jueves, 6 de diciembre de 2007

questions

hi teacher these are the questions for my interview:

1.- What´s your posture about child abuse?
2.- What do you think are the consequences about child abuse?
3.- What would you do to help kids that are vulnerable to child abuse?
4.- Do you know something about the treatment for an abused child?
5.- What would you do if you know a case of an abused child?
6.- What dou you think are the causes of this?
7.- What are you going to do to prevent child abuse in your family?
8.- Do you know people that suffer this problem?

jueves, 29 de noviembre de 2007

im going to do an interview to some people and then i will publish a report about the answer of theses people.

child abuse

Child abuse is the physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. While most child abuse happens in the child's home, large numbers of cases of child abuse have been identified within some organizations involving children, such as churches, schools, child care businesses, and in particular native residential schools,[1] or in government agencies.[2] It also sometimes occurs almost anywhere (eg kidnappings, random murders etc.)
According to a recent UNICEF report on child well-being[3] the United States and the United Kingdom ranked lowest among rich nations with respect to the well being of their children. This study also found that child neglect and child abuse are far more common in single-parent families than in families where both parents are present. There are many forms of abuse and neglect and many governments have developed their own legal definition of what constitutes child maltreatment for the purposes of removing a child and/or prosecuting a criminal charge. In the United States, the Federal Government puts out a full definition of child abuse and neglect and creates a summary of each State definition.

jueves, 25 de octubre de 2007

Halloween superstitions

well, about the superstitions i think that the people have a fear in some power that is beyond any mortal control or understanding. The people do many things to make bad luk go away and good luck como to their houses.
Specially in the holiday of Halloween, this superstition carry more weight about that deads and ghosts will appear.

questionary

1. The celebration of Samhain used to take two days.
True

2. Celtic tribes celebrated the end of summer on October 31st.
True

3. First jack-o-lanterns were carved from turnips.
True

4. Jack-o-lanterns were supposed to scare away evil spirits.
True

5. Samhain was the festival of satan.
False

6. Halloween was celebrated in America long before 1800's.
False

7. Irish settlers brought Halloween to America.
True

8. The souls of the dead were believed to be closest to this world on October 31st.
True

9.Burning twigs were used inside a pumpkin as a source of light.
False

0. Samhain meant "Summer's End".
True

What do you know about Halloween?

What day of the month is Halloween?
october 31

Why is Halloween celebrated?
to welcome deceased loves one.

Can you explain the history of Halloween?
Halloween dates back 3,000 years to the Celtic celebration of Samhain. Samahain means the "summer´s end".

How is Halloween celebrated in your country?
in my country the people celebrated "dia de muertos" the people do festivals and offerings.

Do you believe in ghosts?
no

What makes you afraid of ghosts?
anything

What are some of the symbols of Halloween?
the pumpkin, witches, ghosts, skeletons.

What kind of custome you´re going to wear on Halloween party?
i´ll be Frankstein.

Is your pumpkin still out?
yes

Are you still eating Halloween candy?
yes.

jueves, 18 de octubre de 2007

Comments about my partner´s work

Fernando Mora: he did a questionary of genious, he did a puzzle of his family mmebers too.

Ricardo Sandoval: he read a topic about a station space that many countries are participating.

Diego Hurtado: he read about the oceans, he said that the oceans are the base of the life in earth and that the vegetation and plants too.

Alan Barron: he read about a satellite to prove that it´s posible to be life in space.

Salem witch trails

I read that in 1692 many women were hanged and killed because the people of the town of Salem in Massachusets blamed them for been witches, in that times, the people of Salem had a strong belief in Devil and evil spirits, so the person that the town think that had a devil asociation was burned to death. the witchcraft was a strong crime that was punishable to death.

jueves, 4 de octubre de 2007

victor

Hi, teacher
My name is victor, i come from acapulco, my parents brought me here to study in the unam.
I want to be a plastic surgery and i want to know many idioms to travel around the world.
I did the toefl exam and i had 513 points, i had a bilingual school in acapulco so i learned english.
I have 15 years and i like to play football and i had a music band in acapulco, i play the electric guitar. Right now i play football in c.u.