10 November 2011

Horoscope

Are you fully prepared to face this school year? Here you have the predictions for next month!

 Aries March 21 – April 20

Are you having problems at school? Get focussed and forget boyfriends/girlfriends.
Value your friends. They are important.
You will have health problems. Be careful and practice exercise!
Do some activities with your parents because it is good for you to spend some quality time with them.
Ana Sofia Santos, 1006

You will be surprised! Your grades will be on the top of the tops!
All your friends on Facebook will desire to be your girlfriends/boyfriends because you will be the sexiest guy/girl in your school.
Just relax… because all your punishments will be removed and your only preoccupation will be switching on the computer.
More excellent news! Your fridge will be next to your bed! It’s a dream, isn’t it? So, enjoy it because this month may be the precious time of your life!
Your parents will act as if you were an angel!
But prepare yourself for next month…
Inês Vivas, 1004
Taurus April 21 – May 20

This month you will be very happy!
About love, you will meet a new boyfriend. He attends your new school. The relationship will last for a long time and you will marry a perfect boy if you continue with the relationship.
About money, you will win too much money in a lucky game or in a casino. If you are good in finances, you can be rich!
About school, you will have a lot of difficulties in your tests if you don’t study enough! Pay attention to your lessons and don’t write SMS in the classroom.
Take care of your life!
Pedro Sampaio, 1006

Gemini May 21 – June 21

Are you going through a bad time in your life? Don’t let your relationship with your boyfriend/girlfriend affect you and your life. Just talk with him very calmly and try to solve your problems.
At school you must be focussed on studying hard to get good marks.
Your health will be much better this month and you won’t be short of money.
Try to be calm and don’t worry about things that are not important.
Your lucky number is 27 and your colour is blue.
Simão Gomes, 1007

Cancer June 22 – July 22

Nervous about the next tests? No problem, you’ll have good marks.
You’ll discover a big secret of your family. Stay calm!
A good friend will tell you something important. Keep it secret!
You’ll find the woman/man of your life. Be yourself and everything will be Ok! It’s important to practice exercise. Enjoy the weekends and practice some sports you like.
Mariana Braga, 1008

This month your days are becoming better and better. You have to work a lot but don’t be nervous! You’ll have a good imagination for your works and for a lot of things.
You will help some friends that will ask you some advice for their problems and you’ll have the correct answers.
Your humour will change, but no problem… it won’t affect you much because it will just be for a short time.
About love? Well… you’ll have a little problem because your boyfriend/girlfriend is very jealous and a friendwill fall in love with you.
Mónica Guincho, 1008

This month will not be easy for you. You will have lots of tests and you won’t lose patience. You should study and you shouldn’t give up.
You will feel pressured by your family but they only want the best for you.
Your friends will give you support and you will meet a new person, a nice guy who will fall in love with you.
You should be careful with your best friend. She will want your guy!
Ana Ferreira, 1006

This month you will have many challenges in your life both sentimentally and at school. Study hard and you’ll be rewarded!
Sentimentally, you’ll fall in love and she/he’ll make you go through some tough times. Show her/him you have feelings for her/him and you might be lucky.
Financially, you and your family will have a really nice month.
You will make some new friends if you are in a good mood and if you’re nice to people.
Mariana Pipa, 1004


Leo July 23 – August 22
Family: Your relationship with your parents is getting better, but you don’t feel confident because at any moment this relationship can be ruined.
Love: In this area you are pretty well because you will find the love of your life.
Friends: You will meet new friends for life but be careful with some people.
Money: You must save some money for your future.
Health: You must see a doctor soon.
Raquel Machado, 1007

This month you will be a very bad boy/girl. You should pay more attention to your life and what goes on around you.
School: You will have to make a big effort to try to understand and pay attention to the lessons.
Family: You should continue your happy times together with your parents.
Money: This month you will not have much money. You will have to economize more.
Love: You should be more caring with her/him.
Adriana Fernandes, 1006

This month love will knock on your door. You’ll find true love and you’ll be very happy with him/her. At school you should be more participative and pay more attention to the advices that your teacher and your parents give you. At home you’ll have a stable relationship with your family, but you really need to feed up your darling fish or he dies!
To sum up, this month will be very happy to you.
Beatriz Sampaio, 1008

Virgo August 23 – September 22

You are very lucky this month. Your effort will be rewarded!
In love you need to be less shy because you may be losing a unique opportunity in life.
You need to be stronger because you are very sensitive and you show your feelings easily.
At school you will be autonomous and more and more perfectionist.
About family and friends, it will be a good term and you will meet new friends.
So, good luck for this month.
Ana Carolina Ferreira, 1007

This month you will fall in love! Don’t be nervous, just be yourself!
You will have a great time with your family. Don’t forget to be with your grandmother because she is an old woman and one day she will die.
Your partner in the maths class will have some difficulty in an exercise. Be friendly and explain the exercise to him.
Did you miss you BFF (Best Friend Forever)? Spend more time with her.
This will be a great month!
Jessy Silva, 1004

You will have a fantastic month. You will be good at school, but pay attention to the homework!
Relax! Don’t be nervous because it won’t help you!
You will spend a great time with your family though you would prefer spending even more.
You will have time to go out with your friends but you won’t be allowed to go out with your BF. He may miss you.
Be friendly and you will form new friendships.
You can also go jogging with your BFF during your free time.
This will be the best month of the year!
Joana Coelho, 1004

Libra September 23 – October 23

This month you will have a lot of fun and satisfaction. Your family will give you a nice present on your birthday.
You will be careful about school. You should study because the tests will be difficult, but also you will not give up! Stay organized!
Be careful with multiple crushes because someone could get hurt…
You will meet a nice boy/girl and you will fall in love with him/her.
Marta Maia, 1006

In general, this month will be good for you. In the bad days, when you can’t look at someone’s face, face that fact and forget it because the next day you’ll be fine.
About school, you will have good grades and you will get your dream job, but you have to study very hard to get it.
About family, you have to support some people that always make you nervous.
Your friends will support you very much when you’re down.
About health, you’ll be a little sick, but nothing serious, you’ll be well quickly.
Bárbara Ferreira, 1004

This month you have to be strong and determined because you’ll face many problems but if you fight hard you’ll overcome them easily.
At school you will be accused of something you haven’t done.
At home the atmosphere will be very tense. It will be in this hard time that you’ll find who your true friends are and you’ll probably fall in love.
You’ll have three difficult decisions to take and you have to be smart or you’ll get hurt.
Ana Sofia Tavares, 1004

Scorpio October 24 – November 22

This month you will be a successful student. You will have great grades and you will not fail English classes. You will intensify your relations with your family especially with your sister/brother.
You will have a lot of fun with your friends at home and at school.
In love, you will overcome all the difficulties you have with your loved one.
You will also meet new and very interesting people who will help you to be a better person.
You will be very healthy and money won’t be a problem.
Your lucky number is 21.
Sérgio Reis, 1006

Sagittarius November 23 – December 23

This month you will have some problems with school. You’ll have to work harder. You’ll have to be more dynamic in lessons. You will notice differences in your mind.
You and your family are spending a good moment in life, but you should be more careful with what you say to your parents.
You should not waste your happiness. You will feel solitary because you and your friends will have some arguments but with the passing of the time everything will be fine.
Your health will be good, but you shouldn’t relax. You should do more exercise.
You should be more careful with the money you spend.
Joana Pereira, 1004

Capricorn December 22 – January 20

You will have a tough month. Some of your friends will try to make you steal from a store, but you will refuse because you are prudent.
You will try to be funny, but believe me you are not!
The teacher is going to give you a lot of homework and you will ask for more because you are ambitious!
You will be very impatient when you are queuing to have lunch in the school canteen. You will even begin a food fight!
Francisco Queiroga, 1007

School: This month you’ll find out that all those hours in front of the desk were worthy and that all your effort will be compensated! But don’t relax too soon! Christmas holidays are only in December and until there you must keep the good marks you’ll have this month.
Friends: New school, new class! Just because you’re apart from your “old” friends, don’t forget them… don’t let your friendship die! Call them on Friday night to hang out or to study together during the weekend. Besides that, try to make new friends in your new class!
Family: A new arrival?! Congratulations!! Having a new brother/sister is amazing but it isn’t all a sea of roses and now you have more responsibilities at home! Help your parents with the household chores and when your brother/sister grows up, be an example for him/her!
Sara Sousa, 1008
Aquarius January 21 – February 19

It is going to be a very difficult month for you. You will need help, so I hope you have great friends.
You need to behave well because like the old saying “Bad Mary, bad Mary, if you don’t behave well, you are here you are eating!”
If you have a boyfriend, it’s better you lock him up in your house because there are a lot of pretty women on Earth and the possibilities of him finding another girl are big.
The only thing that I know that will be OK is your family. Nothing bad will happen this month.
So, if I were you, I wouldn’t get out of bed until next month.
And… yes, you will get hurt!
Carolina Passos & Joana Carvalho, 1008

Pisces February 20 – March 20

You will have a lucky month! Everything will be alright with your family and friends and you will make new friends too. But be sure that they are persons that you can trust because you need to remember that not everybody is trustworthy. Besides this you have to control your fickleness ‘cause sometimes people can be bored about this. Just be yourself and remember: No one’s perfect!!
Cristiana Rodrigues, 1008

It’s so early in the school year and people are already mad at you!
This year everything is new for you… new friends, new school.
Love is in the air for you and the boy/girl is so cute! You will still love your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, but now it’s time to forget him/her because the other boy/girl will take good care of you.
Now it’s time to talk about your family. You love your parents, of course, but the climate at home will not be very good! Don’t be afraid to ask your friends help because they are there to help you.
Attention!! Be careful! No everyone likes you!
Your lucky day will be the 31st of December.
Maria Araújo, 1004












6 October 2011

Welcome Back!!!


Hi there! The holidays are over :((
But an astounding New School Year is already here.
So, let's start working.
                                                   

3 June 2011

My plans for the future

In the future I want to be a vet. Vets take care of animals, they end their suffering, they can save lives. To be a vet I need to know how their bodies work, which medicines I can use in each case and I need to be mentally strong for the times I’ll have to end their existences, but this way they stop suffering.

The salary isn’t bad. I believe the salary is about 4000 euros, but it depends on the “level” you are. The conditions may be sometimes uncomfortable, but as long as it is possible to save a life, it doesn’t matter. The good thing about this job is the fact that we save lives, make families happier and I can even take care of my own pets.

Adriana Silva, 1103


A few years from now I would like to be working in a big zoo as a vet. I would like to take care of wild animals and also find new species. However, to get a job like this we need to be the best of our course and really enjoy what we are doing, because we will need to be focussed on it for long periods, it needs a lot of dedication.

Although I know this jib isn’t the best paid in the world, we can earn good money. Besides, it is a very beautiful job with all those exotic animals.

In spite of being very difficult to get it, I will do everything I can to make my dream come true.

Catarina Aboim, 1103



My plan for the future is to become a paediatrician, the kid’s doctor broadly called.

I would like to be a paediatrician, first because I love kids and I get on well with them and second because I find medicine very interesting, two qualities needed in this job. The truth is, to get to be a paediatrician, very high grades are needed, and not every person is up to it.

The salary is usually very high and the working conditions are usually great, specially if we like the job.

The biggest advantage of this job for me is to do everything that I like and gain much money as well.

Gonçalo Mesquita, 1103




For the future I am planning to follow a career as a biologist. It is a job that requires studying and dealing with living creatures (animals, plants, etc.) and that is exactly what I love to do.

In order to become a biologist I will need, at least, a degree in biology, but I am planning on going further, till I become a specialist in the subject.

As a biologist I will have to work in labs and sometimes in the open field (forests, camps, mountains). That may be troubling sometimes but the fact that I will be earning a good salary, and most important, doing what I like to do, will compensate all the problems that might appear.

Sandra Rodrigues, 1103


In the future I would like to work in an I&D enterprise as an electronic and informatics engineer, developing new technologies, machines and devices to be used in other enterprises and industries or to simplify some quotidian tasks.

For that I will go to university to take a master degree in electronics and informatics engineering and I’ll try to be one of the best students, so that I can get a good job with a high salary right after finishing my master degree.

I want this job because, since I was a little kid, I’ve always like computers, electronics and robotics and I think that it is an area that is evolving everyday.

Tiago Rocha, 1103
 

“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots” (Erich Fromm)

Technology is evolving faster and faster in our days and the future may become even more dangerous than it was in the past, when men became slaves.

Nowadays we see that in many jobs people are being replaced by robots, and this is very concerning. Unemployment is growing and the future is uncertain. Everywhere we look we see technology, mobile phones, iphones, laptops … and maybe in the future we will see robots doing people’s tasks like walking a dog.

Although the future is uncertain, we must have hope and control robots before they control us.

Álvaro Silva, 1103


In the past, men, usually black people, were forced to do some miserable work without payment. It was the time of slavery, an era of shame in human history. And nowadays the problem is coming back to life.

With the new technologies that have appeared recently, we are forced to do more and more tasks, faster and faster. This way, we are forced to do more than one task at the same time, like robots. Someday, in the future, some scientists might even find a way to transform our brain into a dual-core processor, and that could lead to an impredictable future.

Is it good?

I don’t think so…

João Ferraz, 1103

 


 

I don’t agree with this statement. Sure, the first part is right, for many years slavery was a major problem, but I do not think that in the future we’ll become robots, with absolutely no feelings. I believe that in the future, we’ll become slaves of robots as technology, if we aren’t already slaves now!

People are addicted to technology, and it seems like we can’t live without it. Also, if we keep evolving like this, we’ll reach a point where robots will be better than us in everyway, therefore turning us into slaves.

We need to change, and the future depends on what we do right now, in the present. But, of course, it’s easier said than done. Would you be willing to live without technology?

José Oliveira, 1103