MariaPC: 2015

domingo, 25 de octubre de 2015

CHOOSE MY PLATE

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domingo, 10 de mayo de 2015

SELECTIVIDAD 11 - 15 MAYO: “The woman who changed the course of British royal history”

On an autumn day in 1931, a woman sits on a train to Leicestershire going to spend the weekend at a hunt. Prince Edward, the blond, blue-eyed heir to the throne, will be there. She has never met him and knows nothing about hunting. At 35, she isn’t young or beautiful. Divorced once, her second husband travels with her. She is worried about royal etiquette. Wallis needn’t have worried about making an impression. That day she stole the Prince’s heart and, soon after being crowned, King Edward VIII abdicated – all because of her. Everybody wondered: “how did she do it?” Who was Wallis Simpson? Born in the USA, she came from a family of businessmen and her father died when she was a baby. She and her mother depended on the charity of a cruel uncle. Her mum did small jobs to earn some money. Her disadvantaged childhood explains her lifelong obsession with being rich. With her second husband, she moved to England in 1928 and they presented themselves to London society. Three years later, she met the Prince. Edward fell madly in love with her, and their affair began while she was still married, to the horror of Edward’s parents. In January 1936, George V died and Edward became king. The following December he abdicated as he wasn’t allowed to marry a divorcee. He then married Wallis. None of the royal family attended. He explained the reasons for his abdication: he couldn’t fulfill his duties without the support of the woman he loved. They lived an empty life of luxury in Paris, but did she truly love the Prince?

jueves, 9 de abril de 2015

SELECTIVIDAD: “German Schools to Teach Online Privacy.”

Internet companies such as Facebook and Google have received repeated criticism in 1 Germany, where the government is worried about what they do with users' data. Many of Facebook's 2 million users in Germany are young people who might post pictures of themselves and their friends drunk at parties. Unfortunately, being careless about one's data has its risks. After all, potential employers also know how to use social networking tools. Now the government of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, realizing that young people are not always conscious of the dangers of revealing personal information on the Internet, is planning to teach school students how to deal with the Internet and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. "The Internet doesn't only offer chances and opportunities, but also has risks which our students should understand in order to exercise autonomy with regard to digital media," said North Rhine-Westphalia's media minister. "Many young people are unaware of how many details they reveal about themselves online”, the minister explained. Teachers have reacted to the new plans with a mixture of interest and caution. "How to conduct oneself in the virtual world and how to use new media are already topics in our schools on a daily basis," said Michael Schulte, spokesman of the teachers union. He also fears that teachers "may not be equipped" with the necessary tools and resources for the new initiative. The state government still has to decide exactly how schools will make sure that children are prepared for the digital age, but they really want to start this program on the safe use of new media.