Formal letter!!

4 Arrabassades Road
Castelló d’Empúries
17486
19th January 2009

Lluïsa Pintó
IES Castelló d’Empúries
Rentador Street
Castelló d’Empúries 17486





Dear Ms. Pintó,


I am Nuri Galí Bellapart and I anow studying first batxillerat and I'm doing the batxillerat social. I have been studying for five years in this center in IES Castelló d’Empúries. I am writing to explain the bad things and good things of our high school.

I think the high school is very ugly; I know that it won a prize but it’s very cold, aggressive because there isn’t a colour on the wall. I've now started to decorate a few paintings in the interior and it is more decorative but I’m sorry the painting is ridiculous in my opinion.
It's cold in the classrooms because if you don’t sit next to the heater you get very cold.
I think too, that in high school, we only do one trip in fourth ESO to Italy. In Batxillerat we don’t travel and I don’t like that, because others high schools travel every year and in Batxillerat too.
In high school there isn’t a stage and it's necessary because when we do the activities together or we get together we have to go to the gym. For example: the activities of Christmas, someone does a poem or they sing and they play an instrument and we had to go to the gym to see it. And last year to gave prizes we also had to go to the gym.
Other things that I consider necessary is that in the changing room there isn’t a mirror and neither in the toilet and especially the changing room of girls, it’s important. The wardrobe doesn't have heating and when the first batxillerat go to do gym at eight o’clock it’s very cold.

The good things that there is in high school is that in Batxillerat, the teachers prepare the pupils very well because we have to work hard but later you prepare for University, its well! And the other things that are good at high school is that we have big audiovisuals.
It’s my opinion of high school I hope that you understand.


Yours faithfully,


Nuri Galí Bellapart

The News!!

CHOOSE SAFER SUMMER SHOES

According to the latest polls the results are that British women spend 500 pounds a year on footwear. In the summer people spend a lot of money to have a lot of shoes. Perhaps the woman has to have ten pairs of shoes or more. On the other hand, men are easier than woman, because they don’t have a problem with their feet - they aren’t expected to look alluring. In general the most comfortable footwear in summer is sandals. And sandals are all types:

- FLIP-FLOPS: it is very popular footwear. And a lot of people have worn this footwear for long time. Flip-flops can cause tendon problems and heel pain. And the people advise that this footwear is dangerous for driving and you can slip when the floor is wet.

- SLIP-ONS WITH MOULDED FOOTBEDS: according to people this footwear is better than flip-flops. Because in this footwear there are supports that help to hold the foot in place in the shoe, so you don’t have to grip with your toes.

- BALLET PUMPS: these shoes are disastrous because there isn’t support at all times because the support has broken or a lot of people often tread down the back of shoes.

- TRAINERS: The people like trainers because they support the foot and they don’t do horrible things to your toes, and it is the most comfortable. But the problem is that some trainers don’t breathe and some people have fungus in their toes because some people have sensitive toes.

- CROCS: It is comfortable footwear . And there are varieties of styles you can try different styles that you like more. And they have straps that hold your feet in place so you are less probable to slip on the floor.

50^th ANNIVERSARY OF CATALAN MOTORBIKE LEGEND

Now, the bultaco is a famous brand name in t-shirts, everybody wears their logo in black t-shirts. But once, the bultaco was a name of renown in trials and motorcycle competitions. On the 18^th October is the 50^th anniversary of the companies founding. After that Francisco Paco Bulto left Montessa motorcycles and the companies left the competition, the Bultaco came and it was famous and nowit is too. Bulto doesn’t want to lose the competitions, he created the company Bultaco in Barcelona in 1958. It’s motorcycle history because before it was very famous, the Bultaco Sherpa t 350 that revolutionized trial competitions in the 1960.

The name Bultaco, is a combination of Bultó’s first and last name, Bultaco. The symbol of Bultaco is believed because Bulto saw a David Whitworth, motorcycle racer, give his team the thumbs up that all was well.

Bultaco closed in 1979 with other company’s bike the Spanish after the crisis increment when Japanese bikes flooded the market. In 1999 Derbi motorcycles had the same name and logo and nowadays people wear sports clothes with the logo.

ILLEGAL SWEATSHOP IN BADALONA

Now, the legal norm is that the worked can’t work more than 9 hours per day, it is maxim. The workers work 8 hours of day and it is the norm.

In Badalona, there was a sweatshop (and it is illegal), which forced workers to work up to 15 hours per day. The workers who worked in this company send an anonymous letter to the police asking for help. The women who worked in this company were forced to work for the Chinese nationals who entered the country illegally. After the Mossos went into the building and they saw nine women sewing and two men that were between 21-34 years old. According to the Chinese family the flat measured 60 m and included 13 sewing machines and with this they could sew a lot of clothes. The flat was very small for a lot of people and there were bunk beds for the women to sleep on as well as a bathroom. The women came to Catalonia illegally for 8000€. The two men were arrested for violations but they have since been released on bail. And the women were held in the sweatshop. These companies forced illegal immigrants to work in flats or garages.