3rd year summer magazine

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AMAZING

NEWS STORIES,COOL FILM

REVIEWS, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS

WITH PEOPLE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO

KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEM AND

DEBATING INTEREST TOPICS

NEW!

SanpaTimesSummer

Edition


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WelcometotheSanpatimes

In this spring/summer second edition of the 3rd years Sanpa

Times, we are going to offer you unusual information about

some subjects that are of special interest to us nowadays.

Furthermore, we have made a really big effort to finish this

magazine, because we wanted to make sure that it could be a

great success.

This press class have been encouraged by Tim, to be a group of

pupils that always want to do their best, so this is why we

think this second editions magazine is going to be an excellentone. We included some interesting and incredible articles that

are going to make the reader want to read our whole magazine.

As well as articles, we have included some funny and

interesting new stories and also some interviews, which have a

great deal of interest for us. Also, we have included some film

reviews, whereas in the first

editions magazine we didnt include

any. Finally, we also included in our

magazine a new section called

discursive compositions that are

some pieces of writing where we

explore topics of interest to us.

Our goal was to work as a team and

do the best we could, so this

magazine will be read by you and be

remembered in the school as one of

the best magazine ever written in

this school.

In this edition youre going to find some fantastic articles about:

1) New stories 2) Film reviews

3) Interviews 4) Discursive compositions


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News StoriesAbortion, YES or NO

Abortation, yes or no, this has cause a lotof argues at school. There are two part: theones who say yes and the ones of no. The

yes ones is because if you dont like tohave a baby you can abortate. Neverthe-less, the other ones is because they say that

is killing a person that can not say what hewants.

A 50,000 Euros wall!

Our schools bus entrances wall had acrack, so on the 23th of February the

walls reparation started, costing a sum of50 000 Euros, Kellerterra, a constructioncompany was in charge.

The wall has had that crack for a longtime, and as the school is very old it had tobe repaired, some rods had to be intro-duced in the wall to do the same effect asan anchor. This money has been very well

invested because we dont know what would have happen if we had not doneanything.

We have to look after and treat very wellour school, a normal repair can cost a largeamount of money.

by Ainhoa Uribarren

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SURVEY ABOUT TEACHERS

The last Thurs-day before holi-days the third

year studentsdid a survey

about how didthey thought the teachers of St.Patricks teach

us. This survey consisted in ten ques- tions per teacher which were about whether the teachers explanations areunderstandable, if they teach us withmore resources than the text book, if we

thought our qualifications were and that

sort of things.

I think most of the people were sincerewhile doing this survey said Asier who was happy about this initiative. So Ithink this survey is quite important and the teachers should take it very seri-ously to improve their teaching quality.

By Ander Movilla.


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Ship on "La Concha"

Last Saturday, 28th of March, a beautifulbig ship was stranded on La Concha.The strong and masive waves broke theropes that were keeping it in the port. Theship, stayed on the beach the whole week-end, until the sea reached its highest leveland two other boats also helped to bring itback to the sea again. There was such a

wonderful view with the ship on thebeach, said the people who saw it.

New rules in the dining

room:

W e h a v ebeen using mp3,mobiles phones in

the dinning room without any prob-lems but that hasfinished, as they

t h i n k t h a t w eshould have proper

eating habits. With the new rules and thedinning room monitor, Chema, watchingcarefully to our movements, we have tofollow the rules, and if you dont want tofollow them, good luck! I think that somerules are necessary, as the dinning room

without rules is a mess, but I also think tatsome other rules arent necessary at all, forexample not to use the mp3 in the dinningroom says Ander Movilla, one of the 3rd

years student.

Taking split ends is a new

drug?

Irene Ascorreta started last year to removeher hairs split-ends. Her most closedfriends thought it was horrible to see a girlremoving her split ends, so they always hither to stop that fad. Little by little, thegirls of 3A started taking them out when

they saw Irene, the fad went to 3B, andgirls from the 3rd year, pass it to their sis-

ters. When they went on the English ex-change, English girls started doing it, and

the same happened with the French ex-change. On weekends, people who have

the fad now, pass it to people in otherschools and its becoming a contagious ill-ness or addiction that if you try it, you

will keep doing it every time. Will it endup being like a kind of drug

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23 EVERYWHERE!

Last year, a group of the 3rd year, watchedthe film 23 obsession. It was about a manthat sees every where the number 23, andhe ends up mad. Since we watched thatfilm, the number 23 is EVERY WHERE!Its like an obsession. If youre going to eat

yoghurt, I bet it will expire on the 23rd. Ifyoure going to go somewhere strange, you will have to take the 23 bus. Every timeyou look to the watch, it will be any hour,23 minutes. At night, when you are going

to sleep, you will look it, and Im sure it

will be 23:23. If you go out to the streets, itwill be 23 degrees. In class, we are alwayson page 23, or doing the 23rd exercise. 23is everywhere. Now that you have read

this, you will see its true. Dont look for it.It will just come on its own, and you willsee that, on the end, it becomes beingreally strange, mysterious, and a little bitscary.

Cakes

After all the fun we had on St-Patrick'sday, now it's time to receive all the prices,

which for some, is even better!Here are the winners in 2nd of ESO in thecakes competition:

Guillermo Gonzalez pupil of 2nd B.

In 2nd A, the winner cake had been doneby five pupils which are the following:Irene OlaizolaClara AzurmendiSara Chocarro

Adriana AzpeletaLaura Maero.

As the cake was done by five people, the price will also have to be distributedequally by he five of them, so what it was a

20 euros card for Elkar will end being 5euros!

Congratulations to the winners!

Saint Patricks day

The 13th of March San English day took

place in this school. Normally it is cele-brated the 18, but they move it of day be-cause the 3rd year went to Burgos. There

where some traditional games that areplayed all years. The year that has win is4th A (46.5p) followed by 4th C (40p) and2ndA(31p).

Game

s

1-

A

1-

B

2-

A

2-

B

3-

A

3-

B

4-

A

4-

B

4-

C

Tug ofwar

4 6 4 6

Ballons 3 6 3

Basket 4 6 6 4

Pelota 2 3 3 2 1

Skies 1 2 3

Pano-chas 6 1 4 2 3

3PointsShoots

1.5 1.5 3

Ping-Pong

4 6 2

Toka 1 2 3

Foot-ball

6 4 4 6

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Game

s

1-

A

1-

B

2-

A

2-

B

3-

A

3-

B

4-

A

4-

B

4-

C

Apple 2.5 1 2.5

Cross-os

1 3 1 3 2

Cross-as

1 2 3 2 1 3

Weigh 2 6 4 2 4 6

Cards 6 2 4

Hurd-dles

2 3 1

Cakes 3 3 3 5

Total 8 26 31 30 10 12.5

46.5

9 40

The winner of cakes is a 4 year student .There is rumour that the cake of the per-son that won was made by his father thatis cakemaker. Last year instead of usingballons in the game calles ballons ,they usdsponges. But this year they have changedand used ballons again . it is much better

with ballons has said Jorge Ruiz.

By Adrin Tejeda and Adrin Ageros

Successive Magazine

Is this year magazines better than theother ones? This year at school the maga-

zine has been very suc-cessful and thats why it ishung on the internet.

The students of 3rd and4th press class have donesuch a good job, that inFebruary Tim decided to

put it on the internet so

the rest of the world could read it.

It has excellent photographs, useful sur- veys and interesting news stories. I feel very proud of the magazine said a pressstudent.

MOC's piece of news.

During the second week of February, St-Patrick's English School's students in 3rdand 4th of ESO have been doing theMOC exam in order to prepare the Firstand Advanced Certificates in English ex-

ams, on their English's hours. In generalpupils think it has been quite hard, but asevery year, there is a wide variety of re-sults starting with some very good onesand ending with other ones which aren't sogood.

Now students are looking forward witherto maintain or improve the results in June,when the examinations will be done.

Let's hope they do so.

3 rd of E.S.O Tournament

A 3rd of E.S.O tournament has start onWednesdays at school.

Chus the sport manager has create a tour-nament at school for the 3rd of E.S.O stu-

dents. He have done 4 groups and theyhave to play each

t h e m . T h ematches are in

the hochey field.Each team has 5

persons and thematches are of 12mi nute s ea ch

part on Wednes-days.

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Chus says: This tournament is to try peo-ple to enjoy football at playtime

Our dear friend is gone

One of our beloved friends and class mate that for some reasons didnt want me tosay her name has moved on to new Zee-land for the next 3 years due to her moms

work.She left us the last January and now shesliving in Palmerton, new Zeeland, andshell be there till 2nd baccalaureate, and allof this is because her mother received an

offer to work there and she accepted. But we have nothing to worry about causeshell come back to visit us as soon as shecan, sometime in summer and Christmasand so on.

And about how shes doing there, well,now shes going to an only girls school,and she hasnt meet yet any guy but atleast she has many friends. Hallo, we miss

you a lot said Manu & guinea,

Daniel Botellos achieve-

ment

At the beginning of this term, there wasgreat news for Dani Botello, a studentfrom 3 of E.S.O. The thing is that, hecame a few years ago without knowingany English and now he has made suchenormous improves with his English thathis teacher Tim, has decided to pass him to

a higher level. It was fantastic news and

Im now very happy with my achieve-ment.

Burgos Trip

Burgos trip has finally ended with a niceimpression of it. All third years, have ar-rived in San Sebastian hoping that the tripgets longer, however, it can never be sub-stituted four days of holiday.

The trip started with a stop in Burgos where self orientation, and cultural visits, which was elected by the students as the

most interesting and fructiferous activity.Then after we had finish eating they wentby bus to Pisuerga River to do some ca-noeing, while others went to El Canal deCastilla, to take some photographs, and

then the other way round.

!The second day they spend it walking inSantiago walk and under the hot sun. We

passed along two villages where westopped to have a rest, the first one wasBoadilla Del Camino in which we spendmost of the time in the sweet shop, and fi-nally in Fromista where we took our busand went to the youth house.

The last days after packing up, they took the bus and leave the youth house andwent to Yuso and Suso where they visited

the monasteries where the first Spanish

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texts where written. Finally they went toSan Sebastian.

Trip to Italy

Pupils from 2nd of bachillerato went toItaly the13th of May at 6:30 am and cameback the 22nd. It was their last trip before

they finish school; they had to collectmoney.

They visited Niza, Monaco, Menton, Ber-gamo, Vicenza, Venecia, Roma, Florencia,Pisa, Siena, San Giminiano, Avignon and

Carcassone. They went to 3 countries;Francia, Monaco and Italy. When they went the police noticed that two persons where carrying something illegal so theyobligated them to come to San Sebastianand because of that they didnt visit Ve-rona. However, one of the pupils said that:We had a great time because we saw lotsof monuments and we had lot of free

time.

BURGOS INSTEAD OF SALA-

MANCA.

Who? 3 year studentsWhy? A lot of problems in Salamanca.When? In March.Where? Burgos.What? A excursion.

The 3 year students, normally go to Sala-manca as a school trip. This year, it has

been different. They have gone to Burgos.This is because every year something badhappens in Salamanca such as formalcomplaints or sheer madness at nights. Pi-lar Goyoaga, the teacher in charge of this

trip, wanted to make a change in the trip,so she change the place. Some teachers say

that Saint Patricks pupils should not ap-pear in a little village near for a long time,until an incident that happended there

three years ago, gets forgotten.We had a very good time in Burgos, and

we havent got any problem with the 3rdyear students this year says Pilar after thetrip.

English exchange, cant be

cooler!

The past week, 27 students from the 3rdyear went on an exchange trip to England,to Chandlers Ford, near Southampton.

All the students had a very good time and would like to repeat the experience. Al-

though the excursions were good, the bestthings were the activities with the Englishstudents.

Its been fantastic! We had a very good time. Maybe one of the best weeks of mylife! We cant wait till they come backsays Susana Santaolalla, a pupil on the ex-change.

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I n d e x

c o m e d y

burn after reading

You can see the quality of this film reflected

on the actor's terrific performance as much

as in the film itself. this movie is about an ex-

agent from the CIA

called Ozzie Cox,

who loss a diskette

with his memoirs ,

amd it's found by

l inda l i tzkie and

Chad Feldheimer,

and they try to

e x c h a n g e i t f o r

money.

this is a hilarious

comedy mixed with

some crime, and not only the script is

briliant, also the actor's give life to the

script with their great performances. the

only possible drawback is that if you know

nothing about the col war you my loose some

gags. but even though, you're going to totally

love it.

This is the kind of film that you should watch

with friends if you're older than 13 years.

Tecnhical info.

Director: Coen Brothers

Staff: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John

Malkovich Frances McDormand, T i lda

Swinton

Susana Kaiana

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The great actors performance (Benicio del

Toro) is one of the most important things, as

he won a Goya for it.

This is a great film for people that

want to know about how revolution was insome countries of South-America.

Starring: Benicio del Toro, Franka Potente

Directed by: Steven Soderbegh

140 minutes

Asier Amenabar

The Dark Night

The film has provoked a great deal of

interest as much because of the excitement

of the story as for the catastrophic death of

the actor Heath Ledger. The story is based

on the frustration of the Mafia because they

can not move their money as they would like

because of Batman and because of Harvey

Dent the districts prosecution. This

frustration makes the Mafia employ a very

strange assassin that even they dont

understand.

The Dark Knight is an action-drama that it

will show you the craziness of an assassin,

the exasperation of missing some one you

love and the serenity and obligation of doing

the correct thing. There is no possibledrawback in my opinion. I think we are

talking about a masterpiece.

Technical info.

Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and

Aaron Eckhart

Directed by Christopher Nolan

152 minutes

Rating PGNow available on DVD and Blueray

Twilight

This film has created a lot of expectation asmuch because of the fascinating plot as

because the film is based on Stephanie

Meyers best-seller Twilight.

The story concerns a girl (Kristen Stewart)

who is new in the school and meets Edward

Cullen (Robert Pattinson). They fall in love

with each other, but Bella discovers

Edwards biggest secret: hes a vampire.

Twilight is a romantic horror drama film that

has managed to get every single teenagers

attention with the love story between Edward

and Bella, and with Edwards great charm.

The horror part of the film is quite

entertaining, but its not the main part of the

film. The only unsuccessful feature of the

film is that there are some details of the

book that they dont include in the film, so

the books fans were quite disappointed.

Generally the film is brilliant, and is perfect

for boys and girls, as it includes a romantic

story with a horror background.

Technical info.

Starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart

and Taylor Lautner

Directed by Catherine Hardwick

122 min

+13

Released soon on DVD.

Guinea Fernndez

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A c t i o n

Witness

The film has provoked interest as much

because of the religion involved as for the

performance of Harrison Ford. The story is

based on the bribery of policemen. John,

who is a policeman, and an Amish family

who get involved in it.

Witness is a crime film with some fast

action, and with a shocking final. There are

no amazing effects, but the script is really

original. The stunts quite entertaining,

without focusing too much in them. Instead

of focusing on fights the film focus on a

real situation involves a policeman and an

Amish family.

This film is a definitely for teenagers of

adults, because it is a plot driven story.

This film might be perfect to watch at home

alone; to reflect on it.

Starring Harrison: Ford, Kelly McGillis and

Lukas Haas.

Directed by the Australian filmmaker Peter

Weir.Running time 112 min.

Available on DVD

Adrin Tejeda

s c i f i

Push

This is a film were lots of special effects

are used, which look almost real and were

you can see the hard work of the actors.

The story is based on how two American

people (Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning),

who live in Hong Kong and have special

powers, have to save the world from acompany.

Push is a Sci-Fi, Thriller in which you may

not stop watching for a second because

you will get lost and not find out what is

going on. A good feature of this film is the

quality of the actors performance, the

drawbacks arent too important. One of the

possible drawbacks you may notice at the

end is how they changed the name of

Dakotas Fanning character and the

similarity of the film with the Heroes TV

series.

This film is perfect for people who like Sci-

Fi films and that may watch the TV series

Heroes.

Starring: Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning

Directed by Paul Mcguigan

111 minutes

Script: David Bairla

Rating PG

Now in cinemas.

Carla Aldabaldetrecu

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! Mu s i c a lMoulin Rouge

This film has been recently fitted into 3rd

year music timetable for having, musical

and social values. The story is based on the

hard life of a prostitute, with an incredible

voice. Later on she is asked to sing for onecompany of composers, however, medics

diagnose her with tuberculosis.

Moulin Rouge is a dramatic musical, with

catchy songs and beautiful choreography.

The film also sends deep messages that

make you feel as a real person suffering

from tuberculosis, however, the musical

part of the film lasts a litt le bit too much,

and may bore some people.

This film only can be recommended to

teenagers as the film is about drugs and

the exhausting life of a young woman.

Starring: Nicole Kidman

Directed by: Bazz Luhrmann

Rating PG 129 minutes

Manuel Santos

M u s i c a l

High school musical

This is a film which has provokes a

great deal of interest because it

isnt as good as the other ones. The

story is based on the two other films. Its

directed by the director Kenny Ortega and

stars Zac Efron (as Troy Bolton) and

Vanessa Hudgens (as Gabriela Montez).

This film is about the last year in high

school.

Its a musical film full of dance routines

and centered on combinations of music

and dance. But this f ilm has drawbacks that

the other two didnt have, the script is

unimaginative and the special effects are

very simple. The only two possible positive

things are absolutely brilliant acting of the

two main characters and the wonderfulmusic.

This film is not recommended to boys or

girls of 15 years old, but is the perfect film

for children of 10 to 12 years.

Starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens

Directed by Kenny Ortega

90 minutes

Now available on DVD

Patricia Porta

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Interview withLourdes P!rragaLourdes Prraga, the teacher of 3year olds, answers some questionsabout her start at

s c h o o l , h e rprofessional lifeand her personallife. She was thefirst teacher toteach for the twoyear olds andsurprisingly ouryear was the firstone to be in the 2

year old class.

Past children

What do you remember about us?

A lot of things, you

were a very special

group, very nice and

very pleasant.

Can you remembersomething special aboutus?

I can remember a lot

of things; I remember

what happen to

Patricia Pola because

she went to America

when she was 3 years

old.

Can you rememberany accidents thatwe had?

It was a year where

some boys were

biting.

How did you care for uswhen we were sleeping?

I had an assistant and

when you were sleeping

another person came to

help us.

What feeling did youhave when you saw usfor the first time?

I wondered if I was

able to care for you

all.

What do you think whenyou hear a teachertalking about us?

I think that Im older

and that you are

growing up very fast.

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Her professional life

Her personal life


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Her professional life

Why did you choose tobe a teacher for 3 yearolds?

First I joined the

school as an English

assistant, then I taught

the 2 year olds for

seven years and when

Marimar left the

school two years ago I

decided to change.

What main thing do youteach the children?

The main thing for me

is that the children

have to be used to a

daily routine.

How do you react when2 boys/girls have a row?

I try to listen to both

stories, then I tell

them to forgive each

other and sometimes I

put them together to

work.

What difference do youf i n d b e t w e e n asecondary teacher and aprimary teacher?

T h e o n l y b i g

difference I find is that

the children are

dependent on you.

Why did you choose towork in an Englishschool?

I chose to work in an

E n g l i s h s c h o o l

because I knew how to

speak English.

First I worked in the

English school, and

then I was going to

America when they

called me form this

school.

How do you prepare thechildren for school?

I prepare the children

for the next school

year. It is not a job of

only one teacher all

the teachers from 2

year old to 5 year old

prepare the children

for school.

Personal life

Why did you decide tobring your boys to this

school?

I decided to bring

them here because

t h e y h a d t h e

opportunity to learn

English

How do you treat yourchildren at home?

I treat them in the

same way I treat them

at school, because

they are in fourth year

of primary school.

Have you got the samepower to teach yourchildren at home and toteach the children atschool?

Normally yes, but

sometimes when I

finish my work at

school Im very tired.

Are your childrennaughty?

No, they are very, they

behave like children

of their age (9 years)

Are you very hard whenyou punish them?

No, I try to be

consistent.

What thing are youalways telling them?

I tell them not to fight;

they have to respect

each other.


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Five minutes with

John Phillips

John was born in Llane!i a sma!town in the South ofWales. He came here nearly by an accident and nowarranges most of the exchanges in Saint Patrick"s.

Q. Why did you decided tocome to Spain and to be a

teacher?

A. It was an accident.

While I was travelling

through Europe I met

some people from

Santander who invited

me to come to San

Sebastian. Later they

told me that I could be a

teacher here because I

knew English, so I stayed

here.

Q. When you first came

here did you know any

Spanish?

A. I had a dictionary and

by reading I startedlearning it little by little.

Q. Now you arrange most

of the exchanges in the

school. Do you also

organise the exchange with

France?

A. No, that one is

organised by Carolina

but I talk to her about

how it is going and Iknow what happens.

Q. Do you know anything

about the problems the

French have had about

coming here?

A. Yes. This year the

number of students who

will go to France issmaller so fewer

students will come. Due

to this the cost is being

shared between fewer

people and the French

government might not

give them the money

they need.

Q. The fourth years had togo by bus to Belgium. Why

was that?

A. I usually try to go in

the cheapest way and by

airplane a lot of

politicians go there who

have a good reason to

go and they also have

money. So it isnt easy

to find a cheap flight togo there. This year the

cheapest way was going

by bus.

Q. Are you happy with

how the exchanges are

working? How do you

think they may develop?

A. Im very happy with

how they are working

and I think that in the

next few years more

people will take part

continuing the trend. For

example: last year 23

people went to Liverpool

and this one 36 people

will go.

Q. Have you think about

arranging new exchanges?

A. A teacher from the

school we are doing an

exchange with has

moved to another

school. She wants to

start a new exchange

there with as but there is

nothing certain.


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!"#$%&'$(!('#)!*+,$-"!Josean, our maths teacher, answered some question that at first were going to be aboutwhat is it like to work in the same place as his wife, but in the end it turned out to be an in-terview mostly about his personal life, and he arranged an interview with Susana Kaiana,hope you like it.

K: What is it like to workwith your wife?J: I feel independent, Imean, I dont really work

with her, were just in thesame building.K: Which class would yousay is the most stressful?J: I dont really know, Imean, theyre very similar,so I dont know what to sayK: Have you ever felt at-tracted by a student?J: Yeah, well, not in thestrong sense of attracted

but there are pretty girls inthis schoolK: What do you think

about Canutillos?

J: I think theyre for smallkids, kids from 1st of pri-mary.K: Has the crisis affectedyou? If so, how much?J: No, I mean, it hasnt af-fect me that much, as longas I have my job I dontthink it will.K: Have you ever wantedto leave your job and fam-ily and change your life?J: No, Ive never wanted todo something like that.K: What has your life likelately?

J: Its been good, in generalI mean, Im very happy

with my life and how it

treats me.

K: What do you like to doat the weekends?J: Well, I would like to goout more with my wife anddo less work, but what can Ido?K: What is the most em-barrassing thing that has

happened to you?J: Cover my pants withchuck, and that happensevery day.K: Who is your favouritefootball team?J: My favourite team is ath-letic of BilbaoK: What is the most mean-ingful thing that has hap-pened to you?J: Well, I think that it isthat I had to move on from

Madrid to here, San Sebas-tian.K: Whats your hobby?J: Well, listening to music, Ilove to listen to jimmyHendrix and that kind ofmusic, going to the cinemaand, of course, sports.K: Do you share your hob-bies with someone? Who?J: Yeah sure, I share them

with my wife, ElenaK: Is maths a hobby for

you?J: Yeah, maths, I love it.K: Is there any sport thatyou like doing?J: Yeah, I like swimmingand going for a walk.K: Do you play any in-strument?J: Well, I play the guitarand I know how to playsome songs from the 60sor 70s.K: Where do you like to goon holiday?J: I normally go to Ibiza.


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Interview with Chus

IAfter a no stoppingsummer, Jesus has finallyhas got the job of sportscoordinator at St Pat-

ricks English school. Hislife is sport. He has dedi-

cated life to it, as a foot-ball player and a trainHe

has arranged an inter-view with Manuel San-tos, who will ask its pro-

fessional, personal and

hobby life; lets see whathe finds out.

Where were you born?

In San Sebastian

In which school did you study?

In Axular Lizeoa

What is your best memory at school?

I miss enjoying time with friends

The most embarrassing

When in primary we had to go to Carnival as a

pirate, and I went as Chinese people.

Would you like to relive your school life?

Yes and no. Id like to spend more time with

my friends but, Id definitely choose my present

life.

Did you study at university?

Yes as a Sports teacher

Where did you work before here?

At Axular as a substitution teacher and a foot-

ball trainer at St Patricks

What objectives do you have for school

sport?

As much as I can give Ill try to expand it and

make people enjoy it more.How can sport affect a student?

The main things are in terms of health, having

fun and relationships. It is very important in-

deed

What is you favourite sport?

Football without doubt

How often do you play?

When training, and on Saturdays as I play

matches with my group of friends

Which of these two places would you prefer:

mountain or beach?

The beach as I like going swimming and relax-

ing

Are you any supporter of any team?

Real to the death

What do you think Real will do at the end of

the season?

Unfortunately they will stay where they are.


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Rafa NogalRafa Nogal our sports coordinator has decided to retire, but he will continue with us for at least a few

more years because of his new retirement contract.

1- Which was the most success-

ful team?

The most successful team was the team

in 1994 because of their long run ofwins and because they won the schools

first La Concha Cup

2- What is the worst thing that

has ever happened to you in

school?

The worst thing was that in the year

1993 I could not organise the journey to

the Gotia Cup very well, it was a bad

experience for me.

3- What was your impression

when you came to school?

My first impression was that this school

was marvellous in comparison with

Mundaiz, my last school.

4- Who was your best friend?

Have you got any enemies?

I dont like to talk about enemies, but ifwe talk about friends I dont have any

doubt, my best friend is Jesus.

5- Actually how many hours do

you work?

I work two hours per day until I work

the thousand hours I need to work. I

think I will finish working in five yeas

time.

6- Which is the pupil that has

succeeded most in his sports

life?

Elena Urquizu, she won the third place

in the Olympics playing hckey with the

national selection.

7- Have you got any secret for

the sports in school?

The only secret I have is working hard,

if you want something done you should

never give up, there isnt any other se-

cret.

8- What are your plans for the

future?

I would lie to travel to Africa, Africa is

my passion, I have been a few times,

and it was wonderful. Well, and if have

some free time I will pay you a visit.

9- Do you think we will ever

see the black field green?

I dont want to say much about it , be-

cause I dont know much, but what Iknow is that that will not happen in a

short period of time.

10- Do you think the schools

sports will improve in the fu-

ture?

I think it will improve, I am sure about

it, but it is going to be difficult in a short

period of time.


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-That people thinkthat I am a teacherspet.

6-What do you thinkabout your parentsclothes?-My dad doesnt worryabout clothes and mymum has a very per-sonal style.

3-VEGETARIAN:

1-Why are you vege-tarian?-because my parentshave educated me like

this, however, I havemy own reasonsaswell.

2-Would you feel badeating any kind ofmeat? Why?-yes, because it is eat-ing animals.

3-How do you feelwhen you smell a

good piece of meat?-I dont react becauseI have accepted thatthis society eats meateven I dont.

4-What would yourparents say if they sawyou eating meat?-Perhaps they would

be disappointed.

5-What do you thinkabout fishing?-I wouldnt do it, but Idont really care ifsomeone else does.

6-What would youthink if you saw yourmother with a furcoat?-I would think she wasill.

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Raquel Aizpurua forms part of our school. She is a pupil (4th of Pri-mary), one of the first ones receiving plenty of changes introduced .

People say that in general the changes are good but what do the pupils

think? One of them talks us about swimming activities, changes in law

and general idea of how the school is like.

1- Swimming:

Do you know why

this activity has

been done?

!"#$! %"&'(#"! )"'&*+",#! )*-./! 0"! #*1(23!/.10! *10! )1! #0-4!'.3! )*')! "5",&-#"! -#!61#-)-7"!81,!(#9How many hours per

day did you do it?

:"!3-3! -)!)*,""!*1(,#!6",! 3';! 81,! )*,""!0""/#$! #1! -)! 0'#! ! 01(23! ,"&14+4 " . 3! " 7 " , ;!)"'&*",!31!-)9What was the

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)*-.?#9! F1-.?! )1!#0-4!0-)*!4;!8,-".3#!0'#! ?,"')! 8(.$! %()! -)!0'#! %"))",! .1)! )1!*'7"! &2'##$! %"&'(#"!)*1#"! )01! *1(,#! 0"!.1,4'22;! *'7"! E')*#!'.3!G.?2-#*92- New law:

Do you know that a

new law has been

created?

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about the changes?

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School Change

A lot of people change of school when theyare kids. This girl after being 13 years in

(Eskibel) has decided to come to San Pat-

ricks English School. She has some friends

in this school but she is sure it will be a

great experience to meet more people. She

has spoken xanpas times Adrian Tejeda to

speak about the reasons and the impres-

sions about San Patrick English School.

1) Why did you choose this

school?

I chose this school because they have told me

very good things about it

2) Do you know someone from

this school?

Yes, I know Gabriela; she is one of my bestfriends, and a couple of other friends.

3) When did you decide to

change school?

Well really since the 1st year I was thinking

about it, but this year I talked with my parents

and they agreed.

4) Do you think you will adapt

well? Why?

I think so because I think Im a very friendlyperson.

5) What was your first impression

about this school?It was a great impression because it is much

more bigger.

6) What do you think about the

uniform?

I think that the uniform is the best uniform in

all San Sebastian.

7) Are you looking forward to

starting in this school?

Yes, I cant wait to start!!!!

8) You are in a girls school.

What is that like?(She laughs) well the truth is that it is not so

bad as it sounds, sometimes you

would like to be in a mixed school

but it is ok.

9) What are the differences be-

tween the 2 schools?

There are more opportunities for university, and

it is much bigger, there are boys and girls

mixed up, and there is no religion.

10) We have now 2 new subjects,

citizenship and ethics. What do

you think about them? Do you

have them in your school?

I have Ethics, but it was quite different, and

citizenship Id rather not say.

11) What do you think about the

timetable?

I like the timetable because there is a lot of help

for people that fail subjects.

12) Have you done any exam?Actually no and I expect not to do any (she

laughs)

13) Are you going to use extra

services? (Bus, dining-room)Yes of course, the bus and dining-room for sure


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Raquel BalenciaRaquel Balencia, now a model recognized internationally for her prices as a

professional model, one of them the MISS Guipuzkoa tittle, was a student of the St.Patricks English school. 9 years after she left school, is now in the best moment of herprofessional life, and she has accepted to do an interview with the Sanpa times, withAsier Amenabar, in which we will get information about how the life as a model is butshe also gives us some information about her personal life.Professional life:

-When did you start to be a model? My first

contact with the modeling world was when she

was 13, but she didnt

start her internationalcareer until she was 21.

-How much time had

you been working be-

fore winning Miss

Guipuzkoa?

4 years, in an easy way

in the Basque country.

-Why did you start

this job? Because my

mum convinced me todo my first modeling

job, and then I contin-

ued because everybody

thought I had a lot of

opportunities.

-Have you won any

other tittles? Yes, two

other nationals, one

European and the other

one international called international top model,that took place in Beirut, Lebanon.

-For which magazines and in which coun-

tries do you work? Mostly I work in Italy, Mi-

ami and Spain, but I also travel a lot for specific

jobs. For example last year I was In Turkey,

Beirut, Paris, Hamburg, Sicily and the south of

Spain, besides my usual residences.

-Which one has been your most important

job? My most important job was Hansgrobe

international calendar for 2009, last summer.

-Do you have any special diet? No, I eat as my

parents taught me, since I was little, as they are

dietitians.

School time:

-What was the school likewhen you came here? The

school changed a lot from the

first time I went since I left.

First was nicer, not so crowed

and with a lot of green fields.

-Who was/were your favorite

teacher/s? There were a lot of

teachers that I liked, but I have a

special fondness for my maths

teacher, Juan Elvira.-Were you a good student?

Yes, very good! (she laughs)

-In how many schools did you

study? Just one, for 15 years.

-What was the school uniform

like in your times? I used to

wear a green jersey with a yel-

low shirt, and a grey skirt with

green shocks. I used to love it!

-Have any of your school partners chosen thesame job as you?No, none.

Personal life:

-What are your plans for the future? To con-

tinue working as a model and start a career in

TV in Italy, as Ive just done and consider the

job offers the have made me for TV and cinema

in Spain and decide if they interest me.

-Which sports do you play? I love surfing,

snow-boarding, playing tennis with my cousin

and trying any other water sports.


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Water poloAnder Goitia tells us about it2 years ago, when he was 13, Ander Goitia !a st"patricks#school student$

started playing water"polo, now he trains more than 7 hours a week so that h%can go to important matches.

Would you like to play as a

professional water polo

player when you are old?

No! I wouldnt like it at all, it

is only my hobby.

How many awards have you

got?

Ive got 7 medals and 3 cups

do you have to go to a qym?

How many hours?

Apart from training 7 hours a

week I have to go to a gym

fro 2 hours a week

Have you been to another

town for a match?

Yes, I have been several times

to Bilbao and Vitoria, last

week I went to Bilbao for an

important match.

How many people are there

in your team?

There are 17 of us

What number are you?

I am number 9 but as I always

liked the number 4 I would

like to be that.

Are there any girls in your

team?

No, there arent girls, we are

all boys, the trainer is also a

man.

In a match where do you

play?

I play at the front on the right,

with two more players. Im an

attacker

Why did you decide to start

playing water polo?

I was looking for a sport to

do; and some friends told me

that if would be fun to join

the team.

Do you like the idea of not

having girls in the team?

It doesnt matter you me, but

if girls arent in our team Im

sure there is another team for

them. The strength is the only

thing that makes a difference,

if there wasnt that difference

it would be nice to have girls.

Where do you play water

polo?

In Anoeta, there are much

more places to play, but this is

near school.

Have you ever thought

about leaving the team?

Sometimes, I think it is al-

ways the same, but I like

playing and having fun with

friends so I still go.

How much time can you

stay under water?

Well Im not sure but I think

about a minute and 20 sec-

onds.

Does anybody in you family

play water polo?

No, they dont really care

much about it, perhaps it

could be good if I shared a

sport with someone in my

family.

If you didnt play water

polo, what would you like to

do?

I would like to do motocross,

having you own motorbike

I like the idea a lot!

You normally wear contact

lenses while playing is there

any problem with that?

Normally no, but you culd

loose a contact lense, it is

very easy to do, I normally

dont wear them. So, if there

is anybody who wears contact

lenses and wants to play wa-

ter polo remember, dont wear

them while you are playing,

unless it doesnt worry you if

you loose one.


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Mikel Lezama is a stu-

dent from the 4th year in

this school and he has

some interesting things

to say and comment

about this school, be-

cause of the fourteenyears that has been as a

student in St Patricks.

That is why The Sanpa

Times met with him to

get some insightful in-

formation of his aca-

demic life; his personal

life and which are his

hobbies.

Academic Life

1)What are the main

differences between

the 3rd year and the

4th?

The main differences are that

you have to study more and

the teachers make you study a

lot, because next year will be

an important one.

2)How are you doing

this year?

Un-

fortunately bad, but I`m mak-

ing a big effort to improve my

reports.

3)Are you a good

student?Absolutely yes, of course

I am.

4) Will you continue

studying at school

next year? Why?

Yes, because this is the best

school!


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5)What would you

like to study in the fu-

ture? Why?

I would like to study some-

thing related to sports and

economy, because I love

sports.

6)What do you think

about the new subjects

at school?

I really dont care, but I think

they will be helpful for futurebusiness.

Personal Life

1)Are you a prob-

lematic person?

No, because I control my self

and I dont like to be in trou-

ble.

2)What is the worst

thing you have ever

done in your life? Why?

I nearly cut the head of a

classmate, because they were

bothering me and laughing atme.

3)Do you like

school food? Why?

Yes it tastes nice, but I have to

say that I like all kind of food

except for vegetables. (I love

food!)

4)Do you think you

are attractive to girls?

You can ask the girls that, Ha

Ha Ha!

5) What is the thing

you want to do most?I want to be a football player

or professional in any other

sport, because as I said, I love

sport.

6) Who is your favor-

ite teacher? Why?

Juani, because she makes the

most boring things to funny

things.

Hobbies

1)What are yourhobbies?

As I said, I like exercising my

self and doing all kinds of

sports, but I also like lying on

the sofa and watching T.V. for

hours and hours.

2) Do you play anysport at the moment?

Yes, I try to play all the sports

I can, but I am in a football

team. Although, I always play

all the sports I can like for

example: basketball, skying...

3)What team do

you support?

I support the Real Sociedad,

but I really love Liverpool

and Barcelona.

4) What is your

greatest achievement

playing that sport?

In one year Ive gone from

playing in an awful team to

playing in a quite good one,

and for Guipuzkoa`s foot-

ball team. Im quite happy

about that.

5)What influenced

you to start to play that

sport?

The team in which I play now

called me four years ago and I

left the skiing competition

which I was quite good at and

starting playing football more

seriously.

6) When did you

start to take that sport

seriously? Why?

When I realized that I wasnt

good enough to play in the

team I wanted, but Ive made

a great effort and now I am in

the team I want.

I nearly cut

the head of a

classmate


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Interview with

Xabi San MartnMaybe you dont k now his name but Xabi San Martn is the composer and keyboardist ofLa Oreja de Van Gogh, and hes the person responsible for you singing all the bands songs.He spoke to Sanpas Guinea Fernndez Dans and they discussed about the new tour of theband, the compositions and the changes in La Oreja De Van Gogh.

Tour

Guinea: Apart fromthe singer, are thereany changes on this

tour?

Xabi: Well, on this

tour we kind of gotback the spirit we

had at the beginning,

so the tour is going tobe more or less like

the first two tours,where the songs were

the most importantthings.

G: Is it interna-tional? In that case,

which countries willyou visit?

X: Yes, the tour is

international. Since

the second CD all thetours are interna-

tional. Well be here in

Spain, of course, andnearly all the coun-

tries in Central andSouth America.

G:Your concert inSan Sebastin, the

first of the tour, wassold out. What does

this success mean

for you in your owntown?

X:Well, it was really

cool and I feel really

happy about that.That means that in

spite of the difficultyear it has been, wehave got all the love

and support of the

people here.

G: How were youreceived by the

audience in San Se-

bastian?

X: As I said in theother question they

were a really amaz-ing audience.

G:Are you per-

forming song from

your previous re-cords?

X: Yes, we are going

to perform them, be-cause although ourfirst singer has left

the band, there are

our songs, so we aregoing to perform

them.G:Apart from the

music itself, what is

the most important

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X:I think that in a

concert the impor-

tant thing is the mu-sic and to connect

with the people, to

transmit our feelingsto them. I think they

arent other features

that are important.

Compositions

G: What is more

satisfying, writingnew song or playing

the piano?X:I think writing newsongs is more satisfy-

ing, because I play

the piano reallybadly! (Laughs)

G:Where do you

find the inspiration

to compose: inplaces, situations or

in people?

X:Well I find itmostly in people or

situations. I think

writing about otherpeoples lives is good

for songs because

you have a widetheme to talk about,

And in situations, I

often base the songsin other peoples

situations as well.

G: Have you ever

composed for

other bands? In thatcase, do you find it

more difficult?

X: Yes, I have com-

posed for other

bands, for example:Paulina Rubio, Fran

Perea, Sergio from OT

and for some TV ads.I dont find it more

difficult because I

dont directly writethe songs for them.

There are songs Iwrite for La Oreja De

Van Gogh that we

dont use on the CDsand the record com-

pany gives them to

them.

G:Why did you

choose a subjectlike 11M for your

song Jueves?

X: Well, since thebeginning we wanted

to write a song aboutthat subject, so wedecided a long time

along, we just decided

to do it.

G:Have you ever

thought of writingin English for the

American Market?

X:No, I haventthought about that,

but just because I

write in Spanish be-cause it is the lan-

guage in which I can

express myself best.Maybe I couldtrans-

late them, but neverwrite in English.

G: Of all the songs

you have written,

what is your favor-ite one?

X: I think Jueves,

La Playa and Ro-sas are my favorite

ones, and they are

also our fans favoriteones.

Changes in LaOreja De Van

Gogh

G:You have a newsinger in the ban,

Leyre. Have you

had to change yourstyle for the new

songs or has she

fitted in withoutany problems?

X: Well, before join-

ing the band, Leyres

style was very similarto our style so she

has fitted in withoutany problems.

G: Did you have tointroduce any

changes to the pre-

vious songs toadapt them to

Leyres voice?X: No, becauseLeyres voice was very

similar to Amaias, the

first singer.G: Do you think

there has been an

evolution in yourstyle over your long

career?

X:Yes, as we makePop music, I think we

have improved our

sound since the first

CD. People say wehave become more

mature, but I dont

like saying that, be-cause usually when

they say that it is be-

cause the CD isworse and because

the singer and bandis old, for example

that happens with

Madonna. (Laughs)

G: Many bands have

disappeared, mean-while you are still

here. How do you

explain your suc-cess?

X: Its all because our

good looks, definitely.(Laughs)

G: Your fans rangefrom children to

adults. What is the

secret?X: Well, we havent

got any secret. We

first write songs thatwe like and we hope

the people like them

too. But I think wellnever write a song

that our fans would

like but we wouldnt,so I think thats the

secret.

G:What are your

plans after thetour?

X:Collective suicide.(Laughs)


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Paraolimpics games! Ana Rubio Zabala is the youngest of five brothers, all of them swimming in the CDNBidasoa XXI. She was born on the 21stof February of 1993. What that means is that shewas the youngest person representing Spain to go to Peking. She has been swimming for 9years with her friends, our reporter Sergio Tom went to meet her to talk about the Para-lympics games.

Your physical disability hasnt

prevented you from taking part in

the school championships. When

did you start taking part in

adapted competitions? I started taking

part in adapted competitions

in 2008, I went with the Kon-

porta Kirol Elkartea but I still

train with Bidasoa.

Participating in this type of sport.

Have you had good results?

Yes, I went to the

Spanish competitions and I

got 6 second places in: 50,

100, 400 metres freestyle, 200

metres styles, 100 metres but-

terflies and 100 metres breas-

troke.

When you found out that you had

been selected to go to Peking?

What did you feel like?

I found out when I was

competing in the Berlin Open

but I wasnt sure. I was sur-

prised and happy when they

told me that I was going to

Peking

What was your preparation like in

the days before going to Peking?

My preparation wasvery hard but I did it because

I wanted to get good marks in

Peking.

With the news about Peking you

also received an invitation to be

the town coyer during Iruns holi-

days. How did you receive that

news?

I was very surprised.

They also let me invite more

people. Therefore, I invited

all my friends from the

swimming club.

You have been in the Spanish

youth team in Peking. What was

your relationship with the rest of

the people like?

At the beginning I

didnt talk too much but when

I arrived in Peking I started to

talk and started to make

friends with all the others.

What was a normal day like before

they began the competitions?

What was the thing you most en-

joyed?

It was fantastic. There

were a place call International

place, and there were a lot of

shops.

Your first event was 100 metres

breastroke. What do you remem-

ber of this event?

I was happy because I

did two second better than myprevious best time. And with

my time I was the 9th so I

went to the final.

After this event, were the 200

metres style and breastroke. What

would you say of your perform-

ance in these events?

I felt would do it better.

Although, I also did two sec-

ond better that my previous

best.

What memory will you always

have of the last days?

A friend got a gold

medal so I was so happy that I

began to cry. Everyone started

to laugh at me. But it is agood memory.

Did you miss your friends, fam-

ily during your stay in Peking?

No, because they came

with me and with a lot of

equipment. They made some

t-shirts with my photograph

and that made me feel happy.


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legality or morality?

T e c h n o l o g y h a s

improved our lives in a

huge way. But what is

the frontier between

progress and humanmorality? Why would a

mother have a child if

she doesn't want to?

Shouldn't people think

before they act? On

the one hand we have

to understand the

woman!s point of view,

but we also have to

realize there are some

problems.

Abortion's legality has

some positive features.

It gives a woman the

right to decide her

future and gives herthe opportunity to

solve problems easily.

It's also logical for a

woman to abort in the

case the son or the

mother is in danger,the same as if the

wo ma n h a s b e e n

violated.

However there is also

a list of bad points.

Human beings use to

make mistakes (at the

moment science can't

change this fact), after

making them human

being has to solve

them by their own and

l e a r n f r o m t h e

experience. Abortionmakes these steps

even more difficult.

Thanks to the new

law, there would be

people working on

avoiding human life

and earning money and

f r o m i t . A no t h e r

drawback is that girls

under the age of 18

w o n ! t n e e d

authorization from her

parents to abort, whileas if they want to

have a legal piercing

this is essential.

There's no doubt this

will not make our lives

better, young people

will stop thinking twice

the idea of using the

preservative, won't

learn from the bad

experiences and will

solve the problems as

if they had a time

machine. Now theimportant thing is not

how legal it is, but

how moral for society

and the human being

itself instead.

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Babycide or not babycide

Withthenewlawthatsaysthatabortionis

legal, manypeoplehavestartedtodiscuss

thiscontroversialissueandmostofthem

areagainstit. so, isitfairtotakeapoor

baby'slifeaway? andthemother? shealso

hastherighttochooseifshewantstohave

ababy.

Abortion, accordingtopeoplewhoare

againstit, hasitsexceptionslikeifthegirl

wasraped. however, themotheralsohas

therighttodecideiftheywanttohavethe

baby. Furthermoreit'sprovedthatmostof

thepeoplewhoareagainstabortionare

menandnotwomen, whoaretheonesthat

havetogothroughthewholething. Lastly

thebabydoesn'tsu!eritisn'taliveyet.

Howeverabortionhasadarkerside. For

exampleyouriskdeathwhenyouabort.

Peopleagainstabortionsaythatwhenyou

abortyou'renotrespectinglifebykilling

thebaby. Finallythepersonwhohasan

abortiongetintoariskofgettingde}

pressed.

Iwouldn'tsaythatabortionisagoodthing,Iwouldonlysaythatwomenhavetheright

todecideiftheywanttohavehebabyor

not. Letpeopletaketheirowndecisions

aboutsomethingthatisveryimportantand

respecttheirdecisions.

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God!s Great biG"banG

We all know something about the big-bang and god. There are two theories; on the one hand

God (or any other god) created the universe and all the things in it. On the other hand in an-

cient times there was an enormous explosion (produced by a gas accumulation) called the

big-bang. But what about a mixture of the two? Do you ever ask yourselves if it could be

possible that god provoked a big bang? Why do people defend one theory or the other?

Science believes that the universe was created by an enormous explosion. It has been demon-

strated that an enormous explosion took place and after that some stars were created butits impossible that there was an explosion if before there was nothing. So that is a point that

the theory of the big-bang does not explain. However science has demonstrated some facts

that religion hasnt.

Even though believers in science are growing in number, there is still a great part of the

population that believes that had created every-

thing. It is true that there isnt much proof, but that

is because god wants to see people who believe in

him without proof. The dark side of this theory is

that there is a point without explication. How was

God created?

There is a small group of the population that thinks

that maybe God provoked the big-bang. Since

the beginning these two theories have been like

dogs and cats but now there are some people

that are starting to mix them. All them have some

positives and negative facts, its up to you which to believe in!

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Do we really know where everythingcomes from?

! Everyday we leave home and see thesky, trees, water but do we know where

all these things come from? There are some

different theories that explain this mystery,

for example the theory of creation.

The theory of creation explains the

way in which God created the Earth. He

was swimming in the darkness when he

realized that that place was very empty,

and he said this place needs grass andthe grass appeared, then he realized that

place was still empty, and he said this

place needs light and the light appeared,

and he continued creating things until he

thought it was sufficient.

Then he thought that the Earth

needed some human beings, and he

created Adam and Eve. This is when the

famous story about the fruit of the tree of

knowledge comes from. This storydescribes the punishment that God

imposed on Eve for eating an apple from

the tree of knowledge, the tree of Evil, and

that God had previously warned them

about. The punishment imposed by God

was to send Eve out of paradise. This is one

of the theories that explains where we

come from.

! There are some other theories that ex-plain how everything was created, but theone that lots of people believe in is the the-

ory of creation. One of the other theories

that lots of people believe in is the Big-

Bang. This one says that everything comes

from a big explosion, hence its name, but

do you think that all these things can be

made just from an explosion?

By Asier Amenabar

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TeleViolenceWe all watch TV nearly every dayand we dont control the time wespend watching it. We haventstopped to think if the TV doeshave an influence on our type oflife, or if it is better to spend timewatching it instead of going out

with our friends. Do we reallylearn something useful from it oris it just a waste of time? What wesee does a!ect our type of per-sonality by making us an intelli-gent person (if we learn) or itcould make us more violent.

The TV has got lots of positivefeatures. TV can tell us aboutwhat is happening in other coun-tries, also about the economic

situation,a b o u tf a m o u sp e o p l ea n d

a b o u tpolit ics.It canalso be aform ofh a v i n gs o m e

fun, watching our favorite TV se-ries, and we can watch it with our

parents or friends.

However TV is not all good. TV istime consuming; you can spendhours watching it and then findout that you cannot do what everyou wanted to do. There are alsolots of types of violence and

nowadays people, many of themteenagers, are making violencean important characteristic oftheir lives. No one can say thatthe TV doesn't playing an impor-tant role in their lives or that TV

is a bad way of communication.Thats why people still watch TVbut we have got to take care ofwhat we watch.

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ADDICTION TO INFORMATION?

In a world that has advanced technologically in a way that few years ago was it

impossible today to imagine computers are one of our basic elements. Spending

a day without it, could cause stress. We all depend on computers!!

What we like most about computers is the internet. There a lot of

positive and negative aspects about it.

One positive aspect is that we

now have much more access to in-formation. Secondly, you can talk to

other people that are not in your coun-

try. Another positive point is that chil-

dren are more informed about illnesses

and drugs and its effects. Now we are

available to do lots of things with the

different programs in the computers.

The mainly negative aspects are thatsome information that we may get, isnt

true, and always an encyclopedia is

more reliable. There are a lot of cases of

children addicted to the internet or just

to games on the computer. Another

negative point is that we spent a lot of

time in the computer while we could do

many things and that you could end up with a

headache. A lot of times, children have access to

webs that they shouldnt.

Finally after observing the positive and the negative aspects, I have come to the conclusion

that computers are one of the best human-made tools.

If we use it without excess it is very useful, but if we end up depending on it, it could be a

problem.

Susana Santaolalla.

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Illegal downloads in Internet.

Stealing or sharing?

Nowadays people download

lots of things as music or

films by Internet

completely freely and

illegally. As this is very

difficult to control the

Spanish Government

decided to apply a special

tax to the mp3 players togive the artists and the

record companies for this

problem. But if we already

pay for downloading why it

still being illegal?

On one hand we have therecord companies that stillcomplaining because theythink that this money isnot enough and theywould earn more moneywith the sales of theirrecords. Can we stealthese companies?

On the other hand wehave the consumersopinion that say that wecan share the things we

buy with whoever wewant. This is what lots ofprograms do share themusic through Internet.The problem is that theyare so many people theones who can download itthat they produce in thesecompanies huge amountsof money lost. However,

dont we have the right toshare the things we buy?

This problem has a verydifficult solution. In myopinion the governmentsresponse to this problemis complete ly wrongbecause if you paying forhaving something cannotbe illegal , does not make

sense. A prov is ionalsolution for this could bebuying a fourth or a halfof what we download.Like this the companies`losses would be less andwe could have the right toshare what we buy.

Ander Movilla

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Discursive

CompositionYes to P.C. or Noto P.C.?

We all use a P.C. for different rea-sons and nearly everyone has one orhas contact with it in some waynearly everyday. However, do we everstop to think if it is the best com-puter or are there better comput-ers? Is this computer the best way touse the internet and to use at work?

Are there more positive points ornegative points to using this type ofcomputer?

The P.C. has lots of positive features.We can use it to find out importantbits of information. It can makereally excellent pieces of work, be

cause it has some incredible and in-telligent programs, such as: micro-soft excel, microsoft word and adobepremier. Finally, it is a clear andsimple way of using it and all itsprograms.

However it isn`t all positive. P.C.salso have their drawbacks. There areconstantly lots of problems usingthe internet with this type of com-puter. Some of the problems are: itsometimes goes really slow, it some-times has problems in saving yourwork or modifying it and it doesn`tdetect hackers` programs. Now thereis a new and really interesting typeof computer in the shops. It is calledMac (its logo is a funny apple) and itlooks like there is going to be an ex-citing war between these two typesof computer.

There is no doubt that the P.C. haschanged the way we work and we lookat the world. We can do lot of thingsby only using our fingertips. How-ever, remember that there isn`t onlyone type of computer, so the nexttime you go to buy a computer, com-pare the different types that exist.

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F!

r kings for one cro"

We all know football, we all know Barce-

lona and Real Madrid they are always fight-

ing for the Spanish league, I personally

think that a league of two teams is really

boring, dont you agree? On the other hand

weve got the Premier league, where the

fight is not between two, at least is between

four teams!! Liverpool, Manchester United,

Chelsea and Arsenal. Dont you think that is

better?

The Premier league has a lot of positive fea-

tures. Its rarely decided until the end of the

season, not as in other leagues that if you

lose against your rival you have lost the

league. Also in the English league youve

got something that you wont find in any

other league, the best supporters in the

world. In addition we can talk about the

high level the teams have. In the Premier

league according to experts they play the

best football in the world.

Anyway there is no doubt the English

league is one of the best leagues in the

world, where four of the best teams in

Europe are fighting to conquer one cup.

Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and

Arsenal wont give up in the greatest fight

each year; THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

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Nearlyall the people

that like football

like the spanish

league, some peo-

ple think it is per-

fect but like all

things it has goodand bad points.

The Spanish league

has lots of positives

features ,it is a good

league be-

cause ithas

good

teams like Barce-lona and Real

Madrid.In Spain

they give a lot of

importance to the

youth team so thats

the reason there are

lots of Spanishplayers.Another

good thing that has

is that it is not clear

who will win so

that makes the

league interesting.

However it isnt all

positive.The Span-

ish league has also

got bad points.One

of them is that only

2 teams have lots of

money andas

a result of this,thereare only 2 strongs

teams and a big dif-

ference with other

teams.All this is

one one of the rea-

sons the league is

not as competitiveas other leagues.

Even though the

league has some

bad points,if you

like football you

will like watchingthe Spanish league

because is one of

the best leagues in

the world.

Iigo Fernndez

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If you get an A in French, Ill getyou a nose-job

We teenage-girls, and I think boys also,want to have the perfect body and face. Atour age, appearance it is very important.Yet I think its impossible to be totallyhappy with our appearance. Is it worth hav-ing plastic surgery to correct your imper-fections? Have you ever stopped to thinkabout the side effects of this type of sur-gery?

Plastic surgery in teenagers has some goodfeatures, but not too many. With plasticsurgery well get a generation of beautiesand well only have one size of clothing.Girls would not have the problem of not lik-ing their appearance when they look in themirror and all girls could get the boys theywanted.

On the other side there are many drawbacks and side effects. If everyone looks as theywant, no one will stay as they are and well all be artificial and be like Barbie and Ken.

Furthermore we also run the risk that every operation has. If all of this can happen to anadult, imagine what could happen to a teenager. Since when did parents gift their daugh-ters two size more of breast if they passed an exam?

For me, all of this is really horrible. In four years plastic surgery in teenagers has in-creased dramatically, and getting to thisstate I think is alarming. And with all thesedevelopments we are showing that the onlyimportant thing is our appearance and thatour feelings or what we are really like isnt

relevant. In my opinion all this takes us to afrivolous world where only the canons ofbeauty are important. This is really sad, Ithink.

Guinea Fernndez - Dans

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JUNK FOOD

We all like eating in McDonalds, Burger kingand Pans & Co. However, do we ever stop tothink if it affects our health? Do we ever questionif that food has passed all the veterinary con-

trols?

We all like junk food. It is cheap, its very tasty,the hamburgers are very greasy and the Frenchfries are crispy. This type of food is the best thingyou can eat if you dont have time to eatanything else. Also you dont waste time incooking and it has a lot of energy.

However it isnt all good. Junk food has its darkside. If you eat too much junk food you can havehealth problems such as: obesity, heart problems

or even sleeplessness. The country, which eatsmost junk food, is U.S.A, *15% of the teenagers

have obesity thanks to junk food and 30% of theadults have health problems.

There is no doubt that junk food has more nega-tive things and good things. The world has more

and more teenagers with obesity and healthproblems who cannot move quickly and have todo special diets to lose weight. I think that youcan eat junk food but in moderation; for exam-ple on a special day as a celebration and for therest of the days you should eat normal food. Forthose people who are obese they could STOPEATING SO MUCH!

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Patricia Porta

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For ever young?We all hear our grandmothers, tellingus how big and tall grown up we are.

We all consider it as a positive thing,

but, have ever you stopped to think

about what it really means? What

should grow-i n g u p b e

like? How do

we take it?

Does it have

a remedy?

Growing up

has lots of

a d v a n t a g e s ,

for example

being independent is, or having

your driving license. When youre

an adult you enjoy you professionallife, even better youre the owner

of your life. Furthermore, having

kids has to be a wond er fu l th ing, in

spite of the fact you might not be

able to sleep too much.

On the othe r han d, growi ng up wil l

also close some doors. For exam-

ple, when youre fifteen you spend

more time with your friends and

having free time than working. In

terms of health, you definitely are

more active and want to enjoy

every little fraction of time, be-

sides you never get t i red.

Clearly we

have seen

that being an

adult or a

child have

lots advan-

tages andd r a w b a c k s ,

how eve r, do

you really

think that

you can go

back into time; I do not think so.

Theres no remedy for growing old,

were always getting older and

there is nothing we can do about it.

In my opinion we have to thankful

with what we have and are, now

and in the future.

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What consumes what,

marihuana us or us

marihuana?

Legalizing marihuana isone of the most importantd i s c u s s i o n s o f t h e s e current times, more than162 mil l ion people al la r o u n d t h e w o r l d *consume it.

Firstly, marihuana canhelp people with medicalillnesses, as it makes sideeffects of treatments for the illnesses disappear.Until now criminals havebeen selling drugs,which isdangerous for people who

buy it. However if theylegalized it people wouldnot to be in danger if they bought it, as aresult criminals could notearn so much money.

Nevertheless, it is bad forour health, it affects ourmuscles, our brain andheart. It leads to difficultyin thinking, learning and t a k i n g d e c i s i o n s .Furthermore people tend to become addicted to itand it is also more common

to smoke tobacco, whichalso affects our lungs verybadly.

I believe the best thing todo is to legalize it but onlyfor medical uses and onlywith prescriptions.

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by Ainhoa Uribarren

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3RD YEARSUMMER MAGAZINE

! SPRING/SUMMER 2008/2009

A D R I N A G E R O S , S U S A N A A I Z P U R U A , C A R L A

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