Human Rights

Nowadays, human rights are not as omnipresent as they should. In many undeveloped contries human rights are an "idealistic" thing. Global problems as children exploitation or some kinds of slavery are a good example of the violation of human rights.

What is must be done in order to avoid this violation, laws should be stronger, more strict. Laws must not allow that our rights could be violated, human rights should be above everything, nothing is more important than human rights. 

This is a problem that governements should be aware of, and they should protect our rights as John Locke said in his political works. No one is above our rights and the task of our governements is protecting this rights.

Formal letter

103 of Elm Street

Empuriabrava, 17487

President Mariano Rajoy

Complejo de La Moncloa

Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n 

28071 Madrid

Spain 

I am writing to notice a growing problem in our society. Falangism is gaining strength. It is gaining strength as neo-nazism or french fascism does. 

For part of our society, Falangism may seem the answer to all our problems, but it isn't.  50 years ago, we were in a dictatorship that strangled Spain's freedom, our freedom. We are in a democracy since 40 years ago, we cannot lose this value that we expensively regain.

This fact is unacceptable, and I request him that please, do something for democracy.

Kind regards,

Pepito Juan de la Mancha.

A new frontier: Trip to Mexico

Day 1: Spain-London

Departure from Barcelona-El Prat Airport at 09:00 pm with destination to London's Gatwick Airport. In London, we'll stay a night before taking the next's day flight.

Day 2: London-Cancún

From London Gatwick Airport we'll take our flight at 12:00 am with destination to Cancún. After 12 hours of flight, we'll arrive in Cancún's Airport where a taxi is going to take us to the hotel where we are staying: Hard Rock Cancún.

Day 3: Relax in Cancún

After a tiring trip, we may have jetlag. So this day in focused on relaxing and enjoying the fantastic tropical weather that the Yucatán Peninsula has to offer. Also, the hotel offers some activities such as snorkeling, gym activities, paintball aim contests, show, etc... All focused on entertaining ourselves. At night we've got a booking in the Japanese restaurant in the hotel. In that restaurant, we will see how the food is cooked in the Teppanyaki style.

Day 4: Chichén Itzá-Ek Balaam

Today we are going to the most emblematic Mayan ruins of the whole Yucatán peninsula: Chichén Itzá. In those ruins, we've got a tour arranged to show us how Chichén Itzá was built and all the story that concerns the city. At lunchtime, we will go to Hubiku cenote where we are having lunch and have a swim in the cenote. After that, we go to Ek Balaam, another Mayan city. After the visit to Ek Balaam, we return to the hotel.

Day 5: Tulum-Cobá-Akumal Bay

In the morning we go to the Mayan ruins of Tulum, a  Mayan city nearby the sea, where there is a temple dedicated to the Wind God. After the visit, we go to Cobá the city with the highest Mayan pyramid, Nohoch Mul. Cobá was also one of the main cities of its era, being so important as Chichén Itzá was. Then, we have lunch at a restaurant nearby Cobá's entrance and finally, we go to Akumal Bay where we are going yo have a snorkeling afternoon with the Caribean aquatic fauna. Finally, after the swim, we return to our hotel.

Day 6: Sian Kaan

This is our last day doing trips around Yucatán Peninsula and we will spend the day in the Natural Park of Sian Kaan. This natural park is the home of a large variety of species such as dolphins, sea turtles, pelicans, even eagles...

Days 7,8,9: Just chill

Last 3 days in Mexico, so we are going to spend all our last 3 days in Mexico enjoying our time in the caribean beaches. 

Day 10: Cancún-London-Spain

After this fantastic week in Mexico, we are going to return home by taking the plane that takes off from Cancún's Airport at 9.00 pm with destination London Gatwick Airport, arriving there at 8:00 am. Finally we'll wait 5 hours before taking our plane to Barcelona.

Can we live without computers?

Computers. Computer are an essential part of our society but are we able to go back to the past and live without computers?

In my opinion, we can't. After growing up with a computer in our home we've developed a "connections" with it because computers have made our lives much easier. Easier to get information, easier to communicate with someone... Everything is easier with a computer. Even our phones are alike a computer, but they fit in our pockets!!

So in my opinion, we aren't able to go back in time and live as we did 30 years ago, and that's because computers have made our lives much easier.

Learning English my way

I've been learning English since I was 6 years old more or less, and in all the years I've learned many ways to learn English. I think that the best way to learn English is to combine the theory with the practice. With that, I have to say that the method that is applied in Spanish schools is not the best. 

For me, teachers should teach grammar basics, but instead of practicing grammar all the time, students should apply what they learned in a dialogue or in oral exercises. And instead of homework, students should try to understand series or movies in English or at least with subtitles. 

In conclusion, for me, those are the clues, the best ways to learn English. And thanks to my experience, I know that this method works.

Esperanto's idealism

Esperanto is a language that in my opinion will globalize our world and "destroy"  our cultural differences that make us unique.

As I said, if Esperanto is the global language, all cultural traits that identify us as a Spanish person, a French person, a Japanese person would disappear with time. The Internet and intercontinental trips have led us to a state of "less uniqueness" of the cultural traits that distinguish our cultures, an example of this is the cuisine, because all around you might find a Japanese or German restaurant.

Under my point of view, Esperanto is a language that could have negative effects on our cultural diversity.

Research Project Letter

Dear tutor,

I'm writing this letter because I want to ask how I should organize my research project about animal extinction. To introduce this research project I thought of explaining what is extinction and also explain the five big extinctions that happened throughout Earth's history, such as the Dinosaur's extinction.

After that, I want to focus in our time, which are the causes of animal extinction, concretely I want to focus on human activities and how they affect to the ecosystems, putting the example of the Dodo bird.

Finally, I want to propose some ways to prevent animal extinctions in the future, so our diversity can remain as it does nowadays.

So that's my research project's organization and I'd be glad to know your opinion about it.

Kind regards, 

Xavi Bech Struck.

Slavery resurgence

Dear delegates of the United Nations,

I'm here to denounce a fact that can't continue, it can't resurge. Yes, I'm talking about the resurgence of slavery. The same slavery that some historic figures as Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King have fought.

Seventy years ago we agreed to declare the human rights, but if we don't act, all the efforts we put in that declaration will be futile. All the efforts we put will be meaningless. Is that what we want? Going back in history? 

My answer to it is no. I will do all that is in my hand to evade that situation, and I hope that you, after listening to me, will do the same.

Thank you for your attention.

Toxic friend

Hi Damian,

I need to tell you something, and I'll be honest. You are a toxic friend, and you're ruining my life.Since you offered me to smoke weed, my life has gone wrong. Until that moment I had never done anything bad, anything that could affect my life.  So I offer you two solutions to this problem: or we are no longer friends, or we see each other less than we have done until now.

I'm sorry Damian, you were a good friend when we met for the first time, but you've changed, and I won't follow your steps. That ain't me. I hope you'll understand me. Please, answer me.

                                                                                                    Your friend

                                                                                                                   Xavi