Best English Students (School Year 2018/9)

Having taught almost the same group of students for four years, they were used to collecting stickers when getting marks between 9 and 10 points. As this school year was the last one for them at Cuatro Caminos, I decided to continue my long-held tradition.

Imagine my surprise when counting all the stickers got through the year, the results were striking but very, very satisfactory.

Two students tied for each place. Of course, the six ones were given their well-deserved prizes in recognition of their perseverace, hard work and will power.

This year the prize-winning ceremony had to be held in the school playground and only a few of them were able to come since the students were so busy preparing their EBAU exams.

Third Term Speaking: GETTING DIRECTIONS & MAKING PLANS

For the third term, those students, who did not take part in the eTwinning project: EL PODER DE LA LECTURA, were asked to record the following everyday situation: GETTING DIRECTIONS and MAKING PLANS. Once more, the students did such a great job taking into account the following criteria: English skills, perfomance, real life-settings, video editing and, of course, creativity: 

More examples of EBAU compositions

Some more examples of EBAU compositions written by  the following students:

Advantages or disadvantages of setting up your own business:

Setting up your own business can be such an incredible experience because you get many experiences working by yourself and you learn how to make balance of money. Although there are many advantages, there are also disadvantages.
On the one hand, setting up your own business can make you feel optimistic about the future. You can also meet new people, your employees. Moreover, you will learn some aspects you didn't know about such as economics or politics.
On the other hand, creating your own business can cause you stress and you may feel overwhelmed because of the many things you have to take care of. Also, you will have to live and work with other people who can be less hard-working than you or even more than you.
To sum up, I think setting up your own business is a really good option which you can choose if you don't find a job you really like. Although it has disadvantages, they aren't as many as advantages.

Juan Romero Torres (2ºBC)

A story ending with this sentence: "This is the reason why I decided to set up my own business next time" 
When I got a job for Microsoft, I was so happy. I could already see myself going out for a dinner with Bill Gates. But the first day of work I noticed something strange. The office wasn't on Silicon Valley, it was in Medellín. I thought that maybe they moved the company there. But the company also wasn't a huge building, it was a little house next to a green river. The boss came through the door. He shouted: "Welcome to Microsoft Chicken Wings!" I realized maybe I should have read the job application properly. The boss, whose name was Pascasio Pollo (but everyone calls him the Chicken man), told me that I had to learn and master the Twelve Dark Arts of Cooking Chicken. I thought about going home, but money is money and I'm poor so I stayed to learn. On my dangerous journey to become a chicken legend, I had to chase chickens, cut chicken wings, clean the nuclear waste of the river and set up the tables. It was finally the day of my final trial. Everything was going great until the legendary myth of Medellín, the man who lives on a cardboard box and has a gun, came through the door and screamed: "Oi mate, give me those camalote chicken wings!". The Chicken Man was sweating. He told me the man who lives on a cardboard box and has a gun was the most dangerous customer of the entire village. "If ya don't make them perfect, I will shoot you", the dangerous man said. The Chicken Man started preparing the best camalote chicken wings he could but he suddenly stopped. He had diarrhea. "This is bad", he said, "I can't finish them! You will have to do it for me". "But i don't know how to make them!", I said to him. "Listen, Johnny, this is my final lesson". He pointed to the river and went to the bathroom. I didn't understand it. The camalote was already on the chicken. What could be missing on the chicken wings? But then, I realized. The thing that was missing ... was me. I wasn't strong enough to finish the chicken wings. But if I became one with the camalote, I would have power to finish them. "Thank you, Chicken Man", I said as I entered the river. The camalote energy started flowing in me. I got back, I finished those wings and served the man who lives on a cardboard box and has a gun. "Here you are". The day was saved. Eventually I discovered that the Chicken Man didn't pay me money so I left. This is the reason why I decided to set up my own business next time.

Daniel González Aparicio (2ºBHA)