Should students have to wear uniforms? (Júlia Fas and Laura Ávila)

Some people think that wearing uniforms at school is a good way for students to learn that everybody has the same rights and obligations. However it seems to us that this is not exactly true.

We personally think that school uniforms restrict the freedom of expression of the students. It is clear to us that self expression is something very important and that everybody should be free to express themselves.

Furthermore, it is known that most uniforms are not really beautiful. As a result of this, children do not feel comfortable with them. In addition, students usually find boring wearing the same clothes every day.

What is more, most schools make students wear uniforms for them not to wear inappropiate clothes. For example, they do not want girls to wear short skirts or trousers, or boys to wear broken trousers. On top of that we think that what you wear does not determine what you are or your way of being.

To sum up, we think that school uniforms do not let people express themselves, clothes do not define your value and also that it can result uncomfortable to wear the same clothing every day.

Writing Marina Bel

SHOULD STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT WORLD RELIGIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

Nowadays, religion has become a very popular and controversial topic, because of the terrorist attacks by ISIS. There is also a huge debate about learning world religions in public schools or not.  

In my opinion, public schools shouldn’t teach religion because religion can influence the behaviour of students. Some students can misunderstand some points of religions. Students have to decide if they want to learn about world religions or not.

Furthermore, I believe that if students want to learn something about world religion, they must go to a private organization to study in.

But, to be honest, I also think that everybody should know a little bit about religion, because of its history, and if we know something about t we can understand better other civilizations.

To sum up, I personally find that public schools mustn’t teach religion because students should go to a private organization. 

Writing U2 Núria and Maria

Bullfights should be punished

Nowadays there is a battle in our society to punish bullfights. This consists in killing a bull after making it run around a square crowded of people. Catalonia has achieved this goal, but the rest of Spain continues fighting yet, even though a lot of people have done it so, should it be punished?

When you see someone suffering, you try to change this situation. Illogically, when this happens with bulls people see on this a show and it is considered an art.

In spite of this, some people claim that bulls are born only for this, but in fact we can breed them to eat after. This decision is only do it by humans. Another reason why people are against this topic is that it is considered a tradition for some people, for instance the old generations.

To sum up, we think that although some people is fighting for the rights of the animals, we should make society aware that bullfights are unfair and morally wrong. A lot of traditions have changed during the years, so why not punish that?