Why life has to be that way?

Every day when I get up I feel useless and I could say it in capital letters: USELESS. All I do is wake up, clean my face, brush my hair and get dressed to go to school and all this in 30 minutes because I won’t wake up earlier and I don’t want to lose the bus either.

In school I feel useless too because all is so automatic: teacher talks and I take notes. This is all I do. And when I go home I study everything we do in class and I do my homework. I don’t know but this year seems to me the best year, maybe because it is the last and we feel more trust with teachers. I feel this year very stressful too, I have no time to have a life, meet friends, be with my boyfriend or with my family, when they want to do something different I came up and I say I can’t because I have to study. So much stress and pressure is ruining my life.

Whatever, the bad point of this year is the research project and the PAU’s exam. OMG. Well, I already passed the research project and I’m very happy for that but now come what worries me more: the disgusting exam of Selectivitat. Why it has to be that way? I don’t want eight exams in three days about all we are doing this year… I just want to finish, go on holidays in Croatia and, in September, start my degree in Biotechnology.

I’m not that kind of girl that studies very much and has good grades, I don’t study as much as people think. All I do is read and if I don’t get it at first I read it twice. And my grades could be better, but I’m also a lazy person and my motivation comes once a year. All this writing is because I feel useless and this is personal. I do want to have better marks, study more and be more organized but I just can’t,  I’m so distracted this year and I don’t allow it, the mark I need is more than a 10 and it requires effort and planning.

HEALTH

Waist size bigger heartattack risk in women

The George Institute for Global Health is looking into if women with bigger waists relative to their hips have more risk of having heart attacks. The study shows that the relation waist-hip is a better predictor of heart attack than obesity.

This finding has been published in the Journal of the American Heart Association thanks to UK Biobank.

Dr. Sanne Peters, author of the investigation, said that the fat around the abdomen appears to be more hazardous than the fat stored around the hips.

The body composition and the fat distribution differed between the sexes. Women with those characteristics have more risk of suffering a heart attack than men.

Some of the heart attack symptoms are: chest pain, feeling dizzy, sweating, feeling sick, anxiety, etc. Every symptom is different in each person.

Ashleigh Doggett, cardiac nurse, said that this investigation could lead the way in treating patients individually.

First of all, I have to say that is important to find a new measure to diagnose heart attacks because people could try to avoid it. When people know that they can possible have a heart attack then they worry and start to do things as sport to prevent the heart attack. There are lots of factors that can be controlled as smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity, lack of physical activity, diabetes, etc.

In the other hand, there are also factors that can’t be monitored. In the first place, the age,  and at last, the hereditary and other diseases.

Finally, I want to say that both if you have risk of having a heart attack or not you should always do sport and eat healthier, for your own good.

TED talks

Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy

Heather Knight’s a roboticist that manages Marilyn Monrobot. That is an association which creates robot performances with socially intelligent robots and sensor-based electronic art. In the speech, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic comedian that interacts with the audience. Her aim is to join technology with entertainment. Therefore, she’s trying to create more expressive and friendly robots to attract people. For that reason she looks for art in her new creations.

In my view art is an important element in robots. Technical devices have to be attractive for the public, and for that reason I agree with Heather Knight. I think she is doing an important research because create robots isn’t easy and she find a way very innovative to combine robotic with entertainment. On the other hand I think robots can’t be emotional and feel feelings, what they can do is disrupt our feelings. In this way, robots can make us laugh but we will never make them laugh. At least now.

CANNABIS

The science behind super-strength skunk

Most of the cannabis that is sold illegally in the UK has a higher risk of psychotic mental health episodes.

Cannabis is a very powerful drug because contain Cannabigerol, that compounds three other substances. Two are really important because their impact on users: Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC because is linked to the risk of mental health issues and Cannabidol or CBD that acts as an anti-psychotic and counteracts some of the negative effects of THC.

Every cannabis plant produces THC and CBD but in high potency cannabis all the material is used to make THC. The mental health problems are linked to both substances but cannabis with high levels of THC can lead psychiatric issues.

Unlike THC, is known that CBD can protect users against some effects of cannabis, such as memory impairment.

There are three types of cannabis product. In the first place, in hash the CBD levels are higher than TCH. Therefore, herbal cannabis doesn’t contain CBD at all. Finally, high potency cannabis contains high levels of TCH.

The most sold in UK is the high potency cannabis that represents 94% of the market.

Concurrently, cannabis has positive benefits. It’s been the best treatment for Crohns disease and recently researchers are looking at how cannabis’ compounds can help treat other diseases.

In my point of view, drugs are very dangerous substances and it’s obvious that can affect our health negatively. All the users should know the consequences of the consumption. Most of the users of marijuana are consuming because they think is beneficial but it’s still a drug and drugs always damage. 

OPTIMISM

The benefits of positive thinking

People who always look on the bright side are positive thinking. Positive thinking helps us to affront stress and can even improve our health. Yes, those that express positive emotions live 10 years longer, according to specialists.

Being positive is good for us and for the people around us.Face with stressful situations isn’t easy, but if you adopt a positive think you can have more chances of success.

Besides, specialists found that our mind have a powerful effect on our body. This means that our thoughts and attitudes can have a powerful influence on our immunity. Optimistic people exhibit a stronger immune response than those who had a more negative view.

The most important part is that positive thinking is good for our health. Some benefits associated with optimism include reduce risk of death from cardiovascular problems, less depression and an increased lifespan.

Optimistic people have a high ability to cope with problems. That means that resilient people are able to face a crisis or trauma with success and not fall in stress. Optimists look always the best part of the situations, how to solve the problem and deal with stress and depression and they always try to learn from their experiences.

Not everything on optimism is an advantage; sometimes very optimistic people overestimate their own abilities and other’s.

Bad things happen and sometimes you will be disappointed or hurt by the actions of others but if you adopt a positive think you will deal with the situation more easily.

POSITIVE THINKING + POSITIVE ACTIONS = POSITIVE RESULTS

Syria conflict

Putin orders Eastern Ghouta 'humanitarian pause'

This news talks about the order of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s President, about a daily humanitarian pause in fightening in the Eastern Ghouta in Syria. In this way, civilians are allowed to leave and are able to be helped by doctors.

Goutha has been under bombardment by the Syrian government and Russian backing for a week. As a result, there have been more than 540 deaths.

Wars aren’t any good for humanity but belong to our reality. Wars exist because after all this years humans aren’t able to be civilised and agree in cohabitation. So, as long as humans exist there will be wars. Unfortunately the wars will be worst because while the years pass, there will be more findings that can be used in wars as weapons and bombs or any other material of war. It has always been said that the human being is a destructive being.

Florida shooting

School threats spike 'significantly'

17 murderers came up in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of Florida by a small US group.

School Safety Network with base in Ohio has claimed that now there are 65 threats to US schools a day and before there was only 11.

One hour and a half after the gunman, supposedly Nikolas Cruz, killed students and teachers in Parkland, there was a new threat in Brooklyn.

Two boys posted a picture the night before with a rifle and a text that said “Don’t come to school tmw”. One of the student said he was joking but the police found in his home two semi-automatic rifles similar to the one used by the Florida gunman.

Since the Florida shooting, LA school authorities have received 160 calls about a possible criminal threat. Mrs. Klinger thinks that the incidents are related to the intensity how Americans are responding to the tragedy, the copycat effect that incites other students to commit similar attacks and, the most important, social media. Most of the threats come via social media.

Since the Parkland attack the debate was about what to do to ensure stop further attacks on schools. Student survivors want a tighter gun control and the most radicals said to arm teachers.

It seems to me that arming teachers isn’t the solution; I think that we should be more conscious. If there are a couple of police officers in all schools provided by the state most of the students will be afraid and they won’t risk. Maybe there should be a control in all schools to avoid the entrance of weapons. Apparently the number of threats is increasing and it seems very frightening. I can’t imagine that happening in my high school.