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Technology has become a crucial part of our lives. II.    Platforms.        a. Google.        b. Gmail.        c. Zoom. III. Today’s society.      a. Before coronavirus.          1. Classes.          2. Workplaces.      b. Current situation.         1. Changes made because of the coronavirus. IV. Social media.      a. Main used application.           1. Instagram.          2. Twitter.   V. Technology can be considered a double edged sword. Because of our current situation, we have had to adapt to the resources that we have had at our disposal, Zoom among other platforms; yet, technology has also made people become less social, more jealous and less respectful. Nonetheless, positive aspects outweigh the negative side of technol...

  Nowadays, the vast majority of people wouldn ’ t be able to live without, at least, one technological device. We have shaped ourselves in a way where we have become dependent on today ’ s advances and, because of this, technology has become a crucial part of our lives. Google was a turning point in history. This corporation opened a new era in technology and, owing to it, we now have a lot of information at our fingertips. Had people who lived before Google had the chance to use it, they wouldn ’ t have probably used encyclopedias, but this platform. This same thought could be applied to Gmail. It is an extension of Google that has allowed thousands of people around the world to send files and information without having to have face-to-face meetings. In addition to this, Zoom has meant a changing point in history. Everything we think of can be made via zoom: talking, playing games, and, what ’ s more, teaching. Added to this, due to the virus, we have had to completely change...

 Few people would contest 2020 has been an easy year. We have undergone almost all the disasters a person could think of: we have gone from pandemics to explosions in Turkey. This year has shaken our lives and I would like to look back to the beginning of this year and analyze what has happened since then. January: in January, we were already off to a rough start. Memes of World War II started to spread across the Internet on account of the tweets Donald Trump would write. For weeks, this rumor kept going until it vanished a few weeks later. Nonetheless, it was not the only issue I could highlight. The Australian fires destroyed thousands of hectares, bringing down many houses and habitats where lots of animals used to live. The number of animals that died during the fire was uncountable and, throughout all the weeks animals and Australians had to go through this suffering, people from all over the world, like us, were watching these events on the TV. February: February can not ...

 Having a member of your close family abroad is not an easy situation for anyone. It makes everything different: you do not see them anymore whenever you feel like, you can only talk to them with a mobile phone, you cannot hug them… In my case, my older sister has been living in the USA for two years with her husband.  Watching your older sister move out of your life in such a short period of time is something that I had to process. Since I was born, she has been my role model. I have always looked up to her, yet, I guess at some point she had to grow out and I had to forcibly change into being the only daughter in my house and having to have a lot of alone time at home. Looking at the bright side of things, I got my cat so that I wouldn’t feel so lonely at home. My sister met her husband five years ago. Just as she met him, she would obviously talk to him non-stop, phone him three times per day, and hang out with him some days. Something had already changed; I had to under...

  Getting my driving license has been, without a doubt, one of the most rewarding and entertaining experiences of the last months. I wasn’t aware of how much effort you have to put in order to finally be able to drive. Nonetheless, everything I have had to go through has been worthwhile. My journey began in September, the second week of it. I went to ask for information to Ayala, a driving school near my home, and the very same evening I signed all the papers needed to begin the theory sessions. Even though I wanted to attend the lessons in the morning, they were no more places available, as there are restrictions regarding the seats they can offer so that they comply with the covid procedures. So, I went the first week from Tuesday to Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., approximately and, the following week, I attended the classes from Monday to Thursday in the same schedule. The first day was nerve-wracking: I didn’t know anyone, I was about to learn a lot of new information, I had t...

  People’s moral values can be easily shaken when they feel pressured by society.   II. Stages in life Kids Teenagers Adults III. Types of pressure Social pressure Beliefs IV.  Today’s society  Normalized acts Infidelity Disrespect V. Throughout our lives, we are going to be pressured by everyone around us to change our way of seeing things. 

  Try to define what you think about your topic in one sentence. People’s moral values can be easily shaken when there is social pressure. 2. Write down all the reasons that come to your mind that justify or explain your idea. Once done, underline the best ones (two or three). Each of these reasons could potentially be the central idea of the supporting paragraphs of your essay. Teenagers tend not to have their values fully established. Therefore, when there is peer pressure involved, they can change their values depending on what other young people do. Today’s society is really messed up. We have normalized acts that should not be considered as something that could happen to us if we were unlucky.  When people see others do wrong actions, they follow their lead. Instead of thinking about the consequences, they go with it without even considering that their friends might be wrong. People that do not follow what everyone is doing is bound to be isolated. That is why,...

Dear Professor Belmonte, I hope this email finds you well. I am Inés Pérez Velasco, one of the students that took “Prácticas de Redacción” last year. I hope you can assist me with an issue related to the Erasmus scholarship. Would you be willing to write a letter of recommendation that will help me get chosen for the exchange? Attached please find a copy of my CV. In case you need more information, I will be happy to share it.  Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this request and for your attention. Best regards, Inés Pérez. 

If focusing on a class while being in person was a challenge, now, with online classes, it is a true dare. There are many aspects of face-to-face classes that help you focus on class and almost none of them can be achieved through this new way of teaching. A downside I would highlight as the main struggle is participation. When being in class, you are surrounded by a studying atmosphere that encourages you to participate and, as a consequence, follow better the lessons you are being taught. Nevertheless, if you are at home, you feel cozy and as if there was no need to participate as there are other fifty students online that could do it, and, in class, about twenty peers that have that inspiring environment. The possibility of participating in class, unless you open the microphone as soon as the professor has said the question, is really slim. A solution to the problem of participating is to do more face-to-face classes. This resolution might lead to questions, such as: how are w...

  Talk shows are a worldwide phenomenon. First created shows in the USA, like The Late Night Show or The Oprah Winfrey Show , were pioneers in their time and they have influenced other producers all around the world to take the initiative and implement talk shows in their countries. As far as I am concerned, the USA is one of the countries with more talk shows in the world. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, James Corden, and Ellen DeGeneres are, mainly, running the talk shows at this moment. Their ranking took-off years ago and they have kept the rankings up since then. In my view, their popularity can be justified if we observe how much effort producers put into the sections of the show and the natural charisma the presenters have. For these reasons, spectators still like this kind of show; the directors renew what they do on the show every few months, the producers bring household celebrities, writers work extremely hard to come up with funny scripts, and so on. We only see the shallo...

 Social media have done a 360º turn in our lives. They have changed everything we have known until now: how to socialize, how we talk, what to wear, where to buy, and so on. Nonetheless, the journey of social media has been full of bumps. Some of them, like Instagram or Twitter, have influenced our way of seeing things and behaving around others. First and foremost, Instagram is one of the most used applications of all time. It has been in the app market for a couple of years and, since then, it has been earning non-stop profits and an increase of people using the app. What makes Instagram so special is the portrayal of fake desirable lives. Everyone wants to show the world how much fun they are having and all the thing they have. Needless to say, no one is going to post how miserable they are and how bad things are going for them. Even though they are going through a bad period of their lives, they will upload a photo where they show the joy and bliss they have at that moment. Th...

 In light of recent events, the media have taken an essential role in today’s society. The broadcast of the latest news is something people are eager to hear about. Nonetheless, is everything that is televised truly vital? Definitely not.  Regardless of when we are watching the news, dangers and hazards are the first things that welcome you into the channel. When a tragedy strikes, TV news, and, more specifically European news, take the lead in order to show the images before anyone else can. It is overwhelming the number of negative events that happen in our everyday life and that, in addition to that, are shown to us every day by the news.  Needless to say, coronavirus has been all over the news since the pandemic started. It is as if no other incidents were happening in the world. A baby has been rescued after three days, not important; a woman has given born to triplets, not interesting; and so forth. Lots of fulfilling examples could be given, yet the news only f...

  Today I will be explaining an app mentioned in my first post. I will guide you, with simple examples, through the app and I will explain every single aspect of it.  I add as well a link in which you will find photos that will help you understand all the steps of this post:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QSREVrF8HAv4kFKyaL1e4oK4uTk2EzfC?usp=sharing First of all, we have to enter Apple Store or Google Play and, in the upper-right corner, we click the magnifying glass. Then, we write MyRealFood and click done. From there, we will be directed to a page where it will offer you a good amount of apps to choose from. We have to click on download on the application that says MyRealFood app, not any other. Secondly, we exit the Apple Store or Google Play. After that, we search on our main page on the mobile phone for the app. Once we have found it, we click on it and it will open. Now, in case you already have an account, you pick the option “log on”.  If you do ...

 Emotional intelligence is an underrated issue to discuss at times like this. The best thing that could happen to you is knowing yourself to a deeper level. Understanding your emotions and the way you act is essential to solve everyday problems and that is what emotional intelligence helps you with.  This term allows you, overall, to get to know yourself better and, more specifically, your emotions. If you are facing a stressful day, the ordinary thing is to be sensitive to everything around you and have the emotions running high; or maybe your day takes an unexpected turn and, little things such as having your room messy, might shake you up. Nonetheless, you know beforehand you are going to react a certain way. It might be the case where you don’t know exactly how you will encounter the challenges ahead of you, yet you can do a self-assessment and consider how differently you can do things this time. Not only changing your behavior helps you in the present but also in the fu...

  Murcia does not exist. In all its aspects, we are left without anything to get by and we are not given any opportunities to improve our lives. Our airport, after years and years of being worked on and the vast amount of money invested in it, has been shut down. The government does not pay attention to the Region’s needs and decides to give supplies to cities that need less assistance than ours. Moreover, we are left with no money to use in enhancing our architecture or our local facilities. No help is given to small and medium enterprises that work extremely hard every day to stay afloat, but, with this economic crisis, even with all the help the local government could offer, the damage will have already be done. In conclusion, it is not that Murcia does not exist but that Murcia is ignored by everyone.

 That day of September, Jess was walking back home from high school. She was joyful as it was her birthday and she wanted to celebrate it with her family. She arrived home, opened the door, and found no one was at home. She was confused. Her family was supposed to be waiting for her but the only thing she discovered was a bloody letter. Unfortunately, there was no information but the letter she had discovered. What was going to be a wonderful day, turned out to be a complete nightmare. She didn’t want to read the letter but the only time her parents would leave her alone at home was for Christmas shopping. She didn’t understand what was happening this time. Jess was so excited about her birthday but all happiness faded as soon as she read the message.  Suddenly, when she was about to read the letter, out of nowhere, Matt, her best friend, came from his hiding spot and tried to stab her with a knife. She shouted: “That snake!” Luckily for her, the three years of karate paid off...

 From my point of view, there is a part of the brain that is only triggered and developed when you live with a domestic animal. It is a feeling that can not be explained but it makes you have a soft spot for all kinds of animals. Whether it is a goat, a sheep, a cat, a dog you will try to take care of them and not let anyone hurt them. Living with an animal will change completely your view of life. What kind of animals should be allowed to live in houses? It is a really touchy issue since depending on who you ask these questions there will be lots of different answers. Animal defenders will claim animals should not be trapped in houses and, in case they are, they should have an enormous place to wander around so that they do not feel trapped in a place. Unfortunately, other people will say it should not care about what the animals might be feeling. So, if you do not feel like feeding them, they do not. It is heartbreaking seeing how so many people treat animals in certain ways. Fi...