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  The best trip of my life   Italy, a country I had never thought of visiting specially at the age of 16. I honestly don't even know where to start, and I know I won't be able to tell you even half of what happened but I'll do my best. Well, maybe it makes sense to start with the day I arrived. I woke up very early to catch the plane with my colleagues and arrived in Italy at 10:30 am. Then we took a train to Cardona where we met with the teachers and some Italian families. My host family was very friendly and picked me up at the station. I loved them because even though I had a lot of difficulties expressing myself in English but they always tried to facilitate communication. They made my week much easier I assure you. On the second day, we went to school around 8 am. The school teachers welcomed us and in the morning we did an activity about cultures. It was a lot of fun. It helped me get to know the other students who were participating in the project. In the afternoon w...

My thoughts about isolation during the pandemics   “All you can see from my window...”, or would it be more “what can you not see from my window?” For me, it makes more sense "what you don't see" in the face of the world pandemic situation, many things are no longer seen in the world. And when I refer to the world, the city where I also live, better known as Lisbon, capital of Portugal. Lisbon is an European city with a big name when it comes to tourism, as we can find tourists at any time of the year, but due to the situation we live in, it's really sad to no longer see the typical Lisbon city and its big and small movement. Can't be seen, can't be heard and can't be smelled. When I refer to these stimuli, I conclude that Lisbon is a city that does not take a vacation, probably this year 2020 had to do so. Not by choice, but by obligation, with this, it brought as many good things as very bad things. - Let's start with the bad ones. Lisbon seems like ...

  Being an influencer Nowadays, it is noticeable that the number of important celebrities is increasing, which means people tend to choose jobs where they have a huge influence on others. At the same time, they are doing something that brings them joy.   For starters, I think it is very important to do something you enjoy, and the best way to know if someone likes what they do for a living is to look for the ones that would rather earn less money than not be as happy as they currently are.   Second of all, some people only become famous for the glory and because they enjoy their job but that does not mean they are not good at it, it means that they do not choose it for the same reason a musician chooses his because a musician bases his decision on enjoyment and happiness in contrary to some of the others.     In addition to that, I believe the best part of being famous is to be seen as a hero or role model, which makes us feel like we did a good service to ...

  What would you be willing to do for freedom?  “Not pleasure, not glory, not power: freedom only freedom” Fernando Pessoa. Freedom, a word with constancy to describe the world, people and our society. The month of April carries  with it a reflective part on the issue of freedom, how are we in relation to it today? Do you know what  freedom is? “Condition of one who is free. It is a concept that takes on a great variety of meanings among  the different authors who have dealt with the subject”. Freedom can be seen in many ways, being physically or mentally. Freedom of expression is everything we  absorb from information and create our own opinion from it, we are free to think, idealize and believe in  everything that adds to our interest. While there is a point in favor of freedom to believe and create our  own opinions, aren’t we just adopting others’ point of view? And putting them as our freedom? Lately,  people share the same opinion on th...

  Freedom Day - 25 April 1974 A very important day for the Portuguese people. We celebrate the revolt of the captains of April, who on this day, through a peaceful coup d'état, overthrew the dictatorship that ruled Portugal for forty-one years. Instead of weapons, red carnations circulated, which became the symbol of freedom and resistance to all forms of repression and limitation of individual freedom. This year, celebrations outstanded that freedom has now outlived the forty one years of dictatorship.                          

First prize in the contest "Diversity as a source of happiness" The students of the 1st course of Intermediate Grade of Attention to Dependent People won the “Diversity as a source of happines” contest. This contest was organized by the Section of Peace, Coexistence and Human Rights of the Government of Navarra and consisted of the production of a creative video that showed the importance of knowing people, recognizing our differences and using them to enrich ourselves as individuals and as a society.   The group was very involved in making the video, working as a team and reaching a common final product, since they could only present one video per group. The result was very satisfactory and as a reward they received a plaque accrediting the award and a trip to an amusement park.   The delivery of the prize and award was held in Baluarte last Monday, April 11, being delivered by the  Counsellor of Citizen Relations. VIDEO WINNER Videoscript: Do you well with yourself? Who...

Visit to Aurum Cosmetics A few days ago, we visited Aurum Cosmetics, which is a natural cosmetics factory situated in Iraizotz, a little village in the north of Navarra. They don't make cosmetics for hair, they only create skin products. However, it was very interesting, because we learned the qualities of different plants and minerals that can be transferred to hair cosmetics. We could also smell them and see the process to create and package cosmetics. In addition, they taught us how to identify an organic product by looking at the INCI, that is, the list of ingredients.  And finally we were able to create our own essential oil. It was an interesting visit where we could learn more about active ingredients for cosmetics.