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Why do I consider myself a bilingual person?

Obraz
  It wouldn’t be my blog if I didn’t explain its name – my experience as a Spanish bilingual person. This name appears in two different languages as well – in Spanish and Finnish. These are three languages which I understand, speak and try to improve. I have a different level in each of them. What’s more, I don’t feel the same affection for Spanish, English and Finnish. Of course, it is related to my experiences that differ depending on the tongue. Today I want to comment on this topic. First impression Despite the fact that English was the first foreign language which I studied, I have been better at Spanish since my childhood. The explanation of such a phenomenon is that the latter is the first foreign language which I heard. Most people should think – but you haven’t studied it yet. However, as a child I sang Spanish songs and watched Mexican television with my older sister very often, before I went to school. My first impression was – this is a part of my life, Carita de án...

Why social media are destroying our sense of well-being?

Obraz
 In today's topic I want to share with you some of conclusions which I've made while investigating what people of success say about abusing social media. First of all, why should we bother with that? Actually, social media tend to help us with many aspects of our life. Nowadays we live quickly, with permanent pressure, increasing rush and great deal of duties. It creates a bad impression that every time we have less time, so we choose social media to contact with our friends and family. Chatting with them give us a feeling of control - in every single moment we have access to our smartphone, therefore we can easily have a video conversation or just text our close people. Here, we have to ask ourselves - is that a substitution of real, valuable contacts? If you were born after 2000, you are more likely to be familiar with apps like Snapchat, Pinterest or Instagram. It is only an assumption, because if you came into the world earlier, it doesn't mean that you don't know, ...