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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

Europa League final

Falcao scored the only goal of a scrappy Europa League final to give Porto victory over their Portuguese neighbours Braga in Dublin.

Custodio wasted an early Braga chance when he smashed a shot wide from the edge of the penalty area but they soon settled into a defence-minded strategy.

Braga held out until 44 minutes when Fredy Guarin crossed for Falcao to plant a header in the top corner.

Mossoro almost equalised when through one-on-one but Helton saved well.

Porto's victory continues their superb season, in which they have won their league title and remain on course for a Treble - they face Guimaraes in the Portuguese Cup on Sunday.

And coach Andre Villas-Boas becomes the youngest man - at 33 - to win a Uefa club competition.

But Porto, whose dominance in their domestic league saw them go unbeaten and finish 38 points ahead of Braga, were far from their best in Dublin.

With two sides from the same nation competing for the trophy, it was always likely to be a cagey affair.

As so it proved as underdogs Braga opted to keep things tight and flooded the midfield and defence.

The ploy worked well for them for 44 minutes - and they even had a decent chance very early on for Custodio - but it made for a tedious game to watch.

However, Braga were undone by carelessness in possession and then a lapse in marking - Alberto Rodriguez gave the ball away and the defence failed to pick up Falcao, who finished with style.

Villas-Boas celebrates 'amazing start' at Porto

Until that point Falcao had cut an anonymous figure, while his strike partner Hulk had been on the end of a number of very strong challenges by Braga.

Only 38 seconds after the interval, Braga should have hauled themselves level when substitute Mossoro was clean through on goal but he hit his shot at the legs of keeper Helton.

Mossoro and fellow substitutes Kaka and Albert Meyong did their best to rouse Braga and their side did respond to exert a degree of pressure on Porto for the first time.

But the number of chances were outweighed by the number of bookings - eight in total - as the game continued to be feisty rather than fluent.

Meyong did get a sight on goal but scuffed his shot from the edge of the box and the ball dribbled out of play.

Porto were able to comfortably defend and even looked the more threatening when they countered - Hulk sent a shot over and Fernando Belluschi went closer with a drive from distance.

In the end, one moment of clinical finishing proved enough to give Porto the edge in a game that failed to live up to hopes and expectations.

Porto coach Andre Villas-Boas: "Without a doubt this is a great feat. We have one trophy left for a memorable season.

"This has a huge emotional impact for us. Round after round, we kept believing more. Porto becomes an even more special club, even more unique.

"It adds another trophy, which is important and builds its future."

Braga coach Domingos Paciencia: "I am very proud, I lived unique moments here. These players also did, it's a beautiful story.

"May Braga continue to grow, we dignified Portuguese football."

BBC Sport 2011

Beatrice's wedding hat to be sold

The unusual hat that Princess Beatrice wore to the royal wedding is going to be auctioned for charity.

Some people loved the princess's beige designer creation but loads of others made fun of the Lady Gaga-style hat.

Since the big day it's become an internet star - with loads of spoof photos cropping up, including one showing a cat flap in the hat.

Her mum, the Duchess of York, told an American TV show that money raised from the sale would go to two charities.

Sarah Ferguson said the cash from the eBay sale would go to children's charity Unicef and for children in crisis.

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