Natalia (Poland) _ Travelling to Turkey

Hi everyone ! ; )

My name is Natalia Wilk. I come from Poland and I live in Zabrze - I have lived here since I was born. I'm 14 years old. I live with my parents and 19 year-old sister.
I’m a cheerful and talkative person. I like meeting other people but I’m a little bit shy. I am friendly, tolerant and helpful.
I like listening to music, playing the piano (since 2006) and shopping. I wanna learn to play the guitar. I think it is cool. I perform at the school theatre. My favourite kind of music is rock, but sometimes I listen to another kind of music. I love surfing the internet and watching films. I like comedies, horrors and dramas, for example “Saw” and “Halloween” or “American Beauty”. I would like to travel and see the world. I don’t know who I will be in the future and I don’t care about this now. I like swimming.
I’m so excited and I’m sure there will be great in Turkey.
I’m on facebook, so if you want to write to me I will answer !
See you soon ;D

Natalia

Marion (France) - Travelling to Turkey

I’m Marion Glanard. I come from France and I live in Paris. I’m 15 years old. I have one brother, he is 20 years old and one sister, she is 29 years old but I don’t live with her. My parents are divorced, and I live with my mother, but I see my father Wednesday and Saturday and Sunday.

I have one cat, he is grey and white. I found this cat in a park, he was lost.  I speak English and German.
I like : Video games, music, draw, animals… But I’m not a sportswoman!

So goodbye!

Samuel from Flensburg travelling to Turkey

Natalie from Flensburg travelling to Turkey

ANTOINE FROM PARIS TRAVELLING TO TURKEY

Hello!

My name is Antoine Vaysse; I am 15 years old and I live in Paris, in France, near the park of Buttes Chaumont, which was a gypsum quarry. I study in Colbert high school, and speak English and German a little, I began to learn German fin primary school1, and English in junior high school, but I already spoke English a little before.

I love playing video games, but I also love handball and basket ball. I like the nature and the animals, I have 2 kittens which are really cute, and they are named Shaka (the male, he is black) and Pouki (the female, on the picture)

With my family, I went to the USA when I was 12; I saw the Grand Canyon, and many other things. It’s the only trip of my life and that was really great! I prefer science and languages and I like the design but I’m not very found of the other arts.  My brother, Pierre, is 18 years old and my sister, Elise, twenty.
I am very simple as far as gastronomy is concerned: I especially like bread and pasta, grilled meat, but my favourite dish is pasta carbonara.

That is all!

YANA FROM ITALY TRAVELLING TO TURKEY

Hello everyone!


My name is Yana. I come from Ukraine but I've already been living in Italy ( in Spello which is a small medioeval village near Foligno ) for seven years. I'm 18 years old and I'm attending the 4th class of a vocational school in Foligno where I'm specialyzing in fashion design because I love designing and making clothes. My days are always full and I hardly find time to relax. I think I'm a generous, self-confident and responsable girl, I like travelling a lot and discovering new cultures and that is why I joined this project because it gives me the oppurtunity to meet many people and their cultures.

I greet you all and see you in Turkey!!!

NATALIE FROM FLENSBURG TRAVELLING TO TURKEY

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SAMUEL FROM FLENSBURG TRAVELLING TO TURKEY

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LEA FROM FLENSBURG TRAVELLING TO TURKEY

Hi!
My name is Lea and I'm living in Husby, a small village. It's in the north of Germany. I'm 15 years old and my younger brother is 11. My school, KTS (Kurt-Tucholsky-Schule), is in Flensburg.

Swimming, reading books, meeting friends, laughing and dancing are my favourite hobbies.
And I like travelling to other countries. My uncle and my aunt are living in France. Sometimes we visit them. In summer it is very hot there.
I'm glad to go to Turkey, because I wasn't in Turkey before and I want to meet new people.
I'm looking forward to see you.

VIDEOCLIP ESTRELLA DAMM - MENORCA SANT JOAN

Łukasz, from Poland, travelling to Turkey

Hey, hi, hello;)

From this side - Lucas. I am 15 years old and I live in Zabrze in the southern Poland. I have no siblings, but this does not mean that I am alone. I have a dog called Niko. The dog can also be a member of a family:)

What am I look like? Well, you can see in the picture but seriously I'm a type of a crazy boy with a sense of humor. Music is my vocation since childhood - it accompanies me forever and everywhere. My favourite music is Electro, House and Trance. Currently I am an amateur DJ – I organize various events. My best Dj is Markus Schulz.

My hobby is also a martial art Aikido, which I have been training for five years. I just love what I do and it blends well something nice with something useful.

I will take part in a Comenius meeting for the first time, although it is not my first attempt. I have been trying to become a member of our travelling group five times. It is not easy to be a loser so often…;) If you are stubborn enough, if you do not give up too easily, everything may happen.

By the way I love travelling and exploring new things. I am curious about the world. I am especially curious about Turkish religion and traditions. These threads were important parts of the qualifying rounds in my school.

I hope to meet many new friends in Turkey.

See you in Iskenderun;)

AIRPORT SECURITY – CLARA RODRIGUEZ DE CASTRO

 In recent years flying and flight time spent at airports has increased dramatically. Since 9-11 the security measures have changed to make air travel safer. These measures have prevented terrorist attacks, however, the impact has made people look for others ways of travelling.

On the one hand, the most important point is that air travel has become much safer. Furthermore, people feel less worried about terrorism. In addition, these measures have

created more jobs and, moreover, have increased the revenue from the airports shops. As well as this, the airports now have better X-ray machinery which means that they don’t have to search so many bags by hand. As a consequence of these new measures, new technology and  police dogs, drug trafficking has decreased.

On the other hand, although it’s good to feel safe you waste so much time standing in queues.  What’s more it’s really inconvenient that you have to take off your coat, belt, boots… Due to having to remove all these items you might lose or forget them. Not only that, but you also waste money because you have to pay for the liquids that you have in your own house, such as shampoo. However, they allow men to bring their razers and women to wear high-heeled- shoes, but you cannot bring tweezers. Above all, the new measures sometimes cause flight delays or people might miss their flights.

From my point of view it’s important to feel safe, but the measures make people waste a lot of time and money. It would be better, if it was managed in a different way, so as not to spend so much time wasted in queues.

ANDREAS JESSEN- TRAVELLING TO TURKEY

My Name is Andreas Jessen, I live in Oxbüll a small village near Flensburg, this is in the north of Germany. I am nearly 16 years old. I live with my parents, an older brother and a younger sister on a farm. We have many animals, mainly chicken.

I'm 1,76 m tall. I have straight blond hair, blue eyes and glasses.
I'm a very humorous person and sometimes that is a bit annoying, but usually you can laugh much with (and about) me. I speak mostly only when it's necessary. I think I'm a very friendly person.

In my spare time i like to hear music, read, meet friends, ride bike or play computer games. I am a scout and in the holidays I am often on scouting camps.

SCHOOL UNIFORMS_LOTTI VIDAL

Many people have strong views about the use of school uniforms. In my view there are arguments both for and against it.

On the one hand, uniforms stop other students judging them on how they look, as everybody will look more or less the same. Furthermore, it saves parents money as they don't have to buy new school uniforms every year and their children only need clothes for the weekends and holidays. Moreover, it means that children don't waste time having to think about what to wear to school.

On the other hand, even though some parents say that wearing uniforms is a way of saving money, other say that uniforms are not cheap, besides children are constantly growing up and need bigger sizes. A further argument against uniforms is that students at school need to learn to express themselves, and their wardrobe choices are one way of doing this. When every child is forced to dress just like all his class mates , he loses his freedom to choose how he wants to reperesent himself through his clothing.

In my opinion wearing a uniform is a good thing because no-one stands out and it looks smarter.

Are Wikileaks cables controversial?

On July 25, 2010 Wikileaks website released thousands of US classified documents. These leaks have been compromising not only the US but other countries mentioned in the documents. Some people are now wondering if these cables are harming more than helping, since they expose governmental secrets and the true side about some issues that some countries covered.

Some people think that there’s nothing new on these documents since they knew that the government covered issues although they didn’t know what kind of issues. Some people think that the leaks are dangerous because they expose some people’s name and reality, which could create uprisings.

Other people applaud the revelations because they think that if we live in a democratic state, then people should know the truth, and leaking confidential documents is a big step to reach real democracy.

As far as I’m concerned, Wikileaks’ leak has been a good move for people, since it’s made people be aware of some issues the governments were covering but I also think that the information on those documents isn't new information, but always is good to be aware of the stuff that’s out there.

AGAINST/FOR GAY ADOPTION

Many people have different views about gay adoption. Some people think a gay couple can't adopt a child and other people thint that it doesn't matter if you are gay or not, everybody has the right to have a child. It's clear that nowadays most people have the same opinion as me and are for the gay adoption.

On the one hand, some people think that gay adoption has to be suspended, because they say that children should have a mother and father as role models. It seems that they are trying to say that being gay is not a good model, that is something bad. Besides, in the area that does not accept gays and lesbians, the child might sovially get picket on. Furthermore, some parents think that gays are like child molesters, and forbid their child to associate with the adopted child.
In some areas, both members of a gay couple adopt the child and are considered legat parents, but in others, only one person can adopt the child, because a child is legally considered with only having one father or one mother. If the adoptive parents die, the child may be removed from the non-adoptive father. In addition to all this, people also say that "homosexual relationships don't last very long".

On the other hand, others believe that a gay couple are able to adopt a child. Because it is not just the parents who influence a child's behavior, society also plays a role in their upbringing. Furthermore, most children get picked because of something else, like being chubby or looking differents. It also has been proven that more heterosexuals molest their children.
Another reason is that it is natural for couples who can't have children through sex to adopt children. When they say that a child will be removed if the legal parents dies, actually the same thing would happen if a single parent adopted both parents in a heterosexual relationship became deceased.

In my opinion, I think if people want to adopt they should. I think that if straight people are allowed to adopt children, homosexuals are also allowed, if they really want a family why can't they have it? They just help children, care for them and love them and they don't hurt anyone

Two door cinema club "What you know"

Euthanasia, is it a right or a crime?- Yannick Roselló

Euthanasia, is it a right or a crime? Euthanasia is used when very ill people with no cure and who suffer a lot of pain decide to be killed or to have a more pleasant death. For this, certain drugs or poisons are used. This death is quick and not painful. There’s a big discussion about euthanasia being legal or illegal.

On the one hand, people have the right to decide when they want to die, if you are ill and you’re going to die anyway, perhaps it’s better to have an earlier but quicker and more pleasant death than a slower and painful one. Moreover, it’s unpleasant for the relatives to see their loved ones in pain or agony. Euthanasia gives you the chance to die with dignity, you can die wherever you want, whenever you want and with whoever you want. Besides, there’s no sense to keep people alive beyond their natural life span, if a person has no chance to survive and can’t do anything, it’s OK to let him die.

On the other hand, people might receive euthanasia against their will, in this case, it’s just like a murder. Sometimes a person might recover from an illness against all odds, perhaps the doctor got confused or was simply wrong, we’re human and we can always make mistakes. Then, some doctors are against euthanasia, their job is to try to save people’s live and make it better, everyone has his own point of view, so perhaps some doctors wouldn’t agree to kill somebody. Euthanasia is voluntary, however, some people might feel pressured to kill themselves, even though they don’t really want to die.

To sum up, as in many other dilemmas, there are many different points of view, each one with their own arguments for and against. In my opinion euthanasia should be legal, people should be free to die whenever they want. However, euthanasia should be extremely controlled, no one must die against their will or pressured by someone else.

LARA CATCHOT- SPAIN

My name is Lara Catchot Orfila and I’m seventeen. I live in Menorca, Spain. Menorca is a small Island in the Mediterranean and is very touristic, especially in summer. I live in the capital, Maó, in a flat near the harbour, which is very important in the island.


I live with my family, my parents and my two brothers, Sergi who is nineteen and Pau, who is twelve. I also have two cats, I love animals!


I have curly blond hair, big green eyes and pale skin. I have a normal height and a normal weight too.

I think my character is good, I’m a little bit stubborn but I’m an open-minded person, sociable and friendly. I never get nervous and I try to be as optimistic as I can. I don’t believe in superstitions nor any religion, but I respect the people who believe in them.


I’m not a very sportive person, I don’t have enough time, but I used to dance in an academy until last year. I hope I can do it again.


In my free time I like to meet my friends and go out, especially in summer. In winter Menorca is a very boring place, and I just study and go to high school. But in summer it is great fun, I enjoy going to the beach and going out at night with my friends.

LARA CATCHOT- TRAVELLING TO TURKEY

My name is Lara Catchot Orfila and I’m seventeen. I live in Menorca, Spain. Menorca is a small Island in the Mediterranean and is very touristic, especially in summer. I live in the capital, Maó, in a flat near the harbour, which is very important in the island.

I live with my family, my parents and my two brothers, Sergi who is nineteen and Pau, who is twelve. I also have two cats, I love animals!

I have  curly blond hair, big green eyes and  pale skin. I have a normal height and a normal weight too.

I think my character is good, I’m a little bit stubborn but I’m an open-minded person, sociable and friendly. I never get nervous and I try to be as optimistic as I can. I don’t believe in superstitions nor any religion, but I respect the people who believe in them.

I’m not a very sportive person, I don’t have enough time, but I used to dance in an academy until last year. I hope I can do it again.

In my free time I like to meet my friends and go out, especially in summer. In winter Menorca is a very boring place, and I just study and go to high school. But in summer it is great  fun, I enjoy going to the beach and going out at night with my friends.