IES Campanar Students Write about Important Issues

IMMIGRATION

Owing to the efficiency of transport, the media and globalization the number of people who live in a country but were born in another is getting higher and higher.

From my point of view this is a wonderful thing for society since it helps us understand other cultures, different languages and different ways to feel the world; it definitely broadens our minds.

Some people, afraid of losing their traditions because of this fact, blame immigrants and do not regard them as citizens. This is, in my opinion, a complete mistake and it is high time people realised it.

Nevertheless, what immigrants should try to do when they move to another country is to live and work among natives and make an effort to get on well with them. Obviously the latter should also allow immigrants to speak their mother tongue and to believe in whatever they feel like.

To sum up, minority cultures mean a great chance to learn new things and we all have to try to learn from each other.

Laura Miñano 2º BTO C

THE ENVIRONMENT

There is a lot of controversy about climate change and environmental problems. In fact, there has been a conference in Copenhagen recently to discuss these topics.

On the one hand there are people who are environmentally friendly and so they respect the environment, for example, the most famous “green” association, Greenpeace.

On the other hand there are powerful and rich companies that are not looking after the environment. Moreover they are usually the main producers of pollution.

In my opinion citizens cannot discuss this in conferences. Instead we should all help and support the environment by reducing, recycling and reusing. In addition we should respect our world and give support to environmental organizations.

A. García 2º BTO B