The horror unfolded Paris

Last Friday 13th of November, 6 terrorist attacks took place in Paris held by 8 jihadists, which caused the death of 132 people and more than 350 wounded. This is an attack by the recruited mans of the Islamic State, who sowed fear in the country.

First of all, it is important to remark that more than a religious act, this act is related to politics and revenge. France, prior to the attacks, bombed Syria where civilians were killed. The Islamic state, also known as ISIS, answered with the killing of Paris. Consequently, France returns to attack the ISIS and calls for collaboration to Europe. In other words, a war begins between a progressive country and a terrorist group, where the most damage ones are the citizens.

Secondly, the next point to consider is the big shock and damage that have caused the killings worldwide. The incident occurred in France, a safe European country. For this reason, it not only hurts French people, but also the rest of Europe, a continent that shares moral values. However shocking it is, murderers of this kind are daily in countries like Syria or Iraq. Because of this, people question: is more worth a French life than a Sirian life?

Summarizing what has been said before, what we are experiencing these days is nothing more than a political conflict between two countries, where the ones who are hurting are innocent humans, whose lives are unfairly snatched.

Composition Dorian Gray’s book: BEAUTY

Physical beauty has an end, but the beauty inside us is forever.

From my point of view, beauty is not the most important element of our lives, as Lord Henry says to Dorian Gray. There is something more than a gorgeous face and a fair hair. We are humans because we have a soul, feelings. What makes us beautiful is how we are with the others and how we treat them. In the book Dorian Gray, the portrait would be the human and Dorian the portrait. Youth perhaps is and incredible stage of our lives accompanied by beauty, so it is necessary for us to be conscious that it will last, and that it is not as essential as we probably think.

Maybe when our youth goes our beauty will go with it like Lord Henry says, but we will still be the same person with a beautiful soul!

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Fashion Bloggers: CHIARA FERRAGNI

Nowadays, fashion bloggers are so popular around the world. I want to share with all of you my opinion and make you know more about this movement with an example: the italian girl Chiara Ferragni.

Fashion bloggers started to create their blogs since 2007, approximately. Most of them weren’t professionals of the fashion world, they just were young people, students and teenagers who hung their daily outfits on the Internet, specifically on the web Blogger. People started to follow them in their social media and over time, they became famous around the world.

Chiara Ferragni, in 2009, was a normal italian girl who was studiyng law in the univeristy. But then, she created a fashion blog, showing her own style and finally she gets famous. Her web page is called “The blonde salad”, and now she has over four millions followers on instagram. Her webpage grow so fast and now a group of persons are working in it. Two years ago, she created her own brand of shoes, which people really liked and which at present their price are around the hundreds of dollars. Later, in 2013, she has been employed by Guess as a model. Today, Ferragni is a successful business woman, a great fashion designer and an attractive model.

I knew about Chiara when I created my instagram count. She’s so stylish! Her outfits are very original and I’m every day visiting her instagram account because I enjoy watching her ideas. It’s like she puts her personality in her clothes, and that’s what I like of her.

Kenya bus attack: Primary school head teacher plays dead to escape slaughter by Islamic extremists

SUMMARY:

The director of a primary school, explains how he saved his life acting like a dead during a slaughter in Kenya, where some terrorists set off the bus 28 passengers for not being Muslims.

Douglas Ochwodho , the survivor, said that all the people who weren’t from Somalia or who weren’t Muslims, were separated from the others and they had to lie on the ground because the terrorist had to kill them. One after another, until it was his turn. They weren’t sure if Douglas was dead or not, but when they see that he was lying with the other bodies, they thought that someone already shot it.

When Al-Shabab escaped from the crime scene, Douglas got up and went to the road for help. A truck stopped and took him to his school, which is located in Mandera. He said that he was on that bus heading for his home because the school had closed for Christmas holidays.

Ochwodho’s brother explains that Douglas was very lucky. The radical group didn’t shot him because the confusion was the blood that was in his body, which was not his: it was of the bodies he had next to him.

Al Shabab, to stop the bus through several bullets, but the driver resisted. Then, terrorists launched a grenade and finally, they controlled the bus. Once uploaded, they told to the 60 passengers to recite the Shahada, a religious creed, and if they didn’t know how to read it or say it, they had to die.

Among the 28 deaths, 19 were men and 9 women. 17 were teachers.

PERSONAL OPINION:

I support the right of freedom. All the freedoms that a person can have. Each person decides to be, in this case, believer or not. And if you decide to be a believer, only you can chose what religion you want to practice. Personally, I am a Muslim and I respect all the religions around me. So, I think honestly, that it’s extreme and inhuman what those people did. I think above all, we are all humans. And the first thing that should exist between us, is the respect. I think this "war of religions" is useless. It’s just that, a war, and according to what I know, none of them have anything good.

VOCABULARY:

-Hijacked: segrestat

-The killing spree: l’onada d’assassinats

-Slaughter: massacre

Email to my teacher: Future and Dreams

Hi Sonia!

In this email, I will explain practically what is in my young mind right now, what it is like to see the world through my eyes and what will be my little contribution to make our planet a better place. Basically, you will know a bit of me and my dreams. Hope you like it!

I consider myself as an optimist and active person, bearing in mind that I am, like millions of teenagers, in a confused stage of my life. It is true that my daily routine it is not as dynamic and fresh as I would like, but I always see it all in a positive way, I really enjoy every moment. A peculiar feature of me is that I am a bold girl, and I admit that this is totally good! Because if I make a mistake, I just have another lesson and experience. My incredibly self-control helps me to face challenges without being so obsessive and If there is something I learned from adolescence is to be more confident and happy with yourself, have a permanent and indelible smile in your face, and spread this happiness to those who surround you.

Now that you know a bit of me, you have to know who will be the future me! Since we were in school, our parents and teachers asked about what we are going to do with our lives, who we want to be. Personally, I am of those disconcerted students that are not sure 100% of their future, but I have an idea.

When I close my eyes and I imagine where I see myself in 10 years, there are three places that comes to my head.

One of them is an office, being a businesswoman. I have a strong interest about how does it works the current society, I feel attracted by specifically the marketing, and why not, I would like to have my own enterprise. Another point of this profession that captures my attention is that the world of business had always been manly; I think we need more women in a field like this!

My second option is to be a journalist. If I finally decide to study journalism, it will be aiming to investigate. I feel appeal to show the truths hidden in this world, and speak up for those who are afraid. She is not a journalist, but my model to follow is Malala Yousafzai; I admire her with all my strength.

The third and last place where I see my future me, is in front of kids, teaching. Since I was a little girl I have always helped my classmates in every doubt or difficulty that they had, and I felt satisfied. I currently do it, it fills me to know that with my help my friends or brothers understand the lessons. Education is a key for our world, because students of today are the citizens of tomorrow, so If I can contribute, I will feel compensated.

This year has begun the countdown, and we are all minded that we have to make important decisions in a few months. Whatever my choice may be, I will work so hard to achieve my goal.

TED: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter

In this video, Mark Bezos explains us his experience as a volunteer firefighter in a specific situation that he lived. There was a fire in a house and when his friend (that worked as a volunteer too) and him ran rapidly to the house. The friend arrived first, so he had to save propietress's dog. But then, when it was Mark's turn to act, the captain just told him to enter the house and look for a shoes to the propietress who was in pyjamas and barefoot crying outside. Bezos wasn't expected that but he did it anyway. Weeks before all of the firefighters and also Mark recieved a letter to thanked them. 

This experience that he lived, has a moral quote in the background: "If you have something to give, give it now"-Mark Bezos. He suggest us to act. You can clean a neighboor park, sirve food in a social lunchroom, help kids with their homeworks. Maybe we can not save a life of somebody but we can influence in somebody's life positively. 

From my personal point of view, his speech is so inspiring. As Mark Bezos says, I really believe that every little sign we do to other people can brighten others day. I mean, with just smiling or listening to them can make a difference. And also it feels good to be nice with them. That is the true meaning of humanity; that makes us humans. 

THE NEW SYSTEM PROJECT

Capitalism is a system that has proven to be unfair and problematic. Has only done and caused problems and catastrophies of all types, from the socials inequalities to climate change. We need a new system that takes us from the ostracism to which we focus. 

Many important figures, are uniting them to demand a new system to replace the obsolete and failed capitalism which reigns and rules today. Prisons are increasingly full, the currency imbalance is growing, the Earth can't supports climate change and pollution: economic liberalism demonstrated that it is not the solution.

That is why we need another and different system, that will make us more collaborative, involving consciousness us in the future of the planet, that make us more solidarity with the most disadvantaged and make us realize that the world still has a solution.

We always think that big changes are impossible, but that's not true. What is needed is a bit of each of us, start from the daily life and go forward, because we will be more and more over time,  and finally we will get to our goal: a better world.

That's the video I have found, I'm sure that will makes you think over. Hope you like it!

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE

"Love the way you lie" is my favourtie song. It's not for any reason in particular, it's just beacuse every time I hear it I feel quiet.  When I'm sad or I had a bad day I listen to this song and I feel better (if I say the truth, I don't know why). 

Eminem (a famous rapper), and Rihanna (one of my favourite singers) sing together in a videoclip where appears a couple, and the women suffers gender violence. First thet are sleeping together hugging each other. Then, the girl woke up and want to run away. The man tries to catch her. They kiss each other constantly with strenght and passion, but among these kisses, they throw away things, break bottles, hit the walls and fight: the couple live a battle every day. 

There are two songs: the first part Eminem it's the protagonist, and in the second, Rihanna. I like the second one, so today I want to traduce into Spanish some paragraphs and share my opinion about it. 

The chorus is: 

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright because I love the way you lie

Solo te quedarás ahí, mirando como me quemo

Pero esta bien, porque me gusta la manera en que duele

Solo te quedarás ahí, mirando como lloro 

Pero esta bien, porque amo la manera en que mientes

There are some phrases they say that reflects perfectly this story: 

I may have hit you three times, I’m startin’ to lose count/Puede que te haya golpeado tres veces, estoy empezando a paerder la cuenta (Eminem)

Our love, is crazy, we’re nuts, but I refuse counseling/ Nuestro amor, es una locura, estamos locos, pero me niego a perderte (Eminem)
But you'll always be my hero, even though you've lost your mind/Pero tu siempre serás mi héroe, incluso si enloqueces (Rihanna)

Those three phrases explains what gender violence is: a relationship where the man hits the woman and say that he loves her, and he don't want to lose her. But she's lost, she doesn't know what to do, and unfortunately, she always believe that he loves her so much, and thinks that this is the reason why he hits her.

This is not the meaning of love. Love is want the safety of the other person. Protect her, and above all, make her happy. Never be obsessed with someone is like love him a lot. Every year thousands of woman and girls die for the gender violence. This has to stop, because nobody deserve this physical and psychological torture.