diumenge, 31 de gener del 2016

GENDER VIOLENCE AND EQUALITY

57 women were killed by their partners in 2015. Gender violence is still being one of the cause of women's death. What are we doing wrong to still have to bury persons just for the reason of being woman? Does equility really exists in our society?


First of all, I have to say that if a man salary is currently higher than the woman one, it will be difficult to avoid something like death. In 21st century, we still have inequality in some aspects: why in man's toilets there is not a platform for diapering babies? Why there aren't car parkings where there are a draw of a father with a baby carriage? Our mentality has not change yet, even if we say that we are progressing. We still associate engineerings with man and nurses with woman. Just changing these aspects that seem not significant, we'll probably advance and treat woman right, and with right I mean normal.

The second point to consider is what we can do to avoid tragedies of this kind. From my point of view, I think we may educate the importance of equility since the future men and women are children. Just in this way, they will treat each other normally and they will feel themselves what they are: humans, no one more or less than anyone. Although this seems to be perfect to work, it is important too how the parents of this kids act in their houses: this can be an influence, sometimes good and, unfortunetly, another times bad.



dimarts, 26 de gener del 2016

NIP TUCK DIALOGUE

Scenario: two best friends in a restaurant waiting for the food
Characters: two best friends

Sarah: Have you seen my legs…?
Lauren: Mmm, what’s wrong?
Sarah: They are so big and fat, and… have you seen my lips?
Lauren: I’ve never noticed them.
Sarah: Look at them! I’m going to the surgeon this Saturday. I’ll pump my lips like Angelina Jolie. And as for my legs, the best option is to do a lipo.
Lauren: What?? You’re kidding me? Are you serious? You don’t need to look like somebody else…
Sarah: Yes, but…
Lauren: Shut the f*** up! Your lips are yours. You are who you are. If there’s a reason why people love is because of your personality, not because of the size of your lips.
Sarah: But, what about my elephant legs? Shall I do the lipo?
Lauren: If you really feel bad with yourself we can go to the gym together.
Sarah: It takes a long time to get the perfect legs. And…
Lauren: Don’t be silly, it’s healthier doing sport than a surgery intervention.
Sarah: Yeah, maybe you are right…
Lauren: I’m always right, aren’t I?
Sarah: Don’t be snooty. Don’t worry, I’ll think about it…

MIREIA PÉREZ AND CHAKIRA FARISS

divendres, 22 de gener del 2016

Self-Avaluation: Oral Presentation

After presenting my research project in English class I can finally say it: I HAVE DONE IT. Is so satisfying to know that after months preparing it, now I only have to wait for my mark. There is something that I would tell to every 1st batxillerat student: do it in summer!!!!! It was so stressing, but worth it.

Bearing in mind that our oral presentations had to take just 5 or 10 minutes, mine was a bit long in this. About the speaking, I need to speak louder and slowly, but about the pronuntiation I think I did it right. My eye contact and gestures were correct. Presenting something that only you know better than anyone else makes you feel confident, and this was what happened to me, zero nerves. My average rating that my classmates gave me is around the 9/9'5. So I'm happy for it! Most of them have enjoyed it and this satisfies me too.

I can not upload the video of my oral presentation, but here is the link of my Research Paper Prezi!



dilluns, 18 de gener del 2016

RESEARCH PAPER ABSTRACT

Key words: Montessori Method, child, pedagogy, education


Are we satisfied with our current educational system? Let’s take a look to another way of education, a philosophy of life: the Montessori method. This research paper has different objectives: look into what is the Montessori method (who had created it, what are the mains principles), observe WHAT is a class in a Montessori school, interview professionals of the topic, do 3 activities based in the method with a 2-year-old kid and recreate what is called “prepared environment” at home. Among other things, in my practical part I teached how to count to ten in spanish and english and the colours in english to a 2-year-old child through the Montessori method and the special material. The vast majority of the aims have been achieved.