Working as an economist must be fascinating. If you chose to work with stocks, you must be very responsible and must like reading very much. You will get good rewards if you devote your hours to know everything about markets.
In the meantime, working with people´s money can be very stressing because people could remember your job only when you lose their capital. Of course, you can explain that it happens and stocks are an investment for medium or long term, but this may not be enough to some of them.
You must wake up early every day and read two or three newspapers before starting working to know every piece of news that can affect the market. Studying the world´s economy will be very important too.
To sleep, sometimes, you will need to take some Sleeping pills and you won´t stay with your family very much, however, when you get many clients, you could work at home.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Being a teacher! - by Amanda Nogueira
Working as a teacher is challenging, with so many good points and bad points.
Into the group of good things about being a teacher we have:
- Do the work without a boss watching you;
- Do what you want to do in class… what I mean in this case is: if you are in a bad day, that you´re tired or sad for example, you can just ask for the students to read and answers some questions from a book, or simply, check the notebooks;
- Another thing that´s good is the fact that you can plan your own schedule, which is more flexible than in other jobs where you may work 40 hours a week;
- Yet, if you need to be absent probably there will be a substitute for you, a person who will do your work for you, and that way, your boss (in this case “the principal”) won´t mind a lot about your absence, even because you have the right to be absent !
- And the best thing is: this profession is the only one that you can have a vacation twice a year, approximately around 60 days!!!!
… it´s a pity that there is a bad side in being a teacher (as all in the life)…
- To be a teacher means you have to be patient, very patient, but if you weren´t born with this gift certainly you should develop it;
- Eventually, you will have to go to a pathologist to check your vocal cords, because of the intensity (high! Almost all time) that you often have to speak in class, if you want to be listened;
- It would be good to do a “life insurance” because nowadays you take the risk to have your life threatened;
- And, to conclude, if you want to be rich, you should look for another job, unless you take a job as a teacher in a good private school/university or, if you are approved in an open competition to work in a Public or Federal University.
Well, I´m going to stop here to avoid getting depressed, after all, I´m a teacher too (just in my free time...)!
Into the group of good things about being a teacher we have:
- Do the work without a boss watching you;
- Do what you want to do in class… what I mean in this case is: if you are in a bad day, that you´re tired or sad for example, you can just ask for the students to read and answers some questions from a book, or simply, check the notebooks;
- Another thing that´s good is the fact that you can plan your own schedule, which is more flexible than in other jobs where you may work 40 hours a week;
- Yet, if you need to be absent probably there will be a substitute for you, a person who will do your work for you, and that way, your boss (in this case “the principal”) won´t mind a lot about your absence, even because you have the right to be absent !
- And the best thing is: this profession is the only one that you can have a vacation twice a year, approximately around 60 days!!!!
… it´s a pity that there is a bad side in being a teacher (as all in the life)…
- To be a teacher means you have to be patient, very patient, but if you weren´t born with this gift certainly you should develop it;
- Eventually, you will have to go to a pathologist to check your vocal cords, because of the intensity (high! Almost all time) that you often have to speak in class, if you want to be listened;
- It would be good to do a “life insurance” because nowadays you take the risk to have your life threatened;
- And, to conclude, if you want to be rich, you should look for another job, unless you take a job as a teacher in a good private school/university or, if you are approved in an open competition to work in a Public or Federal University.
Well, I´m going to stop here to avoid getting depressed, after all, I´m a teacher too (just in my free time...)!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
STORYTELLERS
by Vânia Susaki
One of the texts that was given to us in the English test was about a program which started in the USA and joined different types of life’s stories, from any kind of people.
The program works at ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and its purpose consists of making an archive with photos and testimonials of every person who wants to share a little bit of their lives. After reading this article I went for It made a research and the result was: Museu da Pessoa.
In other words, not only the North American can leave a piece of their lives to humanity, but we Brazilians have here the same right.The process is the same of the Center in the USA, the ‘Museu da Pessoa’ has been working for 17 years with more than 8 thousand testimonials, 70 thousand photos and documents from people all over the country.
You can find this whole stuff at the website, there you also find the exposition of programs and other thematics works. The ‘Museu da Pessoa’ joins the ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and together they made on May 16th of 2008 the International Day of Life’s Storytelling (Dia Internacional das Histórias de Vida). Different cities participated in the comemoration, including: São Paulo, Cape Town, New Zeland, Canada and others. Canada’s program is available for cell phones, you can check it on: Murmur.
What are you waiting for? Give the world the chance to know more about your life, tell us who you are, what you want, where you are from, what you like! =)
Click on the links above and follow the steps, make the world hear you.
Contacts: www.museudapessoa.com.br
www.murmurtoronto.ca
Phone: (55xx11) 2144-7170
Sources: Revista Brasileiros, Março 2008 editora Brasileiros, pág. 26.
Combo Split B, World Pass, page 135.
One of the texts that was given to us in the English test was about a program which started in the USA and joined different types of life’s stories, from any kind of people.
The program works at ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and its purpose consists of making an archive with photos and testimonials of every person who wants to share a little bit of their lives. After reading this article I went for It made a research and the result was: Museu da Pessoa.
In other words, not only the North American can leave a piece of their lives to humanity, but we Brazilians have here the same right.The process is the same of the Center in the USA, the ‘Museu da Pessoa’ has been working for 17 years with more than 8 thousand testimonials, 70 thousand photos and documents from people all over the country.
You can find this whole stuff at the website, there you also find the exposition of programs and other thematics works. The ‘Museu da Pessoa’ joins the ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and together they made on May 16th of 2008 the International Day of Life’s Storytelling (Dia Internacional das Histórias de Vida). Different cities participated in the comemoration, including: São Paulo, Cape Town, New Zeland, Canada and others. Canada’s program is available for cell phones, you can check it on: Murmur.
What are you waiting for? Give the world the chance to know more about your life, tell us who you are, what you want, where you are from, what you like! =)
Click on the links above and follow the steps, make the world hear you.
Contacts: www.museudapessoa.com.br
www.murmurtoronto.ca
Phone: (55xx11) 2144-7170
Sources: Revista Brasileiros, Março 2008 editora Brasileiros, pág. 26.
Combo Split B, World Pass, page 135.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
About my Profession - by Adriana de Macedo (I1)
Working as a Financial Analyst seems very challenging. First of all, observing the evaluation of the company is exciting for me. In addition, seeing how the real situation of the company at the moment is and what the perspectives for the future are is very fascinating.
Further, working with the figures of the company, allow me to know where the money is being spent and I learnt to control my finances, too. For example, after that I started to work in a Financial Department, I’m always doing my personal Cash Flow.
Besides, working in my profession is fantastic, because you’d talk with people of all the Departments of the company. You need to have a good relationship with everybody.
On the other hand, I’ve been working in the same function for a long time and I think that working in the same function sounds kind of boring. Sometimes, I want to work in the same Department, but in another function.
I think that working in my profession is really rewarding.
Further, working with the figures of the company, allow me to know where the money is being spent and I learnt to control my finances, too. For example, after that I started to work in a Financial Department, I’m always doing my personal Cash Flow.
Besides, working in my profession is fantastic, because you’d talk with people of all the Departments of the company. You need to have a good relationship with everybody.
On the other hand, I’ve been working in the same function for a long time and I think that working in the same function sounds kind of boring. Sometimes, I want to work in the same Department, but in another function.
I think that working in my profession is really rewarding.
Describing pros e cons (Profession: Pharmacist) - by Maria Nilce (I1)
First of all, I’d like to say that any profession can be good when people work with love.
On the one hand, being a pharmacist is rewarding because you are taking care of people’s health. On the other hand, working as a pharmacist is pretty difficult because you aren’t a doctor, but, frequently people think that it’s possible to visit a pharmacist instead of seeing a doctor when they or their relatives are sick (or have any disease). However, many times the pharmacist must ask people to go to a hospital. Sometimes, people don’t like it when a pharmacist makes this.
In addition, a pharmacist takes many responsibilities. For example: He must pay attention not to exchange medication; pay attention to factory expiration date of the drugs; explain to people about risks of self-medication and to teach how to pratice responsible self-medication. Besides, he can meet doctor’s prescriptions mistakes and explain customer’s doubts.
Sometimes a pharmacist works more than 12 hours a day and there is no fixed schedule, mainly if he is owner of drugstore! However, a pharmacist can teach at College, but I don’t know if he would earn more than a professional that works in a drugstore, hospital, laboratory or industry.
Maybe a professor has better hours than an owner of a drugstore!
On the one hand, being a pharmacist is rewarding because you are taking care of people’s health. On the other hand, working as a pharmacist is pretty difficult because you aren’t a doctor, but, frequently people think that it’s possible to visit a pharmacist instead of seeing a doctor when they or their relatives are sick (or have any disease). However, many times the pharmacist must ask people to go to a hospital. Sometimes, people don’t like it when a pharmacist makes this.
In addition, a pharmacist takes many responsibilities. For example: He must pay attention not to exchange medication; pay attention to factory expiration date of the drugs; explain to people about risks of self-medication and to teach how to pratice responsible self-medication. Besides, he can meet doctor’s prescriptions mistakes and explain customer’s doubts.
Sometimes a pharmacist works more than 12 hours a day and there is no fixed schedule, mainly if he is owner of drugstore! However, a pharmacist can teach at College, but I don’t know if he would earn more than a professional that works in a drugstore, hospital, laboratory or industry.
Maybe a professor has better hours than an owner of a drugstore!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
About a person that you love by Maria Nilce - Inter I (T/T)
I Knew my husband, Moreira, 19 years ago when I was teenager. He worked with my sister’s boyfriend at Policia Militar. He hasn’t changed much until today.
He has short straight black hair. He is average height and average weight. He is sun tanned.
In addition, my husband is someone who isn´t sociable.So, he likes to stay at home the most part of time and he is a person who frequently doesn´t like to go to parties or other social events.
He is a shy, quiet and serious man. But, on the other hand he is a person who is very supportive, modest and humane. He is someone who doesn’t brag about his accomplishments. Besides he is a hardworking man.
We have two children: Giovanni and Ana Beatriz.
Giovanni is 10 years old. He is someone who is easygoing, handsome, intelligent and shy too like his father. He plays the guitar.
Ana Beatriz is 9 years old. She’s a person who is sociable, however, sometimes she is temperamental. She is beautiful and thin. She has long wavy blond hair and brown eyes.
I hope that we’ll always be happy and we will stay together for a long time. I love my family!
He has short straight black hair. He is average height and average weight. He is sun tanned.
In addition, my husband is someone who isn´t sociable.So, he likes to stay at home the most part of time and he is a person who frequently doesn´t like to go to parties or other social events.
He is a shy, quiet and serious man. But, on the other hand he is a person who is very supportive, modest and humane. He is someone who doesn’t brag about his accomplishments. Besides he is a hardworking man.
We have two children: Giovanni and Ana Beatriz.
Giovanni is 10 years old. He is someone who is easygoing, handsome, intelligent and shy too like his father. He plays the guitar.
Ana Beatriz is 9 years old. She’s a person who is sociable, however, sometimes she is temperamental. She is beautiful and thin. She has long wavy blond hair and brown eyes.
I hope that we’ll always be happy and we will stay together for a long time. I love my family!
Monday, August 25, 2008
A person I love by Renato Lahos(I1-T/T)
When I was young, very young, I had a group of friends at school who I liked very much. We were about seven or eight guys and girls, and we went everywhere together: to the cinema, to the mall, we travel to beach, in short, we were very close. One day, I noticed one girl from our class who was trying to get closer to us. She seemed to be a very nice person, so I started to talk with her. Her name was Lillian.
For three years she was my best friend and we were always together. One day, in the winter our group decided to make a “fondue” in one friend`s house. After we ate and drank different kinds of wines I went closer to her and kissed her. She seemed scared of the kiss, but when I asked her if she had liked, she said that she had liked it very much.
One week later we started a relationship. I’ve always liked her way to talk, her green eyes and her sweet way to live life. We almost always like the same things, the same kind of movies, of music, books and friends. It´s very difficult to see us fighting because we get along very well. She is a psychologist and has the same age as I. She is generous, intelligent, sensitive and is not temperamental.I work very hard to save money so that I can get married to her. She is the woman who I would like to be the mother of my children and the only one that I met in my life who I want to get old with.
For three years she was my best friend and we were always together. One day, in the winter our group decided to make a “fondue” in one friend`s house. After we ate and drank different kinds of wines I went closer to her and kissed her. She seemed scared of the kiss, but when I asked her if she had liked, she said that she had liked it very much.
One week later we started a relationship. I’ve always liked her way to talk, her green eyes and her sweet way to live life. We almost always like the same things, the same kind of movies, of music, books and friends. It´s very difficult to see us fighting because we get along very well. She is a psychologist and has the same age as I. She is generous, intelligent, sensitive and is not temperamental.I work very hard to save money so that I can get married to her. She is the woman who I would like to be the mother of my children and the only one that I met in my life who I want to get old with.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
There is not such thing as coincidence - Danielle (I1-T/T)
It’s strange how people become part of your life. Sometimes, a strange face may turn to be your best friend in a few months. At least, that’s what I think about friendships.
It was the very first day of my college life. A friend’s friend mysteriously remembered my face and introduced me to a large group of freshmen. We talked for a while, complained a little, and laughed a lot. During the following days, we tried to keep contact, however as not everyone was taking the same classes, we were reduced to five girls. Three years later, the five of us are still together, but one of them I would like you to meet.
Although we’re the closest ones, she is three years younger than me. She is a short and smiling girl with the biggest heart you’ve ever see n. Even when she’s angry (which is rare) she’s easygoing. She’s is always forgetting things in the classroom however she’s intelligent and selfless. Of course, she has flaws, like when she is repeating the same thing over and over, though this doesn't make her a boring person.
We’re not taking the same course, she is studying French while I’m studying English, and apart from the jokes about the countries (their rivalry and so on ), we’ve trying to take as many classes together as possible. She is always saying that I’m her karma and such, but then she hugs me and says that she is happy with it. Yes, she is a little contradictory, but so am I !
We always get along just fine, no matter what. I hope we’ll still be close to each other in our old age: two crazy grandmas laughing about how unexpectedly we became friends.
It was the very first day of my college life. A friend’s friend mysteriously remembered my face and introduced me to a large group of freshmen. We talked for a while, complained a little, and laughed a lot. During the following days, we tried to keep contact, however as not everyone was taking the same classes, we were reduced to five girls. Three years later, the five of us are still together, but one of them I would like you to meet.
Although we’re the closest ones, she is three years younger than me. She is a short and smiling girl with the biggest heart you’ve ever see n. Even when she’s angry (which is rare) she’s easygoing. She’s is always forgetting things in the classroom however she’s intelligent and selfless. Of course, she has flaws, like when she is repeating the same thing over and over, though this doesn't make her a boring person.
We’re not taking the same course, she is studying French while I’m studying English, and apart from the jokes about the countries (their rivalry and so on ), we’ve trying to take as many classes together as possible. She is always saying that I’m her karma and such, but then she hugs me and says that she is happy with it. Yes, she is a little contradictory, but so am I !
We always get along just fine, no matter what. I hope we’ll still be close to each other in our old age: two crazy grandmas laughing about how unexpectedly we became friends.
Friday, August 22, 2008
A person I love by Claudia Correa (I1-sat)
A person that I like is someone who I met in a restaurant, at my lunchtime, in 1994. He is very honest, responsible and clever. He is a person who gives me suggestions when I am sad or when I have doubts about something. He is someone who is very supportive and who I can talk to easily. He is a person who has been by my side in difficult moments. He is my husband. I wish I could live with him until we get old.
Friday, August 15, 2008
My best friend by Ana Claudia (I1)
I have this great friend who I love to talk to. Her name is Gabriella.
I met her on my first day of high school, four years ago. It was a new school and everyone was lost, looking for their classrooms or maybe friends. I remember I couldn’t read the list that showed which class we belonged to because it was posted on a wall and it was in a high position. Since I’m a very short girl, I was trying really hard to read that. And then, a girl showed up and asked me my name. I told her, she looked at the list and smiled back to me saying: “Oh my!
We’re in the same class! Isn’t that nice?” I smiled back and agreed. The next thing I know, we became great friends. Telling each other jokes all the time, making fun of ourselves and sitting together during the break. She became a great friend over the years.
She was very supportive when my grandmother died. I remember exactly what she told me: “I know you’re very sad about your loss. But, please, remember every time you need someone to talk to or not… maybe just spend some time with, I’m here for you.” That was a hard year, but I felt better knowing I had a true friend.
Besides, she also very sociable. We had a really hard piece of homework to do in pairs. We were in the same team and I invited her to come to my house so we could get started. My mother and brothers were home and she was really nice to them. My mother loved her and my brothers thought she was pretty funny. She liked them as well.
And she’s also very intelligent. This one day, we had a surprise test which no one studied for, of course. She almost aced it. It was very impressive. And she didn’t even brag about it. She told me I’d do better the next time, for sure.
I’ve been friends with her for four years now and I think this friendship will last forever. We get along well and hardly ever argue. If, one day, she gets married, I’m gonna be there for her, because I’m sure if it were the opposite, she’d do the same for me. And, by the way, I helped her pick the name of her first kid! How great is that?
I met her on my first day of high school, four years ago. It was a new school and everyone was lost, looking for their classrooms or maybe friends. I remember I couldn’t read the list that showed which class we belonged to because it was posted on a wall and it was in a high position. Since I’m a very short girl, I was trying really hard to read that. And then, a girl showed up and asked me my name. I told her, she looked at the list and smiled back to me saying: “Oh my!
We’re in the same class! Isn’t that nice?” I smiled back and agreed. The next thing I know, we became great friends. Telling each other jokes all the time, making fun of ourselves and sitting together during the break. She became a great friend over the years.
She was very supportive when my grandmother died. I remember exactly what she told me: “I know you’re very sad about your loss. But, please, remember every time you need someone to talk to or not… maybe just spend some time with, I’m here for you.” That was a hard year, but I felt better knowing I had a true friend.
Besides, she also very sociable. We had a really hard piece of homework to do in pairs. We were in the same team and I invited her to come to my house so we could get started. My mother and brothers were home and she was really nice to them. My mother loved her and my brothers thought she was pretty funny. She liked them as well.
And she’s also very intelligent. This one day, we had a surprise test which no one studied for, of course. She almost aced it. It was very impressive. And she didn’t even brag about it. She told me I’d do better the next time, for sure.
I’ve been friends with her for four years now and I think this friendship will last forever. We get along well and hardly ever argue. If, one day, she gets married, I’m gonna be there for her, because I’m sure if it were the opposite, she’d do the same for me. And, by the way, I helped her pick the name of her first kid! How great is that?
Monday, August 4, 2008
Site Tips
My new student Janaína has sent me two links to suggest here:
http://www.englishtips.org (It has too many books for copy and listening)
"For me was very good because I learned and practiced the things of the teachers taught"
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/main.do
"it has exercises about the book Interchange in all the Student's book"
http://www.englishtips.org (It has too many books for copy and listening)
"For me was very good because I learned and practiced the things of the teachers taught"
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/main.do
"it has exercises about the book Interchange in all the Student's book"
Monday, July 14, 2008
Why
By Silvana Vergopolan
I am tired
My heart is bleeding
Why don’t you listen to me?
I want to run
Run to nowhere
But I am tired
And I stay in my shelter
I want to take risks
But my tides are stronger
I don’t even exist
I want to run to my world
And never, ever come back
I don’t want to a heart
I cannot be hurt anymore
I am weak
I am waiting for nothing
I desire protection
But you don’t listen to me.
I want to dream
Get lost in fantasies
Give up of all my ghosts
But I am so tired...
I want to be no one
But I miss who I used to be
That person you killed
Why don’t you listen to me?
My heart is beating
My face is wet
My soul is bleeding
And you still don’t listen to me.
I am tired
My heart is bleeding
Why don’t you listen to me?
I want to run
Run to nowhere
But I am tired
And I stay in my shelter
I want to take risks
But my tides are stronger
I don’t even exist
I want to run to my world
And never, ever come back
I don’t want to a heart
I cannot be hurt anymore
I am weak
I am waiting for nothing
I desire protection
But you don’t listen to me.
I want to dream
Get lost in fantasies
Give up of all my ghosts
But I am so tired...
I want to be no one
But I miss who I used to be
That person you killed
Why don’t you listen to me?
My heart is beating
My face is wet
My soul is bleeding
And you still don’t listen to me.
Friday, June 27, 2008
“What makes people attractive”
by Vânia Susaki
When girls and boys start to have their bodies modified because of puberty they pay more attention to the opposite gender. So, we have the beginning of attractiveness problems.
Looking attractive to other people makes you feel more trusty about yourself, having a good appearance makes people want to be close to you. Specially when we start to search for a boyfriend or a girlfriend.
Girls spend hours at beuty parlours doing nails, hair, make up... and boys usually look for a style that they can fit in, like: fashion, sport, rap, etc... All the efforts are made to mantain a good appearance, but what makes people attractive? Is it the clothes? Is it the hair? Is it the style? Thinking about what can make you good-looking can cause a loss of personality, as a consequence of trying to be attractive to other people you forget what you really want to be, you worry so much about being what they want you to be that, in the end, you don’t know what you really want.
Another problem is about surgeries, people think: “Oh Angelina Jolie is gorgeous! I want to be like her”, and they search for a doctor that can make this dream come true. Result: they spend a lot of money trying to be someone that’s hot but you, also, will never be 100% like Angelina, and even if you get it, you’re not going to be yourself anymore. Is it worthy?
But we can think, on other hand, of some positive points, sometimes trying to improve your appearance can result in happiness. For example, you hate your nose because it’s too big or too small, and when you go and repair it you’re doing a benefit to yourself, and being happy inside can atract more happiness outside.
So, what makes people look atractive is being happy like they are and don’t mind about what media or other people want.
When girls and boys start to have their bodies modified because of puberty they pay more attention to the opposite gender. So, we have the beginning of attractiveness problems.
Looking attractive to other people makes you feel more trusty about yourself, having a good appearance makes people want to be close to you. Specially when we start to search for a boyfriend or a girlfriend.
Girls spend hours at beuty parlours doing nails, hair, make up... and boys usually look for a style that they can fit in, like: fashion, sport, rap, etc... All the efforts are made to mantain a good appearance, but what makes people attractive? Is it the clothes? Is it the hair? Is it the style? Thinking about what can make you good-looking can cause a loss of personality, as a consequence of trying to be attractive to other people you forget what you really want to be, you worry so much about being what they want you to be that, in the end, you don’t know what you really want.
Another problem is about surgeries, people think: “Oh Angelina Jolie is gorgeous! I want to be like her”, and they search for a doctor that can make this dream come true. Result: they spend a lot of money trying to be someone that’s hot but you, also, will never be 100% like Angelina, and even if you get it, you’re not going to be yourself anymore. Is it worthy?
But we can think, on other hand, of some positive points, sometimes trying to improve your appearance can result in happiness. For example, you hate your nose because it’s too big or too small, and when you go and repair it you’re doing a benefit to yourself, and being happy inside can atract more happiness outside.
So, what makes people look atractive is being happy like they are and don’t mind about what media or other people want.
Beauty and appearance
By Setsuko Mabuchi
I’ve always heard “it’s what on the person’s inner part that counts”. I agree but there us also a person’s other side to consider. In reality, the first impression on someone is due to general appearance. Besides, there are many jobs or activities that demand good appearance, or rather, a sleek or well-cared-for appearance. Actors, public people, hosts, salespeople, public relations are some of the people who need taking care of their looks to invest with confidence in their activities. For this, there are devices like plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures.
Many positive and negative consequences can be mentioned as a result of this demand. At first, only people who depend on their public image used the most variable devices to improve appearance, but nowadays more and more people are doing anything to maintain their youthful image.
Positive effects are: feeling of well-being, needs satisfied and more confident and happier people.
Negative aspects are: people worried only about appearance, excess of vanity, forgetting other values and risks, complications after plastic surgery, unreal expectations, consumption of unhealthy drugs to lose weight or to obtain muscles (for men)…
In my opinion, to correct any physical imperfection that bothers us, in this case plastic surgery, another procedure should be done. I’m in favor of reasonable use of cosmetic procedures because considering the negative effects of a surgery, I certainly wouldn’t do it. We have to be attentive to things related to appearance that bring us health and happiness.
I’ve always heard “it’s what on the person’s inner part that counts”. I agree but there us also a person’s other side to consider. In reality, the first impression on someone is due to general appearance. Besides, there are many jobs or activities that demand good appearance, or rather, a sleek or well-cared-for appearance. Actors, public people, hosts, salespeople, public relations are some of the people who need taking care of their looks to invest with confidence in their activities. For this, there are devices like plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures.
Many positive and negative consequences can be mentioned as a result of this demand. At first, only people who depend on their public image used the most variable devices to improve appearance, but nowadays more and more people are doing anything to maintain their youthful image.
Positive effects are: feeling of well-being, needs satisfied and more confident and happier people.
Negative aspects are: people worried only about appearance, excess of vanity, forgetting other values and risks, complications after plastic surgery, unreal expectations, consumption of unhealthy drugs to lose weight or to obtain muscles (for men)…
In my opinion, to correct any physical imperfection that bothers us, in this case plastic surgery, another procedure should be done. I’m in favor of reasonable use of cosmetic procedures because considering the negative effects of a surgery, I certainly wouldn’t do it. We have to be attentive to things related to appearance that bring us health and happiness.
Alimentary problems
By Men Aparecida Silva
The alimentary upsets are real and they are increasing in a frightening way all over the world. The women are the main victims of these upsets because they correspond to ninety percent of the patients, but according to the scientists, men are also affected by alimentary upsets.
Nowadays, about one percent of the world’s female population, from eighteen to forty years old, has a difficult relationship with food. Most of the patients have the first symptoms at the end of adolescence or after the forties in case of the women near menopause. A research shows that out of 279 adolescents interviewed at a private school in São Paulo, twenty-nine percent have some alimentary upsets: some ate too much (compulsion), others didn’t eat anything (anorexia) and other youngsters ate too much during meals and afterwards they threw up (bulimia).
All people would like to have a perfect silhouette because this will allow them to get social success. Besides, the media increases this aspect showing that the people who work out have more possibilities to have a better appearance. You can improve it not only by working out but by eating right.
On the other hand, people who go on a diet should not forget that extreme dieting can result in many serious health problems which usually need long medical treatment because the alimentary upsets (compulsion, anorexia and bulimia) are caused by biological and social factors as a whole. The adolescents, who look up to the models that appear to be extremely thin but happy and powerful on television, want to look like them.
In conclusion, I think that the people should take care to have a healthy life, working out and eating enough to keep their body and mind on balance.
The alimentary upsets are real and they are increasing in a frightening way all over the world. The women are the main victims of these upsets because they correspond to ninety percent of the patients, but according to the scientists, men are also affected by alimentary upsets.
Nowadays, about one percent of the world’s female population, from eighteen to forty years old, has a difficult relationship with food. Most of the patients have the first symptoms at the end of adolescence or after the forties in case of the women near menopause. A research shows that out of 279 adolescents interviewed at a private school in São Paulo, twenty-nine percent have some alimentary upsets: some ate too much (compulsion), others didn’t eat anything (anorexia) and other youngsters ate too much during meals and afterwards they threw up (bulimia).
All people would like to have a perfect silhouette because this will allow them to get social success. Besides, the media increases this aspect showing that the people who work out have more possibilities to have a better appearance. You can improve it not only by working out but by eating right.
On the other hand, people who go on a diet should not forget that extreme dieting can result in many serious health problems which usually need long medical treatment because the alimentary upsets (compulsion, anorexia and bulimia) are caused by biological and social factors as a whole. The adolescents, who look up to the models that appear to be extremely thin but happy and powerful on television, want to look like them.
In conclusion, I think that the people should take care to have a healthy life, working out and eating enough to keep their body and mind on balance.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
The beauty in the world
By Silvia
Nowadays people are very concerned with their image. People worry about their physical appearance. I think that it is body worship. This worship is caused by the world media (mainly TV, specially magazines and newspaper) that stimulate this way of life. As a consequence a lot of beauty and aesthetic clinics, gyms inundate the cities.
I think it is very important to take care of our body so that we have a good health. It is important to have appropriate nourishment and to practice some physical exercises regularly and it is also important to take care of appearance but not too much.
Some negatives effects result of this culture. A lot of girls under its influence are on diet for eternity and one of the results of this is that they become sick people with serious diseases, like anorexia and bulimia.
In my opinion, the effects are more negative than positive. It is important to take care of the appearance but not in excess. People think only about that and forget important values of life. We see mothers inducing their young daughters only kids, to participate in beauty contests, to be models and appear in the media .As a consequence, people become very materialistic and individualistic. Very empty-headed people.
Nowadays people are very concerned with their image. People worry about their physical appearance. I think that it is body worship. This worship is caused by the world media (mainly TV, specially magazines and newspaper) that stimulate this way of life. As a consequence a lot of beauty and aesthetic clinics, gyms inundate the cities.
I think it is very important to take care of our body so that we have a good health. It is important to have appropriate nourishment and to practice some physical exercises regularly and it is also important to take care of appearance but not too much.
Some negatives effects result of this culture. A lot of girls under its influence are on diet for eternity and one of the results of this is that they become sick people with serious diseases, like anorexia and bulimia.
In my opinion, the effects are more negative than positive. It is important to take care of the appearance but not in excess. People think only about that and forget important values of life. We see mothers inducing their young daughters only kids, to participate in beauty contests, to be models and appear in the media .As a consequence, people become very materialistic and individualistic. Very empty-headed people.
BODY IMAGE AND ITS EFFECTS
By Maria Tereza
I had thought that people were concerned about their body image as a consequence of the media influence. It’s true… Media can cause a strong impact on people’s mind in many ways.
One of the results of media’s effects is the encouragement for people to lose weight. This fact is due to the use of slim and beautiful people to the advertisements by the media. To present slim people and products at the same time can result in suggestions to buy these products to use them to try to improve their bodies.
On the other hand, maladies such as anorexia or bulimia are caused by excess of self-demand of the female teens about being very slim to become famous models.
I agree we must take care of our bodies to be healthy people. We need to eat healthy food such as organic fruit, vegetables, olive oil and walk regularly. If you practice some physical exercise, you’ll improve your body too. The regular movement body makes us happier and in shape! And as a result of all attention to our body such as healthy food, skin cleaning, comfortable clothes, psychological and medical preventive treatments, people can live better and for long time!
I had thought that people were concerned about their body image as a consequence of the media influence. It’s true… Media can cause a strong impact on people’s mind in many ways.
One of the results of media’s effects is the encouragement for people to lose weight. This fact is due to the use of slim and beautiful people to the advertisements by the media. To present slim people and products at the same time can result in suggestions to buy these products to use them to try to improve their bodies.
On the other hand, maladies such as anorexia or bulimia are caused by excess of self-demand of the female teens about being very slim to become famous models.
I agree we must take care of our bodies to be healthy people. We need to eat healthy food such as organic fruit, vegetables, olive oil and walk regularly. If you practice some physical exercise, you’ll improve your body too. The regular movement body makes us happier and in shape! And as a result of all attention to our body such as healthy food, skin cleaning, comfortable clothes, psychological and medical preventive treatments, people can live better and for long time!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A piece of art by Juliana C. Souza
A poem
Inners
To teacher Elton
Routine I hate
Time I create
During my week
My inners are not fake
My feeling today
Is like everyday
Happy but tired
Near and far away
I want to feel
Not angry or ill
But I’m sure one day
Satisfied I’ll (fly away)
Inners
To teacher Elton
Routine I hate
Time I create
During my week
My inners are not fake
My feeling today
Is like everyday
Happy but tired
Near and far away
I want to feel
Not angry or ill
But I’m sure one day
Satisfied I’ll (fly away)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Beauty is a beast
by Danilo Landim
The patterns of beauty shown by the media have a great social power. Such power influences in some way our preferences concerning what we think is more attractive in men and women. For instance, many people try to follow or dream about the ideals of beauty. Many girls around the world try to imitate the “celebrities”, even though these patterns of beauty do not correspond to their natural traits. Boys are each time more tempted to reach the male models. It is possible to say that this phenomenon is spreading in such dimensions that the models of beauty are not only the ones which the media shows. Some common people who are not in media turned out to be new “celebrities” in smaller circuits, but they are products of media influences.
Although media power contributes to the lack of authonomy upon what we truly like in people’s appearance, we could not say we are in a catastrophical situation. Patterns of every type are part of life, and they somehow help us recognize the human limitation in determining which of our tastes have not been created by external forces. In other words, doubts related to the authenticity of the tastes we have would remain. Specially focusing in beauty, it would be useless to measure this sort of authencity, due to other influences such as the biological and cultural factors that influence our judgement about which kind of people are attractive or not.
However, these philosophical remarks could not excuse the nocive consequences of pattens of beauty upon public health. By promoting standards of beauty which are too far away from the common reality, the media has produced many “social disorders”: trying crazily to reach a perfect appearance, girls die by anorexia everyday, and they suffer from troubles like bulimia and low self-esteem; all of these problems are generally symptoms that occur when the girls fail to achieve their objectives. Moreover, an increasing number of boys are also becoming sick by the use of anabolic steroids.
The force of the big brands and big corporations could explain this nightmare. In order to increase their profits, they do business with the media and adopt many other strategies to sell their products. They have chosen vulnerable people to be their consumers, and noticing that these people do not have solid own values, they try to impose them the ones related to beauty (the values could be related to every other thing, but beauty is what these economical agents sell). Even who does not have money to invest in their beauty incorporates values related to the world of fashion and fame that are associated to the patterns of beauty.
Looking attentively to these aspects, we can say without compass that media and the patterns of beauty are killing people and our civilization. But the origin of this phenomenon is nothing more and nothing less than the capitalism necessities. Who would imagine that beauty would be transformed into such a perverse force?
The patterns of beauty shown by the media have a great social power. Such power influences in some way our preferences concerning what we think is more attractive in men and women. For instance, many people try to follow or dream about the ideals of beauty. Many girls around the world try to imitate the “celebrities”, even though these patterns of beauty do not correspond to their natural traits. Boys are each time more tempted to reach the male models. It is possible to say that this phenomenon is spreading in such dimensions that the models of beauty are not only the ones which the media shows. Some common people who are not in media turned out to be new “celebrities” in smaller circuits, but they are products of media influences.
Although media power contributes to the lack of authonomy upon what we truly like in people’s appearance, we could not say we are in a catastrophical situation. Patterns of every type are part of life, and they somehow help us recognize the human limitation in determining which of our tastes have not been created by external forces. In other words, doubts related to the authenticity of the tastes we have would remain. Specially focusing in beauty, it would be useless to measure this sort of authencity, due to other influences such as the biological and cultural factors that influence our judgement about which kind of people are attractive or not.
However, these philosophical remarks could not excuse the nocive consequences of pattens of beauty upon public health. By promoting standards of beauty which are too far away from the common reality, the media has produced many “social disorders”: trying crazily to reach a perfect appearance, girls die by anorexia everyday, and they suffer from troubles like bulimia and low self-esteem; all of these problems are generally symptoms that occur when the girls fail to achieve their objectives. Moreover, an increasing number of boys are also becoming sick by the use of anabolic steroids.
The force of the big brands and big corporations could explain this nightmare. In order to increase their profits, they do business with the media and adopt many other strategies to sell their products. They have chosen vulnerable people to be their consumers, and noticing that these people do not have solid own values, they try to impose them the ones related to beauty (the values could be related to every other thing, but beauty is what these economical agents sell). Even who does not have money to invest in their beauty incorporates values related to the world of fashion and fame that are associated to the patterns of beauty.
Looking attentively to these aspects, we can say without compass that media and the patterns of beauty are killing people and our civilization. But the origin of this phenomenon is nothing more and nothing less than the capitalism necessities. Who would imagine that beauty would be transformed into such a perverse force?
Media and the new beauty patterns
by Vanessa Chinen
Magazines, advertisements, TV commercials… Everything seems to impose what we’re supposed to wear, to buy or even how we’re supposed to behave and look. Like it or not, we’re all somehow influenced by media.
Several years ago, people considered larger women the most attractive ones. Nowadays, beauty patterns are completely different from back then. For someone to be beautiful, he or she has to be very, very skinny (in women’s case) or have a very muscular and athletic body (in men’s case). Of course overweight is not a good thing if you care about your health, but some people’s obsession for losing weight is definitely not healthy.
Due to this worship of thinness, diseases like anorexia and bulimia are getting more and more common. The worst thing is that there are even websites that spread the idea that is good to have diseases like these.
Also, as a consequence of these news patterns, people are a lot more concerned about their body image and a lot of gyms have opened lately. Physical exercises are recommended for people to keep a good health, as long as they do it carefully, not only thinking about their body image. Physical exercises in excess and without professional help can cause more damages than benefits in some cases. These beauty patterns that media spreads all over the world can cause a lot of damages to many people. They try to lose as much weight as they can, need to have that new hair cut or a new pair of silicon implants and want to look like that top model who is so skinny that it seems that she has never eaten anything different from lettuce, tofu and chlorophyll juice in her entire life. The ones who can’t reach these patterns are considered ugly (or, at least, not that beautiful). And the ones who can, become slaves of that image of beauty that media imposes. Is up to each one of us to have common sense and tell what is acceptable and healthy from what may cause us any harm.
Magazines, advertisements, TV commercials… Everything seems to impose what we’re supposed to wear, to buy or even how we’re supposed to behave and look. Like it or not, we’re all somehow influenced by media.
Several years ago, people considered larger women the most attractive ones. Nowadays, beauty patterns are completely different from back then. For someone to be beautiful, he or she has to be very, very skinny (in women’s case) or have a very muscular and athletic body (in men’s case). Of course overweight is not a good thing if you care about your health, but some people’s obsession for losing weight is definitely not healthy.
Due to this worship of thinness, diseases like anorexia and bulimia are getting more and more common. The worst thing is that there are even websites that spread the idea that is good to have diseases like these.
Also, as a consequence of these news patterns, people are a lot more concerned about their body image and a lot of gyms have opened lately. Physical exercises are recommended for people to keep a good health, as long as they do it carefully, not only thinking about their body image. Physical exercises in excess and without professional help can cause more damages than benefits in some cases. These beauty patterns that media spreads all over the world can cause a lot of damages to many people. They try to lose as much weight as they can, need to have that new hair cut or a new pair of silicon implants and want to look like that top model who is so skinny that it seems that she has never eaten anything different from lettuce, tofu and chlorophyll juice in her entire life. The ones who can’t reach these patterns are considered ugly (or, at least, not that beautiful). And the ones who can, become slaves of that image of beauty that media imposes. Is up to each one of us to have common sense and tell what is acceptable and healthy from what may cause us any harm.
Media and the construction of beauty patterns
By Sivana Vergopolan
To be a beautiful woman nowadays, you need to be skinnier, have big breasts, a wonderful body, and a long straight blond hair, be tanned and have a perfect smile. This is the beauty pattern.
Every hour, every day, in your entire life, whatever you look, whatever you listen, from the moment you awake to the moment you sleep, you’re being bombard by advertisements that will tell you what you should use and that you have to be beautiful and wealthy.
Just turn on the TV and someone will show you what kind of car you have to drive, what you must have eaten for breakfast, for lunch, dinner, the right toothpaste, shampoo, moisturizes, soap, CDs, and a lot of things and machines you don’t even know that was possible to exist. Everything is showing you by handsome guys and perfect girls with terrific bodies and they swear to you: “you can have these muscles too with our new product”
You see and realize you need it! How could you live without it until today? Maybe that is the reason why you don’t have a girlfriend like that!
This feeling is caused by the media power and as a consequence you buy, buy, and buy.
This is the media work and this is not a fair game because every new day a new product that promises to make you skinner, fashion and cool is shown you in the media.
The media was invented to lead people to believe, for example, which by drinking a specific brand of beer can make you date that Diva of the advertisement. It is absurd, but works.
As it works when they convince you that if you drive that car you’ll look like a loser.
Why it works? Because you don’t want to be a loser, you want to be a winner.
Being a loser can cause sadness, loneliness and these kinds of feelings nobody wants.
The main problem is today this beauty pattern works, makes you fashionable. Tomorrow it cannot works anymore. Everything is fast, disposable, replaceable.
But don’t worry my friend! The media will always be here to tell and sell you whatever you need to be “in” again. As a result you will be wearing the new clothes, shoes, shampoos, toothpaste and cereal. You will be driving the new fancy car and trying to keep up with it, even if you don’t realize that. This is the result of the human nature .The human greed.
Vanity is something amazing. It’s definitely my favorite sin.
People need to stand out in a crowd, need to differentiate themselves from the others, need to acquire lavish things at any price and it can result in diseases, phobias, disturbs and a lot of bills.
But what can we do? We need to be cool to be accepted by the others. So, we work more to have more money, to buy fancy things, to be cools, to be accepted by the others.
And whatever happens, the media will be there to help us and sell us everything we need and more than we can dream.
Whatever can it be? In the end, it is all about money and vanity. That’s my opinion.
Nobody is victim and nobody is villain. We’re just human beings.
Sil
May 11 of 2008
To be a beautiful woman nowadays, you need to be skinnier, have big breasts, a wonderful body, and a long straight blond hair, be tanned and have a perfect smile. This is the beauty pattern.
Every hour, every day, in your entire life, whatever you look, whatever you listen, from the moment you awake to the moment you sleep, you’re being bombard by advertisements that will tell you what you should use and that you have to be beautiful and wealthy.
Just turn on the TV and someone will show you what kind of car you have to drive, what you must have eaten for breakfast, for lunch, dinner, the right toothpaste, shampoo, moisturizes, soap, CDs, and a lot of things and machines you don’t even know that was possible to exist. Everything is showing you by handsome guys and perfect girls with terrific bodies and they swear to you: “you can have these muscles too with our new product”
You see and realize you need it! How could you live without it until today? Maybe that is the reason why you don’t have a girlfriend like that!
This feeling is caused by the media power and as a consequence you buy, buy, and buy.
This is the media work and this is not a fair game because every new day a new product that promises to make you skinner, fashion and cool is shown you in the media.
The media was invented to lead people to believe, for example, which by drinking a specific brand of beer can make you date that Diva of the advertisement. It is absurd, but works.
As it works when they convince you that if you drive that car you’ll look like a loser.
Why it works? Because you don’t want to be a loser, you want to be a winner.
Being a loser can cause sadness, loneliness and these kinds of feelings nobody wants.
The main problem is today this beauty pattern works, makes you fashionable. Tomorrow it cannot works anymore. Everything is fast, disposable, replaceable.
But don’t worry my friend! The media will always be here to tell and sell you whatever you need to be “in” again. As a result you will be wearing the new clothes, shoes, shampoos, toothpaste and cereal. You will be driving the new fancy car and trying to keep up with it, even if you don’t realize that. This is the result of the human nature .The human greed.
Vanity is something amazing. It’s definitely my favorite sin.
People need to stand out in a crowd, need to differentiate themselves from the others, need to acquire lavish things at any price and it can result in diseases, phobias, disturbs and a lot of bills.
But what can we do? We need to be cool to be accepted by the others. So, we work more to have more money, to buy fancy things, to be cools, to be accepted by the others.
And whatever happens, the media will be there to help us and sell us everything we need and more than we can dream.
Whatever can it be? In the end, it is all about money and vanity. That’s my opinion.
Nobody is victim and nobody is villain. We’re just human beings.
Sil
May 11 of 2008
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