An Essay on Gay Marriage

In the subject of Em/History Writing, we were working on For and Against Essays and after discuss the topic, in groups we had to write one choosing a topic that we wanted.

This is our essay:

Did you know that nowadays gay marriage is much common than before? Gay marriage means that people from the same sex can get together and marry. In Argentina since July the 15th 2010, gay marriage is allowed. Argentina is not the only country in which gay marriage is allowed. France, Canada, Spain, Mexico, United States, Great Britain, Uruguay, South Africa, among others also had a legal recognition of gay marriage.

There are many advantages to gay marriage. Allowing gay marriage in countries makes the government have a more open-minded way of thinking. If they want, gay people can get married and that makes them happy because people respect their choices since the day gay marriage was allowed in 2010. The situation made them realize that things were changing for better, people were starting to accept gay people.

The most important disadvantages to the gay marriage are that people can be discriminated by someone who does not agree or gay's families may not accept their feelings. Another main disadvantage is that, in the street, people who disagree can hurt gay people emotionally or physically. Most of gay people have a very hard life because bad people made bullying to them, only because they are gay.

As a conclusion, gay marriage is a big demonstration that the world is changing, people are starting to have an open mind and society is changing. People are starting to think about others and realize that we are equal even though we like different things.

News report

   In em/history writing, we were working on news reports, the. We had to choose a recent event and write a news report about it.

Here is my report: 

                                                  TECHNODEPENDENT KIDS

"I can do the homework with the tv and the computer on, but if my mother sees me, she tells me to turn it off",sais Juan Cruz a 9 years old boy from La Plata, Buenos Aires.

Now a days, children are all day long in front of a technological device.
Technology has increased a lot all around the world from the year 2000 till these days.
Kids around 10 and 18 years old, despend on computers and cellphones. They do everything with them, they can't separate of them.

Kids of the era Z, the ones who were born from 1996 up to now, play with cellphones and computers, also they have the complete control of their devices since they are 1 or 2 years old.

Many of them can't stand not having any device at hand and most kids prefer to be with a technological device rather than being with friends, going out with them or doing interactive activities.

"Children live their life through a a screen", says Marcos Perez from the University of Favaloro who studies the effect of technology on children's brains.

Scientists say that technology is useful if we use it in a moderate way, but if not, it is unhealth for our brains because we don't train them.

It is up to us to use it in a responsable way.

Divergent Summary

In em/ History writing, we were working on summaries, we had to choose a film and make a summary of it. 

This is my summary:

Divergent is a science fiction film about five different factions. Those factions are abnegation, amity, candor, dauntless and erudite. The protagonist is Tris. She forms part of the abnegation group, and these people are selfless and they forget about themselves for the sake of others. There comes a moment when all of the characters have to go through a test to see which faction they choose. 

The result of the test for tris is divergent, which is a mixture between dauntless, abnegation and candor. The complicated thing about it is that when you are divergent the government kills you, so the woman that tested her, helped her and then she choose dauntless. Those people are very brave. 

Then, while taking lessons to be brave, she finds Four, a coach, that teaches her how to be brave. After that, they become boyfriend and girlfriend and they realise that they are divergent. As a result, they escape from the faction. 

Divergent review

In em/history writing we were working on reviews, we had to choose one film and make a summary of it. Then we had to make a review based in that summary.

Here is my review:

Divergent by Veronica Roth, is a futuristic novel and it takes place in Chicago. The film is a romantic film mainly for teenagers. Tris,the main character, is starred by Shailene Woodley and another important character is Four, starred by Theo James. The film has a tragic part in which a lot of people die so it is a mixture between several genres that make the film amazing.

The film is about five different factions, abnegation, amity, candor, dauntless and erudite.

The protagonist, Tris, is from abnegation, these kind of people believe in selfless actions and attaining peace through the elimination of selfishness. There comes a moment when each of the characters have to go through a test to see which faction they’ll choose. The result of the test for Tris was divergent. Divergent is a mixture between dauntless, abnegation and candor. Being divergent is dangerous, because when you are divergent the government kills you.

Shailene Woodley is an incredible actress, she shows her suffering perfectly in the film, when she acts, she shows lots of emotions in amazing scenes. The film is great because there is a climate of tension also very interesting and in every scene there is something different to see, they are all different!

I highly recommend this movie! You will enjoy this film. It is awesome. In my opinion it is the best film I have ever seen!

By: Camila Kos