Fair Trade

Hello everyone!

 

Due to the fact that we were talking about the brand “Fair Trade” in our last English lesson I now want to tell you all the important things you need to know about it and I want to tell you my personal opinion.

 

In my mind Fairtrade is a good and important organisation, because it achieved better prices for small farmers and workers in developing countries.

Fairtrade also had become a price setter and organised it to share their knowledge in trading and so the farmers have more secure and stable incomes.

But it must be remembered that there is no clear evidence that Fairtrade help all farmers, because many farmers cannot afford the fees.

And you must not forget that Fairtrade promotes itself the way all brands do, and this is marketing, not education.

But be careful and do not condemn in advance, because no organization can become known and famous if it does not do marketing.

 

In my opinion, Fairtrade is a good organisation, but you should not believe every marketing activity from them.

 

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.

 

See you soon,

 

Sabrina

producing strategies & trading

Hello everybody!

 

I have just taken part in an experiment at school the other day, which was about producing strategies and trading.

 

I was a member of the large group, so I was producing in the development country.

The first task we had to do was to decide how many products we want to produce in 24 hours. We had to decide to produce either cars or bread, or a mixture of both. The goal was to own as many breads as cars.

If we produced bread in our country, the developing country, the production took 4 hours and the production of cars took 6 hours.

My first idea was to produce 3 breads and 2 cars, so that I have as many couples of bread and cars as possible.

The second task was to deal with people from my own country. So I tried do trade with them, but we couldn’t, because in our group were a lake of cars and a sure plus of breads.

So in the next round I changed my producing strategy. I decided to only produce breads, because the next task was to get deals with the wealthy country.

As a member of the development country I tried to get a deal with a member of the wealthy country.

But also the second round of trading was difficult, because every member of the wealthy country produced as many breads as cars. I made a deal and exchanged 1 car for 3 breads. So I had a couple.

 

In my opinion, this experiment has shown us that globalization can be good and bad for us. For globalization to work and be fair, every country should produce and sell the product for which the country is most appropriate.

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.

 

See you soon,

 

Sabrina

our trip to england

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog!

I hope you all had great holidays and enjoyed them as much as I did.
 

Due to the fact that we were talking about our trip to England in our last English lesson I now want to tell you all the important things you need to know about my motivation for a language week and spending time in a host family.

My motivation for our trip to Cornwall is on the one hand that I want to get to know the culture of my host country and on the other hand I want to learn the language English better.

Another motivation for our language week is to learn something about a new culture. For example the listen to music of England, or go shopping to some boutiques in London and their fashionable clothes. I'm also looking forward to the food in the host family, which they will cook for me.

I am also excited to see the landscape of England and especially to see the landscape of Cornwall. On television, pictures or on the internet, the landscape of Cornwall looks beautiful. In London, the capital city of England, we will do some sightseeing.

If I live in the host family and go to school every day in the host country, I will learn the language mush better. I can't wait to the many experiences in the language week.

All host families are carefully chosen by an organisation, but it can still happen that a host family and exchange student do not get on well. If the communication problems or other misunderstandings can’t be solved, the exchange student will be moved into a new family.

Host families open their home to young people from abroad to share their community and culture, as well as to enrich their own family life. Therefore the exchange students are asked to do chores around the house, for example to do the dishes or to clean the bathroom.

I think now you know enough about my motivation for a language week and spending time in a host family. Do you suddenly feel like going abroad for a few weeks ? Go for it!


I hope you enjoyed my blog posting.

See you soon,

Sabrina

environmental problems

Hey everyone!

 

I have just been listening to an article about a new poll, which talked about environmental problems, at school the other day. I thought you might be interested about this poll because, it affects everybody.

 

Basically, what it says is that youths aged 13 to 18 were interviewed on teens’ attitudes towards environmental issues.

 

It is also said that teens strongly believe that acting now can make move us towards a solution. 3 out of 4 teens agreed that previous generations have damaged our environment and left it to their generation to fix it.

 

In the article is also mentions that youngsters think, that the best reason to preserve nature is, because it is for its own sake or to preserve the benefits people can get from it. When young people are outdoors, the most of them feel peaceful an free, two of 3 people feel calm and happy and more than a half feel alive and curious.

 

What shocked me most was that the global warming is already a serious problem to teens and almost nearly half of the polled teens think that global warming is a extremely or very serious problem.

 

We also started a poll in our class and we figured out that Austrian teens would give similar answers, there are only some little differences. For Austrian teens global warming is also a very seriously problem and the best reason to preserve nature is, because it is for its own sake. When Austrian teens are outdoors the most of them feel peaceful and free and only 1 out of 18 feel alive and curious.

 

I think we all can solve some environmental problem, for example pay attention which products you buy, from where they are and of course take care about the ingredients of the products. Buy products of your near environment and of the season. These are only some ideas towards a healthy environment, there are much more.

 

In my mind we all should be more careful with our environment, because even the next generation should also have a nice environment.

 

What do YOU think about environmental problems?

 

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.

 

See you soon,

 

Sabrina

press - rewiev "Smartphones, Tablets Sabotaging Teens' Sleep"

Hey everyone!

I have just been reading an article at home the other day. The article "Smartphones, Tablets Sabotaging Teens' Sleep" was published in HealthDay News on October 20th, 2017. The article talks about the reason why teens sleep less than they used to. I thought you might be interested in this article because, it can also affect you. Let me give you some information about this article.

 

Basically what the article says is that a recent study, which was published on October, 16^th in the journal Sleep Medicine, found out that the more time teens spent online, the less sleep they got. In the article the author tells us, why it is like that.

 

The author mentions that the light form electronic devices can disrupt the body’s sleep-wake cycle. Smartphones, tablet and laptops are often an essential part of our life, but anyway everybody, young and old alike, should pay attention to limit the use of electronic devices to two hours per day. People who are online for more than 5 hours per day, could get about 50 percent less sleep than people who limit their daily online time to one hour.

 

It is also said that it is important that teens need about 9 hours sleep a night to be engaged and productive during the day. It can cause daytime sleepiness, when teenagers sleep less than 9 hours a night. But enough sleep isn’t only important for teenagers, it is also important for adults. Sleep is important for our physical and mental health, so make sure not to use screen devices right before you go to bed.

 

What shocked me was that in 2015 teens slept about nearly 50 percent less than in 1991. The reason that teens’ sleep began to shorten is that the majority started using smartphones.

 

In my mind we should learn from that article to be more careful with electronic devices, because it can affect our health.

 

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.

 

 

 See you soon,

 

     Sabrina

 

 

 

https://consumer.healthday.com/sleep-disorder-information-33/misc-sleep-problems-news-626/smartphones-tablets-sabotaging-teens-sleep-727695.html

press review - Kira Grünberg

Hey everybody!

I have just been hearing a presentation by a young lady. Her name is Kira Grünberg, she is a well-known for her sport carrier in pole vaulting. I thought you might be interested, because it is impressive how she talks about herself and her life and how she manages her life in her current Situation.

 

She told us about her story, when suddenly everything in her life changed, because of her terrible accident and how it affected on her life. Basically what she says is to stay positive and do not give up to quickly.

 

It impressed me that she always stayed positive after the accident and that her family and friends always help her. She also told us about her boyfriend and that they didn’t give up their love, even after the accident.

 

In my mind we should learn from her, to stay more postiv and don't give up to quickly, because you can do everything when you belive on you.

 

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.

 

 See you soon,

     Sabrina

 

press review - "fat-free an happy"

Hey everyone!

I have just been reading an article at school the other day. The article "FAT - FREE and HAPPY" was published in Time Magazine on May 22^nd, 2015. The article talks about culture and cliché. I thought you might be interested in this article because, I think it is an important issue in today’s young generation. Let me give you some information about this article.

Basically what the article says is that a French journalist made a trip in the USA some time age, because she. She found that the Europeans have a few clichés against the Americans, but also the Americans against the Europeans. In the Article she tells us what she has found and whether all the clichés are true or false.

The most of you know New England and when you hear New England, most of you think of people who still wear striped tennis sweaters and they sit on the porches of wooden houses and of an unspoilt countryside. But when you see Boston in real life it might be different as you have though. This is one of the cliché that occur in the text.

The author also mentions that many European think that they are better than American’s and they think too that the American’s have no culture, but these are also just clichés. And that brings me to the next topic of the article.

It is also said that everything is bigger in the states and that people there are sometimes really crazy, for example they wear weird helmets when they are riding their bicycles and the businesswomen wear sneakers with elegant dresses. But America has also some exciting and interesting sides, they have famous universities and interesting museums.

What me surprised was that the American’s make sure that they eat fat-free, but they order very big meals. The American’s have the same level of education as us Europeans, because America also has famous and popular universities, for example the world's most famous university, Havard.

In my mind we should learn from that text to be more careful with clichés.

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.

 See you soon,

     Sabrina