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I must say this is a very hot debate between the Francisco Camps delegation and the Valencian Community in general. There are many who are warning about the risk of a massive school failure due to the decision to impart the Education for Citizenship course in English to High School students.

High School directors in the Valencian community have reported that the students are not prepared to learn this course in English. The class is given in English and then a translator translates the material..Most of the English teachers are not specialized in this subject and the teachers who are, don’t speak English and to top it off the kids can’t understand a thing.

I agree that English is one if not the most important languages in the world but to expect students who are not fluent in a language to learn a subject is a little silly. I think there are better ways to expand the English language in this society and force is not one of them.

Tell us what you think, do you have a child force to take this course? How do they feel? What do you think would be a better alternative.….

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Today is the first day of the Padel pro tour o8 which is being held in the Arena Sport Center which will be held until Sunday November 2nd.

A great event you should not miss. Padel is an up and tomming sport which is receiving world recognition. If you have never played, you should give it a try, it is fun and keeps you in shape.. or you can just watch the pros go at it.

Man has the innate necessity to eat, although unaware, that through what we eat, we are incorporation our organism with the nutrients that help our development. Normally, we think that eating and nutrition are the same, but it just ain’t so.

Food, are products of diverse origin and contain substances that are essential for our body, in addition to other components that can do more or less taste good but will  not nourish us. Nutrients are substances with a defined chemical structure, essential for the health and activity of the body. We can find these  in food.

For this, we can say that not every time we eat we are receiving the nutrients we need, that is why it is very important to always have a varied and balanced diet, because if not we could (and we see this everyday) have a deficiency or an excess of nutrients that your body will have to digest, assimilate and eliminate, and all this can lead to many metabolic or digestive problems or we simply realized these foods are hurting us.

For example:

It is preferable to offer fruit to children as a snack rather than any prepackaged food even though they may protest because we are offering them a world of good and strengthening their little bodies.

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The other day we told you about our two new collaborators and today we need to tell you about our third. Isa, as we like to call her is a specialized nutritionist who is starting up her own private consulting business and has offered to share some of her tips with all of our Playa San Juan readers.

So, be on the lookout for nutrition tips from Isa, who will guide you to great health by the means of good nutrition. Welcome Isa to our Playa San Juan family.

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What is Halloween without pumpkins.. Every household should have one! Kids love to help their parents carve out funny pumpkins, scary ones, silly ones.. Anything is possible.

If you have never tried it give it a show it is a lot of fun.. We leave you with a quick carving tutorial in this video.

Happy Halloween 2008!!!

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