Ignorance (opinion)

Is ignorance so bad? People usually think it but sometimes I believe the better solution it's to not know the truth or what's happen. I often heard "the truth eventually comes out ".

I'm thinking about the attempt in Paris. One afternoon I was looking at the news of Paris when I ask me: You think it’s better to don't know what is happening and to don't be afraid to what can happen to my sisters who live in Paris or to know what is happening to have arguments when we speak about this. I finally continue to look at the news to understand the reason of the appalling acts of this terrorist.

Look at your plate (opinion)

My mum always tell me "Look at your plate" when I compare myself to my sisters. I don't know for you but for me it's really hard to do not compare myself to others. It is so easy look at others. In the present day see the life of others is so easy with social media. You have millions of summaries of lives that with just one click you can see all these clothes you don't have and you would like to have or travels you never could live. In the past, books made you dream but now people live your dreams for you.

Can the language we speak affect our behaviour? (opinion)

When you chose to learn a language take your time to choose it. My opinion I think it is really important. In fact I think this because I did a short work about “How languages affect our behavior”. When you know a language you absorb a culture and this can change your behavior. I suppose you believe it’s more complex than this, and it’s is. But I want to clarify my opinion. I think the language you learn makes you see the world in a different way and I believe it changes your behaviour. For this reason when you chose a language instead of others look at the attitude of the people who speak the language as their native language. If you like their comportment you are in the correct direction because you surely will act like them. 

ABORIGINE WALKABOUT

For thousands of years Australia’s first people have been intricately connected to the land. They are custodians with spiritual and environmental obligations and see the land as a living entity. Travelling their respective country and understanding every aspect of the landscape is a uniquely Aboriginal tradition that non-Indigenous defined this tradition with the word ‘walkabout’.

The aborigine walkabout: Many aborigines Australia send their young men into the wilderness for up to 6 months to test whether they are ready to become men. The boys must survive, unassisted, and keep themselves totally isolated. When they return after 6 months they will be considered men of the tribe.

 ‘Walkabout’ indisputably belongs to Australia’s Aboriginal culture and it has long fascinated Australians. The concept first surfaced in Australian popular culture in the magazine titled Walkabout in 1934 that combined cultural, geographic, and scientific content with travel literature. Then in the 1950s the Australian Broadcasting Corporation screened a TV series called Australian Walkabout.

(My opinion)

I choose this rite of passage after read a lot of different ones. Indeed I thought that this rite of passage was the worst one but instead it was the less dangerous. Of course it is dangerous but everything can be more or less dangerous so my point of view is that the Aborigine Walkabout is less than others. I think in the third world no one is able to experiment something like this. It’s impressive to know that there are still people able to survive alone 6 months in the wilderness. People with the necessary knowledge for take care himself and survive.

I WILL SURVIVE

(Gloria Gaynor)

I think the song I will survive of Gloria Gaynor is quite to a rebel song. The song talks about a girl who was dumped by the boy. He left her and she was really sad and petrified.

She thought that he wasn’t as nice as she had thought. After realized this she prayed the god for strength and not to fall apart. So she started to was strong.

Hereafter he invited himself to her house. So she finds him in her house looking sad, she didn’t want him there and she thought that she should have changed the lock or taken his keys so he couldn’t come back.

She said to him: Did you think I would fall apart, crumble or be crushed by you?

Finally she told him to leave because she didn’t need him anymore and she was keeping her love for someone else.

In summary it’s about a woman who will survive living alone without a man.

The email !

The email !

Hello, my name is Faustine. I’m going to talk and give you some information about my childhood until now. First of all I think it’s important to clarify some basic information like I’m a girl and I’m sixteen-year-old. I was born in Paris, the capital of France, where my two older sisters are living now. We are four sisters. Rebecca is the oldest, after there is Jessica and finally Ophélie is the youngest like me because she is my twin. Ophélie lives with me and my parents in Spain, more precisely in Empuriabrava for 9 years ago. Actually, I can talk four languages, my native language which is French, also Catalan and Spanish and I can speak more or less fluent English. I love traveling around the world, meeting people, improving the languages I know and learn some words from others languages. In my leisure time I enjoy sports and playing piano. When I have a little bit of time for me, I always go to play the piano. Finally for finish this text about myself, I can say I will strive to improve my English.

Italians Interview!

(Faustine, Deborah and Ophélie)

US-Where are you from?
  ITALIANS-We from Italy.

US-How did you come here? By plane, ship or train?
  ITALIANS-We came by ship.

US-Why are you in Barcelona?
  ITALIANS-We are there on holiday for the last year of school.

US-How long are you going to stay here? 
  ITALIANS-We arrived here on Wednesday and we will leave on Sunday.

US- Are you travelling with family or friends?
  ITALIANS- (They answer this question in the third answer: with school, so with friends).

US-What have you visited up to now?
  ITALIANS-We have visited the Parc Güell and the Magic Fountaine of Montjuïc.

US-What do you like the most in Barcelona?
  ITALIANS- I like La Rambla because is amazing. Specialy when we go there in the evening.

US- Is there anything you don't like?
  ITALIANS- No, there isn't.

US- Have you bought any presents?
  ITALIANS- No, we haven't bought any presents yet.

US- How do you get around in the city, by underground, car, bus or on foot?
  ITALIANS- By underground, taxi, bus and a lot on foot .

US- Do you know any words in Catalan or Spanish?
  ITALIANS- (They know): Buenos días; Hola, que tal?; Bondia


US- Have you tried any typical Spanish or Catalan food?
  ITALIANS- We haven’t try yet, but we have to try the paella.

US- Do you think Barcelona is expensive?
  ITALIANS- (They say first): No. (But some of them thought and finally they say): Yes, more than Italy.

US-  Do you see any differences from your country?
  ITALIANS- The Spanish people are not strict with the schedule. It’s not like Italie.

US-   Would you recommend Barcelona to your family or friends?
  ITALIANS- Yes, of course.

US-  Do you take a lot of pictures? What do you like taking pictures of?
  ITALIANS- Yes! We take a lot of selfies.

US- Have you heard about the Catalan process for Independence?
  ITALIANS- Only a little bit.

US- Will you come back again?
  ITALIANS- Yes!

US-Described Barcelona with one Word:
  ITALIANS- Particular