Learn to fly

José María Obregón 8C

Take care of your woman

This is a sad song of a man who’s very sad because he lost a girl due to his pride, his ego and his selfishness.

I have learned things with this song. When we’ve found a person that we believe is our soulmate, we should care for her, share almost everything, and do the things she likes, not only what we want.  Everything must be discussed in a friendly way, otherwise the person might get bored and find another man.

I believe this is a great song. The lyrics have taught me things. Besides, it has a beautiful melody.

José María Obregón 8C

I found you

I think this song is great because it has a great rhythm. This is a tropical song which is one of my favorite genres. I also like the instruments used for the melody. The lyrics talk about a man in love that found the girl of his life. She is like an angel sent by God who will give color and meaning to his life.  He wants to be with her forever.

Every time I listen to this song, I imagine myself in a beautiful beach dancing with a pretty girl, having fun, totally happy. It gives me joy, which is why I like the lyrics very much.

José María Obregón 8C

The importance of learning English

Benjamin Lee Whorf said referring to language, “It shapes the way we think and determines what we can think about”. Speakers of different languages have a concept and experience the world differently, because of the communication they can have. The English language is our best friend when trying to connect to the world outside. It is the main language of general business and management and makes travelling overseas easier, that is why learning English acquires more importance.

Learning English acquires more importance due to the fact that we live in a multicultural world. It is a universal language that unites the world together considering the changing times. In today’s world more than 90% of the websites are created and written in English and 72.2% of health publications are in English. In addition, when people with different languages come together they usually use English to communicate. English is an international way for communication and expressing one’s feeling anytime and anywhere, it helps you a lot when looking for a job.

Learning and knowing English as a second language opens job and employment opportunities in the local and international job market. For example, Multinational companies like Citibank in Colombia prefer to employ people that speak English for the day to day operations.  In addition, my father told me that Cenipalma, an investigation center only employs investigators that know English because most of the literature and international conferences are written and given in English. This shows that knowing English not only improves one´s chance to getting a job than the one who doesn’t but also helps you when travelling for work or tourism.

Knowing English helps you have a better travelling experience to any part of the world, be it business or tourism.  You have to communicate with so many individuals starting from the airport, where all the announcements are in English, to the hotel and business meetings, or when you go to the stores for shopping. There are times where people have to use English to communicate with people in the same nation since different regions speak different languages.

Most of the people know that English is the most popular language actually. Besides the popularity, everybody should know that it is one of the most important skills to have for personal success, fun and any other part of life. If we can convince all people that English is a very important language to study, they would simply try harder to learn it in schools or in their own time.

José María Obregón 8C