The Dual Diploma Times February 2020 Eleventh Edition Inside this issue: Staff writers and Photographers Biography 2 : “Students Who Change the World” by Abril Castillo Abril Castillo Alice Cerutti Alberto Sueiro Fiction 3 — 16 Alejandro Herreros “Alair’s Tragedy” by Ana Martin “Love Hurts” by Lara Veramendi Ana González “Serendipity” by Irene Aldabaldetrecu “TEA” by Karel Bergia Ana Martín “What a Young Girl Shouldn’t know” by Anastasia Cuevas Anastasia Cuevas Carla Bach Global News 17—19 “Aranda de Duero, European Wine 2020” by Júlia de Pablo Carla García “Venice: Real Life Atlantis?” by Sara Borsari Cayetana Calvo Diana Osete Eline Deparis History 20—25 Helena Durbán “La Marató” by Abril Castillo Inés Chinchilla “November 24th , a Date to Remember” by Mireia Font Iñigo Poza “Romanticism: the Age of Emotions” by Alice Cerutti “The Fall of the Berlin Wall” by Luis León Irati Acha Irene Aldabaldetrecu Irene Filgueira Music 26 - 27 “Dancehall? “ by Mariona Risquez Isabel Calviño Joaquín Moreiras Lifestyle Júlia de Pablo “Who Said Dreams Don’t Come True?” by Carla Bach Juliette Pelletier Photography 28—29 “Don’t Waste Time” by Maria Torrejón Karel Bergia “Everything a Smile Hides” by Irati Acha Lara Veramendi Leticia Morales Poetry 30—31 Luis León “The Life Path” by Helena Durbán “Made for Love” by Juliette Pelletier María Alcázar María Camps Reviews 32—34 María Torrejón “Frozen II” by Ana Martín “More Than a Concert: a Festival” by Paula de Mercado Mariona Blanch “Oriol Maspons” by Mariona Blanch Mariona Risquez Mathilde Durouseau Science 35—37 Meritxell Risquez “Global Warming” by Mathilde Durousseau “Nature vs Nurture” by Helena Durbán Mireia Font “How to Deal with Stress“ by Noémie Roux de Bézieux Noémie Roux Paula De Mercado Travel 38—40 “25 Curious Facts About Travel and Planes” by María Camps Romain Detheve “Celebrating Halloween in Miami” by Romain Detheve Sara Borsari “Mexico, the Ancient Paradise” by Meritxell Risquez Layout Editors: Carla Bach Karel Bergia Paula De Mercado Page 2 Biography “Students Who Change the World” by Abril Castillo Student activism ranges from the biggest actions, like creating an organization, to the little acts of kindness we do every day to improve our world. These are three teenagers who decided to improve our world through peaceful demonstrations: Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg is a Swedish teenage activist for Climate Change. Her mission began in 2018, when she started “Strikes for Climate.” Thunberg began skipping Friday classes to protest outside the Swedish Parliament. Her actions spread thanks to social media, and now teenagers all around the world have joined her cause, starting mass demonstrations everywhere. "We showed that we are united and that we, young people, are unstoppable." - UN Youth Climate Summit, New York City, September 21, 2019 Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai is an education and women rights advocate in Pakistan. Her fight began when she was 11 years old, as she was being forbidden to study due to the Taliban control. She began reporting for the BBC, and this caused the Taliban to put a death threat over her head. She got shot in 2012, when she was 15 years old. Luckily, she survived, and in 2014 she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, at just 17 years old. "I raise my voice – not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard… we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." - UN Youth Takeover, New York City, July 12, 2013 Shiden Tekle Shiden Tekle is part of the organization, The Advocacy Academy, a Social Justice Youth Movement for young people from South London. He and his friends got tired of the misrepresentation and underrepresentation of black people in the media and decided to recreate famous movie posters. Another activist group, Special Patrol Group, printed them and placed them at bus stops and billboards in Brixton. “We decided to put black faces in the big movies, and challenge people’s perceptions and assumptions." - London, March 2018 These goals may seem unachievable, but there’s so much all of us can do for our communities. Find a local NGO, non-governmental organization, volunteer at your school's solidarity acts and events or just start trying to aid those around you. Devoting your time to improve others' lives is a truly fulfilling experience and it helps build dedicated and kind communities and a better world. Page 3 Fiction “Alair’s Tragedy” by Ana Martín I had finally come home, all I wanted was to sit with a cup of tea, on my favorite sofa, with a blanket next to the fireplace and a good book on that cold winter day. The exhibition of Roman patricians and plebeians in the history museum had left me exhausted. I had been examining paintings all day and one of them seemed familiar, like if I had already seen it somewhere but I wasn't sure where. I stopped thinking about everything, I went to my room, showered, got changed and had dinner, but my mind was stuck on that painting of a very handsome patrician named Alair whose face seemed sad. At his right was his wife, a noble girl named Rosella daughter of a very important Roman general. I was about to sit down when I suddenly remembered, the book my grandfather left me contained that story, I ran to get it and began to read. “In the city of Pompeii lived a patrician named Alair, he was loved by all, brave and cared for everyone but a horrible tragedy occurred to him. His father died and at the age of 20 he took his patrician position. Alair had to marry before 21 to continue keeping his title and be able to support his mother and sister. He learned that his father had already promised him to a noble woman named Rosella. Although they were not married, they still bought a very large house with many rooms with only the servants missing. So Alair went to the agora to buy slaves. While walking he saw her, the prettiest girl his eyes had ever seen was walking through the streets, so he began to follow her. Suddenly, she fell to the ground down a steep street. He ran out to help her, he took her hand, they looked into each other's eyes and discovered that it was love at first sight. Her name was Coralia, her hair was in a long black braid, her eyes were green and she wore a long white robe typical of noble women. Two weeks passed and he saw her everywhere, the circus, the theater ... until one day they decided to meet in an abandoned building to talk. He told her that he loved her and that he wanted to be with her. Since she was a noble woman they could turn their dream into reality and be together but everything changed when Coralia burst into tears and told him that she was not a noble but a humble commoner. Alair, at first did not know if what he felt was anger over her lie or sadness because he loved her. When he came out of his confusion he told her that he did not care about her social position, that they would go together to another place to be able to live a quiet life both together. However, they did not realize that someone was listening to them and that someone was none other than Rosella's father. The day when they would escape arrived, when they were about to leave the army stopped them, killed Coralia and forced Alair to marry Rosella or his family would go next. The next day he married Rosella and spent his whole life thinking about Coralia, the only woman he had truly loved in his life. I ended up crying and I understood that sad face of Alair and I fell asleep wondering what it would have been like to have that adventure. Page 4 Fiction “Love Hurts” by Lara Veramendi I want to start this story with a question: What is love? Well, allow me to tell you something. Love isn't what movies tell us, love isn't what our best friend says and isn't what we write in our diaries. Love is nothing and everything at the same time and that's what makes it so special. If someone tells you that love is the easiest thing, he or she is definitely lying because love is easily complicated. You might not understand this at first but eventually you will. Jess, Jessamine, Jessi... She was tallish, blonde, athletic, pretty and even she hadn't found love. She was waiting for that prince in shining armor that never arrived. She had fallen in love and everything had gone wrong. What she thought was love was a lie. She was heartbroken and had lost hope. But in the end, we all never stop waiting for our prince or our princess. That beautiful day she took her bag, gave her mother a kiss and left with nothing on her mind. Everything changed when she saw Lucas, the perfect gentleman boy that she met at the beach. But everything changed and what was love had turned into an obsession and she couldn't stand him at all. Then, Chase appeared in front of her. The boy who was her most intimate friend who had lied to her making her think he was in love with her so he didn't break her heart. However, he did in the end. In the end, she saw Alex the boy she had friend-zoned so many times.