Do you think luck exists?

Last week I travelled to France with my family. The first day there were a lot of unlucky situation. The flight went on for 2 hours to Beauvais, and when we arrived, it was supposed that we had rented 4 cars and we had to lend a deposit of 100 euros. However, the deposit ended up being 750 euros per car, and they did not accept my cousin’s credit card. For this reason, we decided to take a bus toward Paris. Two hours and a half later, we arrived to Paris and we were decided to take the direct metro to Marne-la-Vallée, where we had the hotel booked. Nevertheless, we could not advance from the terminal 2, since there were a lost bag in the metro which we had to take. Everyone was evict from the station. Thus, we decided to take a taxi toward the hotel. But before take it, I realised that my brother were not wearing his bag.

At first, we though that the bag lost were ours. This bag contained my and my brother’s nocturne lentils, which cost 800€ each one, and my mother’s glasses. A total of 1800 €. After think a lot about it I remembered that my brother had forgotten this bag on the bus. We arrived to the hotel by taxi and my father moved some contacts because we were not able to communicate us with French people suitably. The bus driver told us that there was not any lost bag, so we gave up hope to recover it.

The next days were most common. We went sightseeing, visited Disney Land Paris, climbed the Eiffel Tower and took many photos. Everything went normal, but my brother felt melancholy because of losing the bag. Nonetheless, the last day we were phoned by a worker from the airport. A passenger had found our bag in the bus and had let it in the lost object department, in the airport. We were very happy when we saw that everything was there.

Definitely, it was a chaotic trip, but despite everything, I was able to reflect on my life.

Power drinks and society

It is said that power drinks improve the sports performance, however they have too many negative effects. For instance, a power drink can cause: faints, changes in the cardiac rhythm, drying, gastritis, nervousness, etc., In fact, when people mix these drinks with alcohol, the effects are much more dangerous. If people know the side effects of these products, why do we continue consuming them?

Last month, I had a bad experience with some of these power drink. When I was drinking a Monster can I started to feel a tingling in my arms, and later I had stomach-ache. I know that these feelings was because of the power drink. As a consequence, I decided not to have this beverage any more, neither doing exercise.

I consider that a lot of teenagers are not aware of the effects that they can experiment with these drinks. For these reason, I believe that there should be some advertisement that could warn them of the side effects. Do not you agree?

Achieving goals

These days I am getting sick many times. I feel that I cannot control my negative thoughts. Even sometimes I have become depressed. Moreover, from time to time I feel weak, above all, when I have just woken up.

Nevertheless, I think that I have found the answer to solve this problem that does not let me enjoy the majority of moments. This is, to make my mind and body stronger. To achieve it I should begin eating more fruits, vegetables, eggs, lean meat, as well as drinking too much water every day. On the other hand, to improve my physical condition I am going to cut down on eating junk food and to start doing exercises every day, or at least three times a week. Some of the sports I have considered to do are: running, squats, roller blading, and above all, go walking. In this way, I also consider that I would improve my skin and appearance. As a result, I would feel better with myself and I would be more concentrated on getting my goals and on studying and passing the exams.

Has music influence on people? Or is music influenced by people?

From my viewpoint, music can change our mood, this is, we can be happy in a certain moment, but after listening to a melancholic song, change our attitude. In addition, music is frequently associated to our vital experiences, to some memories, cheerful or distressing. He always know what kind of music we want to listen when we go to a party or when we go clubbing. Likewise, we are always aware of what type of music we would like to listen if someone hurts us. In the same way, the general ideas that a song transmit us can influence on our personality and optimism or pessimism. Even in the way we behave.

On the other hand, music usually give us what we want to listen, apart from the rhythm and melody. This is to say, songs reflect the society thinking. In this way, in the past songs used to talk about broken heart, go far, friendships, lifestyles, etc. However, nowadays most of the songs are about different ways to move your body, physical loves related to sex, be liberal, etc.

Thus, music is influenced by people and music influence people.

The ideal job

The ideal job depends on each person, since the best job is that one that consist in doing what we love. In general, it is said that the perfect job is that one that has enough holidays, that is well-paid, and you do not have to do physical efforts.

For me, one of the most important factors is feeling us fill with that job, be good and love it, due to the fact that we should not work as something that we cannot stand, that is stressful and that make us feeling empty. However, the harsh reality is that nowadays, the Spanish job market is so damaged as a consequence of the banking crisis and the real state bubble. As a result, there were Large-scale redundancies, what means that many people cannot work at what they want.

Personally, I would like to work as a professor teaching English to adults. Nevertheless, a second option would be working as a translator or at the tourism industry. The only thing I have clear is that I fancy learning English, so I would like to travel a lot and to learn and work in that language.

To sum up, the perfect job is working at what you want, doing what you want and to improve your stronger point. The perfect job is the job of your dream. For this reason, although the possibilities in Spain to work in what we want are limited, we always have the option to go abroad.

Have you ever dream of being rich?

If I were the jackpot winner on the lottery, first, I would be in shock and then I would burst into tears. But later, I would feel over the moon and I would accept it. Moreover, I would spend that money on me, my family, my pets and I would also donate to a charity to help Third World children.

On the one hand, I would try not to throw money, but I would waste some money on buying me enough clothes, a car, a house, and a smartphone, things that I need. Moreover, I would travel around the world with my relatives inviting them for an amazing holidays all-expenses paid. I would also like to spend money on a family meal as a sign that I remember them. But the most important thing, above all, would be pay my sister’s wedding and my niece’s baptism.

As I would be seriously rich, I would try to invest on future technologies, to gain more money and to have an income all my life. Therefore, I would make an effort to not be in debt. I would also like to help animals and people in need, for instance, I would help endangered, mistreated or abandoned species and poor and sick people. 

Nevertheless, the most important thing to spend money on, and the main reason to save up money, would be on my degree. Furthermore, I would also like to put away money for my dental device and above all, on my jaw operation in 2 years. In fact, saving money would be my first purpose. In this way, as far as I am concerned, the most important factor would be to be ready for future expenses.

To sum up, I would say that if I hit the jackpot, I would save a lot of money. Later, I would buy a car and a new smarthphone, due to the fact that the mine is broken. In addition, I would also think of my family and needed people. In this way, I would do a family meal and I would give money to charities. 

Essay (week 11)

Education is a free right which has many purposes which depends on the perspective of each one. Some people believe that state does not make a right use of education. The main reason to believe it, is that education wants people to be obedient, cooperative and dogmatic. In this way, most of intellectual and the average citizen consider that this powerful structure of the society should promote other human- being characteristics. For instance, imagination and creativity, at the same time that make students independent and free.

Nowadays, it is a fact that teaching is focused on passing test. Students usually absorb materials and information with the purpose of repeating them in the exams. They just study hard to pass the exam, and frequently learning by heart without understanding the information. Moreover, sometimes students get confused, since they are educated into being cooperative working in groups, but finally they have to compete in the capitalist society market, by being best than the others.

On the other hand, new technologies are incredibly useful to search, inform and communicate us. However, some people become puppets of the dogmatism. Therefore, they do not question if what they are reading are reliable or not. They often just copy, and sometimes without understand it. For this reason, we have to know how to evaluate and interpret the information that we are given. In addition, these advances in technology, especially Internet, can be a great way to improve our creativity, originality… To make a difference from the others, letting our imagination fly.

If education were turned into a structure based on the progress of the human-being, with a sense of distinctiveness, this powerful organisation would promote the imagination. Furthermore, it would allow people to act freely and be independent. The highest goal in life should be work in the job of our dreams, that one which makes us feel alive. Whereas the worst mistake that some people make is to work in a job that do not interest us, or even that we hate. Most of students are in a course or degree that it really does not interest them. This situation can be provoked because of lack of information or due to the fact that these studies are more demanded or better-paid. 

Education should encourage creative exploration. In this way, students would not change into clones, just absorbing materials such as sponges. In addition, they should be taught to be more competitive in the same way they are taught to work in groups and to help the others. Education is a free right which we should make a right use of it with the purpose of teach them to be different, unique and above all, to know who to defend what they want and to achieve it.