My First Time

My First Time  is the last project of the year for Batxilergo students. You can check the proposal, and read some of our sudents´ compositions.

REALITY SHOWS

REALITY SHOWS

Nowadays, reality shows are one of the most watched programs on TV, which makes us ask ourselves: what could be the fact that attracts us to watch those ridiculous programs?

Firstly, people who star in this type of programs do not have any respect for themselves and they are ready to make a fool of themselves and also to do anything in order to attract attention. In addition, they are a bad role model due to their outrageous attitude, which influences negatively on the viewers’ personality.

Apart from this, the realities do not have any other aim apart from keeping people wasting their time in front of the TV by being disrespectful one with each other and doing foolish things. It is difficult to understand how people can enjoy watching normal people in their daily life, without doing anything interesting.

From my point of view, both people who star in reality shows and people who watch them have empty lives. The first ones because they sell their privacy in exchange for fame and the second ones because they don’t have anything else to do apart from watching other’s ordinary lives.

Tv programmes

                                                             GLEE

I´m not a really TV fanatic, but if I had to choose the programme I like the most, I would say Glee. I started to watch it three years ago, when a friend recommended it. Glee is a comedy and a musical about some teenagers who are members of  Glee Club, the high-school´s music club. Nowadays Glee is one of the most famous TV series in the world.

What I like about it is the music, because apart from telling a story they sing famous songs, sometimes adapting classic songs and other times trendy songs, and also they mix them. I also like the variety of topics, such as the luck of self-esteem, bullying, competitiveness or comradeship. Moreover, a lot of people feel captured with some of the characters, because most of them are ordinary people with common problems.

The reason Glee is so famous is because it is different and because everyone can watch it, from children to adults. So If you are bored at home try to watch it, I´m sure you´d like it.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

Along all my life, I have watched many TV programs and serials. When I was little, my favorite program was The Flintstones and at the age of 12 Hanna Montana. But things and also I have changed and now I really love a new serial called “Desperate Housewives”. This American program is a drama and comedy serial created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC studios. It was launched in 2004 and it was an instant hit.

The series has four main characters who are: Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross) and Gabrielle Solís (Eva Longoria). Those four incredible women have to deal with their personal problems and also with scary people and murders.

The serial takes place in a village called Wisteria Lane, which is a calm place where everything seems to be perfect. The main characters and their families are connected between them and have a great friendship and sometimes also relationships.

I like this program because it is funny but at the same time sad, and the combination of the two makes it different and interesting and also because the interpretation of all the characters is great. Despite this, I believe that the reason why I like the series is that the problems they have to deal with, are the ones which many women all over the world have to face.

A midsummer night’s dream

Last year I went to BBK LIve festival, and although my expectations on the event could not get much higher, it was even better than I imagined.
That bright July day, there were lots of stages where bands and DJ-s were playing music, there were also places to buy merchandising, food and drinks... and of course people everywhere, but it didn’t get to feeling crowded, there was room for everyone!
As the time for one of the leading groups to play approached, the midsummer sun that had been heating our faces was taken over by the breeze that came along with dusk. Attenders began to gather around the central stage, where I had been waiting for hours (I am a huge 30 seconds to Mars fan) and the atmosphere grew buoyant and lively. Each minute of countdown for the start, the crowd’s excitement seemed to intoxicate the air and made the temperature go up and up. And when finally the band came out, the spanking mob began to jump up and down impulsed by the sound of the music that made us all sing along with the band, as if we were one.
With the final stage, it started to rain nonstop, as if wanting to sweep our happiness away, but it would not, because even if the night was to end it couldn’t be a bitter one, we would always have a remembrance of it all lingering in our minds. It was more of a fresh sensation that tried to wake us up from the dream we had just made come true.

A SPECIAL FOOTBALL MATCH

In December, I went to watch the football match between the Tunisian and the Basque national teams. I had been waiting for that day since the year before when I watched another match of the Basque national team and I had a great time. This time, I have also enjoyed it a lot.

When I arrived, San Mames was already full of people, and they were cheering excitedly. All the people had coloured papers on their seats and we all put them up to make a beautiful mosaic. There was a special smell on the air, the typical odour of a football match, a mixture between tobacco and sandwich smell.

Suddenly the referee blew the whistle and the match started. The crowd started to cheer louder, it was deafening. The atmosphere was incredible.

In the end, despite the match wasn’t too good, I had a really good time. I think that I will go to the Basque national team’s matches every year, because watching it on TV isn’t the same as watching it live.

ANTONIO LÓPEZ IN BILBAO

Last Sunday I went to the Bellas Artes Museum of Bilbao to see an exposition of the artist Antonio López. I’ve seen his work in books and on the TV, but seeing it in reality was simply delightful.

It was the last day of the exhibition, so the gallery, even being early in the morning, was already crowded. However, the atmosphere was relaxing, like it usually is in all the museums. Everyone was silent or whispering, except for a couple of children and the guide that was explaining the exhibit to a group of people.

The technique of the artist in his paintings was absolutely impressive, both in oil paintings and in the ones made with pencil, which seemed a black and white photo. After that, I had a hot chocolate that was tasty, but nothing compared with the delicious one they make in my favourite café.

To sum up, it was an exhibition I couldn’t have missed. I have to admit I felt quite proud of myself seeing the huge queue there was when I left the museum and which I had avoided by going just when they opened at ten o’clock.

¿LEER? QUÉ PEREZA ¡VOY A VER LA TELE!

Quejas y más quejas es lo que oyen los profesores en clase al mandar un libro de más de cien hojas. En las librerías, cientos de libros monótonos de tapa dura y de más de doscientas páginas son abandonados en el almacén para siempre. Libros buenos, de autores reconocidos, pero por alguna razón, poco atractivos a simple vista. En cambio, los libros con una imagen llamativa en la portada son los bestseller de hoy en día.

Supongamos que ponemos a una persona cualquiera frente a dos libros con el mismo título y autor, pero con diferente portada. Uno de ellos es entero de color crema, y el otro tiene un fondo blanco con violetas azules. La mayoría elegirían el segundo, porque al poder hacerse una imagen de él, ni le darán la vuelta al libro para saber de qué va en realidad. Así le quitarán trabajo a su imaginación, no tendrán que pensar siquiera qué tipo de flores son las que el protagonista regala a su novia, ya lo sabrán: violetas azules.

Si hubieran elegido el de color crema, esas flores hubieran podido ser rosas blancas o tulipanes amarillos. Todo es gracias a un don del ser humano llamado imaginación, la cual permanece dormida hoy en día, y no porque no queramos usarla, sino porque no la necesitamos. La televisión, Internet y todos los nuevos inventos están diseñados para que el ser humano haga el mínimo esfuerzo posible. Hasta una imagen en un simple libro nos hace pensar que será mejor por el hecho de que nos resultará más fácil.

La verdad es que, al leer un libro cada cual puede hacerse la imagen que quiera en la cabeza, y eso se llama libertad. Al sustituir la lectura por otras cosas, nos han sustituido la libertad por la dependencia, y no nos damos cuenta. Nos han quitado la necesidad de pensar e imaginar y dependemos de máquinas que nos lo dan todo hecho. Imaginar es una necesidad sin la que, en mi opinión, es difícil vivir, ya que, sin su existencia, muchos de los logros del ser humano hubieran sido insospechados, y para desarrollarla es imprescindible leer algún que otro libro de vez en cuando.

THE NEW TREND: STUDYING ABROAD

Nowadays students have many opportunities to go and study abroad, since there are more scholarships, the ERASMUS program for instance. Some may say it is a great experience while others would say it is not such a marvelous thing. Is everybody willing to attend a course or more in another nation?

On the one hand, living that experience will help you to become a more independent person, because you are far away from your family and you will have to learn to manage different situations on your own. Moreover, you will be able to meet people from a variety of countries and cultures. That will make you open-minded and probably enrich your future work.

On the other hand, you are not close to your family, friends and people you know while you are in an unknown place, which may also have a different language from yours. Therefore, it could be a depressing period of time. In addition, people who do it often go to parties instead of studying, so it is not always helpful for your degree.

On balance, I believe pros are stronger than cons and that it is something worthwhile. As I see it, if someone has a chance to study in another country, he or she should take advantage of it, even if that person is afraid of going there alone and not knowing anybody, as it is my case. Consequently, I would -and hope I will- go a year to study abroad.