The
government plans to introduce a new law which will mean that students
will have to go to school on Saturday mornings in order to improve
the level of education. In my view, this would have lots of negative
consequences.
In
the first place, I belive free Saturdays are necessary because it is
important to relax, and also they are good for doing homework and
studying. I've no doubt that classes on Saturdays would be a
disaster, people will be too tired and it won't take advantage of the
classes.
If
the aim of the government is to improve the level of education, it
seems for me that there's a better alternative: the family. I think
that education isn't only classes.
Today
is Angus and Laura's wedding and the bestman, Charles is still asleep
when he had to be on his way. He leaves his house with his flatmate,
Scartlet, but Charles' car doesn't work, so they have to go to the
wedding in the little Scarlet's car. Finally they arrive on time to
the church and the ceremony starts. But Charles has forgotten the
rings!!! So he has to ask Mathew if he can get some. Finally they
find two strange rings, and the wed goes perfectly.
At
the reception, Charles meets a beautiful American girl, Carrie and he
falls in love. Then people gets drunk and they start kissing people
that they wouldn't kiss, dancing and singing. At night, when Charles,
Scarlet and other friends are going by car to Tom's house, Charles
gets out of the car and goes walking to the Lucky Boatman, the pub
where Carrie is staying. At the pub they meet and they go to the same
room...
Two
weeks ago, my classmates, Jordi Mossoll, Anna Vilà and I went to our
trip to Italy. We started the trip in the school at 5.30. We took the
plane to Milan Malpensa and we arrived at 10.30 more or less. We got
on a bus and we went to Sirmeone, Lago da Garda, a very beatiful
small town surrounded by a huge lake. There, Maria explained us its
history. In the afternoon we went to Verona and we went sightseeing
the city, its ancient Arena and Julieta's house. We overnight there
in the Arena Albergo. The next day we went by train to Venice. We saw
st. Marco's catherdral, the canals, ponte Rialto... We could feel the
supremacy of Venice in the XVI century. The cathedral was all covered
with gold. The next day we took a bus and we travelled to Firenze.
When we arrived we checked in the Eden Hotel and we visited the city:
the Duomo, ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Michaelangelo's
David... On Thursday we visited the Uffizi, where there's the Born of
the Spring and others famous pictures. Later we entered the Duomo and
we went up the cupola. We had lunch, we visited the Academy and we
had some free time. I used this time to go up the campanille and buy
some souvenirs. On Friday we visited Pisa, where we travelled by
little train and we saw the tower, the church and the baptisterium.
Finally, we went to Firenze's airport, Amerigo Vespucci, we took the
plane and we arrived to Barcelona. Then we returned to Banyoles by
bus, when we arrived at 1 o'clock.
This cactus cannot supply water! It's an art installation at the Cantareira reservoir in Brazil during a drought. Artist and activist Mundano created it to highlight an environmental problem. The city of Sao Paolo is using the second of its three water reserves... and it has only two months' supply left!
Ohio has been shaken by another case of fracking-caused earthquakes, reports NBC. It's the second case this year of fracking-linked earthquakes in the state. In March, seven gas wells were shuht down after fracking triggered two small earthquakes. Despite environmentalists' objections, the fracking industry is booming across the USA, as America moves from importing other countries' gas to exporting their own.
Andrew is a first year music student at a prestigious New York conservatory. His dream is to become a great jazz drummer, and it looks like this might come true when he is chosen for the school's top band. But the teacher in charge of the band is a terrifying, sadistic perfectionist. He mentally and physically tortures his students to try to make them surpass their limitations. Soon, Andrew and the teacher are locked in a tense fight for supremacy. Whiplash is a great film about music and dedication that excellence demands, but also asks difficult questions about the role and duty of a teacher.
Last
week it was my friend Sam's birthday of my friend Sam. Some friends
and I had organized a surprise party in his house.
That day
Sam thought that, Sam was thinking that we had forgotten his
birthday, so he was really upset. When the school finished, Sam went
to the shopping centre with his mother to buy something. While he was
there we went to his house to organize the party. But we had a
problem, we hadn't got the key!!! So we used a window to enter to the
house. When Sam saw us in his living room he got very happy.
