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Pregnant teenagers experience the same problems as older pregnantwomen may have. There are, however, additional complications formothers aged 15-19. For example low birth weight, premature labourand anaemia are connected to the biological age itself.

On the one hand, teen moms have to quit secondary school becausethey need to earn money to feed their babies and to take care ofthem. That means their jobs will be bad, and sometimes they doesnthave enough money to take care of the baby. In addition sometimesteenagers familys doesnt want to know anything about their and thebabys.

On the other hand, even if it is a small chance, is that the teenmother will learn how to become responsible. Because she would

have tolearn how to care someone else, and to look for theireducation.

To sum up, I think teenagers need someone to love and be loved byso they recurred to the pregnancy. Furthermore, teenagers are focuson their love of infants

LAURA

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On the other hand, we have countries that are developed, and also suffer the corruption of the

government, and produces de discontented of the population, and make demonstrations of

the people, and create a badly situation to take off the country of the crisis.

In conclusion, the corruption, had a lot of disadvantages and any advantage for the citizens, If

the people cooperate to create a better world, the corruption will be a social issue that we

hasnt worry for anything.

MARC

THE POLLUTION

The pollution is a big problem

that is affecting the world a lot

nowadays. Lately the world isgetting more affected and there is

a hole in the atmosphere which is

getting bigger and bigger.

However, there are some things

that humans can do to prevent it.

On one hand, people should use

more public transport. It is

cheaper and it pollutes less tan

private transport. Another way to prevent the pollution in our world would be

using the bicycle to arrive to the places.

On the other hand, factories shouldnt produce too much smoke because it affects

the environment, the plants, the animals Moreover, people ought to recycle, its

very easy and it is a great help for the world.

In conclusion, the pollution is a grave problem affecting our planet, but if we are

together in this, we can solve it.

JUDIT A.

Abortion

Abortion is a very controversial issue. Many people are pro-life, they consider abortion

murder. However, there are many who think that it should be legal, women should have the

choice to abort due to the effects that having a child would have on their life and the babys.

On the one hand, pro-lifers believe the abortion should not be legal, they say that the fetus is

something alive, a human being who is partly formed and to do abortion is to kill it and commit

murder.

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On the other hand, some say that parents should have the right to choose and it is not murder

until the baby is born. The right of an abortion for a mother should be left on her own decision

as the mother knows best about her condition.

In conclusion, I think that abortion has to be seen about which stage the fetus is in. If it is in

the very early stage, then it is not murder. But if it has already developed into a larger fetus, it

can be considered as murder.

BEA

SUICIDE

Suicide has existed during all the history of humanity. There are many ways to commit suicide

but in the end its always the same. Just death. I think that it has a lot of disadvantages but

maybe some people think that is the only way to act.

The main disadvantage of committing suicide is that you stop living, your life is over and it willbe forever. I think people must be really sure of what they are going to do and think in all the

consequences this action will have before everything. Apart from dying you leave people that

love you and will miss you, and will suffer a lot.

I think committing suicide hasn't any advantage so I will talk about ways for trying to avoid it.

Studies say that in most of the cases of people killing themselves, people around that person

didn't imagine that something like that would happen. I think that if a person told me that he

or she wants to end up with his or her life I would try to help them, talking about all the good

things their life has and trying to make their problems easier. Maybe if I feel that I couldn't do

anything more for he or she I will talk to a psychologist or someone that could help.

Clara X

Eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia)

Having a healthy diet is very important for our

health. Society today has the concept of the ideal

woman as a thin person and there is a huge social

pressure to be that way.

A lot of women stop eating or throw up the foodand these actions are psychological illness may

become harmful to health.

Eating disorders dont have any positive part.

Firstly, if you throw up the food or you don't eat,

your body suffers, you will need vitamins and

energy and you're not gonna be able to withstand the daily rhythm and you'll feel more tired.

If the disease worsens you can suffer hair and loss the menstruation, your character becomes

aggressive and easily irritated you, and in extreme situations you will change your personalityYou can avoid this disease feeling comfortable with your body, don't having complex , not

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obssessing with physical and stop comparing yourself with the others . All people are beautiful

in our own way

In conclusion, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are problems affecting society

nowadays and we have to try to avoid them because they are very harmful and they don't

bring anything good.

CLARA L.

Bullying

Bully is to overbear a person who is smaller or wicker than you. Bully is nowadays on the top of

social issues, more than the a half of the population have suffered bullying once. This problem

is very dangerous because when the person who is being bullied gets enough he can make

strong decisions such as suicide.

In my opinion, people who had suffered that must tried to help the others; furthermore the

best way to forget your situations is having a friend. Perhaps this person is also being bullied,

but the mutual support can make people be strong, even happier that the bully.

As far as Im concerned, I wouldnt bear the weight of being annoyed and undervalued for long

time. This people have one of the strongest capacities of self-esteem.

Because of bully a very important part of the world population had committed suicide, one of

the solutions is having the faith to tell someone the problems, but you must tell them at the

beginning because sometimes its maybe too late.

To sum up bully is one of the social issues that have been affected a big part of the population

and its been done in many different ways so when you see one person involved you must talk

to him and give him the esteem to make him understand that he is not alone.

CARME

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ABORTION

I think Spain isnt a really backward country. Ive heard that they want to change thelaw although now it isnt as bad as other countries. They say that now is so open-minded and lots of girls doesnt worry if they get pregnant and they are so young or

maybe they havent a economic situation enough good for grow up a baby unless theirparents help them with the baby.

There are different kinds of abortion depending on the weeks youve been pregnantand if you really wish that it doesnt hurt. Its comparatively cheap if you think what iscoming on, because maybe you can afford the first year, but maybe not the second, thethird. If you know that you cant afford the first year, it becomes a really good option.

The government wants to forbid all abortion kinds excepting if youve been raped, inthis case, having two different opinions of doctors according that you are allowed toabort. Any of this doctors cant be your usual doctor, so that increases the waste ofmoney.

In my opinion they are getting mad because thousand of young girls get pregnant by anaccident or of the wrong boy. Its true that hardening the law, people that believe inabortion will think it twice before doing.

As some years ago, illegal clinics will appear with less hygienic care and reallyexpensive prices. People will have to go to France, Portugal or London depending onwhere it is cheaper.

In conclusion, our government is so conservative, probably more than what is neededand they will make a mistake approving this new law.

DANI

GANGS

A gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals or close friends with identifiable

leadership and internal organization, identifying with or claiming control over territory

in a community, and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other

forms of illegal behaviour.

On the one hand there are the members, and on the other hand are the leaders. Theleaders are the upper echelons of the gangs command. This gang member is probably

the oldest in the posse and likely has the smallest criminal record and they often have

the power to direct the gangs activity.The dangerous part of the gang activity is his

gang bangs or gang battles. This battles confront two different bands, which they

have different bases. In the USA, more than 100.000 people (Black, Mexicans and

other people).

In conclusion, gangs are one of the most social issues and one of the most dangerous

street problems.

JORDI

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DRUGS

The drugs have existed in our society for a long time. They have worsened peoples

lives and killed them. However, there might be some advantages.

On the one hand, drugs are very bad for persons. Furthermore drugs have killed a lot

of persons in the last years. A lot of rich persons or celebrities consume them so I think

that drugs affects more in the rich persons that the middle society.

On the other hand, drugs have good effects if you consume it when you have medical

problems. To some patients of very harmful diseases, doctors give him or her

therapeutically marihuana so they can decrease her or his pain.

In conclusion I think that drugs have a lot of bad things and a little of good thinks so I

think that drugs are bad for persons.ORIOL

Organ donation

Saving lives is very

important. Thats the reason

why many people are an

organ donor. The average of

people who dies while they

are waiting for transplant is19 people each day.

Organ donation is the

process of removal and

transplantation of organs

from donor to recipient. It

has been arguing in the

society whether or not it

should be compulsory for

everyone to donate one of their organs when they die. To be an organ donor you must

register in the department of health in la Generalitat de Catalunya and tell your friends andfamily.

I want to be an organ donor because if it isnt useful when you are dead it is better to save

people. You must be over 18. If I were 18 I would be a donor.

In conclusion, organ donation is very important because it saves lives.

IGNASI

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Immigration

Immigration has existed since remote ages. The human beings always try

to have the best life conditions. Most of people from poor countries the

make long journeys to arrive to better countries. However, not always all

poor people have wanted to move, because they feel a feeling of

belonging to their countries and traditions. Nevertheless, both decisions

have good and bad consequences

On the one hand, staying in their countries means living in a very poor

condition. These conditions make people to think of moving from their

countries. If they had had better conditions, they wouldnt consider the

option of moving from their country. In addition, usually, in these

countries, they have no rights, so its very difficult to live there.

Furthermore, most of poor countries are in war

On the other hand, leaving their countries, they leave back all their family,habits, and traditions. They have to integrate in a different society, and

they are not always very good accepted. If they were better accepted they

would be more comfortable in other countries.

In conclusion, if people were aware of this situation I think they would try

to help. I think people need to be more conscious about the real actual

situation that they live every day in their countries and try to help them.

PABLO

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Abortion

Lately there has been some discussion because of the new abortion law.

Politics have said that you can only abort in especial situations, such us rape or

in case that it affects physically or psychologically the pregnant woman.

Abortion situation depends of the country you are, because there are different

politics and different cultures.

On the one hand, there are countries like United States that abortion is not

permitted even if you have been raped. In case youve been raped, the rapist,

who is a criminal, will have to be the father of the baby. In my opinion thats very

unfair for the woman who has been raped, because the law says that the rapist

has to pay the costs to bring up the baby, and that means the raped woman and

the rapist have to keep in touch.

On the other hand, abortion is allowed in different situations, for example in

case of rape, not like in United States. In addition, you can abort when it has

negative effects to the woman. In Spain, abortion in this situations is permitted,

but if the pregnancy is not desired the law says you cannot abort.

To sump up, abortion is a very debatable topic, which it seems to have different

opinions in different points of view. I think that its not really fair that the law has

to be approved by men, because who has to have the baby inside during nine

moths is the woman, and I think her opinion is more important than mensopinion. By no means Im saying that mens opinions has no importance,

however women are who carry the baby until the end.

MARB-

EATING DISORDERS

Eating disorders are a recent social issue that lately has increased a lot. Nowadays,

more and more people cant put up with social pressure. This disease is very serious

because lots of people die every year because of it, but it seems like we dont do

anything to solve it.

On one hand, there are lots of webs and books to help and inform people about it. I

think that at school and at home people are aware of it.

But on the other hand, all models are thin and beautiful. In fact, there are only a few

singers and actors that arent thin and perfect. I think this makes a lot of pressure on

teenagers because all their idols are so perfect that they have to suffer a lot to look

like them.

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To sum up, there are a lot of things that we should change if we want this desease to

disappear, but we don't do it. I believe it's a serious problem and if you know someone

who's suffering you should help them.

MARIA LL.

Should abortion be legal?

In a study published in 2007, it is estimated that in the world are between 42 and 46 million

abortions per year. 25 per cent of the world population lives in 54 countries that it is

completely forbidden to abort.

On the one hand, I think that abortion has to be legal worldwide. Imagine that a woman gets

pregnant because of a rape. She would like to abort because she wouldnt want to have the

baby. Also, many women dont have the financial resources to support a child and they decide

to abort, because they dont want to give them a bad live. Besides, personhood beginsat birth,

not at conception and abortion is the termination of a pregnancy, not of a baby.

In conclusion, I think that abortion should be legal because women have the right to do

whatever they want whit their live and bodies.

MARIO

Euthanasia

The legalization of euthanasia has been one of the most controversial discussions in many

countries around the world. Many terminally-ill patients do not have a possibility to recover,

but the laws do not allow doctors to end their lives.

One the one hand I think that euthanasia helps the patients alleviate their pain, suffering and

depression. For instance, the patients who have some terrible disease must be in the hospital

bed with miserable pain each day. Therefore, that individuals decision should be carried out

because they have that right to their own personal decisions, which is only one of many

reasons why euthanasia should be legalized.

One the other hand, there are also drawbacks, emotional and physical imposed on family

members, relatives, and friends of patients. Besides, their family members who are sensitivemay have a bad period. Consequently, patients may feel guilty in this entire ordeal, may even

become more severely ill. Obviously, the patients will not need to worry about their family and

their pain anymore once euthanasia is done.

To sum up, I think that euthanasia should be permitted for the individual liberty and general

benefits of society.

CLAUDIA

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ABORTION

The abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a

pregnancy. There are a lot of cases of abortion nowadays, although not all of them are legal.

For example, at present in Spain the government wants to approve a law that forbid the

abortion. I agree with this law; I dontknow why but I support that the abortion is forbidden

because if you dont want to be pregnant, you have to be conscious, be cautious and use

measures.

On one hand, many people believe that abortion have good advantages because if you are

pregnant and your embryo is not healthy you can choose about if you want have the child or

not. But on the other hand the abortion can be dangerous for your health and for you; because

if you are pregnant, I think that the embryo its a person and you can not kill him.

In conclusion, there are a lot of people that disagree with this new law that has been imposed

in some countries such as Spain. But also, there are people, like me, that believe that this lawis positive for everyone, because we have to be aware of what we want. If you want a baby,

you can not use preventive measures, but if you dont want a baby, you must use measures

and be cautious.

MARIA C.

Homelessness is a word that refers to the people who havent got a place to

sleep in (or anything else). In this situation, everything is bad both for the people

themselves or their families.

I think that most people that are homelessness used to be alcoholics or they

consume drugs, and thats the reason why these people are in this situation.

There are also people who had a good life and they could pay all the expenses

that the house requires, but one day, they decided to invest all their money in

stock because they thought that they knew about stock but they failed.

Even famous people have become homeless. For example Maradona, didnt

arrive to the situation that he did not have anywhere to live in, but he got a lot of

money, and he decided to invest and he lost all the money and his credit card

was at zero.

In conclusion, its very sad when you walk where ever on the street and you see

homeless people. Its signal of dirtand poverty in the country where homeless

people are. Now there are solidarity people that organize in pavilions some

beds for this people.

DIEGO

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

The death penalty nowadays is legal in some places around the world, but

in the past in most places it used to be this punishment. Some people

agree with this but some others disagree with it.

In my opinion, I agree with this punishment because in Spain prisons are

ridiculous. In the prison you have a TV, a bed and you can eat and drink

better that if you havent enough money. So If I were a person who

doesnt have anything I would commit a crime and I will have a better life.

On the one hand I understand that anybody can destroy one life but on

the other hand some people that commit crimes such as murderer,violation you destroy the life of other people, so you have to pay for it.

In conclusion, I think that death penalty should be legal in some situations

and when you are sure that somebody is guilty.

MARIA V.

BULLYING

For me bullying is a conscious effort which is designed to cause harm to

another person, physically or emotionally. Bullying can turn violent and if

it goes bigger, it can end in death. There are many causes of bullying like

they have problems at home, think it's cool and funny, they have an

aggressive personality, jealousy, revenge...

Some people bully to get power; they think if you push people around and

make them do what you want them to do, you will get noticed.

They think that it makes them feel cool and they get attention they

become popular but some bullies do it just because they like to hurt

people see the victim cry. Most people think if you are popular you can

get away with things that they know isn't right. Some common causes of

bullying are when kids don't have enough supervision. They think they can

get away with anything. Another cause is that some people just have an

aggressive personality.

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hand, humans use animals to survive, furthermore, some humans

take care from some animals named pets.

In my opinion, humanity is nowadays abusing the animals because

we are destroying their habitats and they cant defence it so anyone

should tell humans to stop.

In conclusion, I think that we need to change this style of living,

because we depends on other living creatures to survive searching a

solution.

Xavier

SAME SEX MARRIAGE

The same sex marriage is a marriage between to persons of the same sex. In this

century, some countries in Europe have legalized the marriage: Denmark, Norway,

Portugal, Iceland

Some people say that this is against the religion or that men only can be with women.

Furthermore, they say that children cant grow up with a couple of the same sex.These

people have the fault that many teenagers or adults cant say that they are gays or

lesbians, they are afraid of what people will think about them.

On the other hand, some people might say that everyone can be with whoever they

want to be.

In my opinion, you should be able to marry the person you love, even if your couple is

the same gender as you. Moreover, I think the same sex marriage is as normal as

another marriage.

Laia