The purpose of education

Education is the base of today's world. It is so important that education is free and obligatory until you are sixteen. We all agree that a person who is not educated cannot give their opinion properly about a theme and can be easily manipulated. The problem is that nowadays people are not educated in the way to be able to think by themselves, they are educated to pass the exams and get a degree to work in the future.

Mainly, there are two types of education. On the one hand, there is the traditional one in which people are taught to be creative and to learn by themselves. This type of education rises the student's interest in studying. On the other hand, the indoctrination is the actual education system. It is based in teaching students about all subjects whether they like it or not. This leads to students studying just to pass the exams.

As education does not produce money itself, investors do not invest in it. They often forget that all the invents are made by someone ho has received education. If there had not been education, there would not be new things discovered and they would not be able to receive money or invest on something new. It is necessary to invest in education because it affects directly to production and earning money.

Today's assessment is very strict and focuses on student's marks more than in their knowledge. Although tests can be of some use to know what you've achieved, they do not tell you much more. It is really common that students just study to pass the exams and sometimes they do not really understand anything. Moreover, they study the subject but in two or three days's time they forget what they had studied.

All in all, nowadays education just focuses on being able to work in the future. This is a shame because it should create curiosity in students for them to be eager to study more and know about the world. It helps you to be able to think on your own and not being manipulated. This is why education is a worldwide human right.

Education

Nowadays, education is a very controversial theme. We are surer and surer that there is something wrong with it because almost any young person is totally polite. Even small children are trouble-makers. But, where is the problem? Is it the parents or the teachers?

As I see it, it is neither the parents nor the teachers although it is true that they take part in the children’s process to get an education. I think the problem nowadays is the media as a whole. Kids repeat what they hear and see and unfortunately, today’s TV is full of fights, violence and swear words. Also, it is true that young people are not used to earn a living so they don’t know how much it costs to earn money and be able to live well. They think they have the right to receive money from their parents when the truth is not that.

Moreover, also parents are not giving a good education to their children. When they realise their children are bad news they just put them in a reformatory in the best of the case. Normally they do not do anything, they just let him or her do whatever he or she wants because they are afraid. They should make an effort and try to raise their children properly.

Furthermore, when these guys arrive to school, do not receive a good education. Teachers are not protected of bullies so they are also afraid and the only thing they can do is bringing them to the head teacher. Also, education just focuses on passing the exams so they don’t become interested in the signatures and they throw up their studies. This is how they end up at the streets robbing banks and people.

Technology

Nowadays, young people can’t live without their electronic gadgets. They are ridiculously addicted to them even if they don’t admit it. They spend the day connected to the internet just to check their social media over and over again. Teen social media addiction is something very serious and unfortunately, most teenagers are in this situation.

On the one hand, technology has been a key breakthrough. Thanks to it, you can shop online, talk to you friends via Whats App, browse the web with search engines such us Google, probably the most important of the world, forward messages, etc. It has made our life easier and more entertaining. It is difficult to get bored now because you can always take your laptop and watch a film or a TV series. Also, you can be on the social media uploading things and seeing how your friends are going or getting to know new people.

On the other hand, being a techno-lover as we are today has its consequences. First of all, it can become an addiction as it normally happens and you won’t be able to live without you phone, tablet or whatever. Plus, you can get so addicted that you won’t go out of your house just to be connected to the internet. Also, it is very seen today that everyone takes more care of their phone than of their own life. For example, they cross the road without looking because they are busy looking at their phone screen. Moreover, it is decreasing people’s ability to relate with the others. A few years ago, when you went out with your friends they all talked to each other, now they are all looking at their phones and laughing on their own. And don’t try to take their phones away, because you won’t be able to do so.

All in all, although technology is a great help to our daily life, it has worsened our life too by making us more conscious of technology than of our friends and family.

Commercials

Nowadays it is impossible to watch the TV without watching adverts. It does not matter if you
are watching a TV film or a series; it will have adverts either in the film or in the break that is
specifically for advertising products. Even at the cinema there are advertisements before the film
starts. They advertise their own cinema and their promotions and, of course, other films.

But, do adverts affect on our decisions? Of course they do. They do it all the time. Most of the
adverts have a catchy jingle so that you will be singing it the whole day. It does not matter if it had
an enormous budget or a deep message. if it is catchy, you will remember the advert and the
product. There is also that kind of advert with a dramatic ending which is normally from the
government about car accidents where a kid dies or something like that. They do it because it is the
simple truth but we are not really aware of the risk of driving drunk or tired. Then, after watching
that advert, you will spend even a week thinking about it and having a correct behaviour while
driving. Finally, you will forget about it and you will drive badly again, but it has made you change
your way of driving fora week. And there are also those adverts which are so stupid that they are
funny and people talk about them. They are obviously made by experts on advertising and they are
part of a good marketing strategy because everyone gets to know their product like happened with
the beer Mixta. No one knew about it until they made that advert with the Chinese cat moving his
arm and everyone started to try that beer.

As I see it, the most influencing commercial l’ve ever seen was the one I have just talked about.
Mixta's advert was so popular that they started to make those cats and they sold it everywhere. It
was not for good or for bad because it was just a beer advert but it really influenced most of the
society because, who does not know this beer now?

Space Debris

Unfortunately, nowadays there is a lot of trash in the space. Due to all our attempts to get to know the space, we are damaging it and polluting it. Our researches do not seem to success and the only thing we are doing is wasting money. Space travels cause pollution and put us in a danger of falling parts of space stations.

These researches are made by companies such as NASA. To be able to make them they build space stations where they can live and work. Researches are made normally with the aim of discovering new planets which can be inhabited and also, to find life outside our planet. Moreover, they are also made to research about space travels for normal people. They are trying to launch space travels but first they have to make it safe because if it is not safe, no one will pay to go to the space.

However, these space travels have their consequences. The first one and more important is the death of a lot of astronauts who travel to the space to make these researches. The other, pollution. Space stations disintegrate with the time and the pieces stay in the space polluting it. Also, astronauts produce waste which stays there too.

In addition, they are dangerous. Apart from the risk of dying, these pieces will fall to the earth one day as it has happened in Spain, Brazil and Australia. They pollute the earth and they can kill someone when they fall.

All in all, although space researches are helping us to get to know the world we are living in, it is the simple truth that we are damaging the space and putting ourselves in danger. Is it worth spending a lot of money and polluting the space just to make scientists happy?

My experience as a sleepwalker.

As I don't feel like writing the story I'm developing in the blog, I'm going to tell my personal experience as a sleepwalker.

Being a sleepwalker is not easy. A lot of things, stupid things, are said about somnambulists. I've heard lots of things such as that we walk with our eyes being completely white or that we walk like zombies. I've also seen lots of films were these examples I've just mentioned are carried out. The most expanded thought about us is that you can't wake us up if we are sleep-walking because it could be dangerous. Even in WordReference if you look up for "sleepwalker" the sentence given is that it is dangerous to wake a sleepwalker up. Well, let me tell you that this is completely wrong. It is true that it isn't recommended because we can get angry and, maybe, violent but, dangerous? No, it is not. I mean, who wouldn't get angry if he or she was waken up in the middle of the night?

Let me tell you the truth. I've been waken up a couple of times. I'm still alive. I have not hit anyone. I have not got angry with anyone. I don't really believe in that recommendation but if you don't want to risk yourself, just guide the person to his bed or just simply tell them to go to their bed. Sleepwalkers always go back to their bed and if they can't, they just wake up like it has happened to me lots of times. We don't walk like zombies or anything, we are just normal people walking. In fact, probably you won't realise that person is asleep until you talk to him. Sleepwalkers don't answer coherent things because they don't know what you are asking, they just say what they are thinking about.

Overall, sleepwalkers are not normally dangerous and they shouldn't be feared as they are.

Outline.

I. My life is very normal. Strange things don't happen to me and I don't do exciting things. Anyway, I'm happy to life my life the way I do.

II. Family.
    A. Parents.
         1. Mom.
         2. Dad.
    B. Sister.
         1. Studies.
         2. Ambitions.
    C. Pets.
         1. Rufo.
         2. Mima.

III. Studies.
      A. English.
      B. University.

IV. Friends.
     A. Best friends.
         1. Vicky.
         2. Mar.
     B. Childhood friends.
         1. Mari.
         2. Loles.
         3. Jorge.

V. I'm proud and happy to live my life and be achieving all I've ever wanted little by little.

Chapter 5: The monster

-This girl is starting to worry me, Jason. -Said Alex once that they had left the park. That girl was everywhere. Was she chasing them or something?
-We have to become friends, I told you. -Said Jason without any worries. A girl wouldn't mess up his plans.
A little girl was running by the path. The path was full of sharp stones and dry grass. The girl was running frightened looking at her back hoping that thing wouldn't follow her. Suddenly, she crashed with something that fell and started laughing. She looked at him and saw a blond guy on the ground laughing and a boy next to him smiling. He stood up and shook the dust from his clothes. Then, he bent and caressed her hair.
-Are you alright? -Asked Jason to the little girl.
-Yes, I'm sorry. -Said the girl blushing. Her sister was always telling her to look at the front but she really couldn't stop looking backwards.
-Why were you running? -Asked Alex.
-Something was chasing me, something strange. -Said Lilith nervously.
-What happened?
-Well...
FLASHBACK
Lilith was walking around in peace, there was no one there, no one knew where she was. She liked to go to that country alone, it was so relaxing, and no one walked by so she wasn't in danger.
She was picking up flowers when something growled behind a bush. A black creature with red eyes suddenly came out from there and started running in her way.
Lilith run as much as she could. Her feet hurted but she wasn't going to stop. That thing was following her and it would attack her if she stopped.
The creature disappeared for a moment and Lilith breathed relieved. She stopped and smiled happily, she had escaped. It almost catched her but she was faster and more inteligent.
She was smiling satisfied when she crashed with something. When she turned around she saw it, she had not escaped.
END OF FLASHBACK
-And how did you escape? -Asked Alex. It was an amazing story.
-I started running again. -Said Lilith sighing and looking backwards.
-Are you alone? -Asked Jason.
-No, my sister Clea has to be looking for me. -Said the little girl smiling. Maybe they had seen her.
-Clea? Is she blonde? -Asked Jason smiling. If she was Clea's sister they could talk to her.
-Yes! Have you seen her? -Asked Lilith excited. She was only safe with her.
-Yes, she was looking for you everywhere. Let's go find her. -Said Jason.
-OK but, what are you names?
-Jason, and he is Alex.