Get it!

the European Feeling

Issue3/June 010
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G@t it!
The European Feeling
PARTNER SCHOOLS
EDITOR IN-CHIEF
(Coordinating School)
IES BAIX CAMP, REUS, SPAIN
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Mnica Fernndez
Press Club V LICEUM OGOLNOKSTALCACE
Assistants:
Pilar Aguilera, Miquel vila, Miquel Arcas,
Dolors Calabuig, Esperanza Escalona,
J. M. Garca, Noem Gomis, Pere Martorell
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Students OPTATIVA 2 ESO
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Miquel vila, Mnica Fernndez,
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TRANSLATIONS:
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Esperanza Escalona
Noem Gomis
Mylene Ngo
Assistants: Marianne van Beuzekom, Michell Matteman
e-journal EDITOR
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College FRANOIS MAURIAC,
Lognan, FRANCE
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Project Coordinator:
Fabienne Pouget-Imbert
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Dominique Saint-Hilaire, Jean-Louis Vuotto
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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!
Press Club BESSENYEI GYRGY
Kisvrda, HUNGARY
Project Coordinator: Juhsz Gyngyi
COVER:
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Catanzaro, ITALY
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Project Coordinator: Antonietta Pugliese
Assistants: Ileana Veraldi, Maria Pane
Press Club JOSEPH LAGROSILLIERE,
Saint Marie, MARTINICA
Project Coordinators: Mylene Ngo
Assistants: Nathalie Cancel
Baltic sea is one of the most polluted seas
JAKUBA WEJHERA, in the world. The fish with trash inside is a
Wejherowo, POLAND part of the 1974 Convention and was made
www.zspg4.wejher.pl
Project Coordinators:
to make people realise the threat pollution
Michal Obrocki, Lukasz Maj causes to sea creatures.
Picture by Dominique Saint-Hilaire
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Neuenhaus, GERMANY
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Contents
Assistants: Marcus Pfeifer
Press Club ADYAMAN ANATOLIAN HS,
Adyaman, TURKEY
www.adiyamananadolu.meb.k12.tr
Project Coordinator: ErcanYceta
3 EDITORIAL
Press Club VECHTDAL COLLEGE,
Hardenberg, NETHERLANDS 4 TIME MACHINE
www.vechtdalcollege.nl
Project Coordinator: Marja Ritterfeld
10 QUIZ
Press Club ZDRUEN STREDN KOLA, 11 UNIFORMS
Levice, SLOVAKIA
www.zssoaslv.edu.sk 13 OUR FUTURE
Project Coordinators:
Imrich Laco, Oga Remiaov
16 Beauty or marketing...
18 The Philosophers corner
20 Summer Camp Poland
26 Recicle, Reduce, Reuse
28 Getting involved
30 Top 5:
Free time on the net
31 BARTENIUS CORNER
33 GETTING TO KNOW...
Denouncing social problems
 EDITORIAL

Morlka, etika, socilne a enviromentlne problmy, budcnos..

Je dos ak o nich hovori bez pocitu depresie. Na druhej strane
mlad nm ukazuj, e s si vedom problmov a pokaj sa
ich riei.
My (dospel) niekedy hovorme, e ich (tnederov)
zaujma len konzum a mda.Je to pravda? Naastie nie. Mda
je spsob vyjadrenia ich pocitov, postojov, individualt (o je
aj hlavn dvod odmietania kolskch uniforiem), ale aby sme
boli primn, my dospel sme asto podobn.Poksme nielen German students from Lisa Meitner Gymnasium, Neuenhaus, working
kritizova ale aj da im prleitos urobi nieo uiton. Mono on the editorial at the Summer Camp in Poland.
budeme prekvapen ak tvoriv tnederi vedia by.Vina
z nich si uvedomuje problmy dneka a snaia sa zachrni
nau modr plantu.Vedia by vemi citliv voi akejkovek
nespravodlivosti.. Ten Nations.
V tomto sle nho asopisu budeme ma monos Four Issues.
dozvedie sa viac o zodpovednosti mladch za budcnos.m s Two years.
dnes zodpovednej, tm lepia budcnos ns ak (oskoro?). And one final summer camp in Poland...
Pekn tanie a zoznmte sa s nzormi, optimizmom a Beginning with the aim of improving our English knowledge
niekedy aj humorom mladch na tak vne tmy. we finally ended up with many individual impressions and
SO Levice, Slovensko new friends from all over the world.

Different ideas from different countries with different

Morality, ethics, social and environmental problems, future...
Its quite difficult to speak about them without being
depressed. On the other hand the young show us they are
aware of the problems and are trying to solve them.
Adults sometimes say that teenagers are interested
only in consumption and fashion. Is this true? Fortunately,
not. Fashion is the way to express their feelings, attitudes,
individualities (thats why we refuse wearing school uniforms),
but adults are often the same. Lets try not just criticize
teenagers but lets try to give them opportunity to make
something useful. Teenagers can be very imaginative. Most of
them are aware of the problems of today and are trying to save
our planet. They can be very sensitive to any kind of unjustice.
In this issue of our magazine we will have the
possibility to learn more about the responsibility of the young
for the future. The more responsible they are today the better
future is coming.
Have a nice reading and meet the opinion, optimism
and sometimes humour of the young about the serious themes.
SO Levice, Slovakia
cultures melted into one multicultural magazine which
reached many people in our schools and helped to overcome
some old prejudices.
The highlight of our cooperation took place in May 2010 in
Jastrzebia Gora, a beautilful place at the Baltic Sea.
Although it was pretty cloudy and cold, we had much fun
doing activities such as riding a speedboat, visiting Gdansk,
Malbork and the participating school in Wejherowo.
During the entertaining group activities in the evenings, we
could hear the noise of the ice breaking between us. :o)
Without puking we survived kissing a fish and drinking
disgusting tomatoe sauce, or on another occasion, we
learned a traditional Japanese dance.
After a few days with our new friends we all went home
with a suitcase full of good memories.
If you ask us:
YES, we finally got the European feeling!
Get it! The European Feeling 3
FASHION through TIME
ROPA INTERIOR - Por Tobias Tien, Thomas Gielians, Germany
Antes y ahora

HOMBRES MUJERES

- Los hombres visten calzoncillos -Por la dominacin de la iglesia, se llega

Edad Media

a creer que el cuerpo es impuro, y la ropa

- Llevan camisas como ropa interior, algo vergonzoso.
interior
-Las mujeres llevan, como ropa interior,
vestidos largos; deben estar cubiertas de la
cabeza a los pies.

Casi la misma ropa interior que -Cambia la ropa de mujeres:

Corset.
durante la Edad medias
Renacimiento

Ellas ya no se cubren todo el

cuerpo, sino que se realzan
las caderas sujetando un
miriaque (un zagalejo
interior de tela rgida o muy
almidonada, hecho de crines).
Miriaque
-Es ms fcil de llevar que
cualquier otro tejido.
-Para distinguir la cintura de la
cadera, las modistas crean el
precursor del cors.

--A partir de 1860, los -los corss tan

hombres llevaron calzoncillos apretados, les daban
parecidos a los que llevan a la mujer una cintura
ahora. muy fina, pero tenan
efectos negativos para
Siglo XIX

-Al algodn, se lo sustituye el cuerpo y la salud

el lino tanto para hombres de la mujer.
como para
-A finales del siglo, se
inventa un cors
que ya no prejudicial
la salud (uno que no
sea tan apretado

- Las mujeres pueden llevar calzoncillos parecidos a los que llevan los
Siglo XX

-El boom de la industria textile influye mucho en la ropa hombres.

interior.
- Con la invencin del ltex, el sujetador se vuelve popular.
-Aquella ropa ya no es slo blanca, sino que se hace con
colores cada vez ms vivos. - En los aos 90: llevan tangas.

4 Get it! The European Feeling


Las mujeres llevan...
los pantalones
Corinna, Germany
Mitad siglo XIX
Pantalones bombachos:
Primeros pantalones diseados
que las mujeres del siglo XIX
llevaban con un vestido
Time Machine
Competicin de peluqueras en
ZDRUEN STREDN KOLA
Peinados retro del siglo XX
Kristna Dajtov, Levice, Slovakia
Nuestra escuela consta de muchas carreras profesionales.
Una de esas carreras en la de esteticista y peluquera.
Nuestras peluqueras y esteticistas aprenden cmo crear
varios peinados retro, y estilos de maquillaje. El ms popular
es el estilo retro del siglo 20. Muchas muestras de los estilos
retro se usan hasta ahora en los peinados modernos.
El ao pasado, nuestra escuela organiz una gran
competicin nacional de esteticistas y peluqueras. Aqu estn
algunas fotos:

Pump trousers:
Funcin prctica
para el deporte,
especialmente el
ciclismo.

1914

La falda pantaln:
llamada Jupe-
culotte en francs,
1930 1940
Haremskleid
en alemn; no era una
moda corriente.

Aceptacin temporal de los pantalones

1a y 2a Guerra en los lugares de trabajo, cuando las
Mundial mujeres reemplazaban a los hombres en
las fbricas.
Pantalones estilo Marlene
1930s Dietrich
1960 1960
Se siguen llevando
Despus de faldas
1945

1960s

Aceptacin general
del hecho de que
las mujeres lleven
pantalones

1960
1960 1960
1960
Get it! The European Feeling 5
Fashion
Anorexia nerviosa
No slo una enfermedad de modelos
Por Tobias Berens / Marcus Pfeifer, GERMANY

Existe un tipo de enfermedad psicolgica que realmente

The origins
The T-SHIRT
tiene mucho que ver con la moda, y la manera como
se percibe uno a si mismo. En Alemania, la llamamos
Magersucht, pero la palabra que tambin se utiliza es
Anorexia nerviosa. Seguro que has notado cun flacos by Amelie Grote
parecen muchos modelos, actrices y cantantes. Muchos Germany
creen que deben tener semejante apariencia para
g
ser atractivo. A veces, incluso los obliga su mnager a s clothin
adelgazar, como fue el caso para Victoria Beckam. Pero, Sailors
muchos otros famosos, tales como Alanis Morisette o Fiona
of the
p a rt g,
Apples tuvieron este problema.Incluso chicos o hombres
Being clothin
pueden ser anorxicos, y algunos dicen que el famoso w e a r n o t
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anorexia, y las tuvieron que tratar de un modo muy
especial en el hospital durante varios meses. Not new inventions
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6 Get it! The European Feeling
 Moda en Martinica
of...
t
Aos 1900: La Grand Robe
Por Amanda Bazabas, Nadine Hajj, Jordan Mlidor-Fuxis, Andra

n i s k i r Ngrobar, Marie-Loriane Pronet, Lauriane Rgina, Jonathan Siguier and

The mi
Eve-Marie Vartel-Edmond
En los aos 1900, la gente
sola
llevar todos los das, lo que
llamamos ahora el traje
tradicional:la Grand-
Robe, un vestido largo
hecho de un tejido sedoso,
brillante y de muchos
colores, se llevaba encima
de una enagua bordada.
Aquellos vestidos venan
acompaados de joyas
magnficas y de cofias: cada cofia tenan una significacin
propia segn la manera como estaba atada (mi corazn est
libre; mi corazn est comprometido, pero puedes intentar
raptarlo; estoy casada; mis amores ya no se pueden
contar!!! ) Hoy da, vuelven de modo, y se llevan en las
grandes ocasiones.
Aos 70: pattes dlphant
By Yannssa Boisseval, 4me 2
En los aos 70, la gente se vesta muy de moda:
by Rahel Deters,
Llevaban camisas de colores vivos (o con muchas flores), con
Germany
pantalones llamados de patas de elefante,( en francs,
pattes dl). Aquellos pantalones, en efecto, se parecan
a verdaderas patas de elefante: apretados arriba, y bastante
amplios abajo.
Tambin, la gente, en aquella poca, llevaba el pelo afro.
In the ancient world, the miniskirt was a garment worn
by men. In the 60s, Mary Quant made the miniskirt
fashionable for women, using design from Andr
Courrges, but making his skirts even shorter.

A provocation
Many people considered the new garment as a kind of
provocation and disrespectfulness, but for others it was an
expression of womens self-confidence that grew by freeing
themselves from traditional and antiquated views concerning
the role of women. In 1966, Mary Quant was even honoured
with the Order of the British Empire.

Hoy da ! Caderas al aire y baggy!!!

A great success
Her reinvention became a great success and was
predominantly adapted by young people who identified
themselves a lot with this new trend. Soon it took over to
women of any age and any social class. It became suitable
wear for any event and even the Royal Family allowed
miniskirts that ended exactly 7 centimeters above the knee.
The shortest miniskirts appeared in 1969 when they were
so short that you could already see the underwear of the
women.

Get it! The European Feeling 7

Fashion

Music & fashion IES BAIX CAMP, REUS, SPAIN

RAPPERS HEAVY METAL

They usually wear baggy trousers and Most of them wear black clothes
wide shoes. A typical piece of clothes such as tight trousers and motorist
for rappers is wide T-shirts or tanks jackets. They love leather pieces of
too. Some of them also wear a cap. clothes.
Some of them love designers shoes. They always listen to heavy metal
This special type of music started to music. The members of some bands
appeared in the late 80s. Their songs are totally crazy! The best heavy metal
are usually full of social denouncing. bands or singers are Metallica and
Iron Maiden.

ELECTRO HOUSE
MUSIC
This type of music is a subgenre
of house music. Electro house is
gradually and quickly becoming more
important in the last few years. Its
also known as Dance Music. People
who listen to this kind of music
usually wear slim fit trousers, wide
shoes and designers T-shirts. Most of
them have got long hair.

PUNK
Its a subgenre of rock music. Songs
GOTHICS are usually short usually with political
The first Gothics appeared in Great Britain in the late 70s. They are mostly content. They usually wear combat
quiet, silent people. They usually wear black clothes and their outfit comes from boots, chains, spines in bright colours.
horror literature and horror films. Belts with metal studs are popular.
Most of them wear black nail polish and their lips make up is black. They even Leather or denim jackets often have
get their hair dyed in dark colour. patches or are painted with logos
The music that they listen comes from Post-punk. They usually listen to Metal that express musical tastes.
Gothic bands such as The sisters of Mercy.

8 Get it! The European Feeling

 Time Machine

EMO, a 21st century style OPINION

Scalese Mariantonietta, ITALY

Among my friends there are more and more guys who dress in various styles, coming
from the musical genres they listen. One of most recent are Emos. The term emo The best way to
Fashion is not sell clothes
stands for emotional. Emo is a person who feels sensations and emotions differently very important
from the other teenagers. Originally, more or less in the 80s, the first band to be life but in most in my
of young people
called Emo were the Washington, DC, and then they were followed by many others, is essential. I th s it
ink that fashio
who defined themselves and their music emo, because of their desire to bring only another wa n is
y to sell new an
emotions to the listeners of their music. expensive clothe d more
s to the people
live worried ab that
out what the ot
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want to be a pa
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RUBEN PLEGUEZU
ELOS, 1 BAT
IES BAIX CAMP

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ted wearing
hand, men star out on
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to communicate that actually they are three main waves: in the first wave are
Some year s la te
emotionally hurt (usually they are very the Washington DC, Embrace, MacKaye, ca m e ve ry po pular,
be
sad people who have lived something the second wave are the Boys Life, Get Saturday nights rm shoes
wearing platfo
hard and difficult in their lives), the Up Kids and Sunny Day Real Estate, in the people started ot he s
and colourful cl at all.
e fashion trends
fuchsia and purple colors are clearer and third wave are the most popular and most
seen group on the Internet such as 30 I dont e thes
lik th em.
are used to make people understand that own if I wore
in life there can always be an escape, in Seconds to Mars, Angels & Airwaves, Fall Id feel like a cl S BA IX CAMP
EZ, 1 BAT IE
addition to the usual standards that it Out Boy, From First To Last, My Chemical GERARD MARTN
imposes on us .Their shoes are usually Romance, Panic! At the Disco, Paramore
Converse or Vans, usually ruined. and Yellowcard.
Get it! The European Feeling 9
 Quiz

POCKET MONEY

Are you... an ant, a cicada

or a cicadant?
BY Collge Franois Mauriac de Lognan, FRANCE

1 Its your best friends birthday 6 Tell us everything:

A You go shopping to find a nice little your wallet
gift. A is always empty. You are always
B You ll make a photo-album with all broke these days !
your best memories. B is always full.
C Youll be generous: nothing is too C is filled with the amount you need
beautiful for him/her. Calculate your score: for the day.

2 You are craving for the latest ANSWERS 7 You are offered the opportunity
console : 1 A: 2 B: 1 C: 3 to invest in a game in order to
A You give up, its much too expensive!
2 A: 1 B: 3 C: 2 triple your pocket money:
Youll play at your friends who has A You go ahead ! Youll take your trip
already got one. 3 A: 2 B: 1 C: 3 to India after all !
B You dont hesitate a second and you B Ok you invest but with moderation.
break your piggy-bank. 4 A: 2 B: 3 C: 1
C You hate gambling you dont do it.
C You save money on an every-day
basis and youll ask your parents to
5 A: 3 B: 2 C: 1
give you the balance for your birthday. 6
7
A: 3 B: 1 C: 2
8 You have been dreaming of a
3
A: 3 B: 2 C: 3 big trip abroad:
You have received a large A You save like mad and invest
amount of money for your
8 A: 1 B: 2 C: 3
properly to fullfill your dream.
birthday: 9 A: 2 B: 3 C: 1 B Stop dreaming ! Youll go and spend
A You take an appointment with your your holiday at your grand-parents.
banker to make up some plans.
10 A: 1 B: 3 C: 2
C Well !! You have been chatting up
B You save absolutely everything. Charles/Anne, the school prince/
C You spend everything in games, princess.
books, clothes, cinema etc ANT
?C
CICA ICADA?
4 You have lost a 20 DAN
T?
9 You have spotted an MP3 youd
banknote: it ! love to buy :
A You tell yourself you could have y yo u love spending A You wait for the big sales.
keep mone
bought your favourite latest CD. u cant B You give in : thats what money is
B It doesnt matter : its only 20.
You are a cicada. Yo
for !
C You are so vexed that you go back 24 30 points = C Forget it ; its too expensive,
the same route on all fours to look for
iority.
money but its not a pr besides you dont really need it.
it. You are a cicadant.
You like

5 You hesitate between two

17 23 points =
spending it.
jeans of two famous brands: saving money and you
dont like
A You dont mind : you take both. You are an ant. You
love
B To choose the best value for money. 10 16 points =
C Its all decided : you take the
cheapest one.
10 Get it! The European Feeling
10 What you hate the most is:
A when your bank account is in the
red.
B saving money and depriving
yourself.
C not being able to spend some of
your savings.
 UNIFORMS

& US
STUDENTS AT JOSEPH LAGROSILLIERE,
Saint Marie, MARTINICA

A FAVOR o EN CONTRA
Argumentos acadmicos, sociales, econmicos y estticos para decidirte!

El Grembiule,
Un poco de historia italiana

a la escuela segunda-
Cuando nuestras madres iban
esp ecie de uniforme, llamado
ria, solan llevar una
ido de algodn, en
grembiule en Italia. Era un vest
hile ra de botones en
general negro, con una larga
un cue llo blan coHorrible!
la parte delantera, y
nio s que van al jard n de nios o a
Ahora, slo los En Polonia, los uniformes escolares no tienen mucha
mbi ule , azul claro
la escuela primaria llevan el gre o pienso popularidad entre los estudiantes. Antes, estaban
las nia s, per
para los nios y rosado para a.
sirve ms bien para no ens ucia r la rop obligatorios, pero nos libramos de ellos. Sin embargo,
en algunas escuelas, (esencialmente escuelas primarias
diferencias entre
Creo que el uniforme borra las y principios de escuela secundaria) los alumnos
os son iguales. Me gusta el uni- deben llevar diariamente un uniforme especial, pero
pobres y ricos; tod
nal grembiule ita-
forme, pero detesto el tradicio francamente, a nadie le gustan ya que impiden la libre
liano. expresin de los alumnos.
Jessica Cosentino, Italy
Get it! The European Feeling 11
 Forum
Uniforms and us...http://getitstudents.ning.com/
Hello everyone! Ive never had to wear a uniform at school, but I know I liked seeing students
wearing theirs when I visited England. It looked like they belonged to a group; you could
clearly identify them on the streets for example.
I dont know if wearing a uniform has anything to do with elegance Maybe it does? Or with
respect, the sense of belonging or equality?
Nathalie

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al l the others that they
can see clothes reflect on who have ugly clothes
. So they are bulli
are told by
nt st yles
differe you are and how you feel. classmates and fe
el like outsiders.
ed by their
cl ot he s, and I also think that wearing Another aspect
is that students
of could better co
lessons and thei
persons. one cant really hide who r subjects. Pupils
would not be un
ncentrate on
ess
e a way to expr you are because in the to choose the rig
ht and best cloth der pressure
Clothes ar w ho yo u end your personality will So school uniform es to impress othe
ey show rs.
yourself, th in k. Without a strict or s wo uld have many be
you feel, I th perspire even through the ientation on bran nefits
are and how uniform... competence coul ds the personalit
y and social
d develop and st
Reply to This self-esteem. It wo udents would ga
era. uld also advance in a higher
Greetings, V students and it wo a kind of team sp
irit among
uld show the co
nnection and solid
the school. arity with
Besides, there ar
e benefits for th
I dont want to wear a school uni- not have to pay e parents, too, wh
so much for the o would
form because its not what I like. Reply to This clothes of their
children
You cant choose which uniform
you want. And if everyone wears
a school uniform, you are all the Its a good thing because when
same. And you cant choose what I wake up in the morning I Wearing a un
4me 2, Martin iform would
to wear. Its a little bit boring. ique dont try on lots of different prevent some
students from
Student, The Netherlands clothes to decide what to being prejudic
Es muy feo. Todo ed because
s nos parece- wear so it avoids wasting a lot they do not w
mos los unos a lo ear any brands
s otros. of time. On the other hand we or their look
Para mi llevar un wear the same clothes all the is different.
I think uniforms arent neces- iforme es ri- 4me a, Fran
sary. They may look nice, but you dculo. No estoy time and sometimes its not ce
a mis anchas
cant choose your own clothes. en esos pantalon pleasant.
es. ANDREA
I love wearing my own clothes. Lauriane Rgina, Martinique
Clothes tell you something about No quiero que
the person. la gente vea It is more economical for parents. It is better to wear a school
que pertenezco
Student, The Netherlands a tal o cual They need only buy a few polo uniform than not to wear one.
colegio. CINDY shirts, pants and a skirt and then Children could develop bad ha-
their children are dressed for the bits in getting dressed, especially
Students cannot show their No me gusta el with baggies or dungarees of poor
personality through uniforms color oscuro whole year! taste. Students would be more
del pantaln. PR Eve-Marie Vartel
and cannot feel free enough. ESCILIA involved in fashion than in stu-
We think uniforms are a -Edmond, Martinique dying if there were no uniforms
matter of high standard school Qu supplicio! AM in schools. There are clothes
and therefore most of the
ANDA suited for holidays and not suited
to wear a
schools cannot afford them. pleasant
It may be
for school, wearing such clothes
l providing
at schoo interferes with intense thinking.
uniform good loo
king.
Students of the Hotel that it is Jordan Melidor-Fuxis,
rance
academy, Slovakia 4me a, F Martinique
12 Get it! The European Feeling
Our future
MOTHER EARTH, by Vivien Ducsi , BESSENYEI GYRGY, Kisvrda, HUNGARY

HIJOS DEL FUTURO

By Amanda Bazabas, 4me2 ,Martinique
Ese mundo loco
nos lleva en su destruccin
pero tenemos una solucin
para que no nos lleve con l:
No contaminar ms
No despreciarlo ms.
Nosotros somos los hijos del futuro
Respetemos nuestro planeta!

Esperanza para un mundo loco

Por Lauriane REGINA, 4me2 Martinique
Vivimos en un mundo loco pero nosotros,
o nuestras buenas ideas, podemos cambiarlo
o mejorarlo.
As que, para un mundo mejor debemos cuidar
nuestra manera de utilizar la electricidad,

el agua, los alimentos. Tambin, debemos

ayudar a nuestros vecinos
Espero que este mundo sea mejor en el
futuro. En mi sueo, vivimos en un mundo
sin hambre, sin pobreza, sin enfermedades,
sin violencia, sin injusticia

Get it! The European Feeling 13

 Wish there was more
time to live emotions
Marilena Placido, ITALY

Our planet has been much abused in the last

century, industrialization was the engine of economic
development but certainly they didnt think at that
moment how this process damaging was. Even our
health is at risk both in terms of physically and mentally.
Over the past four decades, the number of people who
have symptoms from stress have increased by 76%.
I think there is no more time to live really the life you
spend your life trying to create as much as possible
without thinking that you wont have time to enjoy what
you are creating. Our relationships are becoming sterile
and lack of emotions, we are reduced to text messaging
and email, we have lost our habit of talking, looking into
our eyes.
I wish in my future there was more time to create
relationships, less pollution and more time to spend with
my family and my friends.
Hope for my dreams,
Jordan Melidor-Fuxis, Martinique
Sometimes the description of the future sounds
like the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Technology will bring solutions Nevertheless, the fact that there are dirty and nuclear
Mahmut Unutmaz, TURKEY bombs or weapons of mass destruction might not
prevent a decent life on earth. The use of new technology
has created negative things but it has also created
Personally I am not optimistic about my future life positive things such as solar panels,
because I know that I will have to face many difficulties . sea water purification...
For example: finding an appropriate job. It is an important The future certainly creates fears in me but
problem especially in my country, where the unemployment at the same time I still have some hope.
rate is really high. So unfortunately I wont be able choose In my opinion life wont be easy! It is up
a job I really want. Instead of it I will choose a job whose to my generation to come up with solutions
working areas are wide. So it will not be difficult to find a in order to survive.
well paid job for me.
Maybe I am not so optimistic about my personal life but on
the other hand I am not completely pessimistic about the
future of our planet. I know we have many problems such
as environmental pollution, global warming and nuclear
weapons but I believe that although technology brought
these problems to us, it will bring the solution to these
problems too. For instance: by developing new technologies
such as electrical vehicles clean energy. We will be able
to diminish the level of environmental pollution and maybe
stop global warming. But unfortunately I am not optimist
about the nuclear weapons; probably world nations will
not give up nuclear weapons. On the contrary they will
produce more sophisticated nuclear arsenals in the future.

14 Get it! The European Feeling

 Learning from the past

Freedom
for the future
Freedom is so important.
We never really think
about it. But imagine a
world where you couldnt
just say what you think,
where you couldnt tell
everyone what you see,
where you could be ar-
rested immediately, with-
out reason or process.
Imagine a world where
all your freedom would
be taken away. Unbeliev-
able, isnt it?
In our city, Hardenberg, a
monument was revealed.
It was in memory of the
several things that played
in the II World War. The is-
sues were freedom, loss,
resistance and grief.

I wrote a poem for the rev-

elation. I put it below. I had
to read it out in front of 150
people with the monument
behind me. I got nice feed-
back from everyone. Eve-
ryone liked it very much. I
hope you like it too!

Why were people detained?

Why were people tortured?
Why were people killed?
Why were Jews gassed?
Its unbelievable, isnt it?
That someone thinks to have to right
to steal a life?
But it happened!
Here as well, about 70 years ago.
one was suppressed,
captured,
forced,
executed.
The main duty was taken away:
Fort de France as I imagine it in the future, the right of freedom.
Objects levitating through magnetism, intensive use of
renewable energy sources, solar panels, hanging gardens,
intelligent robots and bubbles that can absorb pollution.
Cindy Angama, 4me 2, Martinique

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Contribuci
MODa, belleza o mrqueting
ANTONIO OLMEDO, History Art teacher at IES BAIX CAMP, REUS, ESPANYA
Actualmente la belleza es un concepto
del que se habla poco pero que tiene una
influencia indudable en nuestras vidas. Es
preciso sentarse un rato ante el televisor
para comprobar la cantidad de esfuerzos
y de dinero que gastamos diariamente
para mantenernos guapos: ropa, cremas,
dietas, gimnasia, peluquera, clnicas de
esttica... Qu poder de atraccin tiene
esta palabra, que parece que todo gira
alrededor suyo? Ests mirando una pelcula
y un(a) amigo/a te dice: Ah, qu actor
ms feo!. A ver, es un actor. Qu nos
importa que sea guapo o no? Pues parece
que s, importa mucho. De ah que los
actores ms famosos sean, habitualmente,
los ms atractivos fsicamente y no
necesariamente, los ms capaces.
Parece que este fenmeno social adquiere
una importancia especial entre los
adolescentes; vestirse, andar peinado
o tener una figura que se acerca a los
cnones de belleza que marca la moda
ms actual, puede llegar a constituir
una cuestin de vida o de muerte. Y si
os parece que exagero, podis pensar en
todas las vctimas que la moda provoca
cada da, mediante enfermedades tales
como la anorexia o la bulimia
Fashion is based on manipulation
of taste to create new needs and make
new objects desirable.
Sin embargo, llegados a este punto se plantea una pregunta:
qu relacin existe entre belleza y moda? Si consultamos un
diccionario, encontraremos que, bsicamente, se llama belleza
a aquella calidad sensible de las cosas que nos hace estimarlas y
provoca en nosotros admiracin y deleite espiritual.
A pesar de la ambigedad de esta definicin, todo el mundo
est convencido de que puede identificar, sin lugar a dudas, la
belleza cuando se est frente a ella, y que si una cosa es bella
para uno, debe serlo tambin para el resto de la humanidad. No
obstante, la experiencia nos demuestra que no es as. Basta con
una mirada superficial a la historia del arte para observar que
los modelos de belleza actuales no coinciden, a menudo, con
los de otras pocas. De hecho, el concepto de belleza est muy
estrechamente relacionado con el del gusto, aquella sensibilidad
especial que nos permite discernir lo bello y lo feo. Pero el gusto
se forma y se educa.
16 Get it! The European Feeling
Por otra parte, hablamos de moda para
referirnos a aquel uso o costumbre que
est en voga durante algun tiempo. En
sentido estricto, la moda se refiere a
los cambios que se han ido produciendo
en la indumentaria segun la poca y
la civilizacin. Histricamente estos
cambios eran consecuencia de la
evolucin de la humanidad. Pero en
la sociedad moderna actual esto ha
cambiado. El triunfo del capitalismo
industrial ha instaurado un sistema
econmico basado en la produccin
y comercializacin masiva de bienes,
que obliga a mantener y aumentar
indefinidamente el consumo de las
familias para evitar que el sistema
se pare. Esta necesidad de mantener
y ampliar continuamente el mercado
ha transformado la moda en una
estrategia de mrqueting destinada
a promover y mantener el consumo
entre la poblacin. La moda est
basada en la manipulacin del gusto
para crear nuevas necesidades y hacer
deseables nuevos objetos. De esta
manera el gusto deja de ser un medio
de discernimiento y nos convierte en
esclavos de la moda. Slo lo nuevo es bello y, slo aquello que
est de moda es deseable.
Under the influence of fashion, we dont
realize that models dont need to be
so thin in order to be beautiful, but so
that clothes look better.
Esta manipulacin del gusto se pone claramente de manifiesto en
relacin con cnon de belleza femenina. As, podemos observar
como un tipo de profesional particular, la modelo, escogida
expresamente para hacer de percha, es decir, para conseguir que
la ropa parezca tan bella como sea posible para que la gente la
compre, se ha convertido gracias a la influencia de la moda en los
medios de comunicacin en el cnon de belleza deseado por todo
el mundo y, especialmente, por los adolescentes. Influidos por la
moda no nos damos cuenta de que la modelo no tiene que estar
muy delgada para ser ms bella, sino para que la ropa que lleva
luzca con su mximo esplendor. Normalmente, la indumentaria
sirve para realzar la belleza de la mujer; pero en el caso de
las modelos, es lo contrario, son las mujeres las que estn al
servicio del vestido que llevan. Por eso,considerar una modelo
como cnon de belleza constituye un gran error. Muchas mujeres
que han sido consideradas ejemplos de belleza femenina no
se adaptaron en absoluto a este cnon instaurado por la moda
actual.
 Time Machine

Albrecht Drer, Eva (1507).

Venus de Milo, (c. 130-100 aC)
Venus of Willendorf, (c. 22.000 aC)

Rubens, Andromeda (c. 1638) Marilin Monroe, actriz (1926-1962) Modelo siglo XXI
Get it! The European Feeling 17
Reflexions
EL rac filsof deL
Felios en temps de crisi?
Jose Miguel Garca Labiano, IES BAIX CAMP, REUS
Preguntaven al fams director de cine Wody Allen (Nova York,
1 de desembre de 1935): Sr. Allen, vost qu prefereix, diners o
felicitat?. I la resposta va ser la segent: Prefereixo els diners,
perqu gaireb totes les coses que em fan feli costen molt.
La felicitat s un sentiment al qual tots aspirem; podem diferir
en la seva definici, per, el que s sabem, quan hem viscut un
moment feli, s que voldrem que fos etern. Per el cam per
arribar-hi no el trobarem a Google Earth. Hi ha tantes rutes
com a persones. Cadasc tria la seva. En la societat del consum
en la que estem submergits els habitants del mn occidental,
sha venut la idea de la felicitat com quelcom que podem
comprar, suplint les mancances emocionals amb ladquisici de
bns per tal de fer-nos sentir ms realitzats i acostar-nos aix
a la nostra felicitat personal. El consumisme actua per mantenir
la inversi emocional entre treball i famlia. Exposats a un bombardeig
continu danuncis durant una mitjana diria de tres hores de televisi
(la meitat de tot el seu temps de lleure), els treballadors sn persuadits
que necessiten ms coses. Per comprar el que ara necessiten, necessiten
diners. Per guanyar diners, treballen ms hores. Passant tantes hores
fora de casa, compensen la seva absncia amb regals que costen diners.
Materialitzen lamor. I aix continua el cicle.
A. Russell Hochschild
A la felicitat shi arriba quan assolim objectius personals, i
en la societat actual aquests objectius consisteixen a tenir....
una bona casa, un bon cotxe, la tele de plasma, unes bones
vacances, etc. La felicitat i el consum tenen avui en dia una
relaci perillosament estreta. Per qu passa en temps de crisi
quan no tenim accs a la casa, ni al cotxe, ni a les vacances? s
possible ser feli en temps de crisi ? Potser s ms fcil trobar
la felicitat en aquests temps.. Epicur, el filsof grec, creia
que Tots podem trobar una manera de ser felios, per busquem al
lloc equivocat. En aquesta societat, amb tan baixa tolerncia
a les frustracions, necessitem recrrer a les coses materials
per omplir un buit que no ens molestem a esbrinar don ve. No
tenim temps per saber-ho perqu hem daconseguir ser felios
al ms aviat possible i per sempre.
La felicitat, per, s un estat fugisser que sens escapa de les
mans, i per omplir les mans buides no serveixen els objectes, sin
lesfor de cadasc. Ens enganyem consumint, pensant que amb
diners sadquireixen els valors cobejats per aquesta societat.
Quan el que caldria s mirar al nostre voltant i treballar per
fer la vida el ms agradable possible a les persones estimades,
daquesta manera nosaltres tamb serem felios. Ser conscients
que compartim els mateixos espais emocionals amb daltre
gent i que aquesta gent, igual que nosaltres, tamb segueix
el seu cam cap a la felicitat. Aquest sentiment dempatia
compartida s lnic que ens pot fer felios.
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El poder simblic dels mitjans
Sergi Castillo Anguera 2n BAT A IES BAIX CAMP, REUS
Els mitjans de comunicaci ocupen gran part de la nostra vida,
sobretot la televisi, amb la qual ens podem arribar a passar ms
de quatre hores al dia. Els mitjans tenen una doble dimensi, un
doble poder: el dun mitj normal i corrent, que t la finalitat
dinformar, i el segon, el simblic.
El poder simblic, s la influencia que tenen els mitjans en
lespai pblic amb el qual creen un procs dhomogenetzaci
de la societat, dirigint als espectadors com si fossin masses
dadoctrinament. Aix que es genera una societat on les persones
estan constantment condicionades. Podem observar en sries de
televisi com Skins, House, CSI... que ens fan creure en un mn
irreal, en el qual apareixen uns estereotips amb els quals els
joves davui en dia volen identificar-se. Quin adolescent que ha
vist Skins o altres sries dadolescents i no se li ha ocorregut
voler ser com algun protagonista, o creure que la vida daquella
persona pot ser la seva. O la gent que creu que s molt fcil curar
una persona, desprs dhaver vist House...
Els mitjans dirigeixen els espectadors
com si fossin masses dadoctrinament,
generant una societat de persones
constantment condicionades.
La tendncia de la televisi s condicionar el nostre coneixement,
a travs dinformacions que busquen lefectisme sentimental,
els fets ms sensacionals o les catstrofes ms grans. Busquen
lentreteniment de masses, amb programes dentreteniment com
reality shows o programes de cor, que formen la teleescombraria.
I aquesta, normalment augmenta grcies a linters que t la
societat per conixer histries estpides com la vida de la Paris
Hilton o de la Victoria Beckham, noms cal veure com molts
temes de conversaci sn sobre aquestes celebritats.
A ms, a la televisi tamb trobem la publicitat, que t un
gran pes, ja que sense ella molts canals privats no existirien.
Aquesta necessitat, fa que passi a ser la principal preocupaci
de qualsevol televisi, i aix es pot observar en qualsevol canal
privat, ja que podem veure dinou minuts de publicitat en una
sola hora de televisi, i sense comptar la publicitat subliminal
que hi ha a la programaci.
 Avui i dem
Quan la fbrica de somnis
es troba amb la realitat
Michaela Sass, LISA MEITNER GYMNASIUM, Neuenhaus

De tant en tant, tots ens parem

a pensar en el nostre futur. Aix
Podem creure que s veritat la informaci que ens arriba? Doncs
s absolutament natural, perqu
la veritat, s que no ens haurem de fiar molt della, ja que
ning no pot evitar el pas del
la majoria ha estat seleccionada i manipulada amb lobjectiu
temps i tots creixem (encara que
dobtenir algun benefici propi. Un clar exemple s el que es va
alguns ms que altres). Un tema
produir amb als atemptats dels 11/03/2004 a Madrid, on els
important en aquests pensaments
mitjans afirmaven que havia estat ETA, quan en realitat era Al
s la tria de la nostra futura
Qaeda, ja que hi havien eleccions al cap de tres dies.
feina. Aquesta feina hauria de ser
Crec que els mitjans de comunicaci creen la nostra manera de
adequada als nostres interessos
ser i els nostres coneixements, per aix hem de tenir cura del
i habilitats, per aquests poden
que mirem a la tele i del que ens creiem, ja que podem acabar
canviar sovint. Els plans ms
manipulats per ells i actuant com ells volen.
interessants pel nostre futur els
fem, sense cap dubte, quan som
suficientment joves per ignorar la
realitat.
Les sries de
televisi
ens mostren un El millor moment per somiar s quan la realitat
mn irreal, ple d no s res ms que mals rumors
estereotips amb Comencem pel comenament: leducaci primria. Vaig
els quals molts
preguntar a alguns alumnes de quart qu volien ser quan
jo s davui en dia
ve
volen identificar- fossin grans. Les seves respostes no van ser cap sorpresa: la
se. majoria dels nens volien ser estrelles de futbol i la resta,
pilots davi, per no qualsevol mena de pilots, sin pilots
acrobtics o de combat. Les respostes de les nenes tampoc
eren realistes. Volien ser especialistes de cine o detectius.
Quan els vaig preguntar per qu es decantaven per aquestes
feines, em van dir que quan les veien per la tele, semblaven
guais. Pel contrari, els nens es mostraven influenciats per les
seves prpies aficions.

Ets el que menges i esdevens all que vols...

i el mateix serveix pel contrari
La manera en qu alguns nens i nenes van descartar algunes
Curar una feines tamb va resultar curiosa: no volien ser metges
malaltia sembla la cosa perqu la sang s fastigosa, ni treballar en un forn perqu
ms fcil del mn desprs
aix obliga a aixecar-se massa dhora i ser mossn s avorrit,
dhaver vist House.
perqu a ning li agrada passar-se el dia pregant. Podem
veure com simples canvis dhumor poden influir en el que els
nens volen o no volen ser.

La realitat s rpida per els somnis sn tossuts

La tele busca lentreteniment
de masses, amb programes com
reality shows o programes del cor,
que formen la teleporqueria. I
aquesta, normalment augmenta
grcies a linters que t la
societat per conixer histries
estpides com la vida de la Paris
Hilton.
Quan arribem al nostre ltim curs a lescola, s clar, ja
no som tan ingenus. Si no fos aix, la nostra civilitzaci
es collapsaria, amb tothom treballant noms de pilot i
despecialista de cine. Al llarg dels ltims anys hem aprs
que no podem fer tot el que vulguem i que no s fcil tenir
la feina que ens agradaria. Aquesta prdua de llibertat s
una mica trista i jo crec que tots haurem de recordar, de
tant en tant, quins eren els nostres somnis perqu, encara
que no sigui realista, haurem de conservar una mica de
creativitat.

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SUMMER CAMP POLAND

Hel Peninsula
15-18 May 2010

Who?All members of
G@t it!
WHAT? Met for th
e last time
Where? by the
Jastrzbia Gr Baltic Sea,
a, Poland
When? 15-18 May
2010
WHY? To celebrate
Jastrzbia Gra,

the European Feelin together

g

La primera etapa de la visita

en la Pennsula de Hel fur el Fokarium,
un departamento de la Universidad de
Gdask que cuida de la Foca Gris, foca
ms grande que vive en el Mar Bltico.
Se estima que su poblacin alcanza
el nmero de 22000 focas. Aquellos
animalitos corren peligro de extincin,
y estn protegidos por la ley. Adems de
Fun and training
aprender cosas sobre aquella especie,
tuvimos la oportunidad de ver cmo se
les daba de comer, cmo los entrenaban,
lo que fue muy divertido.

Despus de ver las focas

caminamos hasta la punta de la
peninsula, y luego hicimos una pequea
excursin para visitar el Museum
of Coastal Defense que muestra la
historia militar de Hel y de la Marina
polaca. Tambin conmemora el herosmo
de los soldados polacos que lucharon, en
1939, durante 32 das contra el ejrcito
alemn, antes de rendirse para no perder
ms vidas.
Time to eat
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Motorboat cruise - an amazing experience
Students from Poland and Martinique at Hel Peninsule.
Lo ltimo, y para muchos, lo mejor
de esta excursin en la Pennsula de Hel,
fue un crucero en speedboat durante
el que pudimos ver la antigua Base Naval
de Torpedo en Babie Doy, unos restos
de naufragios militares, y el banco de
arena de Seagull una estrecha franja
de aguas poco profundas Entre Rewa y
Kunica de un lado de la Baha de Puck
al otro. Adems, la excursin fue muy
excitante por la velocidad de los barcos,
que nos dej a todos pasmados.
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 GDANSK Solidarity Square, Three Crosses Staute, Freedom
Museum, Upland Gate, Motawa River, Old Town, Gdask Shipyard, Westerplatte
Empezamos nuestra visita
en Solidarity Square, justo cerca a la
puerta n2 del Astillero de Gdask,
donde est la estatua llamada Three
Motawa River and the Old Town Crosses Statue . Seguimos con el Freedom
Museum donde pudimos ver la historia del
sindicato Solidaridad y su papel en el
derrumbamiento del comunismo, la cada
del teln de acero, as como el efecto
domin que llev a la libertad a los
dems pases del bloque comunista.

La etapa siguiente: Upland

Gate y la Torre de la Crcel en la cual
visitamos el Museo del mbar y la Casa
de la Tortura. Pasamos por Golden Gate
y seguimos por Long Street-the Kings
Track, admirando hermosas casas que
nos recordaban las casas de nuestros
amigos holandeses, en las ciudades de
Amsterdam y La Haya.
Hicimos una parada a la Fuente de
Neptuno, punto cental para todos los
turistas que vienen a Gdask. Despus de
una breve descripcin de Artus Court y
Golden House pasamos por la Puerta
Verde y llegamos al muelle de Motawa
river con sus gras de puerto ms grandes.

Un corto paseo por Mariacka

Street Se acab frente a la Iglesia St.
Mary, la iglesia ms grande del mundo,
hecha de ladrillos. Dentro de la iglesia,
vimos sepulcros antiguos, el altar, y
pinturas al fresco. Los ms valientes
entre nosotros decidieron subir a la Torre
de la Iglesia. 400 peldaos, era un gran
desafo, pero la recompensa fue inmensa,
al llegar arriba: un panorama increble
sobre la ciudad de Gdask.
Westerplatte

Gdask Shipyard
Gate 2

Three Crosses Statue Gdask Shipyard

22 Get it! The European Feeling
 Otra excursin fue a Malbork donde
todos pudimos visitar el mayor Castillo gtico del
MALBORK CASTLE,
the largest brick gothic castle in the world.
mundo, todo hecho de ladrillos. Fue un verdadero
viaje hacia el pasado.

G@t it! in Malbork

En el Castillo Inferior
pudimos ver la zona de la ciudad, donde
estaban tiendas y talleres. Tambin fue
posible visitar la armera del castillo.

En el Castillo Alto visitamos

el monasterio de la orden teutnica.
El Castillo Medio fue diseado All, los Caballeros Teutnicos hacan sus
para los invitados; todos los visitantes elecciones y tomaban todas las decisiones
pudieron admirar tanto cmaras importantes para el Estado Monstico
magnficas con adornos, como el Teutnico. Tambin vimos la crcel para
hospital medieval y el cuartel general los nobles encerrados con el objetivo de
administrativo. exigir rescate, lo que era lo ms popular
para tener ingresos en aquella poca.

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 EVENING ACTIVITIES
exploration, interaction and sharing inside a mixture of different languages and contexts

INTEGRATION

Above, international cuisine.

Below, students from
different countries writing
the editorial for issue 3.

First we decided
to introduce ourselves to
each other through cuisine.
Each country brought a little
something for everybody to
get the taste of their culture.
The main point of the late
evening was a role play of the
very famous Im flying Jack!
scene from the movie Titanic.
All students, previously
divided into international
groups of 11, received the
scripts in order to translate
them into their own languages
and present in to the
audience. It was brilliant to
see the scene enacted in 10
different languages!
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 BAPTISING to the sea PRESENTATION EVENING
Thanks to Ms Noriko Osaka we had a unique opportunity
to taste a bit of a Japanese culture. Ms Osaka introduced
everybody to the basics of Japanese language and gave a
short presentation on traditional Japanese dance, which
everyone practiced around the table on which Ms Osaka was
standing.

Later, students from Vechtdal College acquainted all

partners with their country during an interactive quiz about
Holland.

The final part of the evening were the presentations.

The idea behind it was to present the countries in a least
encyclopedic way. The students showed three things they
were proud of as well as three they were not so proud of,
so everybody could feel the young spirit of the nations. The
second part of the presentation was short, simple but funny-
each country was to write the very first word that associates
with the rest of the participating nations so we all could see
the power of stereotypes.

Last evening was a rather relaxing one. Everybody

could taste Polish traditional cuisine and the most frequent
question was how do you call that thing pointing at
bigos,smalec and kiszone ogrki. During the barbecue Mrs.
Wilk, headmistress of the Polish school, presented delegations
with a commemorative plaque to remind everybody of the
time spent in Poland. Later that evening there was a Disco for
all of the participants of the camp but the spirit of integration
was still to come: Karaoke appeared to be the united effort.

Polish devils. Below, run for Tobasco.

On the left, Neptune and Prosperine.

This evening was a traditional Polish test for our

guests. Each country had to prove if they were worthy. Led by
Neptune and his wife Proserpine, all students made their way
for the obstacle course. After completing many spine-chilling
and mouth burning tasks, each country had to make Neptune
and his wife happy with a short but extremely entertaining
performance. The final quest was to kiss a beheaded herring
resting on Proserpines knee. In the end every contestant Party time
received a certificate to commemorate the event.

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 3R

Recicla, Reduce, Reutiliza

BOTELLAS PET
Mria Kubkov, Levice, Slovakia

Do not be comfortable and recycle! 2

1 3
1

1
1: Recogimos botellas PET durante 5 das en la
escuela. 2: Dispositivo para comprimir botellas
PET.3 : Comprimimos las botellas colecta de 5
das.
Slo algunas semanas antes, los estudiantes de nuestra escuela no reciclaban las botellas PET. Las echaban todas al cubo
de basura, y se acumulaban en el vertedero.
Se necesita 500 aos para que las botellas PET desaparezcan de la naturaleza. La escuela compr un dispositivo sencillo
que puede comprimir la botellas PET. Botellas comprimidas se recogen y se reciclan. Se pueden reutilizar para producir
tejidos o muebles, por ejemplo..

RECOGER AGUA DE LLUVIA

Clia Bazabas, Martinique
un HUERTO BIO
Amanda BAZABAS et Anne-Sophie TARDIF, 4e2, Martinica

Reduce: Echando menos residuos orgnicos y domsticos

REDUCIR: Para reducir nuestro consumo de agua, mi familia a los cubos de la basura.
ha instalado un depsito de agua en el jardn. Recogemos
el agua de lluvia y la utilizamos para las tareas domsticas, Recicla: Recuperando estos residuos domsticos y
la jardinera, y otros trabajos. Usamos el agua del grifo slo mezclndolos con residuos verdes.
para beber, cocinar, y para ducharnos.
Son muy corriente en Martinica los depsitos de agua Reutiliza: Fertilizando los huertos con este abono bio
privados. casero.

26 Get it! The European Feeling

 3R
eas
Creative id Resusing old cooking oil

w i n g - g umtree SOAPMAKING
Che INGREDIENTS
Ivan Iglesias, Sergio Reyes 2 ESO IES BAIX CAMP, REUS

2 liters of used
oil.
300gr caustic so
da.
1.5 liter of wate
r.
Bucket
Wooden stick
Strain
Soap mold

1. Pour the water and the

e in Engla nd caustic soda in the bucket and
Chew ing-gum tre stir with the wooden stick to
therlands.
It s a ar t in the Ne e mix the ingredients
m can be re
use d . schools in th
Chewing-gu g- gu m tr e es on some c h e w in g- 2. Let the mixture rest for five
me chewin e exists a
There are so fu n n y. A nd in Seattl co m e to paste minutes.
s. It looks city
Netherland all over the
, w h e re p eople from n th e tr ee.
gumwall e ir ch e w ing-gum o
th

Recycling can
be something
creative and
recycling amusing
Roberta Raffae
old jeans
le, Italy

Material:
jeans,
a plastic bowl,
r,
glue, a plastic containe
hot glue,
little red string, 3. Add used oil to the mixture using a strain
pieces of pink plastic, and stir with the wooden stick for 10 minutes
fabric glue,
scissors

Cut little st
ripes 0,50 cm
Be careful to height.
Roll the stri th
pes in a strict e seams.
Put at the bo spiral form an
ttom of the d glue it.
littlestripes plastic cont
ainer the 4. Pour the liquid into the
of jeans with molds
Let them dry glue.
. 5. Let it dry and cut the bars

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Getting
Involved
What is behind your chocolate?
I`m certain you know something about Third World Countries like Sudan, Etyopia, Yemen
or Sierra Leone. They are places where bananas, cocoa, coffee, tea, rice, cotton and
many other goods come from. For us they are sources of delicious food, but for people,
who work on plantations this is a real hell. Drissa is a girl who is a slave, and once she
said a very horrible but true sentence:
When you eat chocolate, you eat my flesh A Fair purchasing
Elettra Nigro Italy
These people work in inhuman conditions, deprived of home and health
Speaking with my classmates and my
care. Unfair wages aren`t enough to cover simple costs of living. According to one
teachers about Unfair and Fair
organisation in the whole world about 150 mln children are slaves. Generally they Trade I have learnt the importance
are between 6 to 16 years old and normal working day goes on even for 12 hours. I of the Fair Trade Certification.
want to go to school, I don`t want to work I`ve had enough, I`m tired of working-
It has been introduced during
said Jamal a young boy from Yemen, who has gone blind since he didn`t get protection recent years to guarantee not only
googles during welding. His mate told a journalist that he would like to be a doctor, fair prices but also the principles
of ethical purchasing such as
but his dream could never realize. This is so terrible, that all they can do is dream
respecting the international human
about better future. . . rights and the environment, banning
the child labour, unsafe work places
Aleksandra Arendt, IIP, Poland and long work hours.

This certification covers a large

variety of products: bananas,
coffee, coca, cotton and is widely
used worldwide, so..

What should we do?

Everyone should think about what we do, because we started this situation ourselves.
This problem will probably always exist in our world because there are people, who
are egotistic and insensitive to the suffering of others. For such people only money is
important. But together we can make it better.
Sylwia Potka IIE, Poland

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 Getting involved
Why are jeans by
Lidl & Co so cheap?
G-Star Raw:
Saskia Pollex, Germany

High profits low wages

Stop poverty 2015
The Amsterdam headquartered international denim brand G-Star Raw supports the eight
United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) to bring extreme poverty down
How can discounters like Lidl and Kik until 2015 by presenting specially designed art objects in the main store windows of 162
make high profits with low prices? These G-Star stores worldwide. Visitors of the G-Star website are invited to take action and send
shops produce their goods basically in their idea how to end poverty to world leaders.
Bangladesh, but do not feel responsible
for the working conditions there,
which are against international safety
standards.
Twenty-four old Suma Sarkers is a good
example of bad working- and safety
conditions. Her shift begins at 8 am and
ends at about 10 pm. She does not have
many free days and overtime is mostly
not paid for. With about 30 to 50
per month she is one of the highly-paid
workers there!

Terrible working conditions

In Germany her trousers are sold for only
about 10 and sometimes even for only
3 . To make this possible, discounters
put big pressure on producers. This is
the reason why many workers do not
have a work contract. Many employees
are not constantly paid and 90 % of them
work for 14,30 29,70 per month.
Furthermore, they do not have any
social security, so if they get ill, they
have to take unpaid leave.
www.endpoverty2015.org.
Enormous influence of big companies
The big companies uses their enormous
influence to force the contractors to Many of the products are produced in developing countries. How eco-
produce faster, cheaper and more nomic, social and cultural rights are quaranteed in those countries? Rather
flexibly. than having our own factories, G-Star works with suppliers who share the same
Looking at the the costs, it becomes values as G-Star and who are committed to continuous improvement of their
apparent that only 1 % accounts for the business, processes and policies. In this process, G-Star prefers to maintain
cost of labour , 11 % for transport and long-term relationships with its suppliers in order to achieve a truly sustainable
taxes, 13 % for factory costs and 20 % form of collaboration and to provide mutual assistance.
for media. The biggest share, with 50
% and more, is allocated for the retail
sector, the market share of which is
What is G-Stars contribution to stop poverty?
continuously growing. Today we support over 25 projects via our local partners in several countries
where our production takes place. These projects aim to help:
Be aware of what you wear! 1) Children and young people. We provide education and vocational training that
So is also very important that we as the will help them and their families to have a better future;
consumers are prepared to pay more for 2) Entrepreneurs to pursue their business dreams. G-Star wants to encourage
clothes, but more than 70 % think that people with great ideas to start a business by providing grants, loans and knowl-
only the industry and trade concerns are edge.
responsible to stop these conditions. If
we do not become more sensitive about
this subject, Suma Sarkers working
G-Star believes that by supporting children and entrepreneurs, we can help
conditions and those of millions of other make parts of the developing world a better place. At the same time, we directly
workers in the textile industry will never contribute to two of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals:
change. achieving universal primary education and eradicating extreme poverty and hun-
ger.
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TOP 5
Free time on the net Klaudia Baranowska, POLAND
Nowadays, the Internet is the media comparable with press, radio and television. The Internet delivers information from the whole
world to every user regardless of the place they are in. Millions of people use the Internet each day for many different ways. What
exactly do most people do while there are online? We carried out a survey amongst G@t it! partnership countries under the title
How do you spend your free time on the Internet? and these are results:

1 2 3 4 5
Social Instant Gaming Shopping
networking messaging
Games attract Everybody likes
One of the most popular children, young people shopping. With the
online activities. You and adults as well. Internet it's easier.
can find old friends or Almost everyone has Doing it online saves
meet new people from their favourite game. your time and money.
all over the world. We It's obvious that there You don't waste your
can add videos, create are many kinds of money because on the
photo albums or share Seeking games. Online games net you can find a lot of
interesting links and information are good for spending special offers and sales
have fun while doing it. free time without and you have a chance
Most people log on boredom. to compare prices. You
IM is very popular to the net to seek can buy everything,
among young people. out information. Its , for example fancy
The thing is that you nothing difficult to clothes, food or cell
can send an instant type a few words which phones, the choice is
message to your are interesting for us great, but don't forget
friends. Its a simple and click search. that you may be tricked
way to communicate. In few minutes you with online shopping.
Its hard to forget about can receive thousands
funny emoticons which results. WWW is a
are sometimes a big source of knowledge
part of conversation. ;) and entertainment.

30 Get it! The European Feeling

 BARTENIUS CORNER
Fashion Through time

SUDOKU,
Arnau Montas, 2 ESO B IES BAIX CAMP

1 9 7
8 3 9 4 5

4 6 8

1 5

7 6 8 3

2 9 4 7 8

8 1 2 7 6

6 1 3 2 9

4
By Charlotte Benoish, Collge Franois Mauriac
FRANCE
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Bartenius
Crossword by Rachel Mercan, Martinique

1) You can go for it with your friends./2) Its a condition./ 3) Everyone wears some. /4) You get it at the end of the week or the
month./ 5) In sports its a group./ 6) A luxurious individual boat / 7) Not important / 8) It is a place where a company or an
organization is located.

1 7

5 8)headquarters
7)trivial
6)yacht
6 5)team
4)salary
3)clothes
2)social
1)shopping
ANSWERS:

Carla Abell 1 ESO A

Ies Baix Camp WORDS SEARCH PUZZLE

B L O U S E G U V K A S V X S
U T Q S P O R T S W E A R Z H
N R E Y H S X E H I S N K S H
I O C A R D I G A N C D H W C
F U X J E A N S T O D A F E T
O S B A T H R O B E V L P A R
R E V C X Q U T C Z G S D T A
M R A K T I G H T S H O R S I
Q S C E R Y T B O E A P E H N
B O O T S S O C K S T S S I E
O S A S U G N F R H U K S R R
X T T T O X E D O I L I B T S
E V E I Z B C K A R P R I R H
R U M E S H O E S T A T A J A
S R E P P I L S W F I L P E O
BLOUSE / SHIRT / SWEATSHIRT / CARDIGAN / JACKET / DRESS / SUIT /
SKIRT / BOOTS / SHOES / TRAINERS / SANDALS / SLIPPERS / SOCKS /
TIGHTS / BRA / BATHROBE / BOXERS / SPORTSWEAR / TOXEDO / CAP /
JEANS / TIE / COAT / HAT / TROUSERS / UNIFORM /
Lucas Courouge, Collge Franois Mauriac, FRANCE

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 Denunciando
Problemas sociales
PICTURE BY Marina Abramovi,
Serbian artist, 1948
NO A la violencia Domstica!
El ao pasado 55 mujeres fueron matadas
por su pareja. El 30% de ellas ya haban
visto antes a la polica. Adems, hay
ms de 400 quejas oficiales cada da
en Espaa.Creemos que no conocemos
a ninguna mujer viviendo situacin tan
horrible, pero, quin sabe? Muy pocas
mujeres se atreven a denunciar
No es justo!
Aicha Hissa, Paula Caballero, Helen Daza &
Silvana Contijoch,
1 ESO C IES BAIX CAMP, SPAIN
Un problema cada vez ms
frecuente en nuestra sociedad:
la violencia contra las mujeres.
Tenemos que aprovechar
la suerte que tenemos:
si vivimos en una familia
unida, en la que reina
el amor, la alegra,
la paz. Disfrutmoslo!
4me2, MARTINICA
ALCOHOLISM,
Alcoholism is a major cause
of traffic accidents in Spain.
According to the European Roa
d
Safety Charter, between 30/5
0
% of mortal accidents in Spain
are caused because of alcohol
consumption. In our opinion,
drivers must avoid drinking
alcohol before driving. Not
because of the fines, but their
own lives and the lives of those
people in and out of the car.
Francisco Cano, Christian Hurtado,
Alex Guerris and Guillem Creus
1 ESO C IES BAIX CAMP, SPAIN
DRUG ADDICTION
There is no country that can be
saved from drugs.I think that
every one of us has tried some
kind of drug. Nowadays smaller
and smaller children are trying
various kinds of soft drugs. When
I asked my schoolmates in age
17-19. There was nobody who
did not try at least one of soft
drugs like tabacoo, alcohol or
marihuana. This is a huge social
problem for all of us and the
whole world.
ZDRUEN STREDN KOLA,
Levice, SLOVAKIA
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Getting to know

INDIA:
POLAND: 13 % Unemployment Casts discrimination
Maciej Gryglewski, Summit Pal, IES BAIX CAMP, REUS, SPAIN
V LICEUM OGOLNOKSTALCACE JAKUBA WEJHERA, Wejherowo Foto: Fundaci Vicente Ferrer, Anantapur

According to tradition, I belong

Unemployment is a significant problem for the Polish economy. The to Shudras cast. I used to live
joblessness in Poland is assessed at 13 %. It has increased lately owing to in a region in northern India
the liquidation of the dockyard in the city of Gdynia. It was winded up in known as Punjab, in Ropar, where
2009 and all workers were made redundant. discrimination against low casts is
Every single employer got a very big severance pays which are estimated not very severe. However, in other
from 15.000 to 50.000 zloty. Now, the unemployed are taking intensive regions, explicit discrimination
courses in order to reskill. But some of them, mainly the elder ones, still against casts is far from over despite
have difficulties finding a job because of their age. it was abolished by the Indian
A good many people work illegally which has also a bad influence on the Constitution in 1950.
economy.

Air pollution problem in Adyaman

TurKEY
Cumali Aydn
ADYAMAN ANATOLIAN HS, Adyaman Especially in last
iop,
ten years Air El Hadj D
IN
pollution became REUS, SPA
an important
problem in
winter months
in many parts of
Turkey. Especially
it became an
I think air pollution is the most
important problem
important problem in my city. Our because of using
local authorities 2 years gave up coal for heating
ignoring this problem and they started buildings.
using natural gasses for heating homes
and governmental buildings instead
of coal. But only half of the city
changed their heating method due to
high gas prices. So they could reduce
the problem at 30 percent rate. But
unfortunately it is not enough for our
lungs.

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 The Hinduist tradition divided
Indian society into 4 main
different casts arranged in
hierarchy:
Brahmins (teachers, scholars and
priests),
Kshatriyas (kings and warriors),
Vaishyas (artisans and traders),
and Shudras (farmers and
labourers).
Below them, the dalits or
untouchables represent 16
% of the population. The
untouchables had almost no
rights in the society.
SENEGAL:
60% ILLITERACY
In Senegal only 20% of boys and 16 % of girls
enroll in secondary schools. Only 40% of
people aged over 15 can read and write. Lots
of boys and girls cannot go to school because
they have to work in the countryside, in the
building industry or help at home.
I used to live in Rufisque, on the
outskirts of Dakar. Fortunately me and
my siblings could go to Notre Dame du
Cap Vert School until we were 13. There
everything was taught in French. Then I
studied in a secondary school until I was
16. At the age of 16, I came to Catalonia.
I didnt want to come but my dad advised
me to come in order to change and
improve my future. I am just about to
finish my secondary school studies and I
hope to continue my education enrolling
on a Vocational Study course.
other cultures
HONDURAS: Caos poltico y crisis
El segundo pas ms pobre de Centroamrica.
Muchos hondureos que viven, como
yo, en el extranjero, no podemos validar
nuestro pasaporte porque algunos pases
no pueden admitir al nuevo gobierno,
despus del golpe de estado de 2009.
El golpe de estado militar hondureo
del 29 de Junio de 2009 tena como
meta derrocar al presidente Zelaya
aliado con el Presidente venezolano Carolina Zepeda, 3 ESO A,
Hugo Chvez. IES BAIX CAMP, SPAIN
Zelaya intent reformar la
Constitucin para ser elegido otra vez
como Presidente.
Hubo muchos motines, asesinatos,
manifestaciones y enfrentamientos
entre los defensores de Zelaya
y sus opositores.
Cansado de la crisis poltica, Honduras
organiz nuevas elecciones pero
algunos pases todava se niegan a
aceptar el nuevo gobierno.
MOROCCO: Immigration
Fatima Ahrouch, Abdellah i Sara Maach REUS, SPAIN
Currently lots of people from Morocco, Central and South America, China,
Pakistan or Romania are living in Europe after having left their own countries in
order to improve their living conditions and offer their children a better future.
WWhy and how did we arrive here?
My dad was a building worker in Morocco but his salary was too low
to support the six of us. Thats the
reason why in 2000 he decided to
emigrate to Spain, where he tried to
find a work in the building industry.
After that, all of us came in here too.
Unfortunately he is unemployed at the
moment as a result of the crisis. Next
year I am going to start my studies to
become a nurse FATIMA
First of all, my dad came in to Spain on his own to work in the countryside.
He lived with my uncle in Reus. Once he got a house, he went to Morocco
to pick us up and all of us came in here. I actually did not want to come for
several reasons: I didnt say a word in Spanish or Catalan, I didnt want to
abandon my life there, etc. Now I have been living in Reus for 10 years, Ive
got used to it and I actually like it.
ABDELLAH
My parents are living in Morocco. Ive lived in Reus with my sister since 2007
because my parents thought itd be good for me to study here and learn some
languages; they wanted me to have a better future than in Morocco where
its really difficult to find a good job no matter how well you have prepared.
SARA
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 Des del pati

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

College FRANOIS MAURIAC, Lognan, FRANCE, www.ejournal.fi/mauriac
BESSENYEI GYRGY, Kisvrda, 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
ZDRUEN STREDN KOLA, Levice, SLOVAKIA, www.zssoaslv.edu.sk