Thursday, March 19, 2009

FAMOUS PEOPLE LIFE

The goal of mass media is inform to others what happens in the world today, and celebrities are part of actual news. So when people are famous they are exposed to mass media.

I agree with the topic, because journalists need news all time, and when people are famous the journalists try to find something to talk about this people. In some cases celebrities are more importants news in the world. I think that is very importants the news about famous people, because it help to all persons to forget for few minutes about the bad news that happen every day. Paris Hilton is a big example to this, because she is a celebrity, but despite her young age she has made many shows shameful that people have talked a lot. For example, Paris show up in a sexual video with her boyfriend, and all people saw this.

The journalists shows many things about famous people. They show us bad things, and good things. Is very different if you get celebrity by doing good deeds. For example, Angelina Jolie, she is a celebrity but is very different to PAris Hilton, because she doesn´t shows and scandals of any kind. Although journalists/ paparazzis meedle in her life.

Many people think that journalists don´t respect the privacity to celebrities, but I don´t agree with this because their function is find interesting information. Some persons are disagree with mass media because they show us the celebrities life. I like show this.

In you are drunk in a bar is your problem and other people don´t see this, but is very different is a celebrity is drunk in a bar: this is a scandal!!! And the celebrity have to accepto this because is a celebrity!

Save the future, first the first

Save the future, first the first

20 years ago people wasted energy and water, started c0ntaminating the enviroment, cars masive selling and factories smoke produced pollution, there were a lot of animals being hunted for its fur and hides without any kind of goverment protection, the contamination increased the earth temperatures and the poles melting started. The planet is trying to breath and thats why hurricanes, tsunamis and other natural disasters are ocurring, the art preservation isnt so important as the future of our planet.

Just few years ago people started to realize that we had a problem a here, and organizations like green peace, WWF, goverment created animal protection laws, but the damage is too big and the time is running out, some scientists estimate the earth will suffer a complete drough in 50 years if we continue like this, we need to invest more in the enviroment preservation if we want a future four our children, the goverment need to create more protection laws and make restrictions orders for miner companies that want to build in forestal places, also promote campaigns of water and energy preservation and good use. The winds making disasters in Barranquilla by this days are caused by global warming.

Some people, music and art fanatics claim more attention for it, demanding more investment rather than health and enviroment, ignoring that culture comes after health care, its worthless to have a rich culture with a lot of people dying, who will enjoy it then? , and it also comes after enviroment protection, its even worthless to be rich in culture knowing we have no future, where will be the art inspiration if the nature expires?

We need new research to rebuild the ozone layer, to reduce global warming, to create water saving products, to make campaigns, we need money, we need to invest in wildlife protection and reproduction, creating national parks, and animal reservation places is expensive, employees salaries, infrastructure, this shows enviroment needs companies and goverment support.

First the first is a very common phrase in spanish, first we need to secure the future of our planet, then we can start thinking in art and culture, first we need survival, food, energy, water, then we can look and discuss whats the best paint.

Mauricio Orozco

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Plastic Surgery


In these days, a lot of teenagers are appealing to plastic surgery only for vanity. But they do not realize how many secondary effects can bring this kind of surgery.

Plastic surgery is a method used to fix physical problems in people.
Every day, many people, especially teenagers, have this kind of surgery not to be healthy but for vanity. They believe that by looking physically better, they will be more successful.

But I believe vanity should not be the reason to have plastic surgery. I think this procedure must be used only to reduce the psychological impact caused by deformities from accidents, burns or the cases of people who were born with physical deformity.

The most common plastic surgery in teenagers is breast augmentation. Girls think that this surgery will make them more secure about them selves. But that surgery in long terms could be really dangerous because silicone could cause allergies and later those girls could have bigger problems than small breast. They could completely lose their breast.

I do not mean that I am not in favor of plastic surgery; I just believe that this kind of surgery should not be done with rush. And also should not be done in all cases.
For example, liposuction in girls that are 20 years old is inappropriate because at this age, girls could go to gym and make exercises, but they prefer the ”easy way” of the surgery. They just think about the moment and do not stop to think that in the future they will suffer for this decision they made.

Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. others believe that going to classes should be optional for student

Everyone knows the university is considered the second home of a person where you learn more specific values. If students decided to not to turn up to class, they could miss out on valuable information and become less motivated. Although, self-study is a good way to acquire knowledge, I think that no matter they like or not, university students should be required to attend classes to get better their mind.

First of all, university students can acquire much knowledge when they go to classes. When the teachers are explaining a topic, sometimes they say something that does not appear in the books, just because they say something that can be probably experiences of their life. For example, a teacher is explaining something about mechanical system, this is a topic very abstract but, teacher can make it easier for student, because he/she explains his/her experience in a factory related to the topic, the books do not say anything about the experience of someone in a factory, only appears theory. This expansion the students cannot learn if they learn by themselves trough the books. Going to classes, university students can learn much knowledge that does not cover in a book.

Second of all, attending classes, university students can learn more skills for the future life. When the teacher does an activity in groups, the students get together and can learn some skills through their group assignment.
In addition, students may spend time gaining experience since they are still at school. If students have only academic knowledge got from classes, they will definitely fail in the race for well-paid employments. The university students have their preparation to persuade others. These skills are very important for students when they go to work in any company in the future.

Although, optional attendance to classes at universities has been an increasingly popular way for students to study for several years in quite a few countries. However, it has not yet had its intended results as if had been hoped. In fact, today, this system seems to be one of the reasons for the corruption of university education in my opinion, compulsory attendance is better than having no requirement to attend all the lessons on campus.

Finally, going to classes can train university to be more responsible and hard working. Usually going to classes and keeping the schedule of classes require the effort of university students. If they want to be the best in their classes they have to be responsible and hardworking, this is something that will help them in the society.

In conclusion, I consider the university should require students to attend classes because the students can have much knowledge than they learn by themselves, learn more skills special communication to team work skill for their career in the future, and they will be responsible and hard working. Self-study is a good way to get knowledge but, if you do not understand something you will be confused for a long time, for that reason, these are some advantages when students go to classes. They will be better in the future through their second home called university.
Video games stimulate intelligence and generate good reflexes for the kid.

By andres duran



Often Video games have been considered as an addiction and a negatively influence in child’s behavior but also there are positive aspects saying that video games stimulate the intelligence and reflexes of the child.

The video games, used responsibly and with contents adapted for the kid’s age, can contribute to the good development of the child , videogames help him to understand the team work and to respect the rights of another person.

Some people say that a video game with violent scenes and mature contents as " grand theft auto ", " doom ", resident evil ", and others, can develop in the individual a very low border towards the crimes , with a trend towards the problems. Everything depends of autoesteem, behavior, aptitudes and physical and mental skills of the individual.

The violent scenes can influence a child, under psychological studies, the children who play violent titles, can have activities and violent thoughts.

Indeed this facts can be true but the parents have the responsibility to choose carefully a game with the appropriate content, and being present when the child is playing in order to clear any doubt of the child.


Some video games present big challenges, these games demand major intellectual exigency and have diverse advantages, as making a plan, since the kid, faces a great quantity of alternatives where he has to value his options, and use his imagination.

Besides video games need, a special action and reaction, this sue a major exigency to the kid,and some of the video games have historical contents that turn out to be even educational.


The practice of these systems collaborates in the exercise of the imagination, they promote a clarity in the goals that the child proposes to realize, and this helps concentration.


In conclution videogame can be very helpfull to stimulate the kid’s intelligence and reflexes .But i insists on the need that the video games that the minors use should be supervised by the parents, to prevent the children from having access to games with not suitable content for his age.

Are you enjoy what you do it for living or you doing it just for survive?

When we think about this question the people don’t understand the real meaning, because a lot of people don’t have this problem but when you realize the question whit the people that really don’t have nothing you start to think that a lot of people that contribute to the society or to the city they don’t like the role played that they have.

To begin when you were young, the only thing that you think was in had fun, after many years you realize that is not important what you like to do for hobby or for fun, you had to think what are you going to do for living. And then you know that what you like is not the think that help you to survive.

For example many people in this country live from the ground and worked in that because that was the only thing that they saw for living and was the only thing that learn to do, then the war made them leave what they like to do or the only thing that they know. Furthermore they have to immigrate to the city that is a place that they never saw come to there live, and found first place to live, but for that they need money that the only way to have it is working, then to get a place some of them pass a lot of nights in the park or in the street while they found a job or some to do, if we realize they don’t do it for enjoy or for have a great experience outdoors is because the have to do it to survive and for the same reason they do whatever to get money to solve the basic problems such as food, housing and so can have a stable place as they had before being displaced from the ground the they had.


On the other hand we have works that are really nasty or are disgusting but someone have to do it. A lot of people that do this type of work, never imagine that that they are going to work in that for example the people that clean the garbage or the women that clean de houses for a stranger. There are things that we never think, like if the person that work in some work really liked or why they do it, or what is the history across the person that do it. How ere there are a middle class person that don’t enjoy what they do but they have to do it if they want be comfort or the other reason is to be save like the security live care.


To summarize when we see the people and we don’t treated well think that they don’t have to stand all your treatments because some of them don’t like that job, how ere you have to realize that the person have to be treated like one no more no less, because they have the same right that you but unfortunately not have the same opportunities

IS THE BEAUTY AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE?

The physical appearance is one of the main problems in people’s life everyday. We pass a considerable part of the day seeing our hair, our face, maybe if we are well dressed. But that love to our physical appearance has passed of being a simple part of our routine to become an important requirement in life and, even more, in an important factor to be successful.

According to an article published on The Economist, beauty has become in an important factor to be successful at getting a job even if this characteristic (to be beautiful) is not a real requirement.

In fact, many people judge others by their physical appearance. To illustrate, if we are going to work we put on a nice shirt, a smoking or just the appropriate clothes for the occasion. That is why the way we look influences the idea other peoples do about us.

Doing an analogy, when we are going to buy fruits we do not choose the ugly ones; we take to home the ones that seems to be better than the others, which apparently are well colored and have a nice aspect. Those are the characteristics that let us think, “These are better”.

Actually that is exactly what happens with us. In many cases we select people by their physical appearance.

I cannot judge this conception because we have learnt to value the exterior beauty of people. To the point that it let us make judgments about the way they are.

Even thought our organism evaluates others doing a kind scanning like in the case of women, if they have big hips and big breast we, unconsciously, think they can be good mothers, and that they has all the requirements to be successful at raising babies.

Then that perception is modified and materialized in our contemporaneous world and makes the women who have that requirements be more successful than the ones who do not have them.

Is that the world we want? Where physical appearance is even more important that all the knowledge a person can have.

So, what we should do is to start to construct a more equitable society to try to eliminate some paradigms. In addition, we should fight for a tolerant world where people do not be evaluated according to beauty canons that just leave as result, thousand and thousand of peoples who die in plastic surgeries or because they become anorexic or bulimic.

That is why now after I hope you want not to pay that price to become successful in life.