I am writting to express my admiration for teachers work. I mean, I have been working with a great teacher called Mrs. Johnson, who has show me how hard is being a teacher. She has to take care of a lot of informarion like students' selt-esteem and problems. For example, she realized that a student needs physical contact. Last week, she took a class of students, wich was full of teenagers who had not been at school before and most of them do not understand English. For all this reasons, she had to try many different kinds of methods to teach them. As you have seen, it is really difficult to deal with educating teenagers from differnt places. I want to say:

Mrs Johnson, I admire you.
katherine Silva

Teenage violence is increasing A mother was threatened with death by her son.

A mother was threatened with death by her son

Studies made by Cambridge University have showed that teenage violence is increasing without control. The teacher Matthew Levis, leader of these investigations, said that is a characteristic of the modern life style.

“Everyday it is more common to see angry people on the streets. People tend to be more aggressive than ten years ago, because of stress and the incapability to solve their problems without violence”.

According with Mr. Levis there are a lot of reason for this kind of violence but the most common one is the lack of attention from parents.

“Adolescents throw tantrums to get their parents attention but, unfortunately, they cannot express their feelings, so they lose the control of the situation”.

The Advani family experience is a perfect example of this issue. Last Friday night, Junior Advani threatened his mother with death with a knife. It was a shocking experience for Mr. Advani who had to take away his son to teach him respect.

In the world there are a lot of families which suffer from teenager violence. The teacher Matthew Levis says:

“It is so important to contact a specialist to solve this problem”.

By Katherine Silva M.

this is just a game

kisses and dishes
it's always the same
he flashes his wishes
how can I explane?

in the quay
he is waiting
I can see he has a key
that's twinkling
just for me

I cann't see neither eat
he is in the dark warehouse
where I saw him the first date
where we kissed each other
again again and again

My favourite piece of art

It is "The kiss" by Auguste Rodin.
It is a marble sculpture which represents lovers.

The original title of this sculpture was Francesca da Rimini, who was a character of Dante's Inferno. According with the book, she was married but unfortunately Francesca fell in love with her husband younger brother.
This sculpture represents the moment when they were discovered and the killed by her husband. For this reason, their lips do not touch each other to suggest that they were interrupted.

Personally, I like this sculpture because it was perfectly worked -each detail is exact and beautiful. Also, It remembers me when I used to draw humans bodies at high school- I was really good doing it. Besides, I like it due to the fact that the kiss is the most common show of affection and it represents love. Usually, when we walk on the stress whatever we look at it is possible to see a couple kissing each other, maybe some of them are more passionate than other ones but the interaction between men and women is just the same, love.

If I were a sculptor I would like to represent the pregnancy too because after the kiss it is the second most beautiful interaction between people.

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

My name is Katherine Silva. I was born on April 24th, 1988. I grew up in a beautiful town in the seventh region of Chile called Parral. There, Pablo Neruda was born too. I am an artistic person, who has a vivid imagination. I like to spend time participating in folkloric and theater groups.

When I was at elementary school I was part of a folkloric group. I was dancer and singer. We recorded a CD about Pablo Neruda’s life. Unfortunately, we were swindled by the manager.

Then, at high school, I was an actress and director of a theater group. We participated in an important contest, for which we have been rehearsing for four months. Finally, we won the first prize.

Currently, I am studying English Pedagogy. At the moment, I am not participating in any artistic group. Due to the fact that I prefer to take care of my education to become a good professional. Besides, I have great plans in the future because I want to have a Group of theater and folklore with my future students. I hope to give them the fantastic experience that I had.

new people

THIS SEMESTER MY CLASS IS FULL OF NEW FACES, I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN THEM BEFORE BUT I HAVEN'T SPENT TIME WITH THEM. BY THE WAY, I AM SO GLAD. YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS CAN LEARN NEW THINGS OVERALL FROM NEW SITUATION AND PEOPLE.