My English competence in 2016

From my point of view, my best writting contribution to my blog was the Gantz's recommendation because I felt proud of myself after finishing it. It was truly a good post since the content was very mature, the vocabulary was appropiate and I looked for some words in the dictionary, the structure was correct and the grammar okay. However, I think that BioShock's and Silent Hill's recommendations were accurate posts too.

Gantz recommendation.

Finally, about my oral presentations I don't think they were good enough to pick a best one. In addition, all of them were average not excellent and they're almost the same, I feel nervous and I mess them up. However, If I have to choose one It'll be the first term's one.

My progress from 1bat to 2bat

First of all, my earliest written task was an E-mail to my teacher and my last one was the Japan's description. The main differences between both compositions are the lack of connectors in my initial writting, the use of more complex grammar structures, the addition of more formal words and synonyms...etc.  The only element that back then was still okay is the structure, whereas the maturity of the content has greatly increased and so the vocabulary and grammar.

Regarding the oral presentations, the first one was an oral presentation with Aaron and Yuri and the final one was about my research paper. Both presentations are pretty similar, however, the principal contrast between them is that lately I've been feeling more secure when  I have to talk in front of my classmates and the improvement of my language variety. 

Description (place)

Batxillerat's end is nigh and as a consequence I should start thinking of a place that I'd to visit this summer. One of my favorite options is Japan, because I've been astonished by all the breathtaking and varied places that I have watched in films or photographs.

First of all, I'd like to visit old Japanese temples because of the serenity, quietness and peaceful atmosphere of this mystical buildings. In addition, the integrity of the temple with his environment is usually excellent due to the nature which perfectly combines with the Japanese mystical buildings. 

Besides, cities like Tokyo look pretty cool for me, the crowded streets, full of lights and many diverse places to have fun. However, I'm mainly interested in Japan since their culture is very peculiar and there are lots of modern areas with advanced technology and art.

In conclusion, Japan is a place with a mixture of unalike spaces and all of them seem very intriguing in a different way.

Human rights

Human rights are universal moral values or norms that determine how human behaviour should be like and what do we own for the simple fact of being a humans (inherit rights) , and in addition they cannot be taken away because it's against international laws regardless of the individual's status.

Most of the ideas that energizedthe human rights movement came as a product of the Second World War consequences and above all The Holocaust. Therefore, The United Nations adpoted the Universal Declaration of The Human Rights which consists of thirty articles and it's formed of civil, political, economical, social, cultural... rights.

As a whole, The Universal Declaration of The Human Rights is composed of thirty articles, but I'm going to focus only in one of them, the article 5: no one should be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

I understood all the words of the video, the vocabulary was very simple. This human right isn't respected in some schools (I think that in every school but I don't want to be so negative) because of bullying and in some police investigations, in order to get what they want cops may hit, torture innocent people. However, from my point of view, this right is respected in many places as normal people don't hit others.

Education is the key, School is the lock

"Education is about inspiring one's mind not just filling their head"

From my point of view, education shouldn't be just reminding facts and dates that has no use, in contrast it should be similar to Rousseau's conception of education, in other words, by ourselves, not filling our minds, but helping us to develop our mind with only the necessary assitence. In addition, the only way that we'll truly create new and innovatine stuff is if we let future generations -well, and everyone else- think by themselves, not what we want to. In other words, they just have to let everyone the freedom to think, new ideas, inspiring them...and so education doesn't have to make us remember unuseful information in order to stress us, this isn't really education, It's programming machines full of unneccessary data.   

Alien recommendation

Alien is a horror and science fiction movie directed by Riddle Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver. This film has been hailed by many filmmakers by the fact that revolutionized the world of cinema using a few decorated settings and very well implemented ideas.

The story focuses on the crew of the Nostromo, the ship ends its space round and is about to land on earth with all its crew members in a state of cryonics, when without knowing the central computer captures a signal of apparent relief and changes its course the origin of it. Then, the crew of the Nostromo wake up angry and have no other choice but to get off the planet from which comes the call and find out what's going on. Getting off, an alien with a hand shape sticks on the face of one of the crew members and then he enters in a state of coma. After researching the hand, they discover that the shaped hand alien was no danger itself, but what he introduced his victim in the stomach. Therefore, the larvae grow into the "eighth passenger" of the Nostromo.

One of the elements that make this film a masterpiece is its atmosphere, characterized by long dimly lit corridors with gases, emergency lights, metallic ceilings and  floors and windows with nothing but the empty image of the dark space. In addition, the atmosphere was frightening because we knew that a very powerful monster was loose and only six people had to flee from him or stop it.

Regarding the immersion, it was easy to identify with the characters because they were normal people who were caught in a situation of life or death, unlike other genre films that are rely on highly advanced technology and characters that are difficult to empathize with. However, there are many positive points since this film a classic  that everyone should watch.

Greece passes tax and pension reforms

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Controversial new pension and tax reforms were passed by Greece's parliament on Monday.

The measures are needed to unlock further international bailout money, to be discussed at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday. But they are unpopular with Greek anti-austerity campaigners and unions. 

"We have an important opportunity before us for the country to break this vicious cycle, and enter a virtuous cycle," Mr Tsipras told MPs. Monday, he said, "is a very important day. After six years, the Eurogroup will meet to discuss debt relief". The meeting will talk about new debt relief measures with a view to avoiding the prospect of a default in July, when Greece is due make its next major repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank. 

The reforms agreed by parliament include:

-Changes would not affect the majority of pensioners and moved towards a "sustainable" system.

-Before the vote, protesters in Athens threw petrol bombs at police, who responded with tear gas.

-Trade unions say the country cannot bear another round of austerity.

From my point of view, since 5 o 6 years ago we’ve been in recession almost around the world. One of the countries that have suffered this crisis the most is Greece.

The Issue is that Greece has to ask for loans and with these loans they only achieve more debts. This is why Tsipras says that they are in a vicious circle.