An opinion essay

I think that television is an instrument that can be as good as it wants, but people use it for other objectives too and therefore it must be controlled. I don’t disagree with some television programs, but I think there are some inappropriate programs too, especially for children.

I feel angry when I see a program that shows people doing nothing special, they’re always arguing about lives from other people without respect, they shout at the others, and they win money teaching to people no having respect. That’s why I hate yellow press. However, I think television is a very important mean of communication between people of everywhere. Lots of people watch television, the news, documentaries, cartoons, yellow press, soap-operas, and series... I agree if we use television to educate we’ll learn lots of important things we don’t know, to arise our curiosity, and maybe we can use it as a teaching element. I’m only worried about children who don’t know what they are watching: violence, swearwords, all of them in cartoons and series they watch. There is a protected schedule in Spain, but some channels don’t fulfil it, and they have no punishment. They also do more yellow-press programs every day.

Another reason for watching television is that you can also see good humour programs like soap-operas, comedy and some good films, although they are constantly interrupted by advertisements. I like watching documentary programs like “Callejeros” because they show things that at this time exist but people don’t believe, like many poverty and social problems that people ignore. They show everyone, who wants to see it, the problems of an unfortunate life.

In my opinion, people who watch this type of programs are more concerned about how the world is, the environment problems and they know new things about their environment, like illnesses or animals that are so small that we can’t see them. However, they exist.

Personally, I prefer computer than television. If I want to see a program I can do it without interruptions, although it must be the first day after their emission. What’s more, I can see only the programs or series I want, it not depends on the channel. I can also see the news from different journals without paying, play computer games, chat with my friends, do my homework, and lots of things.

I think it is clear that all the mass media are good if you know how to use them for your objectives.

Yesterday we did an oral exam at class. We must to explain our opinion about TV or technologies in front of all the class. I've to say it was difficult for all of us, we were all nervous, but in general everyone did it as good as he or she could. I want to congratulate them!!! ^^

Laia

An informal letter

Santa Eulàlia s/n

Sta. Coloma Gr.

Barcelona

27th October

Dear Noe,

How are you? I hope you're fine. What about your family? Here, we're all fine and nobody is ill.

I apologize for not having written to you before.

Thanks for your present. I'ts extremely cool! I'll send you one because I won't be able to come to your birthday party. That weekend I'm going out with the esplai children.

Will you come to my home before Christmas?

I hope you find a weekend to come. We'll have a good time.

See you soon,

Laia

An hour by car from my home there’s the best village I’ve ever been before. You can arrive there by car or bus, and there’s a train station 6 kilometres on foot. It’s called Castellví de Rosanes, and it’s a historical village which has an old castle which was one of the most important castles of Catalonia.
It’s a big village, but there aren’t many villagers in the village. The greater part of the village is a big forest where you can relax and see fantastic trees and animals. There aren’t any waterfalls or rivers, but there was one long time ago. It also has a rock where people can climb or go to on foot, and every 11th of September all the villagers who want it, could go to the peak of the rock, which is on the top of the mountain, to sing the Catalonia’s anthem “ Els segadors”. The first time I arrived to the peak was when I was 8 years old. Before this day my parents had forbidden me to climb there, because it was very dangerous for children. It’s a very peaceful place, and you can see all the centre of the village from there.
Castellví is a very friendly place, and the people are extremely nice, when you know them. There are less young people than in a town, so the teenagers go together, although there’s a difference of ages. I’ve gone with people who were 18 years old while the others only were 12. They teach you to know about the true meaning of friendship and have a good time. There are 4 housing developments in Castellví, and the teenagers from all this four housing developments come together to a local which is only for teenagers. There we have a television, a Play Station, a sofa and many chairs and tables, and we can stay there until two or three o’clock in the morning (am). All of the teenagers collaborate to clean it up and to bring new things as good as we can to this local, because it’s extremely special for us. We’ve never had a place where stay without adults and have a good time.

I like Castellví because there I can do as many things as I want, because I go there on summer and there aren’t many cars. I have a lot of friends there too, and we always go to the swimming pool in the afternoon. That’s because I think it’s one of the best villages where I’ve been before.

This photo shows all the center of the village from "La cadireta", the rock.

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Hi! I'm Laia, and I'm sixteen years old. I've created this blog because we're doing an electronic portfolio at school. I hope you'll like it and it will be useful for you, and I'll try to make it original and fun, and so we'll be able to study English not like a boring thing.
If you have some questions or suggestions, you can comment without problems my articles. I'll be happy to improve my English level.

Now, why you don't explore my blog to see what it seems to you?

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Avril Lavigne: I miss you
The Script: The man who can't be moved
Steve Earle: Someday

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