Our students

My name is Andrea. I´m 14 years old and my birthday is on 28th June. I live in Buenos Aires with my mum, my dad, my sister and my dog, Kimba. My sister is 16 and she goes to the same school as me. I go to Compañia de Maria School. I´m in second year. On Mondays and Wednesdays I go to the Liceo because I want to learn languages. I´m in Intermediate II. In my free time I go out with friends. I like using my computer and waatching TV. I would like to learn to dance hip hop..

Our students

I´m Victoria. I´m 15 and I live in Colegiales in a big house with my mother, my father and my three brothers, who are younger than me. I go to school every day from 7:20 to 1:30 pm. On Mondays and Wednesdays I go to the gym and I have English classes. I like reading, listening to music, playing with the computer, and going out with friends. I also live singing so I take singing classes once a week. I´ve lived in Buenos Aires since I was born but I´ve lived in Colegiales for 11 years and I´ve attended the same school since I was 4 years old! I´ve got a lot of friends and I like going out with them. Sometimes we go shopping, watch videos or go to concerts. I´m in 3rd year at school and when I finish I think I´ll study graphic design at the university.

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My name is Brenda Stell. I´m 15 years old. My birthday is on 27th September. I live with my dad, my dad and my brother Brian. He´s younger than me; he´s 10. I´ve got a cat called Fiona. I live in Belgrano, near Belgrano R railway station and I go to Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazon school. I´m in 3rd year. I´ve been going to that school for 11 years. Every day I leave school at midday. I´m in Int II at the Liceo. My teacher is called Maria and I have classes on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. In my free time I like listening to music and watching TV. On the weekend I like meeting friends and going to the cinema or staying at home.

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My name is Rocio Diaz. I´m 14 years old. I was born in Corrientes, Argentina, but I live in Buenos Aires with my father, my mother and my sister, who is called Candela and who is 9 years old. I go to Compañia de Maria school.. My favourite subject is biology but I don´t like language. I study at the Liceo bacause I want to learn English. In my free time I usually chat with my friends on the internet and I like listening to music. My favourite bands are Las Pastillas del Abuelo, La 25 and I love Calamar, too.

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I´m Gaston. I´m 14 years old. I live in a flat in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with my father and my two sisters: one is 18 and her name is Belen, and the other is 21 and her name is Celeste. We´ve got a dog. I´ve got a third sister but she doesn´t live with us any more. She´s now old enough to live by herself. I go to F.A.S.T.A. Catherina High School. Every Monday and Wednesday I go to the Liceo from 6:30 to 8 pm to learn Englsih because I like it and because it´s very important for my furture. I also swim at Ciudad de Buenos Aires club every weekend. In my spare time I go out with friends and watch TV. Soemtimes I listen to music, drwaw and play with my Play Station 2.

The Long Sneeze

• I smelled a flower and I didn't stop sneezing

For many people the subject of sneezing is a joke, but for Amanda Writs, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl from Argentina, it was something quite different.

Her sneeze began one Saturday and continued day and night for one week. After the second day, Amanda was desperate and her mother took her to hospital and the doctor to cure her attack.

Amanda, who is now back at school, described what happened to her. "I began to sneeze after walking in the park with my boyfriend. He gave me a beautiful flower and I smelled this flower. Its scent was interesting and exotic but I started to sneeze and I didn't stop. I drank a glass of water, which my boyfriend gave me, but that didn't do any good. Late in the morning, the sneeze continued. My mother gave me a pill but that didn't do any good. I was desperate! The sneezes didn't go!"

At night, she and her mother went to the hospital. The doctor took an X-ray of her chest but he couldn't find anything wrong.

"The doctor gave me some tablets and they slowed down, but it was another day before the tablets worked completely and my sneeze stopped."

Amanda was very lucky. The world record holder is the unfortunate American teacher Louise Mendis, who sneezed constantly for two months.

YASMÍN

Insomnia, a world record

It all started without sleep one night but it resulted in no sleep for twenty years!

Many people can't sleep at night. They go to the doctor; he gives them some tablets; and it finishes. But for George, a forty-one-year-old man, it wasn't so easy.

Everything started when he didn't sleep one night. Many people stay awake at night because they are nervous or because something wrong has happened. but George didn't have any of these problems so he didn't go to the doctor that night, because he thought it was going to pass but it didn't happen.

After a month without sleep, he decided to go to the hospital and he saw a doctor. This one told George: "You ought to try to relax." Other doctors gave him different advice but nothing worked.

After twenty year awake, one night he could sleep and he hasn't had any problem since that day.

BÁRBARA R.

The Long Sneeze

Now he is in his house, but he was in hospital. It all began in his new job.

Last week, Mark Cornel, a seventee-year-old schoolboy was in hospital because he had the longest sneeze in the world. He couldn't believe it.

He started sneezing when he went to his new job. He had to sweep the floor that had lots of dust. He is allergic to dust so he started to sneeze. When he finished his job, he continued sneezing but he didn't do anything about it. This continued for one week; he couldn't sleep that week. Hi Mum decided to take him to hospital.

When he went to hospital, he had to stay for one week because the doctors couldn't find anything to help him. They asked him what happened, so he said that it was because of the dust. Finally, the doctors discovered that it was because of his new cat, which was a present for his birthday.

Mark took the cat to a friend's house. Now he is taking tablets and feeling much better.

SOFÍA R. S.

The Long Sneeze

For many people a cat is a partner, but for Jorgelina, a ten-year-old girl from Buenos Aires, it was something totally different.

Her sneezes began one Monday afternoon and continued for one week. The first days Jorgelina thought that she had a cold, but she was wrong.

Jorgelina, who is healthy at home again, told us what the problem was: "My uncle gave maecat for my birthday. I was really happy until I discovered I am allergic to them. That afternoon I couldn't stop sneezing. I realized that I was much better at school. My mother told me that the cat could be related to this. So my uncle's gift was returned."

Now Jorgelina is seriously thinking about having a dog as her next pet.

AGUSTINA