the most wonderful, mysterious and good looking superhero of comics. Hugh Jackman is a kind of person that does many things, he has enough energy to act, sing, dance, do exercises two hours a day and to spend time with his family. According to his wife he is an amazing father! He loves everything that he does and he never feels tired. I think that he is my ideal man; I have never met someone like him.

Children’s Behaviour is a difficult issue for Teachers

By Jazmin Espinoza

 

                    In my opinion one of the most important issues we will have to deal with as a teacher is the behaviour of the children. It seems to me that they do not care about having respect for others at all. Apparently they are careless about other people’s feelings. I think it is because they are not educated as well as people used to be, maybe one of the reasons of this is because their parents are not as present as old generations used to be, whether it is because they have to work or because they are not concerned about their children’s education. There is, however, another factor that makes difficult the teacher’s job, and it is that kids do not seem to be worried about their future, nowadays this may be because one part of children population have all they want easily, whether it is a new game or a homework done. Everything they “need” can be found on the internet, or be given from their parents, and it is something that makes kids think everything is easy to get, and so, they do not make any effort to get something. On the other hand, there are children who barely have the things that cover their needs, and they grow up believing that they are never going to be able to have a better life, and that is why they think there is no sense in trying to improve their lifestyle. Those are for me the most important factors that make children’s behaviour one of the most difficult obstacles that teachers have to come across.