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3rd years
Autumn/Winter edition
2009/10


Overbooking in class
As a consequence of the number of with Reyes, we will
people that we are now in class (34), only go in groups. Number of
there are many downsides. One of “The school should
them is the limitation in size of the 3º have formed 3 students in class
groups so we
could have the
higher than ever.
same opportunities This new year that has
they had in just started in St.Patrick

S previous years” school in the 3rd year of

suggested Ana, ESO the number of
agreeing with lots students in class is
of other students. higher than ever with a

T
“We tried to form 3 number of 34 students
groups but it per class. This has
wasn’t possible happened because
because the three new students

U
government didn’t came in and there have
have the money, been two repeaters and
so it’s because of the basque government
a financial won´t let the school
Year technology project. In the past

D
problem” make another class.
students could make the project as big
explained John German Gimenez
as they wanted. Another disadvantage
is that we are not going to be able to Philips.
go to the laboratory together to do Carlota Romero

E
physics and chemistry practical work

More boys in the St-Patrick’s school

N
This year in September, three new students have
come to our year and they are Telmo, Miguel and
Leonardo. Telmo has come from an English school
nearby to here because he needed to be more

T disciplinant and because his parents oblige him.

Miguel has come because he was old for studying
in the school he was in Switzerland and he has also

S
come for studying a little bit more English. Leonardo
has come here from Valladolid because he wanted
to change and he wanted to study more English.
Miguel is the one that has come from the farther, he
has come from Switzerland and he said: “that is a very beautiful place but this too”. The
next is Leonardo and has come from Valladolid and he also like this place. Finally,
Telmo has lived here so he haven’t move of town or country.
Daniel Gonzalez


Exempt students loose their exemption

As a result of the new
Basque Government and
its new curriculum, the
Basque exemption law has
got tougher. In previous
years, an exempt student
did not have to study
Basque, but after this
more Basque speaking
people, but it won’t be
easy.
In the 3rd year of ESO, there
are two of us who are
exempt, Ignacio Baru and

S change an exempt
student will only have one
Basque-free year and then
start learning it. This will
I. Ignacio said: ´I don’t
think I will be able to start
studying Basque, mostly
because I’ve never been

T affect mostly immigrants in taught a single word of it!`

the Basque Country This new law will surely
because they have never affect these people, but
studied it before. The the law is the law, and no

U
Basque government is one can change it.
promoting this law to get By Miguel Horn

D Two students make millionaire business

E
First Tuenti, then Facebook,
now Bux.to, the new revo-
lutionary website where
you can earn money easily
One of the teens, who money”, he followed in-
have found the page is a structions to make an ac-
student from the St. Pat- count and now he is a
rick’s English school of 3º, great economist. “It is ab-

N
just by clicking in some
publicity links, clicking in
one of those links suppose
earning one cent of dollar,
although, you can only
whose name is Kostka
García . Two weeks ago,
he had been looking in
internet some websites
about how to buy free
solutely wonderful, with
Bux.to you can stand up to
the economical crisis and
solve all your problems”
says Kostka.

T click in a link once per day,

there are almost 30 of
them.
things in Ebay, while look-
ing he found a page,
which put “Make free
Guillermo González

S Motorbike age
Thanks to the law, the students in the third year and above are able to ride a 50cc
motorbike. Only one of the third year students has one and lot of people want to get
one but the main problem are parents, who don’t let their sons and daughters, enrol to
take the exams.
We talked with Oscar Bonet, the student in the third year who has already got one. He
commented “I thought that it would be difficult to pass the exam but I did it pretty well”
Now he comes to school by motorbike instead of using the school bus.
Edorta Quintanilla


S First Certificate in December

23 students from the St Patrick’s English
T School did the First Certificate exam in
December earlier
before the other students because the
English teachers think we can pass it and
they hope to spend more time preparing

U than the other

third year
for the advanced exam. The First
Certificate was on the 12 of December in

D students. This is an
exception
the Amara Plaza Hotel. The English fast-
track group has made a lot of effort to try
because normally to pass the exam. One student from the
E the First Certificate
exam is done in
English fast-track group said “at first a
was nervous but then I assimilated we
N June, but the
English fast-track
were going to do it and I calmed down”
Nahikari Pérez

T group has done it

S “It’s a big challenge”

It’s a big challenge” said
the new headmaster of St.
Patrick’s school, John
Philips. This happened
during the past academic
year (08-09). He was the
only candidate and there
was a vote in the School
Council. He is now the new
headmaster of the school.
He told us “I had been at
helping me underneath
me”. However, what do
the students think about
this change of
headmaster? Isabel, from
the 3rd year, said “In my
opinion he is going to be a
better headmaster than
Juan because he is more
organized and serious, and
he is going to get used to it

t the top before but there

were two people above
me, Juan Elvira and
very quickly”. We hope he
does the best he can for
the benefit of the school,
e Natalia. “I’m very lucky
due to the fact that I have
and we encourage him to
keep working.

a people encouraging and Martin Cabello

c New music teacher

h the school’s teacher, but “It’s nice to have a

e
There is a new music
r teacher at St. Patrick’s
English School. Maria
this year she is studying for
an important Basque
exam and Maria Lobero is
substituting her for this
year. María Fernández, a
different teacher who
teaches in a different
way,
although we also miss
María Zuloaga.”

s Zuloaga has always been student of third year, said Ane Albillos


She went too soon

This summer, we had to say good bye
to Miss Celia, our English teacher when
we were little. “Since Easter she had
been feeling bad” said Susie, but she
didn’t think she was going to let us in

t the middle of August. Breast cancer

stole Miss Celia away from us, here, in
San Sebastian, so the funeral was held

e
in Aiete´s church. “There were a lot of
ex students and members of her
family” said a student’s mum”. We will
miss her dearly.

a Ana Alonso

ANOTHER CHILD IN THE WORLD!

c The St. Patrick’s Basque primary teacher, Maria Del Campo, is
pregnant. She got pregnant on May 2009 and on January 2010

h she will give birth. As she said ¨I don’t mind the sex¨. However,
yesterday, after the gynaecologist appointment she finally knew
that the baby will be a male and they have decided to call him

e
Imanol.
Maria Fernández

TEACHERS WEAR HIGH

r VISIBILITY SUITS

s This year the teachers

have to wear high visibility
vests when they are
responsible for looking
after the student in the
playtime. This is because
with those hi visibility suits
the students can see who
the teacher is looking
after at that moment
because maybe
someone doesn’t know a
teacher so if a person is
wearing that suit you
know it’s a teacher. We
have been talking to
Agustin and he told us: “I
think that it isn’t a bad
idea but if I could choose
I would choose not to
wear them because in my
opinion they aren’t
necessary.”
Raquel Corvo

ST. PATRICK’S NEW ERA
NO AGENDAS ANY MORE!
m This is the first year
school agendas instead
a
As is done every year
from 3rd year on to buy
the agenda must be just
for personal use. “From
t appropriate that older
agendas but I think it is
nearly punished us
e
agendas and this year
we didn’t bring our
know beforehand of the
said some 3rd year pupils.
r
Adriana Ezpeleta
STRIKING WASTE OF SWINE-FLU SOAP
i Many people will have
noticed by now, the
a
strange soap containers
that have been installed
in each and every
classroom of the school.
l The reason? The
increasing amount of
swine flu around the
world. The thing is, some
of the students in the
school have thought that
the soap, can be wasted
and played around with,
but this is certainly
The director of St. Patrick’s secondary school. We
English school is already don’t know exactly when
talking about bringing our it will be yet but this
own LAPTOPS to class. This improvement of studying
new idea will affect the will be in a near future.
pupils from 3rd year Marcos Montero
primary school to 2nd year
our class had to buy its own
of receiving a school agenda.
the school obliges students
their own agenda, although
for school and can’t be used
my point of view it is
students use their own
incredible that last year they
because we brought our own
they did the same because
agendas. They should let us
changes for the new year!”
unacceptable. Firstly,
because these health
measures don’t come in
cheap and secondly
because the soap, being
a hydrochloric solution; is
not good to your hands if
applied more than
necessary.
In one of my sources
words: “I don’t think it
appropriate for my
classmates to be playing
around with that hand-
cleaner (soap), it could
be dangerous and


irritating”. by a deathly virus” said one and after the talk we

“We should treat these
drastic measures the
Spanish government has
had to take, more
seriously. I mean none of
us want to get infected
Guillermo González, one
of the students from 3º
E.S.O B. In my own class,
we have already finished
the first bottle of soap,
we’re in for the second
received from the school
co-ordinator it seems that
we have satisfied our
appetite for soap.
Patrick Fuentes

A finally organised dining room

d Some transparent, plastic bowls are on your knives and forks together, in the

i each table this year. The main reason for

this is to have the forks and knives
containers, as soon as you finish your
lunch, but in an interview with a dining

n
organised, so that they’re easier to pick room cleaner, she said “It’s nonsense to
up after lunch. set any rules if the people don’t respect
The direction, which is responsible for the them. Really, I’m not very happy with it.”

n dining room cleaning system, trying to

avoid messy tables, has introduced this
new rule in order to make the lives of the
So if the rule is respected, the dining
room will become a nicer and cleaner
pace to eat in.

i cooks easier. The rule consists of putting Pablo Iriarte

n Crazy prices!!!

g
r
o
o This year in our school all
the prices of the dining
head dinner-lady) why
this prices and she told
told us that we had to get
the prices higher and I

m room have gone up. The

price that is the highest is
the price of the
sandwiches and of the
apples. I asked Isabel (the
me: “I don’t know the
specific reason, but we
think that is because now
the food is more
do what the business expensive for them”.
Aibak (where we buy the Miguel Alonso
food)


New L.O.E.
n 2 Hours of PE
This year and last year some changes
Separated
e have been made in school because of
the new L.O.E. Last year the school The two hours of PE have been
separated this year for the 3rd

w year students of St- Patrick’s

English School for the first time,
after doing the two hours

r together throughout primary

school. Josemi has decided to
separate the two hours of PE for

u the 3rd and 4th year students.

But this change of timetable is
because, as Eli told us, “each

l teacher chooses if he wants 2

hours separated or joined, and
I personally prefer two hours

e started giving us
two more hours and a second tutor hour
together”
Pablo Herrero

s per week because of the Basque

Government, and this year the way of
studying has changed. Instead of
information. Right now we don-t know if
we are going to stay like this or if we are
going to have more changes.
learning by memorising a lot things now Juan Lizarribar
we have to learn how to search for that

Destination:
Southampton!
t This year, 20 students from the third year of St.

r Patrick's school are going to go on an exchange to

Southampton with Susie Ephgrave and Igone
Arrazola. At first there were 37 Spanish students and

i only 20 English students but as the dates that the

English students are coming to Spain are just the
week before the final exams of the year some

p Spanish students decided not to go. One of the

students that is going on the exchange said, "It is
going to be wonderful". In the end only three Spanish

s students that wanted to go are not taking part.

Almudena González


t Exchange to
France
r The 3 of ESO some students and two
teachers are going to travel to France.St

i Patrik´s students are going to travel by

train or by bus.The French students will
came here in Februari or in April and our

p students are going to travel at the same

time tht the English exchange. They will
be in a small French town,in Burdeaux.

s The schoool impulse this change to

motivate to speak french and for impulse
this language.
Leonardo Vélez

Surf in San Sebastian

O The new surf school is now open in

La Zurriola. This fantastic local is

U
now famous thanks to St. Patrick’s
students. The local got open in
June and it still works like a good

T
place to do surf. As Martin
Cabello said “It’s a good place
where have fun and learn how to

s
surf”. However, sometime they
have some accidents with tourists,
but as Maria Fernandez said

c
“Never worry about other people
doing surf, is the sea, and you”.
Isabel Keller

h Death in Balu.
The owner of the sweet shop Balu,
doctors detected a cancer of the
pancreas. The cancer of pancreas
appears when you are not very well

o situated in the Buen Pastor plaza died

this last summer, in August. As some
people told me they all knew that he
and you don’t look after your health.
And this is the reason why he died,
because he didn’t look after himself

o wasn’t very well and he started to feel

bad. When he went to hospital, the
properly.
Jorge Mugica

No more plastic bags in Bero-hotz

In Bero-hotz, they have already started the last
lot of plastic bags. When there are no more, we
will have to take the sweets in our hands, or in
another bags, because the plastic ones caused
pollution. “In two months time, the plastic bags

O will be finished” said Mikel of Bero- hotz. “ I think

it’s a fantastic idea” said Tim, an English teacher.
Ana Alonso

U
Meeting Brad Pitt
T Some students at San Patrick’s English school met Brad Pitt. All this happened the

s Saturday 19th of September, when Brad Pitt was in San Sebastian because of the film
festival. He appeared by surprise in the Chillida-Leku museum to see the paintings and
the sculptures of the museum. Then the students of the school Laura, Rocio,

c Patricia and Andrea grandsons of Eduardo Chillida had the chance of

speaking with him. One of these girls called Laura said, “, I could not
believe it, he kissed me and he told me it was nice to meet me, It was

h really exciting ” To finish his visit he went to see the Comb of the
Winds, the most famous sculpture by Eduardo Chillida.
June Arrieta

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ON YOUR SCREEN OR
BUCKS SWIPED CLEAN

money, some pay you for normally the money is

viewing adverts others just a fraud.
for sharing your opinion It’s just matter of time
on a subject. before a program that
identifies these frauds,
But, are they to be goes on sale.
trusted? If we can win
money, can we also Never should we expect,
loose it? though, for something to
be perfect in it’s
As with anything in our entirety. One
Billions of people around lives we are not 100% mans loss is
the world use the we know or understand; another
internet for a variety of we cannot be sure one’s gain.
reasons, but few are able whether to trust them or Loosing money
to discern some of it’s not. It all depends on the through the
greatest benefits, me way you are to be paid internet is such a
amongst them. or the amount of money common thing for
Lately, some you can gain in a day. experts, sometimes they
technological devices Websites, like bux.to don’t even mind. But
have aroused the seem trustworthy, safe we’re not expert’s are
interest of some and efficient due to their we, not me at least. So
businessmen, and have money paying way when browsing through
been adapted into (clicking adverts and the internet or
million-making websites. gaining one cent for introducing bank
These websites, have a each click; with a limited accounts don’t forget
simple system that click amount) and you might loose your
allows you to make unlimited but slow way money.
of making money.
So open your mind to
Others, help you this money making
develop an income; but business, or stay outside
in all your shabbiness.

By Patrick Fuentes


Your facebook or everybody’s

facebook?
Most of us has or
has had a place on
the internet to show
our photos or talk
with our friends like
facebook or some
others, but do we
know which people
are looking at our
site? I mean, how Nobody
many times have we dangerous. can say that sites like
stopped and thought If you admit someone facebook are
about its positive and you don’t know as a completely safe, but
negative features? Do friend, this person can would you stop
we know that it can be copy your site’s photos coming out of home
exciting but you never and send them all because you were
know who is looking at around the internet, afraid of thieves? , no.
your site? that’s why you must Then is there any
never talk with reason to really stop
Facebook is really someone you don’t using these websites? ,
attractive for people of know. In addition, if I don’t think so, and
our age. You can you write a funny you might agree with
exchange your photos comment on some of me. However, you
with your friends, you your friend’s photos should always
can write funny she perhaps doesn’t remember to be
comments on them understand it is a joke careful with how you
and you can make and gets cross with use facebook!!!
new friends by looking you. Also some people Written by Adriana
at other people’s sites. think facebook it is just Ezpeleta
a waste of time!!!
On the other hand
these sites can be

What do you choose?
We all look for On the other hand, the
information on the bad points are
internet because it is the extremely bad. Imagine
most important source of that someone has
information for a lot of written some articles on
people, however, the the internet and he’s
internet has it good and just having a joke. This
bad points. It’s good could happen and can
points are that are quick have bad consequences.
and we can consult a lot We, the students, look
of pages. We only have to for information to do
walk a few meters and homework, which we
click. And we can look study for the exam. And
for everything whatever the adults, look for a
they are normal and project related to their
boring or the strangest job and if they are given
things imaginable, which wrong information,
is useful when you have that’s the end of their
to do your homework or job.
just look for information
because you want to.
VS.
But, how can we stop
stupid information on
the internet? Although
things have changed,
the internet ought to
improve. And while it
improves, we shouldn’t
abandon books and
forget encyclopaedias!
We can consult both
places to be sure about
what we’re reading. It
is in your hands but…
Be patient!
By Jorge Múgica.


Amazing advanced apples

There are three main computer operating systems in the world: Microsoft Windows,
Macintosh and Linux. But does everybody know all of them? Apple Macintosh is the
second most popular operating system in the world but most people have never used it.
It’s probably the most stylish and the one that most catches our attention, but as
everything it has good and bad points.

Macintosh has high technology programs.
With them you can do loads of things but
though they are high technology, it is
very easy to use them and only by read-
ing one page of instructions, you are able
to use it perfectly well just like a pro-
fessional. Also, apple computers (the
ones that use Macintosh) are very mod-
ern and make your room or office look
great, in addition, desk computers only
need one cable to work perfectly!!!
As every high quality technology ma-
chines, Macintosh are probably the most
expensive in the computer world. Also
one of the disadvantaged is that most
people work with Windows and some
times you can have problems with read-
ing some documents from Windows.

There is no doubt that Macintosh might be the easiest and for some people the best
operative system in the world, but we can not forget that Microsoft is by far the most
popule one and cheapest. What is your opinion?

By Juan Lizarribar

Computers or Computer
control
We all use computers in
different ways for different
reasons and everybody uses
it nearly everyday. We all
think that computers don't
have any negative feature,
but is it true? Do computers
have negative features?
Like almost all the things,
computers have a lot of
positive things. We can use
them almost anywhere we
want and we can do lots of
things with the. We can
connect to the internet, read
or send emails, watch films,
play games and look at
pictures. We can also use
them for 2 main reasons; to
work or to have a good time.
However, not all the features
of the computers are positive
they also have negative
points. Some people are so
addicted to computers that
they spend 10 hours a day
on them!!! They can't live
without them! People even
stop doing exercise because
of computers.
We all live in a new
generation and technology
has changed very fast.
Nowadays a lot of
information, music, films and
games are all in computers.
It is normal to use
computers, who doesn't?
But remember: Don't let it
control you!!
Nahikari Perez

Downloading music; to pay or not to pay.
Nowadays everyone downloads music
free but illegally. We all like music but
what if everyone started downloading
music free and illegally? Would that
cause the end of the musician?
Download music free has lost of positive
things. One of the best and most com-
fortable things about all is that you can
do it at home and without paying a cent.
Also I am sure I am not the only one
that only likes one song from a whole CD,
with these sorts of programs you only
have to have to search for the song and
click on it, then wait 5 minutes and there
you have it completely free.
On the other hand, as said before down-
loading music is illegal so you can go to
jail but there are some programs, like
Itunes from apple which give you almost
the same advantages of the free pro-
grams the only things that changes is
that you have to make an account and
you have to pay a euro or so for each
song to have the music with copyright
which means that you have the artist
permission to have the songs.
There is no hesitation when I say that
music change our lives, it can make us
feel happier, it can make us cry and it
can also make us go to prison, as I said
before. Downloading illegal music is the
same as stealing a singer’s work. How-
ever, this is not only about stealing, if
you don't pay for the music the singer
won't be paid either so he will stop pro-
ducing it. Next time you download free
music think about the fact that it might
be the last one. Pay for music or it will
disappear.
Almudena González


iPODS DAMAGE HEALTH

Although not everyone has an Ipod, nearly everyone has
seen one or heard about them nowadays. They are very
eye candy-ish and they are very effective for leisure.
However, although they have passed the security tests;
Ipods have positive and negative features.

Ipods brings lots of benefits. The first models of the

Ipod were only made with one goal: reproduce music, but
Apple has been updating their products and devices.
Nowadays with an Ipod you can: reproduce music, browse
the Internet, or even phone
your friends!!

On the other hand, it’s not 100% trustworthy. Al-

though Ipods are synonymous with fashion and
glamour, many of them can cause deafness, in fact,
one in ten people that use them, could turn out to
be deaf in a couple of years. That depends on THE
VOLUME YOU HERE YOUR MUSIC AT. IN FACT, Some can
even explode!!

In conclusion, if you buy an Ipod you have to be

careful SO THAT it won’t damage your health and
your hearing. So, use your thumbs and protect
your eardrums!!
! Edorta Quintanilla

PSP GO Good Option
Nearly all of us have a gaming
device and we nearly play with it
every day. However, do we ever
stop to think about it’s good and
bad points? Is it something useful
or is it another way of wasting
time?
The PSP GO has lots of positive
features. We can use it to look up
information in the internet, we
can also use it to have fun with it’s
amazing games in high
quality(HD), and the games now
occupy less space than ever.
Another positive feature of the
PSP GO is that it is smaller than
the older version and the screen
slides up. The last amazing
feature is that instead of buying
the games you download them!!!
But like everything, it also has a
dark side. A famous doctor said: "if
you play two hours a day
e ve r y d ay, i t c a n c a u s e y o u
addiction and hyperactivity; these
two are considered as illnesses."
Another negative feature is that
s o m e g a m e s a r e e x t r e m e ly
violent; it’s true that they offer
advice for not buying these games
if you are under 18, but it is also
true that you can buy them with
out any kind of restriction.
So millions of children buy them
as if it were a chewing gum!!!
There’s no doubt that gaming
devices have changed the way we
look at the world.
We have a world of unlimited
entertainment at our joysticks. So
the next time you play with your
gaming device, remember that
some things in the game may not
be true.
By Daniel Gonzalez


Soccer in your hands

Nowadays we all have at least one
football game and use it nearly
once a week. However, have we
ever stopped to think what football
video-game is the best? Well, we
have selected the best, the new
football video-game, the FIFA! But
have you ever stopped to think
about the positive and negative
features of this new video-game?
in the world and there are also two
new modes to play in, the legend
mode, which is a fantastic mode,
and the manager mode. The FIFA
modes are very real and some-
times when you are playing you
imagine you are inside the video-
game.

The FIFA has a lot of positive

things. We can use it for example
to play On-line with other people

However, all the things aren’t posi-

tive. The FIFA should improve
some things like the graphics. The
graphics have always been a prob-
lem for FIFA, I don’t know why but
the field doesn’t appear in very
good conditions and this is a point
to improve.

We all know that day after day the

football video-games are getting
better and nowadays it doesn’t
matter if you are good or not at
football because you have the
chance to demonstrate it and be a
very good player just using your
hands. So you know, if at the time
of buying you have any doubts I
hope you choose well and buy
FIFA.

By: Pablo Herrero 21/10/09



game mode for example team by their names for

To be or not my star, this mode is that example Chelsea is called
to be a pro? you are a player and you
play from the 17 years
London FC. So is it good
that a videogame that is
That is the old to the 37 years old. sold for millions of
The other new game people doesn’t have the
question mode is that with the new real names?
internet connection you
can update the new In the new pro there’s no
Nowadays nearly all signings. doubt about it’s new/
teenagers play better game mode that
videogames, and in they have revolutionised
Europe must of them play the world of the
football, but have we ever videogame, but they have
thought about which left some very important
football videogame is the things out if they want to
best? I have selected the However the pro has be the number one. So
best one Pro evolution some negative things. next time you buy a
soccer 2010. But do you The new pro hasn’t soccer game, don’t
know all the new feature? improved very much the hesitate and buy
Or the negative points? graphics of the new pro.
videogame and the new
The new pro has positive pro hasn’t included the Written by Miguel
and new things. The new sponsors of each team so Alonso
instead of calling the

TV-Also Hurts!
We all watch television nearly every
day. But do we ever stop for a minute to
think about the positive and negative
features of TV? Is it all positive or does
it injure us in some way?
On the one hand television is a good
source of information. You can inform
yourself about the things that happen
all around the world. We can see what
the weather is going to be like through-
out the week. Television can also be
used for watching our favorite sitcoms.
On the other hand no everything is so
good. If you watch too much television
your eyes can suffer nearsightedness
or other type of problems with vision.
There are also lots of channels that are
not educational.
We all know that TV is an important
part of our routine. We use it for lots of
good things but sometimes we should
ask ourselves the good and the bad
points of it. Everything is good when
you don’t abuse of it.


SURFING OR SURF
OUT?
All of us know what surfing is.
We all think that surfing is
wonderful, a beautiful sport
which makes you be in contact
with nature. However, do we
ever stop to think about its bad
points? Is this really a good and
healthy sport or is it just
another dangerous sport which
puts our lives in risk?
Surfing is a unique sport. It is
the only sport in which we can
have a wave just bellow our
feet. When we surf we exercise
our arms and we also have the
opportunity of knowing about
waves, which is essential.
Surfing is a way of doing
something productive in our
free time !!!

However, it also has disadvantages. In summer, there are a lot

of people in the beach such as surfers, bodyboarders and peo-
ple who just wan to have a swim . Such a huge crowd can
cause problems. If a surfer lose the control of its surfboard he/
she can hurt someone who is swimming. Sometimes if two
surfers try to catch the same wave and they are both very near
each other, they might crash and hurt both themselves and
their surfboards.

Surfing is a fascinating sport but it is dangerous if you aren't

careful. So remember, if you go surfing you must be careful
with the people around you !
By Raquel Corvo


!e mo" expensive signing in football’s h$tory

This year Real Madrid

football team has The worst thing about
signed the most expen- this player is his price.
sive footballer in foot- Lots of people argued
ball s history and Real about the money they
Madrid s fans are really have wasted. Cristiano
happy with it. But, is Ronaldo is injured and
everybody happy with he has missed at least 6
this signing? matches and he will
need more time to re-
This player is the best cuperate.
football player in the
world so they expect Even though he is in-
him to score a lot of jured his team contin-
goals and to help the ues wining matches but
team. He has already when he comes back he
scored five goals in five will be more motivated
matches. This player is and he will do his best.
really good at free-kicks German Gimenez
and his shots are very
hard.


Junior skiers
aspiring the
professional world
Skiing is one of the most popular winter
sports around the world. As well too, loads of
teenagers train and take part in races.
However, as in every sport there are some
advantages as well as disadvantages. Have
we ever thought about this statement?

As we can see in the popularity of the skiing

competition there seem to be a huge number
of positive features. In the competitive world
you travel from one place to another due to
the variety of races that you have to take
part in. While, you travel, you meet new
friends and know about other countries. You
also have the opportunity to ski in the best every weekend and wake up early. It doesn’t
ski resorts of the world apart from wining matter if it is snowing, you must appear at
prizes if you stand out of the rest. time where your trainer orders.

However, there are bad points in the other
side. There are two main disciplines in our
categories, slalom and giant, in both of them
you must reach the finishing line as quick as
you can. This mean that during the descent
loads fell down and get seriously injured. In
order to do well in races you have to train
In my opinion everything you do needs effort
so in this case, although you have to train
constantly and do your best, there are a lot
of positive results. Don’t forget, ski with
caution!!!
Written by Maria Fernández

Boarding School or Boring School?
Boarding schools have become rather popular
nowadays, and most of us probably think
they’re fun, We all know that as a teenager, be-
ing free from our parents is like a ´gift´, and
boarding schools include this feature.
But are these specialized schools really enjoy-
able or are they just another solution for parents
who don’t want their kids at home?
Boarding schools are full of advantages. Nearly
everyone that has ever lived in a boarding
house has enjoyed it. You live with your
friends, stay up at night and get paid over 20
euros per week! Not to mention that your par-
ents are not there to punish you whenever
you’re acting foolish.
By Miguel Horn.
Unfortunately, these types of schools are not
always cool. For example, do you think you
could handle and entire year without tasting
your mom’s food? Or not being able to play
your video-games during the week? And this is
nothing compared to the fact that you’re living
with your school teachers! You might not think
so, but some teachers can be worse than your
parents!!
Anyhow, boarding schools are an alternative to
traditional schools. Sometimes they’re fun and
sometimes they’re boring. But there’s one thing
that we must remember, boarding schools are
still schools, and all schools are here for one
reason: teaching us what we don’t know.


SNAILS OR RAILS
All the students in St. Last year some stu-
Patrick’s school have dents from the sec-
already seen the ondary school spent
snail painted on the two months asking
floor next to the for a little space to
fountains. But, was it skateboard which
really needed? should have been
Did someone ask for near the Patio. The
something like that? school council asked
us to write a letter
The snail is a funny and to go to some
game for the pupils meetings with the
of the infant school. headmaster to
It makes you jump negotiate this.
and fall, so it’s a
good way of having The result of all that
fun by doing sports! effort is a snail,
Furthermore, it is which is good but
popular, there are there’s no skate
always one or two dude !!!
kids playing on it.
Marcos Montero.
However nobody
asked for a snail.


Tap water, top water!

Weʼre all used to drink bottled water everyday, nearly every time we are
thirsty, however, do we ever care about the tons of plastic that we throw
away unconsciously every day? Is this just a way of scaring ourselves or
is it something to care about?

to plastic bottles, whereas with tap

Bottled water has got lots of
advantages. We can drink it
wherever we want, because itʼs
portable, and it is specially treated so
that it doesnʼt contain any impurities.
You can even get advice about
health from the label on the bottle, or
win prizes thanks to their web
pages!!!
However, it has also got a dark side.
Billions of tons of plastic are thrown
away unnecessarily in the world due
water no plastic is badly used, but
people donʼt think about this. As we
have the facility of buying bottled
water everywhere we want, or taking
it with us, we donʼt think about
plastic, and we donʼt think about our
environment. Isnʼt it important that
the sons of our sons, or any other
future generations have the
possibility of living in a clean planet,
just as we have had the chance??

Itʼs clear that for most people their own benefit is more important than
our environment, but really, drinking tap water is the same as drinking
bottled water, you can fill in again and again a single bottle instead of
buying so many. So next time youʼre in a shop asking for bottled water
remember, buy with care!!!!!
Pablo.Iriarte


Alcohol in our life

Lots of people of our age and less are
starting to experiment with the effects of
alcohol. Nearly everyone in this country
has drunk during their teenagers
years.However is all this bad or good for
us?
Alcohol has positive features. Is a good
beach you will see the bad points about it.
Alcohol can make us feel bad, dizzy and
make us hurt other people, because we do
things without realising.
We all know alcohol is not that bad but
drinking a lot of it, could be mortal. So
every time you drink, you have to be sure
you want to, because if
not, you can “DIE”.
Remember, drink
with care!!!

Isabel Keller

way of wasting time, happily? Drinking a

little can help us to have a great time,
laugh a lot, do things unconsciously (at
that moment it’s great but later the bad
things arrive, and you can have a bad
time).
However, alcohol also has a bad side. If
you go out on a Saturday night to the


Illegal hunting
Illegal
But most poachers hunt to
hunting means killing
earn more money. They kill
animals without
animals that are in danger
permission. Normally the
of extinction, breaking the
poachers hunt to earn
natural balance. For
money and they use
example the Iberian lynx
special weapons, for
eat rabbits. If the lynx
example crossbows,
doesn’t eat them, illnesses
because that weapon
and virus spread in other
doesn’t make any noise.
living things by rabbits
After they catch the
that haven't been eaten.
animals, the poachers, sell
them on the black market.
There’s no doubt that
However there are
illegal hunting isn’t good
poachers who hunt out of
for the natural world. For
necessity.
this reason the
government should act to
In North Africa, a type of
end this activity.
turtle is hunted by
Saharans to eat or sell, but
that turtle is in danger of
extinction. It is one
example of what some
illegal poachers hunt out
of necessity and they can
destroy a species. By
Leonardo Velez
 60's

Everybody associates the 60’s with the However, not everything was positive. In
Beatles or hippies. But do we really know 1961 in Germany the Berlin Wall was
about the important events of that decade? built, with the purpose of separating
Of course there were positive things, but Western and Eastern Germany for
what about the unhappy events? ideological differences. Two years later
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the
In 1969 the most important positive things U.S.A was assassinated in Dallas.
happened. That year Neil Armstrong
became the first man who went to the moon.
Woodstock was one of the most popular rock
festivals in history. Nearly 500,000 people
attended the festival. It became an icon of
hippies, who were against war and believed
in peace and love as a way of life. The
Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, the Beatles
and Marilyn Monroe were some of the most
important artists of the decade. Some of
the movies that went down in history were In 1968 Martin Luther King an American
Psychosis, West Side Story, Breakfast at activist and leader of the civil rights
Tiffany’s and Planet of the Apes. movement and who worked to end racial
discrimination, was assassinated in
Memphis.

There’s no doubt that the 60’s were an

excellent and significant decade, with its
good and bad points. There was good music
and particular lifestyle of that time.
Carlota Romero
 8 ’s
We all think the 80s were wonderful,
and a lot of people dress up like people
did in the 80s. However, would we
really want to have live on those time?
Have we ever stopped to think about
the good and bad aspects of the 80s?
The 80s had lot of positive things,
other, it was the best decade in
history for music, with artist such as:
Whitney Houston, Freddy Mercury or
Michael Jackson, whose Thriller
album became the biggest selling of all
times. There were also very good
films, like ET, terminator, Back to the
future or Flash dance, that we all
know. Apart from that, the first PC
was sold in the 80s.
However, it isn’t all positive. In the
80s a lot of terrible things happened.
Pope Juan Pablo II suffered an
assassination attempt, and Indira
Gandhi, the ex prime minister of India,
was murdered. A hole in the ozone
layer in the Antartida was detected.
It just goes to show that some decades
are better than others, and the 80's
was the best decade with its good and
bad points.
Ana Alonso


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