What are the advantages and disadvantages of owning a pet for children?

Publicado por Anna Martínez |

In most homes, where children live, there is also a pet. However, there are arguments both for and against it.
 
 
One of the main advantages is that children can interact with the pet and have more responsibility by having to deal with it. Another argument in favour for children owning a pet is that they learn whats is the love and they feel loved by the pet. Owning a pet is good for children with certain diseases because it is used as therapy.
 
 
On the other hand, depending on the type of pet they have, it can be dangerous for children and they are exposed to danger. Moreover, the child has not sufficient responsibility to take care of a pet, although this fact helps a little bit.

On balance, I would say that although they are positive in some ways of children's life, pets should be controlled when they are with them by the parents. However, I think that they are sometimes more affectionate that people.

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Lions, are always hazardous?

Publicado por joan |

Last summer, three male lions released a 14-year-old girl of the hands of two kidnappers in Somalia. These two men, that turned out to be pirates, used to hit and beat the girl in order to accept to marry one of the pirate's son.

The son had fallen in love with the girl very young, but his father denied him to see her because her family didn't have money, they were extremely poor. However, when gas deposits were discovered just below her house, her family recieved a large amount of money to leave the place. At this time, the father of the boy accept his child to ask her to hung out and, later, to marry her, but it was then when the girl said no to the boy. The father suddently became extremely angry and decided to kidnap her with the help of a friend to change her mind.

Fortunately, three days after the kidnapping, three lions appeard and scared the kidnappers. These ran away and never came back. A few days later, the family found the girl. She was dehydrated, but she managed to recover herself. Sometimes lions are not dangerous but the other way round!

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"The press has a right to publish photographs and information about the private life of celebrities"

Publicado por joan |

Before 1672, when gossip magazines showed up, there were just newspapers in which people could read interesting news about economics and politics. Nowadays, unfortunately, in the newstands, there are more gossip mazagazines than newspapers.  They tell us the private life of famous people, althought they constantly ask pararazzo to stop.


In first place, press has always tried to call the atraction of the readers by publishing compromising information. In addition, sometimes they distort reality in order to earn a bigger amount of money. In my point of view, despite press has not the intention of hurting anybody, they do it unconsciously. They cause a lot of pain. 

In second place, the people who surround famous people, family and friends, basically, can also be offended. Press are capable of making up an argument between a famous and a friend. This is a fact. Those people deserve some recpect too.

To sum up, I would like to say that press should not be always able to publish certain things that put into a embarrasing situation somebody. I think and support that famous people, as human beings they are, they must be respected and have their own intimate moments.

Post Scryptum:
I apologize for what happened in the previous essay.


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Kevin Sanz

Publicado por English Department |


The press has a right to publish photographs and information about the private life of celebrities’.



There is an open debate within our society, if whether press, has got the right to intrude on the private life of celebrities. Many are the arguments for and against it, but I can only say that I am  not keen on paparazzi being constantly putting pressure on famous people.

First of all, I consider that every human being has got the right to privacy. Nowadays, it seems like if we had the right to meddle in people’s life and the press has gone wildly through its limits. I must admit though, that partially society has a lot to do with this. Since it is our desire to know from others life that causes this type of journalism.

Besides this, it seems to me that this kind of job ends up always badly. Let me explain, if we analyze many of the last fateful events, such as the death of Lady Diana Spencer, we can come to the conclusion that one of the reasons for it to happen, was the constant pressure that some well known people have to suffer.

To sum up, I affirm what I said at the beginning, the press has got to know were the limit line is and respect it. It makes things much easier and it doesn’t have that negative connotation.  

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Esteban Perales

Publicado por English Department |


Paparazzo have improved their method of photographing with the breakthrough in digital cameras, and with these cameras, they can do brilliant photos from far away. That is why paparazzo can photograph celebrities so easily, and they are continuously photographing famous people. I think the press have no right to publish photos and information about celebrities’ private life.
Firstly, celebrities have the right to their privacy, because paparazzi are following them all the day, is a constant pressure. For example, anyone would like to be photographed while shopping, going to the beach, eating...
Secondly, not only inform and take pictures, but also opine about the life they have, or what they do. The press is very subjective and also criticizes what celebrities do.
In conclusion, I think that some activities can be published, but some others have to be private.  In my view, the press should photograph other things that are more important that the private life of celebrities.

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The press has a right to publish photographs and information about the private life of celebrities

Publicado por Leire |

Nowadays, celebrities have to be careful of their actions thanks to the yellow press. They publish photographs of celebrities in embarrassing moment. Furthermore, the celebrities seldom can complain. Personally, I think that without permission of the protagonist of the photograph, this type of publications that should be forbidden.
Firstly, it is well known that paparazzi go to great lengths to take a picture of a famous. They easily capture these pictures. Nevertheless, they rarely request permission, because they well know that the celebrity would frown on the publication of a photo in that situation.
Secondly, some photographers caught famous people in an awkward situation. For example, when they are in the beach doing topless or in a date. What is more, yellow press sometimes distorts the images.
In conclusion, I think that with a correct form and authorization, the publications may come out in the yellow press.

VERY GOOD CRISTIAN LÓPEZ!!!!

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The press has a right to publish photographs and information about the private life of celebrities

Publicado por Aloma R. |


At the beginning of journalism, the press was born with the aim to inform citizens about important happenings. However, due to the insatiable gossip-thirst of human beings, soon sensational magazines appeared too. Nowadays, these publications have completely invaded the private life of celebrities and I consider it a big mistake.
To begin with, celebrities may be famous and popular but they are just ordinary people like us. Behind the mask of a superstar, there is a person who has the right of privacy and deserves some respect on their private life. We should not care so much about other people’s marriages, divorces and problems, but live our own lives.
Secondly, this intrusion in the celebrities’ private life causes them conflicts and hurts their relationships. I believe it must be hard for a famous couple to find their argues published and discussed by everyone. Moreover, we have no right to criticise their decisions for no one is analysing ours.
For all these reasons, I consider these publications to be unnecessary and inappropriate. Celebrities have the right of privacy as much as we do and it should be strongly defended.

GREAT!!!

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