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G@t it!
The European Feeling
EDITOR IN-CHIEF
(Coordinating School)
IES BAIX CAMP, REUS, SPAIN
www.iesbaixcamp.org
Project Coordinator:
Mónica Fernández
Assistants:
Pilar Aguilera, Miquel Ávila, Miquel Arcas,
Dolors Calabuig, Esperanza Escalona,
J. M. García, Noemí Gomis, Pere Martorell
Press Club IES BAIX CAMP
Students OPTATIVA 2 ESO
Students 1 BAT
DESIGN:
Miquel Ávila, Mónica Fernández,
Students Optativa 2 ESO A
TRANSLATIONS:
Miquel Arcas
Noemí Gomis
Mylene Ngo
e-journal EDITOR
www.ejournal.fi/cfm33
College FRANÇOIS MAURIAC,
Léognan, FRANCE
www.ejournal.fi/mauriac
Project Coordinator:
Fabienne Pouget-Imbert
Assistants:
Dominique Saint-Hilaire, Jean-Louis Vuotto
DESIGN: Dominique Saint-Hilaire
Press Club FRANÇOIS MAURIAC
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
A special thank goes to the long list of people from here and there who have shared
time and hope and have contributed with corrections, ideas, interviews, photographs,
articles, and much more!
COVER:
Love is like water
you can’t live without iy
PARTNER SCHOOLS
Press Club BESSENYEI GYÖRGY
Kisvárda, HUNGARY
Project Coordinator: Juhász Gyöngyi
Press Club UMBERTO SORACE MARESCA,
Catanzaro, ITALY
www.iis-maresca.it
Project Coordinator: Antonietta Pugliese
Assistants: Ileana Veraldi, Maria Pane
Picture taken by 4 year ESO students.
Press Club JOSEPH LAGROSILLIERE, IES BAIX CAMP
Saint Marie, MARTINICA Teacher: Núria Anguren
Project Coordinators: Mylene Ngo
Assistants: Nathalie Cancel
Contents
Press Club V LICEUM OGOLNOKSTALCACE
JAKUBA WEJHERA,
Wejherowo, POLAND
www.zspg4.wejher.pl
Project Coordinators: 3 FOREWORD
Michal Obrocki, Lukasz Maj
4 TIME MACHINE
Press Club LISA MEITNER GYMNASIUM,
Neuenhaus, GERMANY
www.lmg.neuenhaus.de 7 QUIZ
Project Coordinator: Irmgard Schöffel
Assistants: Marcus Pfeifer 8 STUDENTS’ MEETING
Press Club ADYAMAN ANATOLIAN HS,
Adyaman, TURKEY 10 POETRY:
www.adiyamananadolu.meb.k12.tr Thoughts of love
Project Coordinator: ErcanYücetaş
Press Club VECHTDAL COLLEGE,
13 Meeting at Levice, Slovakia
Hardenberg, NETHERLANDS
www.vechtdalcollege.nl 14 PHILOSOPHY
Project Coordinator: Marja Ritterfeld
Assistants: Marianne van Beuzekom, Michell Matteman
16 GETTING TO KNOW...
Press Club ZDRUŽENÁ STREDNÁ ŠKOLA,
Levice, SLOVAKIA Love rituals around the world
www.zssoaslv.edu.sk
Project Coordinators: 18 MUSIC STIRS MEMORIES
Imrich Laco, Oµga Remiaová
19 THE CRAZIEST THING
20 LOVE PROVERBS
21 IS SEX ED WORKING?
Survey
22 TOP 5
23 BARTENIUS’ CORNER

L’amor no coneix barreres
De la mateixa manera que tots necessitem respirar,
també necessitem amor per viure. Mireu dins vostre i trobareu
aquells que estimeu en el vostre cor. I no només hi ha la vostra
parella, sinó també la vostra família i per molts de nosaltres, el
més important: els amics.
Quan parlem de l’amor, de seguida
ens adonem que no hi ha cap tema
comparable que combini dues coses
oposades tant fàcilment: d’una banda
l’amor és quelcom individual, de
l’altra és quelcom realment comú. No
necessitem un traductor per l’amor,
perquè L’amor parla un idioma que
tothom entèn.
L’amor parla un idioma
que tothom entèn.
I no és aquest un bon punt de partida?
Anem a veure com se senten els alumnes
sobre les seves famílies, com hauría de
ser un casament segons la seva opinió,
com se celebraven els casaments en
el passat i què pensen els joves sobre
diferents tipus de relacions. Comparar
els nostres pensaments ens mostrarà que
hi ha molts punts de vista interessants.
Només els hem d’expressar! MICHAELA SAß
LISA MEITNER GYMNASIUM, GERMANY
Foreword
Liebe kennt keine Grenzen
Solange Menschen atmen (müssen), solange wer-
den sie auch Liebe brauchen um zu leben. Frag dich ein-
mal selbst und du wirst sie finden: Die geliebten Menschen
in deinem Herzen. Dabei handelt es sich nicht nur um un-
sere große Liebe, sondern auch um unsere Familie und für
viele von uns zweifellos das wichtigste: unsere Freunde.
Wenn man so über Liebe redet, merkt man
schnell, dass es kein vergleichbares The-
ma gibt, das auf so einfache Weise zwei
so unterschiedliche Dinge miteinander
verknüpfen kann: Auf der einen Seite ist
Liebe etwas absolut Persönliches, auf der
anderen Seite ist es aber auch etwas allen
allgemein Vertrautes. Man wird Liebe nie
übersetzen müssen, denn Liebe wird in ei-
ner Sprache gesprochen, die jeder versteht.
Die Sprache der Liebe
kann jeder verstehen
Und ist das nicht der perfekte Aus-
gangspunkt? Lasst uns herausfinden, was
Schüler über ihre Familien denken, wie aus
unserer Sicht eine Hochzeit aussehen sollte,
wie sie früher gefeiert wurden und wie jun-
ge Leute insgesamt zum Thema Beziehungen
stehen. Wenn wir unsere Gedanken verglei-
chen, werden wir erkennen, dass es Un-
mengen an interessanten Sichtweisen gibt.
Wir müssen sie nur zum Ausdruck bringen!
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Time machine

Til death do us apart

Hasta que la muerte nos separe

“and they lived happily ever after”

by TOBIAS BERENDS, Germany

The first time when my grandparents met each other was on a wedding. My
grandpa was invited by his neighbour and my grandma by her cousin. They
talked and danced with each other. But at first they didn’t intend to meet
each other again.
Three weeks later
Three weeks later they accidentally met
again on a train ride. When they talked to
each other, my grandpa invited my grandma
to a theatre performance. Probably this was
some sort of farm town comedy performed
in Low German, which was all there was to
see for them at the time. When he picked her
up at her home he became acquainted with
her parents. The two fell in love and their
relationship flourished very fast.
Half a year later
Half a year later, they had already moved into
the same place. Another half a year onwards,
they got married. At this moment my grandmother
was already pregnant. She gave birth to five more
children.
The end
They lived together happily until the end of their
lives (just as in those fairy tales) and every one of
their children had offsprings themselves so that they
had many grandchildren.

artrítis y “Amo
u a n d o m i abuela tuvo tarse
r
prepa es cuando
“C arse para pin ra el c
ya no p od ía in cl in
aba , pero afé pa mi madre
a s , m i a b uelo la ayud mi prueb a nte ra m
udo a par s de entreg i padre
las u ñ
a s ta q u e él tampoco p d re le a m a tanto a
cada vez, h rítis” “Mi ma mejor a esta árselo
cl in a rs e m ás por la art q u e s ie m pre le da la r
va a g segura de , lo
in 8 year, Slov
akia padre o” ustar que l
REBEKA, parte del poll ia ..” e
ar, Slovak D ANNY
ELAINE, 5 ye , 7 ye
ar, Sl
ovakia
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HISTORICAL ALBUM
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Walnu
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Pa s
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Yo te tomo como
esposa, 1955

Wedding cake from the beginning of 20th century, Slovakia

en lo bueno y en
lo malo, 1960

de hoy
en adelante, 1972

There are my grandparents in this photo: Helena and Joseph.

My grandfather used to work as a worker in the branch of
engineering. My grandmother was employed in textile factory.
They got married when my grandfather came back from the
compulsory military service in 1955. After three years my
father was born. My grandparents have been married for 59
years and now live in the small house just next to ours. hasta que la muerte
nos separe, 1980
Marek Kupča, Slovakia
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Time Machine

Görücü A Love until the end of time

Turkey
Marriage Matchmaking My grandfather name is Ömer. He was born in a rural village. And he spent his all life in
the same village as a Muslim cleric. He married with Görücü Method. At first days they
There is a tradition in Turkey called couldn’t get along with each other but after a short time their relationship improved.
Görücü in Turkish. Görücü method is a
kind of matchmaker style. When a boy And their marriage
gets 18 or 19 years old his mom and his changed to a really
sisters try to find a suitable girl for her. perfect love story.
When they find a girl for him, they visit My grandma was ill
the girl’s family. During this visit both during a long time
sides can see each other if the both my grandpa took
sides like each other. And their families care of her all the
approve their meeting. They start to time. In this kind
meet. After short meeting period they of situations it is
give their decisions about marriage. But possible to marry
unfortunately they don’t have a long again for the men
time for taking their decisions. Generally side in Turkey
they give their decisions in one or two however he didn’t.
weeks. Everybody who
In the east Turkey nowadays it is not so knew them and
popular but in all cases 20 or 30 percent the love between
of marriages in the east areas of the them thought that
country is depend on Görücü method. grandma couldn’t
live without Ömer.
In 1995 Ömer died at 90 years old. After his death, grandma couldn’t live without him
and died in a short time after Ömer.

AMORES EN BEIRUT
NADINE HAJJ, 4ème2, Martinique

Mis padres se conocían desde su infancia. Mi padre vivía en Bkaatouta y mi madre en Beirut, en Líbano. Se veían a menudo y se
dieron cuenta de que tenían muchas afinidades: les gustaba, pasear bajo la luna llena, ir al cine, al restaurante. Les encantaba
bañarse en las aguas calientes y transparentes del mar Mediterráneo.
Sus familias se conocían también y solían organizar fiestas juntos. En 1981, a causa de la guerra, mi padre tuvo que irse de
Líbano y se fue a Martinica a visitar a su hermano que allá vivía.
Durante ese período, mis futuros padres no tenían más remedio que comunicarse por teléfono y por largas cartas de amor…

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 Quiz

ERES BUEN/A AMIGO/A?

¡Haz el siguiente test, y pronto lo sabrás ¡
Traducido al español por los alumnos de 4ème2 y 3ème2, Martinica

1 Tu amigo(a) no ha hecho su 7 Tu amigo te llama o te envía

trabajo escolar. ¿Qué haces? un sms mientras estás viendo tu
A- Te niegas a dejarle(la) copiar, y programa de televisión favorito.
le explicas por qué. A- ¿Ignoras el mensaje?
B- Se lo dices al profesor. B- ¿Hablas con tu amigo(a)
C- Le(la) dejas copiar pero le dices C- Le dices que llame más tarde
que es la primera y última vez. Calcula
TU RESULTADO: 8 Si pides dinero a un(a) amigo(a)
2 Es el cumpleaños de tu
respuestas A- Se lo devuelves pronto.
amigo(a)…: B- Se lo devuelves después de
A- Le compras un regalo. 1 A: 1 B: 0 C: 3 cierto tiempo
B- Sólo le dices “¡Feliz 2 A: 3 B: 1 C: 0 C- Se te olvida devolvérselo.
cumpleaños!”
C- Siempre lo olvidas. 3
4
A: 3
A: 0
B: 0
B: 3
C: 0
C: 0
9 ¿Cuántos amigos tienes?
A- Cientos
3 Tu amigo(a) te ha confesado 5 A: 0 B: 0 C: 3 B- Un buen grupo de amigos.
un secreto: C- Algunos amigos muy especiales.
A- Lo guardas para ti. 6 A: 3 B: 1 C: 0
B- Se lo dices a tus padres.
C- Se lo dices a todos tus amigos.
7 A: 0 B: 3 C: 1 10 ¿Cuánto tiempo sueles
8 A: 3 B: 1 C: 0 quedarte con tu amigo(a)?
A- Hasta encontrar otro mejor.
4 Yo quiero a mi mejor amigo(a) 9 A: 0 B: 0 C: 3 B- Tanto tiempo como estemos en
porque… 10 A: 0 B: 0 C: 3 la misma clase.
A-Él(ella) es rico(a) C- TMientras nos llevemos bien
B- Tenemos los mismos gustos
11 A: 0 B: 3 C: 1
C- Estamos en la misma clase. 12 A: 3 B: 1 C: 0 11 Tu amigo(a) tiene un
problema, y se queja mucho.
5 Cuando sales con alguien, A- Evitas hablar con él(ella). Es
tienes tendencia a: demasiado deprimente.
A- Descuidar un poco a tus ¿Tienes amigos? B-Escuchas, e intentas animar
amigos. 1 – 12 = C- Le(la) escuchas, pero cuando
B- Olvidar a tus amigos. INTENTARAS ! se pone a llorar, te vas corriendo.
C- Seguir viendo a tus amigos
12
mejor en amistad, SI LO
regularmente. Podrías ser mucho Tu amigo(a) está muy
enfermo(a) y debe quedarse en
6 Después
13 – 20 =
de las vacaciones ayudarlos aún más! casa por lo menos una semana.
de verano, tu amigo(a) ha amigos, pero podrías A- Le visitas tan a menudo como
engordado: Eres bueno(a) con tus lo puedes, y le traes su trabajo
A- Sea cual sea su peso, sigues 21 – 28 = escolar.
quieréndole(la) B- Le envías una tarjeta “Que te
B- Le dices que haga deporte ¡Eres muy buen(a) amigo(a)! mejores”
C- Puede seguir siendo mi amigo(a) 29 – 36 = C- Le(la) llamas por teléfono de
pero no en público. vez en cuando
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Meeting

the European Feeling Hardenberg/ Neuenhaus May 2009

Three of the best days of my life
From the 25th of May until 27th May we were visited by some
people from other countries. There were students from Poland
and Italy. We had a lot of fun with each other. There was a
person from our local newspaper, who interviewed us. The day
after it there was a very big article in our newspaper about
our project. At our school we planted a tree. There were a lot of
pictures made. It was a very nice thing to do, because we got a
feeling of unity, just what we were supposed to feel. Luigi and
I had the most fun, because we kissed. It was really something
not to forget. Luigi, if you’re reading this, thank you, and I
see you in Poland! Anyway, we ate some pancakes, and then
we went to a big building, called the LOC, because there was
an Europe-market. We got a tour there, and they had a lot of
weird animals there in cages, like big snakes and bird spiders.
We had a lot of fun there, until they had to leave. Some of us
couldn’t help crying. It was very touching. But I still look back
at those days as three of the best days of my life!

Vera Korblet , The Netherlands

This trip was a great opportunity to practice English

and learn much about culture of many countries from all over
the Europe, for instance Italy, Germany or Spain. We were
under a great impression of Dutch mentality and of course the
Vechtdal College.
We talked about culture, languages, entertainment and of
course about the project. It is a big pity, that the trip lasted
only for three days. There was really not enough time to get
to know all of the great project’s participants, but we hope to see
everybody on Polish Summer Camp in June ;)! We will never
forget our adventure in the Netherlands, biking in Hardenberg
and, what is the most important, about our new friends and
their great teachers from the whole Europe. Big thanks Roy!

Luiza Czupajlo, Maciej Gryglewski, Poland

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 Holland/Germany

I will never forget you!

Everything started when we arrived in Hardenberg. I remember that day as if it was yesterday and I was really excited about the idea
that I would be able to exchange my beliefs and my culture with other people from different countries,
just to see what they think about me and my country. I remember every
single moment spent with them. For example
when we ate all together the first day
we were there, or when we visited all
the town by bike, when we played
together, when we laughed together,
when we tried to teach some Italian
to other teenagers, and they tried
to teach us some Dutch. But we
also cried together, yes, during the
last days when we knew that our
experience was coming to an end.
Now it’s 1.24 a.m. but I can’t sleep,
I’m looking at all the photos we took
together, and all the memories are
coming back, making me laugh,
because I’m still thinking about
ALL OF YOU. I swear that I’ll
never forget you, because I have
never met people like you….
….Vera, Janet, Jenet, Jazmine,
Anouk, Roy and the teachers
too! THANK YOU!

DANK


Antonio, Italy

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Poetry

Pensamientos de amor
El poder de la creatividad poética europea…
LOVE OF MY LIFE y of love
I never told you how
I truly feel d o n ’t fi nd the ke t.
a gre at deal If you id e your hear
You mean to me c h in s
sear
u my heart was sold mor,
The moment I saw yo o b is la c lau de l’a
er will never be cold Quan no t
r or.
The two of us togeth in s del teu c
s c a d
s everything else so fut
ile b u
ia Vázqu ez 1 ESO C
Being with you make
ur be au tifu l sm ile Josep Mar lonia
I cannot resist yo Reus, Cata
pe you will like it
My gift is for you, I ho l admit
ur reaction, that I wil
I am dying to see yo
akia
Richard Bielik, Slov
W HEN I SEE YOUR
E YES Love
My Island of Flowers
N OTHING
Comes along
I was born on an island, loving the wind
Where the air smells of sap and nectar
You can rock yourself in the rays
E XISTS At first sight,
E VERYTHING
of the tropical sun,
D ISAPPEARS dde nly a nd unexpected.
My Island, you are beautiful Su
You contain gardens of various colours
Blue, white, yellow, red, L ISTENING ONLY TO Stays
Where hummingbirds come to take sugar
s)
For me you represent, O UR
(Rahel Deter
A small bright palm tree V OICES….
in multiple colours
Oh, my island loving flowers.
E CSTASY!
Italy
Célia Bazabas, 3è3, Martinique

On a plane..
On a plane that
never lands
LA ROSE NOIRE I’ll fly with my
boyfriend
Quand le soleil éternel se couche Near the sea, ov
er the sand
La lune des merveille se lève Looking for the
promised land.
La rose noire seule parmi les roses rouges He will say ,Han
d in hand
Comme un papillon des rêves. “Are we going to
And me to him N everland?”
Quand la rose noire apparaît : don’t you unde
I’ll love you until rstand?
Et que la musique de la chouette disparaît the end”
Le soleil éternel se lève. So sweet kisses
he’ll me send
La lune des merveilles se couche And our love w
ill never end!
L' amour éternel naît Roberta Raffael
Mais la rose noire disparaît . e, Italy

Poème de Valentine et Lauren, Léognan

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YOU
I love your smile
The way you laugh
I love your spirit
I love your heart
But I prefer your soul.
I love your deep eyes
Your sweet perfume
But who are you?
I don’t know you
I can’t touch you
I want to meet you….
Eleonore B., 3e3, Martinique
MY SWEET LOVE
I told the mountain my love
rocks ands trees mourned.
Birds and insects felt pity for me.
oh my sweet love.
I told my love to sky.
Clouds became rain and cried.
The color of rainbow fade
oh my sweet love
I told my love to the see
fishes and moss stayed silent.
Sands became a whirlpool
oh my sweet love
I told my love to earth
flowers fades.
The ant abandoned their nests.
oh my sweet love.
Elvan Karakaplan 12TM B,Turkey
Concurso literario
LOVE - chase
By Barbara Szymańska , Poland
-My Dear, I gave you my soul and heart.
- That’s great Baby, now give your credit card!
- But Honey don’t you want to spend some time with me?
-Yeah, I want to spend some of your money on E-Bay!
… Love in XXI century can be a pain in the neck.
But how was it in medieval times? Let’s check!
- My sweetest Beloved, I shall love Thee till I die.
-Oh, The King of my Heart, do you promise to be mine?
- I will stay yours by the end of the world…
- And I will engrave onto my heart your lovely word!
All these lines above, I was just messing with you.
The truth is: it’s nice to have your Boo.
The apple of your eye…
That makes it easier to survive.
And when you find your soul mate, don’t want anybody else
…Together through life, that’s when you end your
‘LOVE-chase’
My love,
I wrote this letter especially for you
To prove that my love for you is true
Meeting you was like winning
the grand prize
Especially when looking into your beautiful eyes
Our life together has just begun
already we have had many moments of fun.
My love is so strong, it makes me fly
You are so beautiful, like the most beautiful sky
All of you is what I need
Together, we will succeed
Student of II. H Dominika Tothova,
Slovakia
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Poetry

Love, *Love poem

Love
experienced Als het regent,
Tw hearts
o once, als het sneeuw
ch other never want to als je smelt va t
Trusting ea such kind of br lose n de hitte
d forever als je weg bent
For now an eathtaking
als de dagen ev
, als je hier be
nt
Everlasting feeling en tegenzitten
Lea Warrin
Hülsmeier, k, als je boos bent
Magdalena Germany als je gewoon
, als je blij bent
Germany als je gelukkig
niet meer wee
t hoe
bent of verdrie
als je ziek bent tig
Love of moe
dan zal ik er vo
A feeling or je zijn
dan is mijn hart
de jouwe
which shows y dat kun je niet
ou ik zal voor altij
veranderen
That you’re n d van je houden
ot Netherlands
alone
*The poem is about love, somebody says he loves somebody else,
LOVE and he is always there for her. And he says he always keeps
Svenja Voet, G
ermany loving her. If the girl is angry, he is there for her. If the girl
is happy, or not, he is there for her. As the weather is cold,
Happiness or warm, he is always there for her. And that can’t change!
A place
To be yourself
Ay, mi amor Where you are welcome
s fuerte Friends
Mi amor por ti e
amáis, Christin Kathorst, Germany
Amar, amamos, LOVE SONG
Rojo… es para ti Please stay with me forever,
artinica Amis I can’t breathe without You.
ny, 4è2, M Es sa ad
t
Coralie Blé grada You are the water of life,
Y pre
ciosa
. And I’m the enzyme inside.
Y res F r á g
isten il I need You and You need me.
Cono te a la ve
Ella,
s
cida
o
z; Without You my heart is freezed.
Una estrella pasa... Nadi iempre m no
ne H
ajj, 4 aravillo You warmes up my heart with flame,
Yo creo que eres tú è2 sa.
Quien me deja sola en esta vida
, Mar
tinic Luckily it wasn’t too late.
a
Coralie Blény, 4eme2, You are my light in darkness,
Martinica You are my aching weakness,
You are shining with the stars
When everything will be dark.
When I fell in love with you.
A mar con todo el corazón Quan tens amor, I couldn’t believe it’s true.
la vida és molt millor.
M entir por amor Pintat de rosa o negre,
But You awoke me to real
l’amor no és pecat, I must be with You forever.
O frecer por amor l’amor de fet no té edat. Feketer Norbert 11d, Hungary
R ojo... de envidia. Ferran Vallvé, Laura Teruel, Alba
Anne-Sophie y Pascal, Sobrino, 1 ESO C
4ème2, Reus, Catalonia
Martinica

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 Meeting at Levice

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El rincón del filósofo

Es importante el amor?
Sentiment màgic o ciència?
L’amor- és qualsevol emoció o experiència relacionada amb un
intens sentiment d’afecte - aquesta és una breu definició de
diccionari. Crec que és massa general, perque cadascú sent
l’amor a la seva manera. Algú podría dir: l’amor és la proximitat
a una altra persona, com un tipus d’amistat. Els científics
argumenten que l’amor és una reacció biològica bastant normal.
Un psicòleg austríac va descobrir una fórmula química de l’amor:
C6H5-NH-C2H5. També va descriure com les nostres hormones
reaccionen dins en el nostre organisme quan ens enamorem. Algú
altre va crear una formula per a una relació feliç. És la següent:
x + y = persones que senten amor/ t36 - temps/
Q - cocció/ S - espontaneïtat/A – ambient, estat d’ànim/
M – amor; sentiments profunds per algú
El amor nos da seguridad
El amor es un sentimiento que cada persona experimenta de
manera diferente. El hecho es que este sentimiento provoca
felicidad gracias a unas hormonas especiales. Esta es la razón
por la que todos deseamos estar enamorados. Queremos
ser felices. Además, los humanos no podemos vivir solos.
Sólo hay que fijarse en la evolución humana. Necesitamso
otras personas para vivir. Se trata, pues, de uns instinto
primario. Muchas personas piensan en el sentido de la vida.
En consecuencia, el amor está considerado como la principal
razón de la existencia. Quienes creen en dios quieren dar
amor a otras personas tal y como hizo Jesús. Para ellos el
amor es una cuestión de fe.
Creo que todo el mundo debe descubrir por qué el amor es
importante en su vida. Tanto si estás enamorado como si
deseas ser amado, no es tan difícil saber por qué el amor es
fundamental. El amor confirma tu manera de ser y te hace
estar seguro de ti mismo.
Timo Völkerink, ALEMANIA

Aquestes teories no són les úniques, però ens hauríem de

preguntar si realment volem explicar què és l’amor. Potser
trobarem altres definicions. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry va escriure
un frase meravellosa:
només s’hi veu bé amb el cor, l’essencial és
invisible als ulls.
M’imagino que l’ amor és un concepte abstracte. De tota
manera, per a molta gent l’amor és l’essència de la vida. És la
raó per llevar-se cada matí I solucionar els problemes. Tothom
vol conèixer l’amor de veritat. Quan ens enamorem, ens sentim
més feliços I millor que abans. Si et dones a algú, aquest serà el
teu regal més generós.

ove
The type of l
ased on
(g r) u n se lfish love b
AGAPE - religion;
al re la ti onship and ly,
spir it u love, friend
H IL L A - (g r) platonic
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EROS- (g r) cr n d ness
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whic h d o m in at
and longing,
El amor es la única respuesta satisfactoria al
( egoism)
SM - lo ve to yourself d problema de la existencia humana.
NARCISSI erland, an
T IS M - lo ve to moth
PATR IO
FRIENDSHIP
! Erich Fromm, El Arte de Amar

by V LICEUM OGOLNOKSTALCACE JAKUBA WEJHERA, POLAND

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 Els límits de l’amor
Si un jove parla d’amor, parla de passió, d’atracció sexual, d’enamorament
i aquesta experiència adolescent és tan forta que sovint l’anomena “la
descoberta de l’amor”, “el primer amor”; i no estableix cap tipus de relació
amb experiències de la infantesa com l’amor entre pares i fills , fraternal, etc.

I si qui vol parlar és un filòsof ? Es pot reflexionar sobre l’amor o és una vivència
que no podem expressar amb paraules?. Permeteu-me apropar algunes idees del
filòsof Erich Fromm del seu llibre “L’art d’estimar”, que ens permetin parlar
amb propietat de l’amor i els seus límits

“L’amor immadur diu: T’estimo perquè et necessito.

L’amor madur diu: Et necessito perquè t’estimo”
Què és l’amor? L’amor és un poder actiu en la persona, pel qual superem el
nostre aïllament, el nostre jo separat i ens unim a l’altra. ( A l’amor es dóna la
paradoxa de dos éssers que es converteixen en un i, no obstant això, continuen
sent dos.) .

Com és aquesta unió? Com que culturalment unim el desig sexual a la idea
de l’amor, amb facilitat caiem en l’error de creure que s’estima quan es desitja
físicament. L’amor pot inspirar el desig de la unió sexual i, en aquest cas, el
desig de conquerir o ser conquerit, està fos amb la tendresa. Però si el desig
d’unió física no està estimulat per l’amor, mai no condueix a la unió excepte en
un sentit orgiàstic i transitori. L’atracció sexual crea, per un moment, la il•lusió
de la unió, però, sense amor, tal “aquesta unió” deixa els desconeguts tan
separats com abans.

L’amor no és una qüestió d’atzar, és un art, s’ha de

conèixer i s’ha de treballar.
Per què estimem? “L’amor immadur diu: T’estimo perquè et necessito. L’amor
madur diu: Et necessito perquè t’estimo”. Per tant l’amor no és una qüestió d’atzar,
és un art , s’ha de conèixer i s’ha de treballar.

Quins són els requisits de l’amor i quins són els seus límits? L’amor és la
preocupació activa per la persona què estimem. La cura i la preocupació impliquen
un altre aspecte de l’amor: el de la responsabilitat. Ser “responsable” significa
estar disposat a respondre a les necessitats de la persona estimada .

Però la responsabilitat podria degenerar fàcilment en dominació i possessió, si no

fos per un tercer component de l’amor, el respecte. Respectar significa preocupar-
se que l’altra persona creixi i es desenvolupi tal com és. “Vull que la persona
estimada creixi i es desenvolupi per si mateixa, tal com és , no com jo necessito que
sigui, com a un objecte per al meu ús”. És obvi que el respecte només és possible
sobre la base de la llibertat: “L’amor és fill de la llibertat, mai de la dominació”,
diu una vella cançó francesa.

“Preocupació, responsabilitat, respecte i llibertat són els límits de l’amor. Sense ells
no hi amor. Estimar significa comprometre’s sense garanties, lliurar-se totalment
amb l’esperança de produir amor en la persona estimada.
“L’amor és un acte de fe i qui tingui poca fe
també té poc amor”

JOSE MIGUEL GARCIA LABIANO, IES Baix Camp, REUS

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Music stirs memories We've all had tunes stuck in our heads.
Some of them remind us of childhood
friends, places or events. Wherever
you are, when a song,“your song”
starts, everything which is all around
you,disappears and your memory lives
again, with all its colours ,its emotions,
and you realize that they are still inside
you. Then you know they will always be
UNFORGETTABLE for you.

Here are some memories with their songs

that we want to share with you!
www.ejournal.fi/cfm33 CARMELA -
ITALY
A te _JOVANOTTi
My song is “A te” (To
You) composed and sung
by Jovanotti. This song
has helped me to come
back to life, after a terrible period in my
life when I had been affected by a serious
disease ,the anorexia.
It was dedicated to ME by a person who
Anthony Birba – loved me and didn’t want to lose me.
MARTINIQUE My life was coming to an end because of
a “monster,” which had made me believe
La PLI SI TOL by to be nothing, but thanks to a special
Chiktay person’s love I found the courage to fight
for my life.
Esta canción del grupo The beautiful phrase: " a te che hai reso
Chiktay, de Guadalupe, ITSKE _HOLLAND la mia vita bella da morire"(to you, who
me hace recordar a mi amor de infancia, My memorable song is has made my life incredibly beautiful) for
cuando estaba en la escuela primaria. Chris Brown - With You. me means that nothing is so important
Nunca olvidaré a aquella niña mestiza, de It reminds me of my ex-boyfriend.It was as a special person who cares you and
los ojos claros, a quien veía pasar por el a very good time with a lot fun!It was our gives you , day by day ,his love, because
puente de mi vida, pero que allá nunca song, and we listened it very much. “you’re his unique reason of life”.
se quedó.  
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 The craziest thing
you would do for l o v e !
Lanzarme de lo alto del puente de Grand-Rivière con un elástico

hi!!!!!
r sus
Come
po… eta
mbre en el cuer vivir en otro plan
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por toda scubrie
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en re , po
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tel Academy 1s vivir sin ella.
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Salta osas roj mano. PAIN aravillosa” voz de
0r su eus S safinada !
con 2 ue z , R Lux, ItALY By Nadine, Chloé and Cindy,
odríg
M a nel R MARTINIQUE
By
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m y relig PAIN
ange Reus, S en una jaula de leones hambrientos
ld ch ,
I wou Montiel By Rubén Pleguezuelos, Reus, SPAIN
n a L.
By A
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Our of e m ove s m o u n tains
Lov

Proverbs
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haben, Germ
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To have butt
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one’s stom

Some proverbs are common to quite a lot of fiyeli

si n kö p ekleri bile ka
us even if we are from different countries and Aşk sen nele
re ka d ir
Turkey
havlatırsın, e even
others are very specific on the contrary. They so po w er fu l that you mak
are
are not always a perfect reflection of reality Oh love, you rhyme.
dogs bark in
but at least they encourage us to think! ’w kon
Mwen enmen
en la bou,
cochon enm
inique
Creole, Mart
a pig likes
I love you as
Oh, precious love ! mud.

Amor con amor se paga, Spain

Love can only be paid with love
Old lo
L’amura ne s’accatta e ne si vinda, Calabria
L’amore non si compra e non si vende, It
You
Alte L
iebe r
ve
Love can’t be bought or sold. never o stet n
forget ich
a pers t, German
o y
Aşk tedavisi bir başka insan olan tek hastalıktır, loved n you have
. on ce
Turkey Stara
miło
Love is the only one illness that its cure is another Old lo śc nie rdze
Be car v wieje
human being. eful w e never co
hen y mes r (Pol)
our usty
Valen més arengades amb amor her ol partner m
d love eets h
que pollastres amb dolor, Catalonia Donde . is/
hubo
Kipper with love is much better than chicken with Where fuego
ce
sorrow. It’s im there was nizas que
When p o ssib fire, dan (
S
you lo le to igno ashes rema p).
= ve som re or i n .
+ eone, for
it will get love.
be for
ever.

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lings a n s h
Fee rca, Po
land
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t en pa ba ’w t
ch

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żołąde
r o u g h s
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rt prep a’w niq t no ne.
a m a n’s hea . w en b Marti ile bu veryo
win meal M sm st e
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I ga You c
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 Survey

Is sex ed working?
Where do you get most of your sexual Do you think teenagers are well informed about
knowledge from? sexually transmissible diseases?

Do you think that this information has an incisive impact Your idea of sex is closer to...?
on adolescents’ use of contraceptives?

Learning about sexuality in Germany, Rahel Deters, Germany

Primary school, worksheets and cartoons... I first learned something about sexuality and especially about the physical differences between
girls and boys when I was in in primary school. There we got worksheets in which we had to name the
characteristics of the feminine and the masculine body. I think it was a really embarassing topic for us
being little childs and not being used at talking about such things before. We already saw a film about
sexuality. It was a kind of animated cartoon showing two people having sex. At that time, the teachers
didn´t get into details and the film only talked of “cuddling”.

About menstruation and preservatives... We were 12 years old in the 6th grade and with that, it
became necessary to tell the girls something about their menstruation. The logical consequence then was
that contraception had to be comprehensible for everybody to avoid early pregnancy as well as sexual
disease. I remember a lesson in which boys and girls were separated to practise with a preservative and a
penis made out of wood. We also got a little box with some sanitary towels and tampons for the girls in it.

Grammar school: sex and its dangers... Later, in grammar school, eigth grade only brought some
new information about sex as well as its dangers, e.g., an infection with AIDS. The higher the grades, the more we were step by step taught about
new methods of contraception. The focus was now put onto the heritage processes and the way a fertilized egg develops.

All in all….Because of the great and extensive sex education at school, it became unnecessary to talk about such things at home. But whenever
I want, I can come and ask my parents about anything I don´t know. I think the way I learned about sex isn´t the normal way today anymore. The
earlier development of kids caused by new and often unhealthy dietary habits as well as the completely modern lifestyle nowadays demands that
the students know the facts of life earlier.

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TOP 5

LOVE LOVE Song ROMANTIC LOVE STORY

PRESENT FILM

1) Flowers My heart will go on 1) Titanic The Shadow Of The Wind

2) Jewelry (Céline Dion) 2) Twilight (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
3) Cuddly toy 3) Love Actually
SPAIN 4) Love letter 4) Moulin Rouge
5) Dinner out 5) P.S I Love You

1) Little things Anlamazdin 1) Iziz Adam Leyla ile Mecnum

TURKEY 2) Flowers (Ayla Dikmen) 2) Titanic (Unknown writer)
3) Lunch or dinner 3) Romeo and Juliet
4) Love poem 4) Sweet November
5) Jewelry 5) English Patient

1) Jewelry My heart will go on 1) Titanic Twilight

2) Flower (Céline Dion) 2) Twilight (Stéphanie Meyer)
FRANCE 3) Kisses 3) High School Musical
4) Love letter 4) American Pie
5) A pet 5) Dirty Dancing

1) Peluches Questo piccolo grande 1) Twilight Amore 14

2) Jewelry amore 2) Titanic (Frederico Moccia)
ITALY 3) Perfumes (Claudio Baglioni) 3) I passi dell’amore
4) Roses 4) Amore 14
5) Little Hearts 5) Ghost

1) plush toy I´ll missing you 1) Dangerous connection Twilight

2) ring (Pap Diddy) 2) Dirty Dancing (Stéphanie Meyer)
SLOVAKIA 3) rose 3) Pretty woman
4) lovers photo 4) Pearl Harbor
5) other 5) Armagedon

1) Hand made presents 1) Titanic Romeo And Juliet

2) Flowers 2) Dirty dancing (Shakespeare)
GERMANY 3) Kisses 2) Twilight
4) Rings 4) Keinohrhasen
5) Journeys

UE 1) Jewelry Mon amie (Kim) 1) Titanic Twilight

IQ 2) Teddy bears 2) Twilight (Stéphanie Meyer)
IN
RT
3) Perfume 3) The proposition
A 4) Chocolate 4) High school musical
M
5) Notting hill

1) Flowers My heart will go on Titanic Twilight

POLAND 2) Teddy bears (Céline Dion) (Stéphanie Meyer)

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BARTENIUS’ CORNER
All you need is love kiss
feeling
hug
smack
friendship
girlfriend
gift
passions
sex
in love
sensuality
affinity
embrace
at sight
love
hearth
song
madness

By Marilena, Martinique

The backwards alphabet code

The house of words By Daniel Castillo, Ies Baix Camp

Try the to guess the code by giving a number to each word.

But, be careful! You need to do it backwards!!!

A-25, B-24, C-23…X-3, Y-2, Z-1

19, 9, 23, 13, 22, 11, 23, 9, 21, 13, 7, 8

By Daniel Castillo, Ies Baix Camp

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Getting to know other cultures

RITUALES DE AMOR
de todo el mundo

En las bodas chinas, los novios se ofrecen un huevo el uno al otro como símbolo de fertilitad y felicidad
futura.
LIXUAN FENG, 4 ESO C, estudiante china en IES Baix Camp, Reus, España

Boda gitana
Los recién casados bailan flamenco mientras los amigos acompañan con las palmas. La fiesta continua hasta el
amanecer. Maria Ventura, 2 ESO E, IES Baix Camp, Reus, España

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 hë other cultures
Boda Arbëres

luego el
o en el mismo cáliz y
Los esposos beben vin
cura lo tira al suelo.
n albanés
a población de orige
Los Arbëreshë son un Italia
que vive en el sur de
el sig lo 15. Sig ue n la doctrina de
Llegaron a Italia en tina.
la iglesia griega bizan
ITALY

Polternight

7 vidas futuras,
Boda india

En la boda india, el fuego es un elemento muy

‘Polternight’ , la noche antes de la boda:
Familias, amigos y vecinos rompen porcelana delante
de la casa de la pareja. Dice la superstición que
pedazos de porcelana rota traen suerte.
by Tobias Berens, Germany
importante. Muchos rituales se realizan frente al
fuego, ya que se le considera como sagrado. Según el
dicho, el fuego es como el testimonio de la boda.
Igualmente, el número 7 es muy importante.
Se cree que cuando se casan los novios, dan 7 vueltas
al fuego, y entonces están ligados en un matrimonio
sagrado, ¡no sólo por la vida presente, sino por 7 vidas
futuras!
Summit Pal, 4 D, estudiante de India
en IES Baix Camp, Reus, España

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 Des del pati

© Polaris eyevine

El amor es la única respuesta satisfactoria

al problema de la existencia humana.
Erich Fromm, El arte de amar

IES BAIX CAMP, REUS, CATALONIA, SPAIN, www.iesbaixcamp.org

College FRANÇOIS MAURIAC, Léognan, FRANCE, www.ejournal.fi/mauriac
BESSENYEI GYÖRGY, Kisvárda, HUNGARY, www.besi.hu
UMBERTO SORACE MARESCA, Catanzaro,, ITALY www.iis-maresca.it
JOSEPH LAGROSILLIERE, Saint Marie, MARTINICA, FRANCE
V LICEUM OGOLNOKSTALCACE JAKUBA WEJHERA, Wejherowo, POLAND , www.zspg4.wejher.pl
LISA MEITNER GYMNASIUM, Neuenhaus, GERMANY, www.lmg.neuenhaus.de
ADYAMAN ANATOLIAN HS, Adyaman, TURKEY, www.adiyamananadolu.meb.k12.tr
VECHTDAL COLLEGE, Hardenberg, NETHERLANDS, www.vechtdalcollege.nl
ZDRUŽENÁ STREDNÁ ŠKOLA, Levice, SLOVAKIA, www.zssoaslv.edu.sk