YOUR-SAY: ELDERLY PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY

Nowadays, we live in a society aged so much, due to many reasons such as the highest life expectancy that we have.

Each towns or cities have different activities addressed to old people. In relation to the activities which are done with elderly people, I think that these are fantastic. There are excursions, workshops… For example, in my town there is a building centre where old people go there every Friday in order to meet, speak and spend the afternoon together.

However, elderly people can have some attention problems. Not all old people have someone who takes care of them and there is a moment that they need really attention. In the same way that these old people had looked after their children, now adults, I think that these children have to look after their parents when they are old. However, it’s true that there are residences where they stay, though I don’t think it’s the best place.

Talking about adolescents, things have changed too much recently. Respect to elderly people is one of the things that we can’t forget.

As a conclusion, old people deserve the right attention and respect above all from their family because surely they have done the same for their children before.

                                                     

YOUR-SAY: CANDEM TOWN MARKET

In February, when I went to London with my highschool classmates, we visited lots of interesting places. One of my favourite was Candem Town. 

When you visit it you can't believe that you are in London. It's very different from thw city centre, As London city is very modern, Candem Town has a hippie style. In the streets there are lots of shops and the buildings are very creative and well decorated. There are tattoes shops, souvenirs shops, clothes shops... I got in most of them and had a look at their souvenirs. Actually, I bouhgt a book called "In a dark dark wood" in Waterstone's Bookshop.

At the end of the street there is the Candem Market, a really cultural place. This market has two differents spaces. The first one, has many food stands with typical food from different cities of the world. And the second one you can buy clothes, jewels, arts and crafts ans so on.

I really enjoyed visiting Candem Market. If I ever go back to London, this will be a place I will visit again. 

YOUR-SAY: WOULD YOU FORGIVE YOUR PARTNER IF THEY CHEATED YOU?

An important thing in a relationship is being comfortable with your partner. Sharing the same likes and dislakes, doing free time activities together, visiting different places... are very important things to do to feel good with your relationship. If all these things don't work well, then you look for another person who offers you these qualities as your couple don't provide you enough.

Forgiving or no forgiving depends on each person. Some people can forgive easily and carry on a normal life. However, there are people who can't forget. Once you have been cheated it is quite difficult to trust your partner. Although he has promised you that he made a terrible error.

I think that there are many things we must take into account before taking a decision. You should consider the pros and the cons of the relationship. Another thing to consider is if he/she will be stronger to forgive his/her couple or if it's better to break up that relation and start a new life. 

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YOUR-SAY: MY CARNIVAL

This year, the carnival was on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of February. I went to Rose's Carnival with a group called Scargottins. The Carnival is one of the most important festivals in this big town and one of the most beautiful displays in all Catalonia. There, this festival is really amazing and GOES on for five days, from Thursday untill Monday. In my group we dressed up as tyroleans. The costume was so cute. 

On Thursday, the first day, arrive the figure that symbolise Carnival. People go to the street with costumes from other years and they do a little display. Then, they go to the dance hall in order to continue the party. I couldn't go on the first day because in our high school we haven't got holiday next day, on Friday, such as Roses' high schools.

The second day, it's really when the Carnival starts. At nine p.m. BEGINS the real show. This year there were more than seventy carriages. My group has the number thirty-two. When the carriages finish the parade they go to the port. This year the place closed at three a.m. because the other years had lots of incidents. Then, the people who want to continue the party go to the dance hall or to the pavilion. 

On Saturday, the parade STARTS at four p.m. It's the children's moment. The route is the same that on Friday night, and when this is finished the carriages go to the port too. In the night, people who wants go to the pavilion. 

On Sunday, the display at 12 a.m. Like the two previous days, when this finish the carriages go to the port and in the night people go to the pavilion. Every day the parade begin before. When Sunday arrive people know that Carnival is finishing.

The last day, on Monday, there is a public lunch for all the carriages. Then, IN the afternoon they do "L'enterrament de la sardina" where the figure that symbolises Carnival is burned. This shows us the end of Carnival. Such as the first day, I couldn't go because I had high school. 

This was the best Carnival of my life! I only want to be on the next year to relive that experience. Next year, I am going to go to the university and I will go to the Carnival all days.

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YOUR-SAY: STRESS

I will talk about a very common illness that affects many people nowadays. It's called stress. 

Many of my friends agree that they have many things to do in a normal day. Such as school homework, exams, some of duties at home.. Them admet being suffering from stress. 

How stress affects our body?

First of all, it's demostrated that stress can affect your heart. It can cause a person to breathe too fast, resulting in a loss of important carbon dioxide. Moreover, stress can affect the stomach. It can cause stomaches and problems digesting food. Stress also affects emotions. People suffering from stress often feel anxious and they may have panic attacks. People who are under stress often overreact to little problems. Moreover, long-time stress can lead to a variety of serious mentall illnesses like depression. 

How can we avoid being stressed?
We can avoid being stressed having a quiet social life. A healthy diet is another solution too. Doing outside activities like go for a walk are a good idea for relaxing yourself. If you have free time you can go to the gym to get away from your problems.  

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YOUR-SAY: MY NEXT YEAR

Next year I'm going to start my studies at university. I really wish to finish this High school year because it's the worst in my life. When my oldest friends told me that 2nd batxillerat was the most difficult school year I couldn't believe them but now I'm realizing that it's true. We have lots of works, exams and moreover the Research Project. 

I'm going study at the university of Girona because I really like the city. I think that if I went to study in Barcelona I would be very stressed. I would like to take an economic degree like "Comptablitat i finances" because I really like this world. I will share a flat with some more students, some of them are my close friends. I think that this option is better than taking the train every day. 

Staying in a flat in Girona will allow me to have more time to study and iy will help me to follow a routine. Moreover, I will have the opportunity to live by myself which will make me grow and become more independent. However, I will try to turn uo at home so that my family don't worry to much for me. 

YOUR-SAY: THE EARTHQUAKES IN L'ALT EMPORDÀ

Last Thursday, 29th of October there was an 4,3 grates earthquake with the epicentre in the Roses gulf. One month ago, there had been a smaller one in the same place but the last one was noticed in more towns. 

The latest earthquake was far more stronger than the previous one. It took place at two o'clock in the morning. At that time people were peacefully sleeping in bed as usual and they were woken up by the sudden movement and walls creaking. They felt terrified because they didn't know what was that noise. 

I didn't notice the earthquake and when I went to school my classmates told me about what was happened. In fact, although they told me that was a frightened moment I would have liked realize.  

My grandfather, who lives in Roses, tolm me that when he was a child, people used to say that under the Mediterranean sea close to Cap de Creus there were dorment volcanoes and now could be that those volcanoes were waking up. 

(The picture shows us where was the epicentre of the earthquake was)

YOUR-SAY: APPLE PIE

Once I met a woman who loves cooking. In fact, she loves baking cakes. She showed me how to make a traditional English cake called "Apple Pie". She told me that when she used to have one of those days she was feeling a bit depressed, she just went into the kitchen and started preparing something sweet. I find this bake very easy to prepare. 

Here, you will find the recipe: 

Ingredients:

• 180 gr flour
• 80 gr sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 envolope baking soda
• a pinch of salt
• 2 Granny Smith apples cut into small pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1 coffeespoon of nutmeg

Preheat the oven to 200ºC. In a bolw, pour the flour, the eggs, the sugar, the butter, the lemon juice and the nutmeg. Blend it for 5 minutes until the mixture is soft. Then, add the apple, cut into small pieces, and finally add the baking soda. Then, mix the batter mixture with a spatule until everything is well mixed. Pour the batter into a greased pan and bake it for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and remove it from the pan. 

If you prefer you can serve it with some vainilla cream. Enjoy it!

YOUR-SAY: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ABOUT TOURISTS IN THE COSTA BRAVA

As you may know the Costa Brava is a place where thousands of tourists come to spend their holidays. Some towns change a lot from winter to summer. I will take about the advantages and disadvantages when tourists come over our country. 

Some advantages are that our country has a good income of money. Peple who come on holidays usually spend much money during their vacations. Moreover, you have the possibility to make new friends and If they come from a foreing country you have the opportunity to practice the foreing language. Furthermore, another advantage is that when you go out in the streets you can see people everywhere, something which is very rare in winter. 

On the other hand, there also disadvantages when many tourists visit our country, First of all it takes longer to get to the places because the roads are crowded. When you go shopping you must queu for a long time because shops and supermarkets are full of people. 

In conclusion, although there are many people in summer and sometimes it's very stressful, summer is better than winter because towns are lively and you have much better. 

YOUR-SAY: ADOLESCENTS NOWADAYS VS ADOLESCENTS 50 YEARS AGO.

I will talk about adolescents nowadays and adolescents fifty years ago. 

Fifty years ago teenagers used to do different things that teenagers do now. In the past they used to work instead of studying. Families were quite poor and parents couldn't afford their childrens studies. So, most of the teenagers didn't use to go to the University. Instead they looked for a job and helped the family. Nowadays, teenagers have better oportunities to study. Most families think that Education is very important and they help their children in order to have a better life they had. 

I would also like to talk how teenagers spend their free time now and how they used to spend it fifty years ago. Nowadays adolescents spend their time with new technologies like computer, playstations, tablets and so on. Fifty years ago, they used to play in the street with their friends. They share their time, their ideas, their feelings... Teenagers nowadays are not as sociable as they used to be in the past and that is because these young guys don't make any effort to meet together. Instead they want to stay at home and using technologies to communicate. 

I think that things have changed a lot during the last fifty years. However, I am not quite sure who had a better adolescence.

YOUR-SAY: ADOPTIONS BY GAY COUPLES

"How do you feel when you see two men walking with their baby child?"

Nowadays, there are a lot of adoptions made by gay couples because they can't give birth as both of them are men or women. This is one of the possible ways for them to be parents. The could also pay for a surrogate mother. 

Most people think that a child must have a father and a mother in order to have a good education. However, gay couples don't agree with this thought, as they strongly believe they can be as good parents as heterosexual couples. In some countries the law doesn't allow that a gay couple adopt a child. In the same way, there are countries which also don't allow gay couples to get married. 

If you asked me the previous question I made at the begining my answer would be I feel good for them. When I see an homosexual couple with a child I don't find it strange. I think that gay couples can be very good parents as well and they deserve to reach their dreams. 

YOUR-SAY: LONG DISTANCES MAKE OR BREAK RELATIONSHIPS

I will talk about a topic of a discussion that is: "Long distances make or break relationships" which some people agree or disagree with.          

I think that large distances relations are hard to be hold because people really wish to spend as much time as possible with their boyfriend or girlfriend. However, life sometimes makes you take this decisions because of work, family or other life circumstances. 

I think that if you have only 10 days to be with someone, it just makes the experience much more intense because you don't want to miss a second of it. 

I believe that distances are difficult to manage but it also give you the chage to realise if you really love that person or not even you are far away from him or her. 

YOUR-SAY: IS THE LAW FAIR?

A few days ago I and the society in general were shocked by the news of a teenager of 13 years old who had murdered his teacher at highschool. Unbelievable but this happened in BCN. 

Personally, I feel that the law must judge and punish this boy although he is under 18 years old. It's seems to me that this boy suffers from a mental illness and he can be very dangerous any moment. I think that he could even repeat the same accident if he is not sent to a special hospital or school. The law in my country says that people under 14 years old can not be judged. I don't agree with it because since he has murdered a person he should be responsible for his actions. 

From my point of view, teenagers should not have guns or other violent objects and not even be allowed to take them at school. Personally, I think that the law in my country should be mpre strict and weapons should not be sold to people under 18 or to people who suffer from a mental illness. 

All in all seems to me that there should be a ligher control at highschools and schools around the world. I think that it is not fair that children die because of this horrible accidents.

YOUR-SAY: SCHOOL READERS

Every year, when we start a new school term we have to buy the school books and the readers we need for that year. 

Readers are good for us because this way we read novels. Students don't read much for pleasure. Most of us prefer doing more exciting things than reading such as sailing on the net, going out with friends... When we read we increase our vocabulary and we learn new structures. 

However, I think that two or three books in batxillerat are too many books for us. Because we have got lots of homework, essays and many other things to do along the year. Then, I think that teachers sometimes choose badly. They have to choose a good and especially funny novel because if it is a boring novel, we aren't interesting in read it.  

This year, in batxillerat I don't like the books that we have to read. In my opinion, the worst is "Tirant lo Blanc" because is written in ancient Catalan and it's difficult to read. Apart from this I don't like the plot. 

YOUR-SAY: ADOLESCENTS IN PARTIES

In this essay, I would like to talk about the adolescents behaviour in the parties at night. 

First of all, I think that nowadays when you go out at night you see very young teenagers spending the night out. Every day more, teenagers start going party earlier than it used to be. I don't think that this is the main problem but they start drinking and taking drugs being very young. 

For this reason, as they don't know what they are consuming, they act in a very stupid way. If they were in normal conditions, they would have fun instead. I think that teenagers do not really know the way to enjoy and they think that getting drunk and consuming drugs is the best way. 

In conclusion, I think that they can drink alcohol but they should control themselves in order to haven't got any problem. 

YOUR-SAY: ABANDONED DOGS

Last day, I was reading the newspaper at home meanwhile I was having breakfast. I was surprised when I read the news about dogs which are abandoned every day. The news stated that more than hundred pets are abandoned in Catalonia every day. Moreover, they talked about the problem they have when they collect these dogs from the street and are taken to the pinfold. There is not enought space in these pinfolds for so many dogs. 

I think that people who abandon their pets haven't got any feelings. I could never abandon my dog for instance. Before that, If I couldn't take care of it I will look for another family to host him. There are people who abandon their pets only because they have grown and they don't like them anymore. 

In my opinion, I think that when you decide to buy a pet you must take it into consideration, because animals are not toys. They need your attention and your time. 

YOUR-SAY: INTERNET

Since many years ago, Internet has become a very important gadget in our life and it changed people's life a lot. You can search information faster than if you have to search it in a book or encyclopedia. Also, you can read the newspaper for free. You can book your vacations or you can even do the shopping. If you need to cook a recipe, ypu can even look for it on the net. 

Internet has made our life easier but more technological as well. Children start using the Internet very early nowadays. This can be dangerous because they are very innocents and they easily get addicted to it. As they are children, they do things without think too much and then this can be harmfuk for them in the future. 

I have used the Internet since the primary school where teachers taught how use a computer. Since then, I never stop to using it because in the school is a very important tool to learn. Moreover, in my first year of ESO we were compulsory to use a laptop to learn. 

YOUR-SAY: VALENTINE'S DAY

Valentine's day is an American and British tradition. People sent each other cards, flowers, gifts or chocolate... to demostrate their love to their partner. However, some people also send cards or mobile messages to their friends in order to demostrate their friendship. Each partner celebrated this day like they want. Once go to the cinema, others go to have dinner in a restaurant and maybe others prefer to celebrate this day at home.  

Personally, I don't like this day althought it's the most romantic day of the year in UK. I prefer celebrating the 23rd of April, Sant George as it is a Catalan tradition. On Sant George's Day we give books and red roses to each other as it comes from a very ancient legend. 

I'm not a very romantic girl. Nowaday, I don't like this things but maybe in a future when I have a partner I will enjoy this day. Who knows?

YOUR-SAY: CARNIVAL IN ROSES

One more year, Roses has celebrated a wonderful party of the Carnival. It's recognised as one of the most famous Carnival of Catalonia. It last for five days from Tuesday 12th to Monday 16th of February. There was a big number of participants in the parate as well as lot of public people admiring the amazing parate. I really like this Carnival because people make their carriages as well as their costumes. They work for several weeks before the big day. 

From my point of view, this part is one of the most amazing one. When I was a child, I use to go to this Carnival with my cousine's carriage. Later, when I grew uo I decided to go with my friends. This year, I dressed up as a referee and my friends and I went to Roses on Friday and Saturday night. I didn't go on Sunday because I was tired and I will go to the school on Monday. I enjoyed the weekend a lot!! 

YOUR-SAY: APPLE COMPANY

Last September the 9th, the Apple Company presented its new mobile. There are two different models: One is the Iphone 6 which costs 699€ and it's the improved version from the last one. Iphone 6 is bigger too. Then, the other model is Iphone 6 Plus which is like the Iphone 6 but it's ever bigger than Iphone 6. Iphone 6 Plus costs 799€. If you want more than 16GB the price rises. 

In my opinion, I wouldn't buy this new Iphone right now because It's as new that people may not know if it works well. It may have some problems. Then, talking about its size I think that it's too big and the Iphone 6 Plus it's very bigger. 

I have got Iphone 5S and in my opinion this size is the best one. I have had this mobile for one month now. I really like IOS system. Only Iphones mobile have got this system. The camera has a better quality than the other mobiles that I used to have.

One disadvantage of this system is that you have to pay for some apps applications but there are cheap. Another disadvantage is taht in Iphones mobiles you can't put a memory card. So each Iphone model has its own memory. You can chose how many GB you want in your mobile. However, the more GB, the more expensive. 



Since they started making the first iphone in 2007, they have made 10 models until now. Last year, they created the Iphone 5C that is the improved version of the Iphone 5 but with worse material so that's why it's cheapper and people can afford it. As well, people like it because it's very colorful. Although, nowadays there are new models in the market people still buys Iphone 5C.