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The whole point of speakinga language is to be able tocommunicate. Currently, En-glish is what in Latin is knownas a “lingua Franca,” that is tosay, English is a national lan-guage in scores of countriesacross the globe, from Irelandto India, Canada to Australia.And then there are even morecountries where English isused as the second or third lan-guage in commerce and inacademic communities. In light

of this, our high school choseEnglish as the language for ourbilingual project, giving our stu-dents access to learning lan-guage skills through othersubjects, so that their learningis more focused, in-depth anduseful.

The program started in 2011after extensive discussionsweighing the pros and cons ofvarious proposals until we fi-nally voted on the one that was

the most suitable for our pro-gram of studies.

Parents and students that takepart in this project are awarethat it involves more hours ofEnglish language study inorder to improve the students’understanding and communi-cation skills. By learning En-glish through other subjects,students gain exposure totechnical terms and are encou-raged to practice their skills in

various educational contexts.

As a Spanish language teacherand life-long student of Englishand French, I have a sincerebelief in the importance of lan-guage study. As the head ofthis school, I have alwaysgiven my support to this pro-ject, defending it from its oppo-nents. A rigorous foreignlanguage program is absolutelyessential in today’s educationalsystem and I have no doubt

“ I o n l y k n o w a d r u g t o i n c r e a s e y o u r b r a i n : T h e S c h o o l ” S h e l d o n C o o p e r ( T h e B i g b a n g T h e o r y )

vol. I December 2014

English newspaper of the Burgos highschool Cardenal López de Mendoza

Mendoza Herald sees the lightIn the spirit of AlfredNobel, the 2014 PhysicsNobel Prize awards Aka-saki, Amano and Naka-mura for their work onblue LEDs, an inventionof greatest benefit tomankind.

Many organizations thatdefend human rights aredenouncing that a newSpanish law, published inOfficial State Gazette, isforgetting the universalityof its previous healthcaremodel and changing itinto a system of assuran-ces.

Grand Theft Auto seriesbelongs to a genre offree-roaming role-pla-ying video games called

open world games.We analise it.

Nobel awards reward

Human rights watch

We will rock you

This was the last war.But, itonly killed men. No sense.Every war is a nonsense.extract from “To the slaugh-terhouse”

First world war trench in Belorado, Burgos

Not (only) for children

Eleanor Roosevelt reading

the Universal Declaration of

Human Rights

Jean Giono

This was supossed to be the war that

would kill the war

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Interview: AULA 21,

the band of the school.students, teachers and con-cierges revise the history ofrock and roll.

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Unlike in Spanish schools, manyUS high school students (3-4 ofESO plus Bach) can leave theschool grounds and go home or el-sewhere during their free periods.(Ismael, you could delete this part):((((Many choose to study in the li-

brary, visit teachers in their officehours, lie on the grass, work out inthe gym, or hang out in the cafeteriaduring their free periods. The stu-dents eat lunch at school in the ca-feteria which is inside the school andserves hot lunches. They have 50minutes to eat and don’t all eat at thesame time, they choose their clas-ses and one of the class periods istheir lunchtime, usually sometimebetween 11:30 and 1:00.))))

The biggest academic differencebetween the Spanish and the US

s c h o o lsystems isthat in theUS, highschool stu-dents are notassigned togroups withletters likesecond of ESO B. When US stu-dents enter high school, they aretaught about the requirements forgraduation. In their four years of highschool, they have to take threeyears of social studies, for example,so they could take one of those cre-dits each year for three years (andthe fourth year they could take anelective like photography or fencing)or they could take two credits oneyear and one credit another year.Students choose their own classes(with help from a counselor if theyneed it) depending on their interestsand on when classes are offered.Not every class is offered everyyear. Students do not chose bet-ween two tracks (letters andscience) the way students do inSpain. They take the classes theyneed to graduate without belongingto a lettered group. So for examplemany classes are made up of halffirst years, many second years, anda few third years. Students still feelpart of their graduating class, that is,of the group of first years or secondyears, but there is no assignment ofstudents to groups with letters.

Last year, I studied in a school inGermany. I didn’t like it very muchbecause the teachers were verystrict. We called them with their sur-name. Every day, I got up at 6:00a.m. to get the train to go to school.We started at 8:00 a.m. and finishedat 4:00 p.m. We had three breaks. At12:00 p.m. I had lunch at school inthe canteen. It was very dirty. Wemust wear school uniform. I studieddifferent subjects: German, maths,English, dancing, history, geo-graphy, sport, arts and crafts andmusic. I went on two trips. One tothe forest and another to a botanicalgarden. Every day, when I arrivedhome, I was very tired. It was verydifferent from Spanish schools.

The Australian outback is one ofthe most isolated parts of the world.It is more than 1.5 million square ki-lometres. People live on farms. Chil-dren usually work on the farm andthey learn to survive in difficult situa-tions. The cities are separated manykilometres, so children can’t go toschool. They don’t attend a traditio-nal school. They have an onlineschool. They study at home with a

computer. The teachers teach thestudents by satellite and with a web-cam. The students see the teacher,but the teacher can’t see the stu-dents. They can talk to the teacherand to each other. The teacher asksquestions and sees if they are liste-ning. They have to do homeworkand exams. Sometimes the studentsgo on excursions or meet to do dif-ferent activities (three or four timesa year). The teachers say they arevery good students. About 15% ofthe students are Aborigines.

Some facts about schools in the UK

• Subjects. In the UK and inSpain students study the same sub-jects: chemistry, geography or his-tory, but in the UK, there are somedifferent subjects: PSHE (personal,social and health education), danceand drama, food technology, poetryor home economics. • Dress code for teachers.Now some teachers are wearingscruffy clothes; for example, t-shirtsand trainers. But the British Govern-ment says they must wear smart clo-thes. Men must wear a suit, a shirtand a tie and women a dress or asmart skirt or trousers and a blouse. • School uniforms. 82% ofpupils in the UK wear a uniform. In

1900, the girls wore smocks over long dresses and the boys longshorts, shirts and caps. In the1940s, the dresses and the trouserswere short and they wore a tie. Inthe 1970s, girls could wear trousersand platform shoes. In the 1990s,they don’t wear ties and can wearsweatshirts. Now, students wear tiesand jackets. The Government thinkssmart children learn more.• The lollipop lady or man isa person who stands in the road with

a yellow, red and black sing (like alollipop) outside some schools andthe vehicles stop and the studentscross the road.

EDITORIALThe Bilingual Project is a pro-gram that tries to spread the le-arning of the English languageto ESO students. It involves te-achers and students and alsoother contributors who havemade this project a reality.

During our years in the bilingualprogram, we have studiedmany subjects; the subjects westudy in English change fromyear to year so we learn aboutquite a lot of different things. Inthe 1st year of ESO we studydesign, arts and technology. In

the 2nd course, we are taughtcitizenship and music. We wel-come technology and art in the3rd year of ESO again, but thistime the topics are more in-depth. And now here we are inthe 4th year of ESO, when weface ITC and ethics. The sub-jects have become more andmore interesting. And of coursewe have had lots of English lan-guage lessons throughoutthese four years.

But what would this project bewithout teachers? They are thefoundation of the program andare responsible for our educa-

tion. We cannot name them allbut we sincerely thank them forthe time they spend every daytrying to make subjects moreunderstandable and entertai-ning for us, and for making theextra effort of teaching in a dif-ferent language from theirs.

We have had, and are having,a great time in the bilingual pro-ject. During these three yearswe have learnt about a widerange of topics, such as new arttechniques of drawing, the his-tory of music, song lyrics andethical and technological ideas.We have also improved our En-

glish in a non-traditional way.Now we are able to express ourideas easily in the languageand it has also allowed us todiscover new ways of learningknowledge that we wouldn’thave learnt if we hadn’t been bi-lingual students.

In conclusion, the bilingual pro-ject has allowed us to learn andenjoy quite a lot of topics in anamusing way. It has helped usto strengthen our educationthroughout these four years.

Gabriel Baños, Julia González,

Álvaro Rodrigo.

direction,edition & layout

Ismael Ali de Unzaga

coordinators of sections

Olga Renedo EnglishRaquel Lage TechnologyOlga Lázaro EnglishConchita Sangrador MusicGermán López Computering Conchi Castro CitizenshipMarta Cid EnglishSilvina Gutiérrez EnglishMonica Morris Assistant teacherIsmael Ali Art

Journalists and photograpers

bilingual students 1º,2º,3ºand 4º ESO

Clayton High School,St.Louis,Missouri

Comparing Spanish and other countries school system

about the continuity of the projectin the future. I support the Ministryof Education’s encouragement ofmeasures such as this program toencourage the study and masteryof foreign languages in thiscountry.

Ideally, we would be able to ex-tend this program into Bachilleratoand create a second group of bi-lingual students in each of the fouryears of the ESO but that all de-pends on the economic andhuman resources that we have atour disposal. The educational au-thorities have made it clear thatexpansion of the program is notpossible at this time, in today’s po-litical and economic climate.

One of the many benefits of the bi-lingual program is that it can en-courage interest in the Englishlanguage throughout the educatio-nal community. Another benefit isthat it enables students to interactamong themselves in a secondlanguage. This ability creates newways of thinking, new pathways intheir brains that aid in their inte-llectual and emotional develop-ment. Foreign languageacquisition correlates with cross-cultural understanding and the le-arning of empathy which breaksdown the “us” versus “them” men-tality that is so harmful in our so-ciety today. Language learninghelps students become citizens ofthe world.

Although there is still a lot of workto be done on this project, I’m veryproud to be a part of the team thatis working very hard to success-fully achieve these educationalgoals.

MªLuz García Parra, Principal of

the school.

My experience in

a German school

E d u c a t i o n i n t h e

Australian outback

S o m e f a c t s a b o u t

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My days at the

school in USA


How was “Room 21” started?Kike saw German in the hall withlong hair and thought he was aheavy metal rocker. Kike askedGerman if he was a musician andhe said he played the bass andKike said he played the drums. Afew days later they decided to trysomething and play some music to-gether.Why did you name your group“Room 21”?

German said we got together withsome students who played differentinstrument. He named the group“Room 21” because it was funnyand also the students who arebeing punished have a heart andsoul.How many members are there inthe group?Every year there is a different

amount of members because thereare students, teachers and formerstudents. Now there are only twopeople (German and Kike).Kike, Have you always had musicaround you?Kike said when he was seventeen,somebody said that they needed adrummer so he said he would learnto play the drums. He stopped pla-ying music because it was difficultto work and take care of his twoyears-old child and also play music.

What instruments are played in“Room 21”?Guitar, bass, trumpet, harmonica,violin, keyboard and voice, Kikejoked that they also play cowbell,castanets and tambourine. Theyadded a keyboard player recently

German, How did your passion for

music start?When he was like 17 or 18 years-old, German said that he playedthe guitar with his friends in thecountrysideWhen does “Room 21” rehearse?It depends on the year, they rehe-arse a minimum of twice a week,Fridays or Tuesdays depending onthe exams of the students and alsohow much work there is. Kike said:the first priority is studying and thenmusicWhat is the aim of the group thisyear?

One of the aims is Mendorock, thisis a festival organized by the high-school, which is before the carnivalfestival.

Thank you very much for your attentionand good luck to the group this year.

Alejandro Yagüe

(Santa Cruz de Juarros,Burgos, 1947) is a Spanishcomposer. He is a musi-cian specialized in compo-sition, piano and orchestra.

He received mu-sical clases from JuanÁngel Quesada. He com-pleted his training at theConservatory of Madrid(1972 - 1976) and, outsideof Spain, at the AccademiaSanta Cecilia in Rome(1976 - 1978) and wastaught by Goffredo Pe-

trassi he also studied atthe Musikhochschule inCologne, Germany (1978-1982) He resided twoyears in Italy and four inGermany to improve hiseducation. He was giventhe Rome Prize from theAcademy of Fine Arts inRome and was also madea fellow of the German Ale-xander von HumboldtF o u n d a t i o n . He has won several com-

position competitions, in-cluding Manuel de FallaAward (Cádiz 1974), Prixde Rome (1976), Diplomadi Merito of Chigiana Acca-demia, Siena, with FrancoDonatoni (1978), Lifetimearchivemnt, Art Award(Córdoba, 1978) , FirstPrize in Composition forOrchestra Lauds (Ministryof Culture, 1980) and othercompetitions in Cuenca(1981), Barcelona (1983),Zamora (1984), etc.He has received commis-sions from the Ministry ofCulture, National Orches-tra, National Radio Choirand Orchestra of the Com-munity of Madrid, OrfeoCatala, International Com-petition in Tolosa (Guipúz-coa) Fundación Juan deBorbón, Caja de Burgos,International Festival ofSantander and Alicanteand awards from other cul-tural institutions.

Antonio José Martínez

Palacios was born in Bur-gos the 12th of Decem-ber, 1902. Son of humblefamily, his father, RafaelMartínez Calvo was aconfectioner, and his mo-ther, Angela PalaciosBerzosa, was from Ibeasof Juarros. As a child, he showed aninclination for music. In1909, still unfulfilled atseven years old, hebegan his studies in SanLorenzo schools. His firstmusical steps were withteacher Julián García andJosé María Blanco Beo-bide. In Madrid, he befriendedmusicians and importantcultural figures of the timesuch as Regino Sainz dela Maza who was alsofrom Burgos, and GarcíaLorca, among others. His

work began to be knownand enjoyed a certainprestige. In 1924 he began thecomposition of jesters’-dances from Burgos.From 1925 to 1929 hetaught at "St. Stanislausschool in Malaga, whichallowed him to continuecomposing. He wrote“Dance from Burgos” in1927. With Galician So-nata he won anotheraward and continued pu-blishing more works; in-cluding "Enactments" inthe prestigious SpanishMusical Union. He recei-ved a scholarship fromthe city of Burgos andstudied in Paris for twosummers (1925 and1926) Some more prizes“Amaya”. 17/05/1923.Unpublished until 2002. "The teacher Breton is

dead!". The Castilian(Burgos) 12/04/1923. "Notes Useless." Diariode Burgos (Burgos)1 0 / 0 8 / 1 9 2 5 .

m u s i c c o r n e r

Aula 21

Music is important because it makes life happier, the members of the group

“Room 21” know that very well. Let,s know more about them.

On the 13th of November of 2002,a tank of the oil tanker Prestige ex-ploded when it was in the sea, nearthe Galician coast.

It was horrible because all the seawas full of oil.A lot of fishes andother sea creatures died in this te-rrible accident, and a lot of beacheswere contaminated.

This was considerated the thirdmost expensive accident in history.

The lord

o f t h e

r i n g s

Bilbo givesFrodo a ring.

Frodo investigates about the ringand finds that the people who wearthe ring can Disappear.Later, a dwarf says that the ring be-longs to the dark man. He has todestroi it, it has to bring the ring toRivendel,where they decide thedestiny of the ring.

To destroit it he has to go to TheGrudts of the Destiny. He has tothow into the fire, where the ringwas created.

John

“ J u a n i t o “

M u e h l e g g

was disquali-fied from thethree racehe had winand was ex-

pelled from

the Games

the next day, after testing positivefor darbepoetin.

After 102 of existence,the Queen

mother, the last Empress of India,passed away.

t h e y e a r I w a s b o r nthe students of the 1º course were born in 2002, twelve years ago and they show you some of the events that hap-

pened that year.Impossible to forget some of them because of the impact that produced on population

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Alicia Maestro and Ainhoa delOlmo are thirteen years old andthey areextremely good at gymnastics.Alicia trains thirteen hours aweek and she has been practi-sing trampolinefor eight years because her sis-ter practised it; she is the best

in Spainin double minitramp and the se-cond best in trampoline. Ainhoa has beenpractising rhythmic gymnasticsfor six years and she trainstwenty hours a week.

She started because her mo-ther forced her to and now sheis thesecond best in Spain in freehand style and the Spanish se-lection has been

following her for two years.When the grow up, they wouldlike to dedicate their lives togymnastics butthey think it's difficult.They think their coaches aredemanding, but they have hel-ped them to growas gymnasts.How many euros do you think acostume that Ainhoa wearscosts? Two hundred!As everyone, Ainhoa has idols,and they are Carolina Rodri-guez and Yana Kudryavtseva.

Esther San Miguel Busto (bornMay 5, 1975 in Burgos) is aSpanish judoka. She has wonsix national titles and two Euro-pean titles for the half-heavy-weight division (78 kg). She isalso a bronze medalist at the2003 World Judo Champions-hips in Osaka, Japan, and hascaptured a total of twenty-seven World Cup medals, in-cluding eight golds. San Miguelis a member of Centro de AltoRendimiento Madrid Judo Club,and is coached by SacramentoMoyano.

CAREER:

Her first title was at the 1998 Eu-ropean Judo Championships inOviedo .Then, she won a bronze

medal at the 2003 World JudoChampionships in Osaka,Japan. She was able to captureher first gold medal at the 2005Mediterranean Games in Alme-ría. And also she won at the2009 European Judo Cham-pionships in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Sports spanish sportwomen sweep

everybody plays video computer games

Although the Grand Theft Autofranchise is instantly associatedto violence and cruelty, if youlook deep inside you´ll see that itis incredibly detailed, not only inits graphics but also in its parti-cular depiction of reality, critici-zing the vices of western cultureand exaggerating the most ec-centric human values. In this re-view, we will analyze both thecultural and technical aspects ofone of the most successful vide-ogames ever created.First of all, let´s talk about its cul-tural basis. The city of Los San-tos and its surrounding naturalareas are based on the real LosAngeles in South California. Asthey did in previous releases, thecity is almost a copy of reality butof course reduced in size; almostall the main real locations arefound in-game. Creators hav de-veloped an atmosphere of rea-lism that is really appreciatedwhen playing the game. But whatwould GTA be without its violentand cruel main character? Wellthis time we have three, eachone whit its unique personality,hobbies, friends, family and past.Franklin is a grown-up gangmember living in the outskirts,Michael is a wealthy married andretired bank robber with two chil-dren, and finally, Trevor is apsychopath living in the desertwho has also had an obscurepast. During the game´s eventsthese three characters, whichyou would like or hate from the

very beginning, get involved in aseries of heists throughout thewhole state, having to face trou-ble with many different factions:government´s law forces, gangs,mafias, mercenaries… The plot,which has been criticized for itsdark humor and cruelty, is inspi-red by many films related withthis “bank robbers” topic, such asthe well-known The Italian Job.There are also many “eastereggs” spread through the mapthat are a clear reference to othervideogames and films such a VinDiesel character model, a Halodressed-like mime and evenUFO´s. Finally the massive openworld features various species ofboth animals and plants which in-creases the level of realism.But of course, it has also itsdownsides. As mentioned be-fore, many people has criticizedthis game since it was releasedon September last year. Theycan´t accept its irrational violenceand the presence of adult andillegal topics like the consump-tion of drugs or the strong sexualcontent. From our point of view itis true that violence is a bit ove-rused but as you can easily see,it isn´t made for young audien-ces. All this depends on theuser’s reaction to the videogame.Now let´s move on to the techni-cal aspects of the game. GrandTheft Auto V was first releasedon PlayStation3 an Xbox360 theeleventh of September in 2013.The game uses the RAGE

(Rockstar Advan-ced Game En-gine) enginedeveloped byRockstar SanDiego, a divisionof RockstarNorth, the crea-tors of the game,as well as Eu-phoria and Bulletfor the anima-tions and in-game physicsrespectively. TheRAGE enginedoesn´t have thepower of othercurrent enginessuch as Frostbite(which allows tocreate destructi-ble environments) although thegame runs smoothly on it. Wheninstalled the game occupiesabout 9 GB in your console´shard disk, which isn´t too much,but will completely fill it if youhave the 12 GB version. It canget even worse due to the cons-tant updates developers createin order to add content and fixbugs and glitches. As said beforethe game runs naturally in yoursystem although it makes itreach its limits because of the bigamount of data the console hasto process at certain situations;for example, when loading gra-phics, animations, or runningphysics. In order to enhance thegame experience in general, two

new versions have been relea-sed both for PlayStation4 andXboxOne; and there will also bea PC one which will be availableon January next year. They adda whole new set of content(storyline, vehicles, weapons,wildlife…) as well as technicalimprovements such as a first per-son mode, increased drawingdistances, upgraded texturesand a more fluent and massivemultiplayer which now can holdthirty players at the same time(sixteen before). The downside:this features won´t be applied tothe old-generation of consolesdue to their less processing ca-pacity, although they will conti-nue providing new content.

To sum-up Grand Theft Auto Voffers players a massive openworld to explore and an immer-sive story to discover, all of thiscarefully mixed with violence andadult topics, which runs fantasticin the current generation of con-soles and will do it even better onthe next-gen ones. If you are afan of videogames or even if youare a casual player we definitelythink you will enjoy it, if you havealready played it try, if you can,GTA on the new platforms; it is,at the same time, a cultural andtechnical masterpiece that wepromise won´t deceive anyone!

Rodrigo Carbajo & Gabriel Baños 4ªD

Alicia Maestro

Ainhoa del Olmo

THE WORLD INSIDE GRAND THEFT AUTO VMORE THAN JUST BLOOD, DRUGS AND SEX

Esther San Miguel

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Many years after the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rightswas proclaimed in 1948 by theUnited Nations General As-sembly, human rights violationsstill persist. One example is thatmillions of people around theworld do not have access to he-alth care, a right that is recogni-zed in article 24 of thatDeclaration (Everyone has theright to a standard of living ade-quate for the health and well-being of himself and of hisfamily, including food, clothing,housing and medical care). Amain fact that provokes this pro-blem is extreme poverty. Health-care is not free for everybody.Resources are not distributedequally and poor populationscannot afford to pay for doctorsor medicines.The case of AfricaEvery year there are millions ofunjustified deaths in this conti-nent because of diseases thatwe can treat. For example, ma-laria: a disease you can getthrough a bite from a mosquito

infected with parasites and thatcauses a high fever, chills andmuscle pain, and very seriousproblems, such as damage tothe heart, lungs, kidneys orbrain. Malaria kills every year morethan 700.000 people that do nothave enough money to fight it.In sub-Saharan Africa this isone of the main factors of mor-tality. For this reason, there aremany organizations, such as aSpanish one, Manos Unidas,that try to help in this situationby sending doctors and volunte-ers to the most affected areasor collect money through diffe-rent campaigns.

The situation in SpainSince 2012, many organizationsthat defend human rights aredenouncing that a new Spanishlaw, published in Official StateGazette, is forgetting the univer-sality of its previous healthcaremodel and changing it into asystem of assurances. They de-nounce the combinations of cut

backs and social exclusion be-cause undocumented immi-grants in our country do nothave any more healthcare cove-rage for free. The World HealthOrganization warns that healthequity is essential. However,this is not always respected.To give an example, somemedia reported the case of awoman from Bolivia (SoledadTorrico, 42 years-old), who diedin Valencia last year supposedlybecause she did not have herinsurance card, so she couldnot receive any attention in the

three hospitals that she visited.Her family is still demandingjustice for her death.

Should Ethics have the same im-portance as other more technicalsubjects in school? Certainly,some people think it may inter-fere with school´s timetable ta-king away some time that couldbe better used for other thingsthat prepare students for theirprofessional life. However, thereare also people who considerthat we are too interested in ac-quiring knowledge to compete inan economic world, without rea-lizing that our education shouldalso focus on learning valuesthat are basic for living in a civili-zed society. More precisely no-wadays, we have seen howsome financial techniques arebeing used against the interestsof consumers or how it seemsour society assumes that lying,stealing, etc. is something nor-mal. These and many other problems(for example, how technologiesare affecting our culture), seemto need an ethical reflection.

The point is that, apart from theimportant values we learnthrough our families, Ethics canbe a subject in which studentslearn the basis of good humanrelationships in order to knowboth themselves and others bet-ter. Working in groups in class,they can interact, exchangingopinions, discussing topics andsharing experiences, promotingdebates and respect among stu-dents in an atmosphere of tole-rance. These are values thatstudents try to learn and practiceat school, although some adultssay sometimes “young peoplenowadays don´t have any valuesat all”.

Gabriel Baños GómezMartín Saiz GonzálezAndrea Sebastián LomilloDiego Elena Martínez

Get up stand up, stand up for your rights

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s c i e n c e & t e c h n o l o g y

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Hi everybody,Finally you are on the newspa-per project! That’s great. I loveto talk, as you will notice, so Iam glad to answer your ques-tions.I am having an amazing time,and for sure it is interesting. Ihadn’t ever travelled abroadbefore, so for me, this is bothconfusing and wonderful. Onceyou are in a new culture, youstart to think why things are oneway and no another. What doyou like and what you don’t likeat all; which things could get bet-ter… The point is that you learn

way more than usual.Missing family and friends wasexpected, when you are far, yousometimes feel more attatchedto home. You miss yourmother’s hugs, laughing tillcrying with your father, you misspulling your brother’sleg. You miss stal-king your dog(hahahah)You want to knowhow are your grand-parents are, if theyare doing well… Of course you missyour friends, beingnatural, being soclose…However here youfind you a new familywilling to love you,and you will even-tually have a group of friends.I don’t really miss the school, butI do miss my mates. I find difficult getting used to thetimetable. I am not hungry whenI am supposed to eat, and whenI am starving it’s not time foreating. Walking and riding thebike is not very usual… There’snot very much outdoors life, thefood has different flavours, peo-ple’s behaviour is not the same.The point is to look at what isgoing on. I face it as a cha-llenge, as you have to be part ofthe new place.About the people… Wow, ¡that’sa big deal! I notice a lot of polite-ness, and tolerance. “Respect”is the best word to explain it.“Sorry, excuse me, thank you,pardon me…” are in their top tenmost common words. I foundreally interesting that everybodyhas even opposing beliefs andideas, but all of those thoughtsare respected. For instance, youcan see how everybody evenbeing atheist respects the diffe-rent religions. Its also surprisinghow late people set their familiesin Spain compared to Canada,how teens are allowed to drive,how all of them cope with part-time jobs…For example, in my expe-rience… My host family hasMenonite origins. Menonites arethe religious people that emmi-grated from Europe in the XVIcentury to keep their religiousideas, and way of life as theywere in those years. It’s beauti-

ful how meeting new peoplemakes you more open-mindedhelps you understand the world.Making friends it’s hard. In Spainpeople are more willing to knowyou. In this country inmigrantsare really common so it’s not assurprising for them. It’s easy andnice to talk to everybody, butgetting closer is not that easy. Athome, if somebody is new, therest will invite him or her. Hereit’s the new person the one whohas to ask if they want him orher to be with them. So youhave to be a bit adventurousand risky (hahhaha)I am taking art, choir, practisingsports, I am part of the schoolmusical, the jazz choir, thechurch youth club... The tea-chers, even if they are not yourown ones, they are 24/7 to helpyou. They will be there until theyare sure you understand thesubject. Theis relationship withthe students is almost a friens-hip relationship, as there isrespect as well as closeness.Subjects are not too demanding,I can handle them. The explana-tions are very clear. The point isthat there’s continuous work tohand in. I don’t feel presure, butI find I would appreciate 40-hour days to do everything Iwant to do. Maybe at this verymoment I struggle with gettingused to my new life. I am a bitconfused. I feel as if I had threedifferent lives. The one I had

before coming, the one I havehere, and the one I will haveafter coming back. This isbecause this year has alwaysbeen my dream, and is going tochange my life. Advantages…learning how to respect, how tounderstand, how to miss every-thing you didn’t even noticewhen you were at home. I amlearning a lot of English andacademic skills, but that isnothing compared to everythingelse. Therefore, I feel more com-plete being able to experiencethis little world. Of corse thisexperience is recommendable.It makes a student not only bet-ter student, but also a betterperson for the future. You deve-lop your own values, as youcompare and contrast every-thing you are living. I am becoming a hockey supor-ter, I make scarffs, I am the auntof two great kids, who I ususallyplay with … I am finding what Iwant to do as an adult.I don’t think I have changed butI do believe I know more aboutmyself.Thank you very much for all yourpatience and good luck with thischallenging p r o j e c t !And, just in case I don’t get fro-zen in this cold weather andbeautiful snow… See you allsoon!

Elena Sedano Labrador, for-

mer bilingual student of

Lopez de Mendoza

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Another very cloudy day in the northpart of Spain.We forecast rain duringthe first part of the day in the northand in the west.The sky of the coastof Mediterranean sea will besunny.In the afternoon, the rain willmove to the south-east.

W a t c h o u tFOOD OR RUBBISH?

Some worm larvals have beenfound in some schools´meals inour Community. This leads us tosome questions such as what isbeing wrongly done? or what areauthorities doing about it?

Unfortunately, we have alreadythe answer to our last question

since the Educational Authoritieshave only fined the food companybut they have kept the contractwith them. Just on the contrary, ithas been resigned, even exten-ded.Of course, lots of parents are pro-testing about the situations, andthey are strongly demanding to goback to the former situation, whenmeals for children were cooked atschools.

CITIZENS´PROTESTS

… AGAIN

Thousands of euros will be spentin the building of a new bullring inour town. Yet, citizens believe thatas the budget will be on the publicdebit of the town, we will have topay for it (through taxes, of course).

Most people from Burgos thinkthis is a luxury not really neces-

sary these days, since we haveother needs in town. As it happe-ned last year with the “bulevar”,quite a large number of neighborshave taken part in demonstra-tions. We are only teenagers,but ,as we are learning to be responsi-ble citizens, we can use thesepages to remind authorities aboutthe cuts in Education and PublicHealth Services, unemploymentand many other social problems.

m i s c e l l a n e o u s

1: to learn how to respect.2: the language where’s the Big Ben.3: the language where’s the Eiffel Tower4: the passion of Quevedo.5: the passion of Pitágoras.6: the passion of Mozart.7: the passion of Nadal.8: to learn the life of Jesús. 9: the passion of Darwin.10: the passion of Velázquez.11: one of the passions of Da Vinci.

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Mata-Hari (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle)(August 7th 1876 – October 15th1917) was a famous and prettyexotic dancer and a double spyworking for Germany. She didnot realise the danger of being aspy. She thought it was a gameand that her lovers, high-ranking

p o l i t i -c i a n s ,w o u l dsave her.On Octo-ber 15th1917 shewas exe-cuted by af i r i n g

squad in France accused of tre-ason for being a spy and res-ponsible for the death ofthousands of French soldiers.

Photographers pigeonsthey were pidgeons that wereflying through the sky and hadcameras on their chests. In this

way people could see picturesof the war from the sky.

The Red Baron(Manfred Albrecht Freiherr

von Richthofen)(May 2nd 1892 –April 21st 1918) was the best Ger-man fighter pilot in the WWI.Until his death he shot down 80

planes and he became a ger-

man national hero. He died nearAmiens (France) when his planewas wiped out by an enemyplane. His was the most famouswar plane ; the German triplane``Fokker DR.1´´ equipped withtwo machine guns pattern``Hotchkiss´´ synchronized withthe airscrew.

Adolf Hitler (April 20th 1889 –April 30th 1945) was a Germanpolitician leader of National-so-

c i a l i s tParty. He isunfortuna-tely fa-mous forhis impe-rialistic ex-pansion inE u r o p eand hisp e r s e c u -

tion of the Jewish race in theWWII. But before that he hadparticipated in the WWI workingas a postman in the trenches.Hewas wounded in an eye, in thebattle of Ypres when a lot of che-mical bombs were thrown over

thousands of soldiers.He stoodpartially blind and then he reco-vered in a hospital when germanpolitician signed the armistice orthe “stab in the back” in Hitlerwords.This humilliation wouldlead him to the start the 2ndworld war.

Roland Garros (October6th 1888 – October 5th 1918) Although he is famous for givinghis name to the tennis tourna-ment Roland Garros, he was aFrench pioneer in aviation. Hecrossed the Mediterranean Sea

in 5 hours and 53 minutes al-though his engine was seriouslydamaged. He shot down 5 pla-nes in 15 days.

Vegetarian sausages

English food blockade left Colo-nia (Germany) starving and Konrad Adenauer (Mayor of Co-lonia) replaced meat by soyacreating the “peace sausage”.After this, he applied for a patent

in Germany, but he hadn’t got it,because a german sausagemust have meat.

A CHRISTMAS TRUCE

The Christmas truce in 1914 isvery known in all the world. Ithappened during the First WorldWar between German and En-glish soldiers. They were figh-

ting terribly, but it was ChristmasGerman troops began decora-ting the area around their tren-ches, and both bands sangChristmas carols, and exchan-ged seasonal greetings. Therewas a lot of confidence betweenboth trenches, so the all decidedto play football, exchange foodand souvenirs, like cigarettes,whisky bottles, chocolate…The tension was reduced to thepoint that some soldiers fromboth troops walked across thecalled “land of nobody” to talkand to give presents to their op-ponents.However, everything changedthe next day. Both troops beganfighting again and there were alot of deaths.

MARK 1the groups of big vehicles thatwere used, there are only a few,as the first tank invented,the``Mark 1´´ used by the Briton

Franz Ferdinand

The prestigious rock band fromGlasgow (“Take me out”) tookhi s n a m e t o h o n o u r t h e archduke and heir to the aus-trian trone. No need to remem-ber that his assasination wasthe spigot that precipitated thewar declaracion by the Austro-Hungarian empire against Ser-bia, that evolved into the Big war.

Modern flamethrowers were firstused during the trench warfareconditions of World War

AND THE WORLD CHANGED FOREVER.. .curiosities about the big War

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you might have read a lot about this. Here,the students and teachers tell you some aspects not so well known about the conflict

the 7th of september 1914, the french army was resisting tothe german push.Paris governor gathered all taxis in town,asJoseph Simon Gallieni, a french general, requested. Theysend urgently 6.000 soldiers to the fieldwar. It was very spec-tacular the image of 670 cars, most of them taxis, Renault Ag,red coloured all togheter in front of Hotel des Invalides.

The Ger-man uni-form wasmore dis-creet thanthe frenchone, butthe colourwas notmilitary atall.Two yearslater theycreated anew uni-form andthey said itwas ``adirty co-lour´´.

It was a mo-derm uniform,it was khaki,and Germansoldiers weresurprised be-cause theycould dissa-pear into na-ture. It was so goodthat they usedthese uniformsduring thewhole war.They only in-troduced a fa-mous helmetcalled ``Bodie´´

T H E U N I F O R M S

INVENTIONS & PEOPLEMeanwhile millions of humans were living terrifying and painfuldays, others were creating important objects because of theshotages of the time. Some of the inventions and persons:

The first frenchuniform wasred and bluebecause of thecolours of theirflag. This wasa terrible deci-sion becausethis wasn´t agood uniform

to camuflauge.One year laterthey created anew uniformthat was lessbright so it wasmore difficultfor the othersoldiers to see.

hitler peelling potatoes

flamethrower

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Hi guys, do you know about Bur-gos?, it's an amazing city in thenorth of Spain. There are toomany places to visit and we ha-ven't got enough time, so...LET'S START

A DAY OUT

This is a day in San Pedro's ce-lebration, the pattern of Burgos,so we will also do special activi-ties according to this week.For breakfast, we have a hotchocolat with biscuits in a fa-mous coffee called Ibañez.Then, we take a bus and we goto Atapuerca's ArcheologicalSite for a touristic visit. To com-plete this activity, we visit the

Human Evolution Museum. The museum of Human Evolu-tion in Burgos was created as amodern an excellent learningcenter by the Junta de Castilla yLeón, Burgos Town Hall and theAtapuerca Research Team. Itwas built as a new cultural faci-lity that is appropriate to the dis-play findings of Sierra deAtapuerca Site.The main purpose was to pro-vide Burgos with a modern mu-seum which could hold not onlythe archgeological evidences ofthe Atapuerca Sites, but also thescientific theories involved andthe scientific interpretations.Also, this museum offers holisticvision of human presence of theEarth and presents new theoriesabout human evolution. This isthe rightful place for these ex-ceptional sites located in themountains of Burgos.

After that, we are hungry so weeat traditional food in the typicalfast-food places It's three o' clock, so we go tothe roaster house for having atypical Spanish lunch.

GASTRONOMY IN BURGOS

Burgos’s gastronomy is wellknown all over Spain. It is rich infresh fish and meats. Some ofthe traditional dishes are; black

pudding (morcilla de Burgos),fresh cheese and the roast

lamb.Around the cathedral and the“Plaza Mayor” are two very po-pular areas where you can havea drink, take some “tapas” andregional traditional food. Thoseplaces are “Las Llanas”, “LaFlora”, Sombrerería Street andSan Lorenzo Street.

“La Flora” is a nice square si-

tuated behind the cathedralwhere we can find new and oldpubs. Some of the most impor-tant bars and restaurants of thisplace are “El Dolar”, with its de-licious sandwichies, and“Twenty” with its fried squidrings. “Las Llanas” is another squaresituated behind the cathedraland next to “La Flora” where youcan hear good rock and rollmusic at night in places like “La

Pécora”.

Sombrerería Street and San

Lorenzo Street are places withlots of people, noise and a deli-cious scent that invites you toeat at their outstanding bars andrestaurants: you can find a widevariety of salads and tapas in “El

Morito”, bravas in “La Aran-

dina” and “El Burgos”, “Cojonu-dos “in “El Pancho” and Tigersin “La Amarilla”…

“La Favorita” is placed in one ofthe most historical valuable pla-ces of Burgos. It has an addedvalue because it is in the middleof the city route of Santiago´sway. The local combines mo-dern devices with the traditionaltechniques of Burgos´ cooking.A very comfortable restaurant isthe result of that union, and en-hanced with Spanish ham hung

at the ceiling and the grillroomthat can be seen by anyone.In addition, La Favorita won theprice of the best Sandwich Au-thor in 2013 with its ̀ `Anchoas ala Favorita´´, which It is placedin Avellano´s Street 8.

“El Polvorilla” is a classic placein Burgos restaurants. It is acomfortable place located at thecentre of Burgos that combinestraditional Castilian dishes withmodern and actual finger food.Polvorilla is a typical meetingplace for Burgos´ people and fo-reigners where you can talkwhile you are eating somethingand drinking a exceptional Riojawine. It was founded in the 30´sand they have had customersform hunters to bull riders, pas-sing through politicians and ac-tors. It is located at Libertad

Square, number 2.

“Ojeda”. Since the far year of1912, foundation date of CasaOjeda, to our time, people of allsocial classes and conditionhave enjoyed, between that forwalls of the transcendent plea-sure of being eating in one oftheir tables. It is a reference forevery restaurant in Burgos. Ithas an exquisite cooking, anddelightful foreign and local pro-ducts, in addition to a top ser-vice of waiters and the stancesthat are very good maintained.They have received the pricesof: Reaching 2 suns in RepsolGuide and the Excellence Certi-ficate by Tripadvisor. It is placedat Condestable Street number2.

In Burgos, "Pe-

caditos” is avery popular bar,especially for itspeasonable pri-ces. There arefour of thosebars scatteredaround the city. Itis a bar speciali-sing in tapas andthe food is veryfresh becausethe tapas are

preparated for you at the mo-ment. In addition, they are verycheap; the majorities are justone euro.That bar isalso famousfor its beersand its winelist. One beeror a glass ofwine alsocost only oneeuro.The first “Pecaditos” in Burgoswas opened in 2008, in Calza-das Street. Then, in 2009, ano-therone was opened inSombrereria Street. And now,the Pecaditos Company is plan-ning to open a new one in SanPablo Street. It will be opened inMarch. And, if everything is OK,they will open another in gamo-nal.Many other Spanish cities wanta pecaditos, and according toAntonio Cuadrado (owner of thiscompany) in 5 years there willbe 50 pecaditos all over Spain.

Rimbonbin is a classic place inthe tapeo burgales .For manyyears ,its excellent location inSombreria Street ,also called¨Senda de los elefantes”,next tothe Major Square ,has turned itinto a really frequented place .Inthe mornings ,civil servants ofthe town hall have breakfast andin the evenings ,with one of themost diverse bars of the town ,ithas turned it into a real gastro-nomic reference.

For a quickly review of Burgos,we take the tourist train, so wecan see the old town in a short

period of time. The are the mainplaces to see:The castle, the “Espolon”, thecathedral…The train leaves us at the cathe-dral, so we go into.We canwatch the beautiful windows.Then we go to have a rest in thehotel ABBA…no it was just ajoke.We still having party andwe eat an special dinner madeby the finalist of the Spanish ver-sion programme:Top Chef.

Later we go to a very goodplace, to watch the incredible fi-reworks.After watching the fireworks,we

go to Rey San Fernado mainsquare to listen to the concert ofla M.O.D.A. and finally ,we go tohave a rest in the hotel ABBA

SHOPPING

Apple

We have been Apple’s authori-zed distributor in Burgos for 25years. In addition, we are certi-fied to provide help and assis-tance with all Apple softwareand products: iMac, MacBook,iPhone, iPad, etc. We regularlyorganize courses on the latestIT innovations and databasemanagement systems.Come to see us and you will beassisted by the best Apple pro-fessionals.The Apple Store is located inBurgos Avd del Cid , 65, is aprestigious store in which theAmerican brand products aresold. It is also important be-cause it is the only official distri-butor in the city and is the onlyplace you can go if you breakany device .

Zara is the store more Interna-tional Spanish fashion. The Zarachain has installed many shopsin prime areas and with Zara on-line. Catalogs and look booksfrom Zara let know every fas-hion season to be out the street.

€330 is a shop placed in 15,Lain Calvo Street where you canfind shoes, jackets, snowbo-ards, bicycles and everything invery good quality and goodbrand like vans, new balance

BURGOS CULTURE

MusicBurgos province has a big musi-cal variety, with 850 traditional

songs and popular dances ap-proximately. There are songs foreverybody: profane, religious,Christmas carols, lullabies, wed-dings…They are usually played to thebeat typical instruments, the“dulzaina” accompanied bysmall drum, tambourine, casta-nets…

Traditional feastsBurgos’s traditional celebrationsare in honor of Saint Pedro and

Saint Pablo. These celebratorsare at the end of June and thefirst week of July; the 29th beingthe most important day.During these few damp you cansee processions with the typical“Gigantones” and “Gigantillos”in the streets, along with the im-portant people of the municipa-lity like the Mayor. Also you cansee a lot of groups of typical cla-rinets and bagpipes…

SPORTS

Although Burgos is not such abig city, it holds quite importantsports events such as Ata-puerca Cross or The IslandCross which are both nationaland regional sports events. Be-cause this kind of sports eventshave been much promoted wecan give the chance to partici-pate to everybody who enjoysthis exciting competitions.

Atapuerca cross is a racing off-road event which takes place inAtapuerca (Burgos) and is heldin order to promote Atapuercaarcheology sites, that have beendeclared World Heritage byU.N.E.S.C.O. , as well as thepromotion and development ofsport.Autocid

Burgos became a relevant citysupporting sport because of itsbasketball team “Autocid”. “Au-tocid” was born as “C.D Maris-tas” in 1997 and in 2001 itbecame independent from theschool and changed the nameto “C.B Atapuerca” or “AutocidFord Burgos”. Burgos.c.f.

It was founded in 1922 and re-funded in 1994. Nowadays theteam plays in the second divi-sion B, group one. And they trainin El Plantio. They won only onetrophy “Copa Federacion (1996-97).

El Plantio, is Burgos’ footballstadium. Burgos F.C team trainthere. It can hold 12,200 specta-tors. The size of the field is 105x 70, it is considered to be oneof the largest fields in Spain.

Juan Mata, Burgosfootball internatio-nal player, playing inChelsea nowadays.

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