SOME INFO ABOUT DRUGS

Drugs - chemicals which change the way a person's body works.

ALCOHOL & CIGARETTES

These are two kinds of legal drugs. Smoking cigarrettes costs a lot of money, we become addicted to it very fast. What is more, it has bad effects for our skin and lungs. Nowadays teenagers smoke cigarettes and do not think about its consequences. Another popular problem that exists among young people is drinking huge amounts of alcohol. Some people believe that thanks to it, they feel better and become self-confident...

ILLEGAL DRUGS

''Drug problem''- abusing legal drugs and using illegal ones such as ectasy, cocaine, LSD, marijuana, heroin and crystal meth. Illegal drugs can damage heart, brain and other organs. Cocaine for example can damage our heart and cause its attack.

Using drugs causes a lot of cons such as: learning problems and sports problems. It is very common for drug abusers that they do not think clearly and can not make good decisions. Kids and teens try drugs because they want to fit in with a group of peers. They are curious about its effects. Sometimes they feel bored and this is the reason of trying them. Drugs temporarily might solve our problems, feel happier and do not think about problems for a while. Being addicted to drugs means that human's body can not function without it. It's very difficult to stop taking drugs because we become dependent on them.If we stop it, we can vomit, sweat and have tremors.

DRUG ABUSERS AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR

The way of behaviour shows addiction to drugs. These are some symptoms:

- lose interest at school (bad marks, playing truant, do not care about graduating from school)

- change relatives

- ask their ''helpers'' to be left alone

- have concentration problems

- have puffy or red eyes

- sleep a lot (during the lesons)

- have troubles with agression

- have a runny nose all the time

- cough a lot

HOW CAN WE HELP SUCH PEOPLE?

If we see that someone at our school is addicted to drugs, we should tell about it very quickly. Ignoring the problem is the worst solution. We should tell  a trustworthy adult about him / her. Drug abusers need a therapy and special treatment to stop taking the drugs.They should be aware of its bad effects and consequences in our future, short and unhappy life...:(

THE ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TAKING DRUGS

THEATRE FROM CRACOV AT OUR SCHOOL...

On the 19 th March two actors from Cracov visited our school. They showed us a problem of bullying.The problem was connected with cyber-bullying, money-bullying and physical-bullying. Teenagers like showing off. They like wearing fashionable clothes (especially the brand ones), buying fashionable lipglosses and other things. Cyber-bullying is when you take somebody a picture and put it on the Internet. It is forbidden and we can have huge problems doing it.

Is cyber-bullying a problem at schools? Why students use modern technology for bad things?

There are no statistics about the number of students and teachers being bullied. Another problem is that a lot of people do not want to talk about it in public. Students do not tell their parents about this problem and they don't go to school. In the UK there are some monitoring systems of various websites.This system is very good especially in Cornwall. Bebo is their social networking site, which has a special anti-bullying system..

How to spend Women's Day ?

8th March is a good day to start doing something new. On this day women can go to hairdresser and change their appearance. Looking pretty will be really necessary this day. Some sellers ( males ) plan to give flowers when a woman willl visit their shops.So be prepared to look nice this day. Apart from that women can go to a restaurant, cafe or to a disco. Maybe there will be discounts for women. It is a nice celebration for sure. Another way is to meet your best friends, make delicious supper and have spa and massages, do some nails' drawings, listen to our favourite kind of music and relax without thinking about the things that are not worth it. Happy Women's Day:)

 

The winter break is over...

We started our winter break on 17th February and came back to school on 3rd March. Some of our students went to the other places to have a rest and the others stayed at home. Unfortunately in the West of Poland there was no snow so we could not go skiing,but there were other ways of spending free time.Do you want to share with your opinions and ideas. Those of you who'll read it and prepare a good presentation (speaking and showing the pictures) may get 6 from an English teacher ( as additional work of course:)