THE PIANIST

Wladyslaw Szpilman is a Polish Jewish pianist. The Nazis attack while he's playing Chopin on the Polish radio. He's deported in the Jewish ghetto, where he struggles to stay alive, alone, separated from his family, hungry and cold. With the help of some people, he escapes from the ghetto and he hides in the capital, which is in ruins. He finds an abandoned house, and in that house there's a piano. A Nazi officer discovers him, but he loves his music, and he helps him and spares his life. Wladyslaw's musical talent saved his life.

In fact we couldn't finish watching the movie in class, because the movie is very long and with only an hour we had no time. But I had seen it before, and I could sum up it more or less. Personally I like the Nazi-themed movies, but they are very hard movies, they really show you all the injustices that that people suffered. The pianist, specifically, I think it's a very good film, but also very hard, the way the protagonist has to survive, makes you think how he could suffer so much, and how people can be so unfair. I think this movie deserved to win the 3 Oscars it won.

HUMAN RIGHTS

1. What are human rights?
Human rights are the rights you have simply because you're human.

2. When did human rights start?
They started at 1945

3. Why were they created?
They were created to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person.

4. How many human rights are there?
There are 30 human rights.

5. Which human right were you not familiar with?
I had never heard of the right to play. I don't see any relation to the others, but I think it's fine.

6. Choose one human right and discuss:

- Is it fully respected in your country today?

There are more than one human right no respected in this country, but I decided to choose the right not to discriminate, because I think it's one of the rights that I can see almost every day.

Currently there are many people that are treated differently just because of their gender, religion, culture, social class, and especially racial disriminación. If we are all equal and we all have the same value as people, why so much discrimination?

- Do you know if it has been respected in the past?

Absolutly not. There has always been discrimination in the world, perhaps the reasons have changed, but not the problem.

- Where in the world is this right not complied with?

When I look for examples of publications in violation of this right, I find cases virtually worldwide, not just in a specific country.

7. Are Humans rights relevant in the world today?

They should be relevant, but they aren't enough. Millions of people are mistreated every day, treated as objects without feelings, without rights. Every person deserves dignity, and we all should be at the same level, be equal, regardless of our condition. We're all citizens of the world, we are all people, that's why human rights should be relevant and respected throughout the world, and with this, get the freedom of the individual.

ORAL PRESENTATION

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SELF EVALUATION

My intention is to comment every aspect that evaluate the oral presentation. I will also comment on things I've done ok, and also things that I should improve.

First of all, I want to comment the presentation:
To make the presentation more entertaining, we decided to use some resources, such as the power point and YouTube videos. We made a slide show. We worked hard in the presentation, and I think that at last it was ok, although not perfect. That's why I put the 9%.

Body language & eye contact is always the hardest thing for me because I'm not used to explain something in front of many people. I didn't gestured enough. I looked at the audience, but not everyone in general, only some people.

The structure of the presentation was quite good I think, I don't put 10% because I don't think it was perfect, but it was quite good.

I think the content was appropriate, it was original and entertaining, and in some aspects it was funny. Perhaps it was a little bit long, with lots of information, but I think it deserves the 39%.

The language together with the pronunciation and intonation I think that were the worst things, language was perhaps a little simple, I could have used language more appropriate for my English. The pronunciation wasn't well enough, but I tried to pronounce it right and I think that in some ways it was good. So I decided to put a 6%.

Man, 34, assaulted outside home

A man and his companion were violently attacked when they werw leaving home by three men.
The man suffered a fractured jaw and had his ear severely cut, and he will need plastic surgery to retrieve his face. His partner also received a cut to her head during the incident.
Fortunately, Police said three men had been arrested in connection with the attack.
I think these people are those who really need plastic surgery, people who really had a problem and needs a solution. Further, I think that this service should be free, or there should be a financial support to allow them to have this surgery, because they're not capricious dissatisfied people with his body, they're are people who really need the operation, and probably will not have enough money to pay it.

A JOKE

A guy burned two ears... so they were asking him at the hospital how it happened.

He said, `I was ironing my clothing and the phone rang... So, instead of the phone I picked up the iron and burned my ear...`

`But how the heck did you burn the other ear?` The doctor asked.

`They called back.`

Resident, Costa Brava (December 2008)

The new process of switching is now present in Spain. Compared to analogue, TDT can correct errors faster and has a higher quality of image and sound. It's very important basically for a very simple reason: from January 2010 the analogue television system will be switched off, there will be only TDT for all the people. In my point of view I think that's OK, personally, with TDT I have a wider choice of channels, and the quality of the picture has improved. I'm sure it'll be a good advance for all the people.

Resident, Costa Brava, (October 2008)

The article I've read is about alcohol. There is plenty of facts confirming that alcohol is becoming a serious problem in our society. The European comission published that some 55 milion adults are estimated to drink to harmful level in the EU, and 23 milion of whom are addicted. I think that's a shocking quantity. Is an evidence that demonstrates the lack of knowledge and responsibility we have on alcohol nowadays, we're abusing on it, without considering the consequences.
Alcohol can produce several diseases, such as liver cirrosis, and people isn't conscient about it. We must drink alcohol at safe levels, not abusing. That's what I think.