32. IS SEPARATING GIRLS AND BOYS AT SCHOOL BENEFICIAL ? By I.V.R (Bachillerato 2)

In ancient times it was believed that separating people because of their sex was beneficial, specially when they were teenagers.

Nowadays, in some cultures, like the Arabic and Anglo-saxon, this idea is still current.

However, some scientific studies corroborate that it is important for our psychological development to socialize with the other sex, since we can learn how they act and it can influence us in our daily life and in how we think.

In my opinion, girls and boys should be together as it is something essential for our growth. It is irrefutable that we are less worried about interacting with the other sex if we regularly are in contact with them.

Because of my experience, I can say that it wasn’t annoying being with boys in the same class and nowadays I continue sharing time with them and I am delighted because of that.

For me sharing class with boys is a way to interact and know the world which is around us.

                                                                                          By I.V.R

31. IS IT BENEFICIAL TO SEPARATE GIRLS AND BOYS AT SCHOOL ? By G.R. (Bachillerato 2)

Separating girls and boys at school is not convenient for their education.

There are several studies that show that when boys and girls are separated at school, academic results are more positive. But, at what price are these results achieved? Men and women are predetermined to live in the company of each other throughout their life.

The main goal of the school, apart from getting the necessary academic requirements,  is to educate students to face their daily life. Therefore, if those students are not used to being in class together since their childhood, they can not  develop that capacity and they will have problems in their future. Most people work with a person of the opposite sex.

All in all, students go to school not only to get the best marks, but also to grow as individuals. So girls and boys should be in class together.

                                                         By G.R

30. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE SEPARATING GIRLS AND BOYS AT SCHOOL IS BENEFICIAL. By L.B (Bachillerato 2)

Separated education is a controversial issue because of the different points of view as well as the diverse types of school.

On the one hand, by dividing boys and girls at school, pupils may be more likely to succeed as they would be more able to focus on their studies. As everybody knows, puberty and adolescence are complex life stages so the less distractions you have, the more opportunities you will have to achieve your goals.

However, separated schools can be harmful to social integration between girls and boys. Besides, academic success has nothing to do with the sex of a person.

Coeducation is beneficial since students are going to meet lots of people in their lives and they must learn to live with people of the other gender, other cultures or religions.

In my opinion, it is not a question of putting an educational system first, but a free education that allows people to choose whatever they want without prejudices.

                                                        By L.B

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WONDERFUL MUSIC RECOMMENDED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHER (ALBUM 3)

WONDERFUL MUSIC (ALBUM 3)




- AIR SUPPLY: "I'm All Out Of Love"    "Chance"  
- ALAN JACKSON: "Remember When"
                                     "Don't close Your Eyes"
                      "So You Don't Have To Love Me Any More"
- ALLISON KRAUSS: ""When You Say Nothing At All"  
- ALPHAVILLE: "Forever Young" "Sounds Like A Melody"
- BILLY CURRINGTON: "People Are Crazy"
- BLACK:  "Wonderful Life"
- BRAD PAISLEY: "Letter to Me"
- BRAD PAISLEY & ALLISON KRAUSS:"Whiskey Lullaby" 
- BRUNO MARS: "When I was Your Man".
- CELINE DION: "My Heart Will Go On""When I Need You"
- CHRISTINA PERRI:  "A Thousand Years"  "The Lonely"
- ENIGMA: "Return to Innocence".  
- ENYA:  "Caribbean Blue"  "Adiemus"   
- GARY MOORE:  "Still Got The Blues"
- GARTH BROOKS: "If Tomorrow Never Comes"                                                             "Shameless"   
- GEORGE MICHAEL:  "One More Try"   
- HANS ZIMMER: "Chevaliers de Sangreal"  "Tennessee"
- JOHN WILLIAMS: "Schindler's List Theme"  
- KENNY ROGERS: "Lady"  "You Decorated My Life"
- LADY ANTEBELLUM: "Need You Now" 
- MARTINA MCBRIDE: "Concrete Angel"
- MICHAEL BUBLÉ:  "Home"  "Lost"
- ORCHESTAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK: Enola Gay  
- PET SHOP BOYS:  "West End Girls"  
- PETER GABRIEL:  "Don't Give Up Now"
- ROXETTE:  "It Must Have Been Love" 
- ROXY MUSIC: "Avalon"  
- SEAL:   "It's A Man's Man's World"  
- SHANIA TWAIN: "You're Still The One"  
                                    "From This Moment On"
- SIMPLE MINDS:  "Don't You Forget About Me"
                                    "Let There Be Love"  
- SPANDAU BALLET:  "True"  
- TINA TURNER:  "The best" 
- TONI BRAXTON: "Unbreak My heart 
- TRACY CHAPMAN: "The Promise"
- ULTRAVOX: "Vienna"      
- VISAGE: "Fade To Grey"

WONDERFUL MUSIC RECOMMENDED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHER (ALBUM 2)

WONDERFUL  MUSIC (ALBUM 2)

- ABBA: "The Winner Takes It All"  "Dancing Queen".
- ADELE: "Someone Like You".   
- AEROSMITH: "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"
- ALAN PARSONS PROJECT: "Eye In The Sky".
- ALAN SILVESTRI: "Forrest Gump Suite".
- AL STEWART: "The Year of the Cat". 
- ARETHA FRANKLIN: "I Say a Little Payer".   
- ART GARFUNKEL: "Bright Eyes".
- BEE GEES: "How Deep Is Your Love".   
- BILLY JOEL: "Piano Man"     "Honesty"   
- BB KING: "Stand By Me".
- BOB DYLAN: "Like a Rolling Stone".
- BOB MARLEY: "No woman no cry".  
- BON JOVI: "Always"   "Bed of Roses"   " Don't Cry".
- BOSTON: "More Than A Feeling".
- BERLIN: "Take my breath away".
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: "The Streets of Philadelphia".
- BRYAN ADAMS: "Please Forgive Me".
                                   "Everything I do, I do it for you".
  
- CHICAGO: "Hard To Say I'm Sorry".

- CHRIS ISAAK: "Wicked Game".

- CHRIS DE BURGH: "Lady in Red".

- COLDPLAY: "In My Place"   "Viva la vida"
. 
- DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE: "My Endless Love".

- DIONNE WARWICK: "That's What Friends Are For".

- EAGLES: "Hotel California".

- ELLA FITGERALD: "Summertime". 
  
- ELTON JOHN: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
                               "Sorrry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
                               "Sacrifice"
                               "Your Song"    
- ELVIS PRESLEY: "You Were Always On My Mind".

- ENNIO MORRICONE: "Deborah's Theme"    
                                             "Marco Polo Theme".               
- ERIC CLAPTON: "Wonderful Tonight".
- EUROPE: "Carrie"   
  
- FOREIGNER:  " I Want To Know What Love Is".

- FRANCIS LAI: "Bilitis"(film soundtrack).  

- FRANK SINATRA: "My Way".

- HANS ZIMMER: "Now We Are Free" (Gladiator)

- JACKSON BROWNE: " Stay Just A Little Bit Longer". 

- JAMES HORNER: "The Ludlows" (Legends Of the Fall)
                                     "Becoming One of the People".
  
- JOE COCKER: "Up Where We Belong".

- JOHN LENNON: "Woman"   "Imagine"                      

- JOHN WILLIAMS: "Cavatina".

- JOHANN PACHELBEL: "Canon in D Major".   

- KANSAS: "Dust In The Wind".    

- KATIE MELUA: "Nine Million Bicycles".
                                  "Forgetting All My Troubles".
  
- KITARO: "Silk Road".

- LEONARD COHEN: "Suzanne".

- LIONEL RICHIE: "Hello".

- LOUIS ARMSTRONG: "What A Wonderful World".

- MARIAH CAREY: "Without You"  "All By Myself"

- NINA SIMONE:"Mr. Bojangles"  "I Put A Speel On You".

- NO DOUBT: "Don't Speak".     

- OASIS: "Don't Look Back in Anger".    

- PERCY SLEDGE: "When a Man Loves a Woman".

- PHIL COLLINS: "One More Night". 

- PRINCE: "Purple Rain". 

- PROCOL HARUM: "A Whiter Shade Of Pale". 

- QUEEN: "The Show Must Go On"  "Bohemian Rhapsody"

- ROLLING STONES: "Angie".

- ROBERTA fLACK: "Killing Me softly With His Song".

- ROY ORBINSON: "A Love so Beautiful"  
                                    "I drove all night"
   
- SCORPIONS: "Send Me An Angel"    "Still Loving You".

- SIMON & GARFUNKEL: "Sound Of Silence"
                                                 "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
                                                 "The Boxer" 

- SINÉAD O´CONNOR: "Nothing Compares To You"
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- THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: "California Dreaming"

- THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS: "Unchained Melody".

- TOMMASSO ALBINONI: "Adagio in G Minor". 

- TOTO: "Africa"   "Out Of Love".

- U2: "With Or Without You".  

- VANGELIS: "Hymne".

- WHITNEY HOUSTON: " I Will Always Love You".

- YOUSSOU N'DOUR & NENEH CHERRY: "Seven seconds".

   

WONDERFUL MUSIC RECOMMENDED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHER (ALBUM 1 - Not in English - Updated 7/9/2015)

WONDERFUL MUSIC (ALBUM 1)

- CAETANO VELOSO: "Un vestido y un amor". 
- CARLOS VARELA:  "Una palabra"
- CELIA CRUZ: "La vida es un carnaval"
- CRISTIAN CASTRO: "Volver a amar"   "No hace falta".
- DIANA NAVARRO: "Sola".
- DULCE PONTES: "Cancao do mar".  
- ELVIS CRESPO:  "Suavemente"
- ISMAEL LO: "Tajabone"  "Africa"  "Nabou" 
- JUAN LUIS GUERRA: "Burbujas de amor" 
                                               "Te regalo una rosa"
- KHADJA NIN: "Like An Angel"   "Sambolera"  "Mama"
- LUIS EDUARDO AUTE: "La belleza"   "De alguna manera"
                                                "Siento que te estoy perdiendo"
- LUZ CASAL: "Piensa en mí"
- MADREDEUS Y DULCE PONTES: "O pastor". 
- MANÁ: "Vivir sin aire"
- MARISA MONTE: "Ainda Bem"
- MIGUEL GALLARDO: "Hoy tengo ganas de ti".
- SALIF KEITA & CESARIA EVORA: "Yamore"
- SANDRO GIACOBBE: "Il giardino proibito"
                                           "Signora mia". 
- THIONE SECK: "Mapenda"   
- VICTOR MANUEL:  "Sólo pienso en ti"  "Quién puso más"
- ZAHARA: "Loliwe"     "Ndiza"