Daniel's Life in Cartagena

Hi, my name is Daniel T., and I study at the Colegio Jorge Washington, by the sea in Cartagena, Colombia. I'm thirteen years old, and I like my school a lot. I have a normal life in this beautiful city that has many colonial things such as castles, old churches, and very long walls. I use to play soccer with my friends all weekends at the Campito, which is a soccer court with artificial grass. Also, I go to McDonald's and to El Corral which is a Colombian McDonald. A place that I visit a lot is the cinema. The last movie I saw was Eragon, which was very cool. I really like the place I live because it is close to my friend's house and it is on front of the beach. When I am home alone I use to play the Nintendo Wii that I was given on Christmas. I have two brothers, Andres and Edgardo. Edgardo is the older one, but Andres is already married and will have a daughter called Isabella.

In the teen life project, I will be talking about one of these themes: Ecology, Technology, Poverty or a Career. Ecology will concern us in the future if we don't care about it. There can be a greenhouse effect cause because of global warming. To stop this problem we can start using electric cars, we can put the garbage in the trash can, and stop polluting the atmosphere.

Technology is affecting our lives today. The schools are using computers in almost every class, so it is very important to know about technology. In the future, new technology and inventions will take away some jobs, but it would generate such jobs such as selling and manufacturing.

One of the themes that concern the most teens is getting a good job. Everyone likes a job that is easy and you get well paid. This kind of jobs are only easy if you where a good student in school and in university.

Poverty is one of the major concerns of the world. Many poor people die of hunger and on the streets. This problem makes people think of joining some groups such as narcotrafic groups or FARC (Colombian Armed Revolutionary Forces) or others. Many people die in wars becuase of this, and of drug use. The United States of America are helping a lot Colombia. They are sending money for the poor and people to stop the FARC and drug problem. Everyone knows that Colombia is famous for drugs and wars, but we hope that in the future, everyone would think of Colombia as a beautiful and safe place.

There are many more issues that can concern us in the world such as sickness, terrorism, drugs and alcohol, crime, and security. Most of these have to do with Colombia, like wars and terrorism.

In my teen life project, I will talk about one of the issues I talked about or the ones in the last paragraph. My favorite issue is technology because I like it.