What can we do after the ESO?

Choosing your academic and professional future isn’t easy and it isn’t a fast process, that is why you should not hurry with the election, it is very important to know very well all the options and then choose.

There aren’t better studies than others; it depends on my profession in the future.
The first question you have to ask is: Where will you be in a few years and what kind of work you would like to do?

It exists a tool that allows you to help; it is the GR orientation test. This test will tell you which is the sector or sectors that best fits  you and the studies that are related to it.

You can choose between the professional studies and the baccalaureate, once you finish the ESO.

Professional Studies: these are more practical and specific studies. They last two years and have theoretical and practical education. Once these studies are finished, you get the technical degree of the corresponding profession that allows you to start working on what you have studied.

Baccalaureate: they are more theoretical studies that aren’t integrated in a specific profession and that prepare to access to higher education (either higher education or university studies). The baccalaureate is divided into three specialties, depending on the studies you want to study after high school. For example, a person who wants to study architecture that is a technological baccalaureate, has to choose the subjects of mathematics, physics and technical drawing that are the most suitable to access to these university studies.

It is important to see in detail the options that you have at your disposal, the characteristics of each one of the studies and your professional outings before deciding.

Anna T. C.

4th ESO A

One of the Most Important Decisions in Our Lives

In this last course we are going to decide Batxillerat or Cicle. I think that this decision is very important.

Many of my friends in class say they don't now, because we don’t know what profession we will have in the future.

The most common comment is that the Batxillerat is very difficult and I go to the Cicle because it is easier.I think that people who go to Baxillerat is because they want to go to University.

People who decide Cicle have two possibilities, the first is because we are lazy people and we don’t like to study or the second possibility is because we know more or less our profession in the future and we want to try the job we think about.

The conclusion is that if you like to study the decision is  perfect but if you are not sure about your future profession, it’s better to go to the Cicle.

Dani P. O.

4th ESO B

6th English Week Reflexions: Thursday 8th February

VICTORIAN CHILDREN IN VICTORIAN TIMES

Life for Victorian Children was nothing like childhood in today’s world. Rich and poor children had a very different life.

Wealthy Victorian Children rarely communicated with their parents. Parents hire a nanny or nurse and they instruct her what they wanted to be learned by their children such as manners, education, how to dress and so on. Nannies were usually older women that had never been married. Many times nannies were intolerant and very strict. Although, there were some nannies who were kind and caring and supplied the only love a child would experience. 

The poor Victorian Children didn’t have the nice houses to live in or the extravagant toys, clothes or fine foods that the rich kids had. They lived in much smaller houses or even single rooms. Without the presence of a nanny the parents raised the children. Victorian children work at a very young age. As unbelievable as it sounds, sometimes even 4 or 5 years old. They worked very hard and for long hours every day. Their parents made them work to help pay the bills at home.

“La vida per als nens i nenes victorians no s’assembla gens a la infantesa del món d’avui dia. Les criatures riques i les pobres tenien una vida molt diferent.

Els nens/es adinerats rarament es comunicaven amb els seus pares. Aquests contractaven una mainadera per tal que ensenyés als seus fills modals, educació, com vestir-se... Acostumaven a ser dones grans que no s’havien casat mai. Moltes vegades les mainaderes eren intolerants i molt estrictes. Tot i que també hi havia algunes que eren amables i donaven als nens l’estima que necessitaven.

Els nens/es pobres no tenien cases boniques per viure, ni tampoc extravagant joguines, roba o exquisits menjars com sí tenien els rics. Vivien en cases molt més petites i, de vegades, en una simple habitació. Sense la presència d’una mainadera, els pares eren els que criaven als nens. Aquests treballaven des d’una edat molt primerenca. Encara que soni impossible, de vegades era als 4 o 5 anys. Treballaven molt durament i durant moltes hores cada dia. Els seus pares els feien treballar per ajudar-los a pagar els rebuts de casa.”

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6th English Week Reflexions: Wednesday 7th February

THE VICTORIAN NOVEL

The literature of this era was preceded by romantiscism and was followed by modernism or realism. This is the reason why, it can also be called a fusion of romantic and realist style of writing.

It was in fact easier to be read and understood by simple people, its plot was more interesting, the main protagonists of the novel were the same people who read it so that they felt deeply involved in the adventure told. The writer and his readers shared the same opinions, values and ideals because they belonged to the same middle class, the setting was mainly that of the same city where readers lived. In conclusion the novel was a kind of mirror which reflected society and where a self-identification of the readers was possible.

“La literatura d’aquesta època va estar precedida pel Romanticisme i va ser seguida pel Modernisme o el Realisme. Aquesta és la raó per la qual, es pot denominar com una fusió dels estils d’escriptura romàntic i realista.

De fet, era molt més fàcil de llegir i entendre per la gent, els seus arguments eren més interessants i els protagonistes s’assemblaven a la gent que els llegia, per la qual cosa els lectors se sentien plenament identificats amb l’aventura narrada. L’escriptor i els seus lectors compartien les mateixes opinions, valors i ideals donat que pertanyien a la mateixa classe mitjana, i els escenaris estaven majoritàriament situats en la mateixa ciutat on vivien els lectors. Com a conclusió la novel·la era com un mirall que reflectia la societat del moment, aconseguint que els lectors s’identifiquessin amb ella”.

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6th English Week Reflexions: Tuesday 6th February

THE VICTORIAN LONDON

 The Victorian city of London was a city of contrasts. New buildings and development went hand in hand with horribly overcrowded slums where people lived in the worst conditions imaginable. The population surged during the 19th century, from about 1 million in 1800 to over 6 million a century later. This growth far exceeded London's ability to look after the basic needs of its citizens. Many London landmarks were constructed during the 19th century including Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, and Tower Bridge.

"La ciutat de Londres victoriana era una ciutat de contrastos. Nous edificis i el seu desenvolupament convivien amb suburbis superpoblats on la gent vivia en les pitjors condicions imaginables. La població del segle XIX va passar d’un milió el 1800, a superar els 6 milions un segle més tard. Aquest creixement excedia amb escreix l’habilitat de Londres per cobrir les necessitats bàsiques dels seus habitants. Moltes de les atraccions turístiques de Londres es van construir al segle XIX, incloent Trafalgar Square, el Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the Tower Bridge. “

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6th English Week Reflexions: Monday 5th February

MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY

THE VICTORIAN ERA

 The Victorian Era was a period in Great Britain's history where the country as a whole moved ever more forward into the country we know today. The Victorian period formally begins in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen) and ends in 1901 (the year of her death).  This time was very prosperous for the British people. Trade was at its best. A well-educated middle class ruled the country and the British Empire. Other countries also prospered but Britain became the greatest great power.

“L’era Victoriana va ser un període de la història de Gran Bretanya durant la qual el país de manera conjunta es va convertir en el país que coneixem avui dia. El període victorià comença formalment el 1837 (quan Victòria es va convertir en reina) i finalitza el 1901 (l’any de la seva mort). Aquest temps va ser molt pròsper per als Britànics. El comerç estava en el seu millor moment. Una classe mitjana ben educada governava el país i també l’Imperi Britànic. Altres països també van prosperar però Gran Bretanya es va convertir en la més gran potència mundial.”

The young Victoria (“La Victoria jove”) (Click the picture to see the video)

The old Vitoria ( “La Victoria vella”) (Click the picture  to see the video)