A new experience!!!

Five years ago I had my first trip alone, with no mommy nor daddy!!!! oupii. I went to a international summer english camp for the whole summer in Canada.

I really enjoyed being there, it was something completely new for me. They are designed for young advanced english students and they envolve tons of activities like wild water rafting, safari adventure, maid of the mist, etc.

My school days were basically divided into 3 parts. In the morning I had my regular classes with my group, they arranged them by TOEFL scores, where we saw grammar and some other stuff depending on your level. The second part of the day was after luch and it was the writting workshop. There we had our blogs were we were supposed to writte our adventures of the week and our opinions. The third and best part of the day was after the second break when we went out of school or stayed in school depending in the installations that we would require to do the activities. In these part of the day we were divided by colors, these way we would meet everyone in school.

We also had some trips were we were also arranged by colors. We went to Toronto, Niagara Falls, Ottowa, Hull, Quebec and Niagara on the Lake.

I really enjoyed the camp because it was something completely new for me and I think I grew up a little bit more. My parents also say that these types of experiences are good for maturing, cause I am able to learn how to administrate my money and time by myself.

Looking for New Prospectings

I read a while ago about a news report talking about how Obama had authorized new explorations looking for petroleum. I choose this topic because petroleum had given a lot to talk lately, especially in our class. It was even included in the article of the exam, which has a link to this news. According to the article, Obama is now pushing the line to get out of the stagnation by looking for new resources in different parts of the world, such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and Alaska. I found this great since the quantity of petroleum had decreased in the recent years, so the price had increased. If we found more petroleum in our areas, Mexico will have a more stabilized economy because it will extend the years of U.S.A buying petroleum to Mexico. The sad part about this is that the business with petroleum could be better, since we sell them the barrels and they give us back the finished product more expensive. Almost everything is made out of this resource. We are now so dependent of petroleum that we are desperate looking for more of it, and the country who finds it will instantly become more powerful because every country needs it and it will guarantee its survival in the next years.


I also consider dangerous taking petroleum out of Alaska since it is in a delicate status right now. I'm saying this because nowadays that part of the planet is the one that is receiving most of the sun rays, by of course, the problem of the greenhouse effect. If they try to look for petroleum over there, they are going to alter the nature of the glaciers by doing the big holes and bringing huge machines. I hope the U.S. has this in mind, so that their search of petroleum doesn't affect too much. We are already having a huge impact in the world.

Speaking of resources to produce energy and other things, nonrenewable resources like the petroleum shouldn't be in our list anymore. We have to start looking for new forms of energy that are efficient and doesn't affect our planet. It says on the article that Obama wants the U.S.A to depend on the fuels produced in their own country, including renewable forms of energy. This is time to introduce concepts like solar energy, wind energy, among others to our daily life.