Over the years at high school level, students learn to write different types of essays, read and think critically about texts. When they finish their last year of bachillerato, they need to sit a test called EBAU, in Extremadura, to be able to go to university.
In the English exam, after reading a text, students are asked to write a composition in the first question. They have two options: an opinion essay or a narrative.
On 20 April, some of my students chose to write their opinions aswering the following question:
Is laughter the best medicine?
1.
It is well-known that happy people tend to live more. Many different scientists and researchers from all around the world claim that this statement is completely true. Personally, I firmly trust scientistic procedures, so I agree with them. But is laughter the best medicine?
To start with, there’s no doubt that laughter is the cure for moody people. The more they laugh, the less highs and lows they will have. Laughter may also be a solution for depressive people unless they suffer from a serious brain problem. If laughter is helpful for this sort of people, why wouldn’t it be positive for anyone?
As a matter of fact, researchers have found that laughter activates more than six hundred muscles - most of them facial-. I wish laughter were the solution for those who don’t want to go to the gym! Anyway, we have to take into account the benefits it has. Apart from the muscles, it makes our heart and our brain work better.
In conclusion, laughter might not be the cure for every illnesses, but its huge amount of benefits make me think that it is certainly a good way to improve our state of mind.
Jaime Bohoyo Barrado 2º BCB
April 2018
2.
If there is something, we, the humans, have been doing forever, that is laughing. And we’ll continue to do so. Why? Because, in my opinion, it’s one of the best things we can do.
It doesn’t matter if it is a quiet or a loud laugh, or even a nervous giggle, it releases tension and makes us feel better. It is said that laughing for at least fifteen minutes every day will ensure you a long life. Furthermore, it makes us feel happy because we usually relate laughing and happiness, so even fake laughing will be beneficial for our mood. Last but not least, just remember that laughing is a natural response in many situations, don’t try to avoid it! Just enjoy life and laugh out loud as much as possible, you’ll notice more positivity in your life.
To sum up, we could say that laughter is the best medicine, ver advisable to everyone, wherever and whenever.
Íñigo López Mulet 2º BCB
April 2018
3.
In our days, many people say that laughing and having fun is just a waste of time, that you must investing that time in being serious and doing productive things. But there are other people who think that laughter has great effects, where I’m included.
First of all, doctors and experts say that laughter can have great effects, not only physical but also psychological, and it could make us feel much better if we are ill helping us to recover quicker than in normal conditions. Moreover, laughter is a really useful tool in social life because it helps you to connect and communicate easier and faster with new people.
On the other hand, we have probably the fact that many used to say that laughter can also be hurting, when you laugh, you usually laugh at someone, what can make that person feel really bad and not included in the group. Furthermore, many people say that laughing is not something for a serious and older person. They also say that if you are a strong person, you mustn’t laugh at all, it often happens in the northern countries such as Germany or England.
In conclusion, I can’t say if laughing is or is not the best medicine, but what I’m sure about is that laughing is one of the best ones.
Juan Carlos Villa Rodríguez 2º BCB
April 2018
BRILLIANT!!!
