Just another trip. A few months ago I travelled by plane with a group of people who had a baby. No, I'm not going to complain about tha baby making a fuss, he was an angel. He got bored sometimes though. For example, while we were waiting to board the plane, he was being a little cranky so I started making funny faces at him and pushed him in his little stroller around the tax-free shops of the airport and in front of other passengers while making car noises. Some of the people sitting close to the boarding gate gave me strange looks while I was doing so. They didn't say a thing but I think some of them were questioning my sanity. After a while, when the little boy got hungry, I returned to our group and, while he was being fed, I sat down with my phone and nonchalantly picked the bottle of water that was on the seat beside me to take a sip and try to calm my thirst. But when I looked up I realized that I hadn't taken my bottle of water , but someone else's, which looked exactly the same as mine. I quickly apologized to the owner of the bottle and she forgave me with a smile. Also, when I tried to eat a pretzel filled with chocolate that had been melted by the warmth of the bag it was in, my clothes got stained with chocolate where I least expected them to. Finally, when we boarded the plane, it turned out that my designated seat was separated from my group's, so I had to sit a few rows behind it. My rowmates (is this correct?) were an old couple who boarded after me. They quickly placed their luggage in the upper compartment and took their seats. But then, the lady stood up and reached into the upper compartment again to take out something out of her bag which she thought she would need during the flight. While she was doing so, she was holding the entire line of passengers who were also boarding the plane. Her husband tried to convince his wife to sit down, as she would be able to look into her luggage later on, but she insisted on carrying out her task. Then, the old man turned to me and kindly advised me never to get married. The flight was quiet and we arrived to our destination safely. I was lucky to find a free row of three seats where I was able to lay down and rest during the trip. Thankfully, no more accidents happened that day.

How has financial crisis affected daily life in Spain? Spain's financial crisis has affected the country in many diferent ways. One important sector that has been affected by the recession is the working sector. That is why, the large amount of unemployed citizens has increased dramatically during the last decade.On the one hand, there are qualified spanish workers whose skills are wasted in a country that has no job offers and who choose to move to other nations, hoping for a better life. On the other hand, Spain has many cash-short unemployed consumers who depend on the State to live decently and whose money is strictly spent on cheap store brands and staple products. Also, there are many adventurous people who decide to open their own little stores and sell national products like fruits, vegetables and clothes instead of importing them from other countries, like other big companies do. And these stores are usually succesful because of their conventional prices. Finally, another sector affected by the crisis are the many students who, despite of their desire to study a career and get a good job, , they dismiss the idea because they have no financial support from their universities, as the loans they receive from them are small, and because thay are uncertain about finding a job in a country that has none to offer.

HEY YOU! Yes, you! Please help me out! So, was studying seported speech at school when this example popped up: You must call me --> He insisted that I called him. (I don't remember the exact words, but it was something similar to that) When I looked it up on the internet, there was a blogger teacher who insisted upon the fact that this manner of reported speach is wrong, as it should be "He insisted that I call him" , since we use the subjunctive when reporting. (When I asked my teacher about it, he was in a hurry and wasn't very clear) If there is anybody willing to explain this to me in more detail and add some examples, I would be very thankful.

Each student must have a right to pick only those disciplines he is interested in Well, this is a very interesting topic for me. Specially because it's has affected me very much. Personally, I want to study something that is related to public health. My dream job is to become someone who has the power to heal wounds and make people healthy. And I strongly believe that when someone likes something and is determined to achieve it, they wil surely do it. However, I really don't understand why can't a pupil choose not to study a discipline that does not involve the career he or she is interested in. For example, I find history to be very difficult to learn and tedious. Maths is also complicated and dreadful. These two subjects have been ruining my mood over the entire school year. It's not that I believe that I can't overcome the difficulty that they bring to me, but that studying them is completely pointless to certain students. I believe that students shoruld be able to pick the disciplines they are interested in so that they are capable of bettering themselves in certain aspects that will be necessary in the future they have chosen for themselves. What do you think about all this?

What if men had babies? I'm writing about this because I've heard about men who say that women overstate their pain and stress about motherhood. However, you can see them whining about the pain of a simple dental intervention.(I don't mean to generalize, not all of you guys are like this) But what if men had babies? Well, it sounds stupid and ridiculous, as we already know the answer to that question: humanity would die out because it would be extremely painful for men to give birth even if they were to have an uterus, given their anatomic structure. But let's think about it. What if men suddenly grew female parts and were able to have babies and feed them? Would they stop complaining about the little unconveniences? And more importantly, would they stay constantly by their side for years until they grow up, just like mothers do? This has brought me to think that mothers do not recieve the repayment and proper respect from us for what they deserve because of growing us up. I wonder if fathers feel the same way though. All in all, I don't believe that men would be able to suffer everything that a mother goes through, and have enough patience to see what they have created over the years. Well that's my opinion though. Men would definitely do great babysitter material nevertheless!

cloning ¿good or bad? To begin with, I strongly oppose to the idea of cloning living animals or people. It is true that it could be a great asset and an advantage for further scientific investigation. Cloning animals would be an amazing help in the genetic field. Scientists might be finally able to recreate the image of the great ancient animal species. Parents would be able to replace their deceased children with genetical modified 'biological' robots provided with interconstructed memories and thoughts, and gifted with artificial intelligence. Also, cloning human organs would diminish the waiting lists for organ transplants and other surgical interventions. Therefore, doctors would be able to cure more people at a faster rate. However, when I read about the true scope of this practice, it reminded me of the intellectual and philososphical movement named transhumanism, wich defends the idea that we, people, should use the advanced technology within our reach with the aim of improing ourselves and both our mental and phisical capacities. In my view, Transhumanism and cloning have more similar goals than one might think. In the first place, along with all the positive contributions, cloning would look forward not only to create a good and fucntional specimen, but a perfect one. However, the more they try to make something flawless, the less natural it becomes. As a consequence, our dreams are not limited to create a good matter, but to make feasible the idea of superpowers and other sci-fi things that shall make us, humans, a more superior race. I see it as something unfair nonetheless, as only the people of high prestige of our society will get the chance to have implanted in them and in their children the desired traits (intelligence, strength, atractiveness), but the lower social classes will not have the same opportunity. This will create a large social gap in our society that had been erased many decades ago, since the UDHR in 1948. To be clear, I am not against saving people and animal species, but I do object the idea of the wrong person getting their hands on this well-aimed project, and ending up turnig it into something unpleasent. Thank you very much for correnting this text and I hope you've enjoyed your reading! You'refree to leave a comment. I'd like to know other people's opinion about this topic.

Please help me correct this! To begin with, I strongly oppose to the idea of cloning living animals or people. It is true that it could be a great asset and an advantage for further scientific investigation. Cloning animals would be an amazing help in the genetic field. Scientists might be finally able to recreate the image of the great ancient animal species. Parents would be able to replace their deceased children with genetical modified 'biological' robots provided with interconstructed memories and thoughts, and gifted with artificial intelligence. Also, cloning human organs would diminish the waiting lists for organ transplants and other surgical interventions. Therefore, doctors would be able to cure more people at a faster rate. However, when I read about the true scope of this practice, it reminded me of the intellectual and philososphical movement named transhumanism, wich defends the idea that we, people, should use the advanced technology within our reach with the aim of improing ourselves and both our mental and phisical capacities. In my view, Transhumanism and cloning have more similar goals than one might think. In the first place, along with all the positive contributions, cloning would look forward not only to create a good and fucntional specimen, but a perfect one. However, the more they try to make something flawless, the less natural it becomes. As a consequence, our dreams are not limited to create a good matter, but to make feasible the idea of superpowers and other sci-fi things that shall make us, humans, a more superior race. I see it as something unfair nonetheless, as only the people of high prestige of our society will get the chance to have implanted in them and in their children the desired traits (intelligence, strength, atractiveness), but the lower social classes will not have the same opportunity. This will create a large social gap in our society that had been erased many decades ago, since the UDHR in 1948. To be clear, I am not against saving people and animal species, but I do object the idea of the wrong person getting their hands on this well-aimed project, and ending up turnig it into something unpleasent. Thank you very much for correnting this text and I hope you've enjoyed your reading! You'refree to leave a comment. I'd like to know other people's opinion about this topic.

Exams! Hi! I have got an exam today! It's my first english exam on the semester and I'm quite nervous about it. I believe that I have studied enough and that I will manage to get a good grade. I will do the exam at 11:10 am, just after the lunch break. Wish me luck! I will have to do a writing in it and I thought,, what is better for practising than italki? So, right now, I am at school, and I am writing this on a computer in the TIC class. The TIC teacher doesn't even suspect that I am using this computerfor anything else than classwork. I have another exam later today, in which I am going to write about the different geological cuts and capes and their order of appearence in the history.

My own predictions about the future. Hello, this is my first entry on Itaki, and I am quite exited about it. I want to invite you to read my composition and comment the mistakes you have found while you were reading. I would really appreciate your help!. This is a futuristic theory from a sixteen-year old teenager. In the first place, I must make clear that i have got a quite pessimistic point of view about the future of our planet and civilization. I don't doubt that science will eventually, make possible for humanity to build robots and drones with artificial intelligence and superhuman powers which will facilitate workpeople's jobs an start a new technology era, but, unhappily, will raise unemployment rates in a shocking manner. Also, about the space travel, which is a highly popular topic between teenage people these days, there are currently three companies working on making it possible: MarsOne, SpaceX, and, how not, NASA. Each of the three are certain that they will be the first company to achieve that purpose. Even Michael Griffin, the administrator of the NASA said that one day, there would be more people living off the earth than on it. That theory implies other planets colonization, which seems quite like a very far-fetched point of view to me, but factible nonetheless, considering the speed at which the technology is improving these days. But, apart from those amazing scientific achievements, there's one thing that makes me unsettled, and scares me a bit when I think about it. What, would give us(people) enough reason to abandon this planet and leave for the outer space? And yes, I am talking about the destruction of our planet. In the first place, there's this increasing rate of the number of natural disasters in the past years. After several surveys, it has been discovered that this is due to the fact that the earth pols are shifting, destroying, along with it's constante movement, our magnetosphere and tectonic plates. Also, the climate change, if not taken measures, will soon reach a point of no return, causing the flooding of coastal areas and rising of the food prices because of the reduction of planting areas. By last, the overpopulation will become a greater problem than it is now. It will grow to meet food supply and hunger along with pollution will rise along with it. Perhaps there will be a world war or an epidemic disease that will 'solve ' this problem, because it seems, that with our means, we can not do it on our own. Thank you vey much for reading!