What lonelyness really means

Jane is a girl who was born in Telluride, a city that's located in Colorado. She spent all the early years of her life studying in her city. There, was only one primary school and one high school as well. All her classmates and teachers realised from the very beginning that Jane was a very quiet and shy girl. Her marks were always better than her classmates'. As usual, there were people in her class that didn't like her and were always bothering her. Jane suffered a lot. She could not understand why in the world her classmates were bad with her. She was the friendliest in her class and all people could see that. Jane's parents raise sheep and cultivate the land in order to have money. Jane is the eldest of 5 children and has to care after them when her parents are working. Her mum and dad go every week to the city's fair where they sell their products. Anne is the daughter of the man who's got more money than any ohter person in the whole Telluride city. Anne is Jane's classmates and is the "leader" of those people who bug Jane. Jane was finishing her last year of high school. She and her parents had talked thousands of times about Jane's palnnes of studying in the University of Utah. Her parents supperted her dream and the last two years worked harder than ever to make Jane her dream come true. Jane finished high school with the best mark in her school's history. As everybody in her town knew about her dream, they gathered some money to help her afford the trip to Utah. Everything was ready and in two more days Jane's life was changing radically. The wait of those days was longest wait in her life. Finally the day arrived. That day she took a bus to Utah that lasted long hours. The trip began in the very morning and finished very late. When she got to Utah, a friend of her parents was waiting for her. The next day she had to got go to the University to begin the initial process. The next week started classes. Jane was very afraid. It was her first time in olace surrounded by people she had never seen before. That same day she made 3 friends who helped her in her new life. One of them had to travel to his city because her mother suffered an accident and never came back. One day Jane was talking a walk on the campus of her University when suddenly saw someone she knew. It was Anne, her enemy, she was with Jane's friends and all of them were talking and laughing at Jane. From that moment on, things changed in their relation with her and the friendship they had broke. For the very first time she knew what lonelyness really means.

Scientists create glow-in-the-dark cats

I found this piece of news quite interesting because it is completely outstanding to realise how fast is science evolving. Years ago, it was very exciting when scientists first cloned a sheep. Years later they tried to clone humans but it was "unethic" and it was supposed that they have cloned any. Now they do not just clone animals but they modify their genes as well!

In South Korea, scientists cloned a couple of cats and they also modify some genes that have got fluorescence protein. This modification makes the cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet light. It is unlikely that this "new race" would soon come to pet stores. Debates about the ethics is broad because they are transgenic animals. Scientists have not only created "glow-in-the-dark" cats but also hypoallergenic cats that cost between $6,000 and $28,000.

In the year 2004 California officials banned the sale of GloFish, the world's first transgenic pet. Plenty of years ago British Scientists injected jellyfish genes into chickens and pigs to make them glow. Last year, Taiwanese scientists said they also spawned glow-in-the-dark pigs.

New Words:

1. To rage: to happen in a strong or violent way.
2. To Spawn: to cause something new, or many new things, to grow or start suddenly.
(source:http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org)



News' Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9833107-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5

My persona - poem

Javier...

Tricky, intelligent, friendly, cute

Son of the King of kings

Who loves nature, animals and music

Who is afraid of bad news, failure and relatives' loss

Who wants to see England, orchids and exotic animals

Resident of fantasy

Ibacache

A C R O S T I C . . .

.....Excited is how I feel.....

...Suitable issues I ought to think of...

.....Sincere feeling about the one that I chose.....

..."Allegory of a love" ...

.....You must read it!.....

Topics: My chosen one!

TV and our children, where is the limit? > I think this is an issue that will be present in our later life as parents and teachers as well. We should foresee some problems TV´s bring to children, and ours of course. In order to prevent children from being affected by Tv, we ought to know where the limits are and when to establish them before it is too late.

Some links might help me develop this topic are:

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/374848/limit_your_kids_tv_time_set_parameters.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_2053336_limit-tv-time-kids.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/sep/18/books.medicineandhealth

http://www.tv.com/story/6563.html

http://www.wholefamily.com/aboutyourkids/child/television_1.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/sfri-psl070808.php

And so on, so forth...

My Favourite Interview

Well...after reading all the interviews I decided to choose Claudia´s as the one I liked the most. It is really rewarding to hear (read in this case) how someone can be that happy with the job she´s got. Teaching is not easy at all but it is indeed a profession absolutely enjoyable. What miss Alicia says about working with children are words that should be on every single teacher´s lips.

Thank you Claudia for letting us know about people who really value their job!!

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Interview

There are people in the world who really love travelling and this guy is one of them. His name is Micah, he is British and loves travelling.

I interviewed him and the results are the following:

1. How old were you when you made your first trip? where was it?

- When I made my first trip I was 9 years. My parents took me to visit an uncle who lived in Cardiff.

2. How long was the maximun period of time you have spent in a place? why?

- Two weeks. Because there was a flood and all the buses' departures were cancelled.

3. What is the country that has really grabbed your attention?

-Cuba. Because that country is like a jail. There are things (like food) that people who live there cannot consume. Meat, for example.

4. Which is the country you have visited more times?

- France. Because that is quite near the place where I live.

5. What is the strangest meal you have ever eaten?

- Crickets and chocolate. In an exotic restaurant in Indonesia.

6. What is the place whe you have felt more uncomfortable?

-Indonesia. The time I went there I wasn`t friendly welcomed and the weather was awful.

7. What is the most extreme experience you have ever lived?

- When I unwillingly touched a poisonous frog in Brazil. Allucinations are very uncomfortable!!

8. What is the cheapest country you have ever visited?

- Bolivia. Peru is cheap but Bolivia is extremely cheap.

9. What is the place you would love to go?

- I'd love to go to the Antarctic.

10. What advice would you give to the "new" travellers?

- Be always willing to try new things. Never carry cash. Never forget your camera!