Presidential Elections

Well, today I have to talk about presidential elections, although this topic does not like me very much, I will try to give my opinion about this.

First, I think the politic is not very useful because always are the same topics, problems, projects for working and proposals but the worst is the end, when the people had chosen any candidate and he does not keep his promises. This is a lamentable situation but it happens all time: In previous time for elections, they promise you the world but when they are chosen you can see only a little part of this world. Because of this, I think that the most healthy for people is that the candidates offers real situations, things that they can do in the future, if they are chosen for the community.

In this moment I am not registered in the Electoral Registry, but I do not if I do it in the future, maybe yes or maybe not (Sincerely I am not motivated for doing it now). So how you can see I am not going to vote in these presidential elections but if I could vote in this occasion I believe that I vote to candidate Jorge Arrate who represents the left in my country.
I am not very informed about the programs of different candidates but I had sawn some debates between their so I have some ideas about their positions. I do not like candidates who represent the right (for different reasons as their approach about economy, energy, social things and others) so I don’t vote for Piñera, for example. The others candidates have better programs in social, educational and security context I think, but I think they say things that people want to hear. But Arrate says concrete and specific things, things really credible and possible for doing.

For last, I don’t like to participate in politics in the future for the same reasons that I said in the beginning.

Sex education

Well, the topic for today’s activity is free, so I went to website http://www.guardian.co.uk/ and I chose a very interesting new for me, it is called “Sex education interrupts”. I have chosen this article because it speaks about the sex lessons in the primary and secondary school and how this kind of education has been taught until now in United Kingdom. Besides I chose this article because de sexuality is a matter very important and interesting for me, for studying it and because the sexuality has to be showed and taught without myths, taboos, and in a very good form in all its expressions. Apart from this, the combination between psychology and sexuality is so exciting and interesting and the education context is the better way for examples it, I think. Now I will talk to you about this exciting article.

In UK the sex education is taught to children in the schools but is not obligatory for them and the parents have the right to opt out from this kind of lessons. But now, a government’s reviews to consider teaching sex education at primary and secondary schools but in a compulsory way. Before parents might to withdraw their children until the end secondary school (even sixth formers. Wow it’s unacceptable, I think).

This new government’s review contemplates the sex education in a wide context and they hope for 2011 a complete process. It means sex education as part of personal, social, health and economic curriculum and obligatory for children aged 15 and up. So the parent could opt out their children but until 15.

I consider this review perfectly for the moment because is a good way for a responsible education and with quality but the most important teenagers could take sensible decisions.

Link to article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/05/sex-education-schools-compulsory