Friday, 29th April

Today, we have only been four persons in the class because the rest of the people have gone to the library because they come to the class late. They have been with Teo cheeking the exam mark's. We have only been Yolanda, Andrea, Dani and me.

Paqui has been very angry. In the class we have learnt the point two of the unit: How did the Catholic monarchas become king and queen? As we have been very few people we could ask a lot of questions. we have copied from the blackboard two schemes about that, Enrique IV had a daughter called Juana.His sister Isabella became Queen of Castille because she had the support of Aragon and some Castilian nobles. Juana got married with the king of Portugal and then she went to the convent. Isabel got married with Fernando.

Paqui has also explained us questions about the next point that we have asked her. She has showed us photo about a really unactractive king. Today has been a very interesting class and I have learnt a lot.

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Monday, 4th April

Today in Social sciences Kelly has been with us, we have cheked the exercises about  political organization in Spain. Paqui has written a scheme about Spanish Constitution I'm going to explain it:
CHAPTERS
-RIGTHS AND DUTIES                      -LEGISLATIVE                                
-ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE   -JUDICIAL
-MONARCHY                                     -CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL
-EXECUTIVE                                       - AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES
-ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABOUT THE PROCESS OF PERFORM
 

Source: http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/sanwalabonso/wqyct/ct_constitucion/index.htm

 Then we have read about Spanish electoral system, while Paqui was doing us a scheme about it and such as, we did'nt understand it, Paqui has explained it in Spanish.
SPANISH ELECTORAL SYSTEM
-CLOSED LISTS: Citizens vote for lit prevously decided by the political parties
-PROVINCES: ELECTORAL DISTRICTIS
-SEATS: -ASSIENEIS IN RELATION TO POPULATION
               -DISTRIBUTION ACCCORDING TO THE D'HONT LAW

-REFORM PETITIONS: Open lists and a national district

Source: http://villalbamagenta.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/

BY: Yolanda Abad Iniesta

17/12/2010

Today we have seen a video about the ilegal cocoa plantation that there are in the Ivory coast, the owners of this

has some people as slaves.

The video was about some people that have talked about how works in this places.

They have explained us that if they scaped the owners caught and killed them and if they don't work enough, the owners beaten with the belt.

They have never eaten chocolate.They works for five years and they didn't pay them.

Therefore we must think that the 80% works for us and we mustn't buy things like chocolate nestle.

Paqui have explained us that it not happen only in the cocoa plantation, in bannana, rubber and sugarcane plantation also.

1kiss,yolanda

Image: http://www.thedmonline.com/article/um-international-justice-mission-hosts-documentary-screening

New definitions.

taxes: there are two types of taxes:

-Direct: collected directly

  * every month: part of the salary

  * income tax deturn: once a year

- Indirect: collected indirectly

  *trough value-Added tax(VAT)
  *special taxes:tobacco,alcohol,petrol

  to finance the healthcare system.

tax envaders: they hide their incomes in tax havens.

tax havens: places where the state doesn't collect taxes
with lots of banks that are specialists in hiding money

equity  policies: policies to promote equity

positive descrimination(u.k) and affirmative action(usa):
it consists in favouring people who are discrimnated normally in
order than they can get better jobs and receive fair saliaries.
Sometines governments give subsides to the enterprises that hire
discriminated people. Other times they established by law that discriminated groups have to be
febray shed.

glass ceiling(techo de cristal): invisible barnier that prevent women to get the highest posts in the enter prises
or in the administration.

strikes: last resort for workers.
*slow-sown strike: working alower
*work-to-rule strike: following the rules stricktly
*"japanese" strike: to work more and produce more in order to create stocks
and losses for the company
*normal strike: not going to work

scab=blackleg: workers who got work when the majority are on strike.

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