An Oral Presentation

 "Oh, all these things that humans do
To leave behins a little proof"
"Immortal" - Marina And The Diamonds

This is the powerpoint I used for the presentation we had to do about a photographer we like (chosen from the list of Magnum Photographers). The one I chose is Hiroji Kubota.

The presentation relied in the speech rather than in the powerpoint, so the file is just a scheme of the "skeleton" (to say it somehow) of it.

Hiroji kubota, life and work from Heathie

A Beautiful Picture

For today's task, we've been given a list of links through which we could choose a photo we liked to describe it. The picture I chose is Nemophila Harmony, taken by Takeshi Marumoto in the Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan. It can be found in the National Geographic website (link).

I think the most striking and eye-catching aspect of the photo is the use of blue, not only in the sky but in the field of Nemophila flowers which create the harmony the title mentions. This one-color composition is only broken by a tree in the right-hand side; the clouds, that occupate fragments of the right-hand side and the middle, getting more diffuse as the sight gets to the left from the center and disappearing by the leftmost; and green strands of grass seen under the flowers themselves.

We made a trailer of Romeo and Juliet!

“Are you mine? Are you mine?
Cos I stay here all the time”

 “Who'd Have Known” - Lily Allen


So, as a final project for last unit, we had to make some kind of video or podcast related to our English reader this year: Romeo and Juliet.
 

Our reader, though, was rather an adapted version for non-English 1st or 2nd grade students, or maybe retarded people in general, but it was not the original version whatsoever.

The thing is that our trailer is by far more full of feeling than our reader, and it isn't really that much tearjerking...
 

 

This trailer was made with Marina (her blog) and Aida (her blog).

Traditional vs. Digital books

"Everything you say

Is old and late"

"Undercover" - Nelly Furtado

As a task, we had to discuss about the pros and cons of traditional and digital books.

My vision's very clear: I prefer digital books. This may seem ironic, specially for the fact that I actually never got to use one but I've got my reasons to say this:

• Free books. Yes, I know piracy is illegal, but people who really like the artist are the ones who are going to pay for their art (call it book, call it album, call it movie, call it whatever), and there are very few occasions when that's me (barely Marina And The Diamonds' albums and mandatory school readers).
• One single side. Getting to read a page without another one on the side has to be simply amazing, honestly. When I read a traditional book, the only way to avoid the annoyance from the side page is folding it so it gets in the back of the book, which puts me in actual danger to break it... so it's definitely annoying whatsoever.
• Light! Reading at night, when it comes to traditional books, requires turning on a light or two, which, unless you live all alone, is probably going to annoy someone, specially when the people you live with are your parents willing for you to sleep at once. And, actually, I would say that, if there's an external light, the user is able to disable this feature. To be honest, I think Kindles don't work with light but with moving ink...

Even though, I can also think of reasons why someone could prefer traditional books in certain occasions:

• Actual library. Seeing your books in your room, right on your shelf, is a privilege only traditional literature allows. I must say, though, from my humble point of view, that then the books that mean so much to the reader get reduced to decoration. Plus, if a reader is avid enough, they could read, for example, fifteen books a year. Within eighty years, that would be one thousand and two hundred books. Is a shelf enough space for that?
• Touch, smells. I guess some people like the touch of pages or the smell of new books. That is fairly respectable, but I have to say you can also touch a Kindle. It doesn't feel the same way, and it barely smells like anything, but it is actually possible.

I've been to Italy!

"I just wanna be able to say that I have lived my life"

"Immortal" - Marina And The Diamonds

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We went to Italy on a school trip two weeks ago, and it was fantastic! We went from Bologna to Rome through Pisa, Firenze (Florence) and Siena in five days and then came back to Spain.

So, for today's task (as if it wasn't typical to turn special occasions to tasks), we had to choose a photo from the ones we took during our trip (from that whole lot of selfies and lamely focused pics, I mean) as our favorite and explain it.

The photo I chose is from Florence, and it portrays the base of the street lamps near the river Arno. We had just arrived to Firenze in the morning when we walked near the river and saw it. To be honest, I took my time to notice that detail in the street lamps, but once I saw it, it was amazing!

The reason why I chose this picture and not, for example, one of the Duomo of Siena (which I also loved because of the lines that paint it, which make a really amazing effect), is that I found it curious and awesome. Some of my classmates said it was slightly spooky or even creepy, but I think it's the best thing I've seen in my entire life: I think putting lion legs to street lamps was a great idea and definitely something beautiful and curious for people to see.

So, definitely, whenever I'm reminded of this trip to Italy, the first thing that will come to my mind is the base of the street lamps near the river Arno in Firenze (I realise how weird this sounds like, though)!

Romeo and Juliet: book vs. 1996 film

 "I know you'll come
With the speed of light
You're my everything , all that I need."

"I'm alive" - Elhaida Dani

 
For today's task, we had to note the differences between the reader of this year, Romeo and Juliet (a simplified version for non-native students), and the 1996 movie with the same name.

 

The first notable difference is the setting: while the movie shows a modern society, marked by miamian stereotypes (actually, Verona is renamed as Verona Beach), the book is a quite good example of the society of the Renaissance, not only because of the looks of the city but also because of the ambient and attitude of some characters.

Another aspect that makes the two features unlike each other is the use of images and metaphors, such as the connotations given to water (representing peace between the two families and the love between the main characters, like in the pool where they first kiss each other) and fire (representing war, like in the gas station just after the fight in the beginning) in the movie.

Yet another difference is the language, since, even though some characters and situations still keep the language and lines from Shakespeare's play, some show a modernized street-like language; the book, in contrast, uses the original cultured language in all of its dialogs.

A scene which shows especial contrast between the book and the movie is the party held in the Capulets' hall. While, in the book, the costumes have the sole role of hiding people's faces, in the movie some are given a humouristic connotation (especially Mercutio's costume).

Other elements to bear in mind while mentioning the differences between the book and the movie are, for example, object changes like swords for guns or carriages for cars or features like elevators, gas stations or caravans, which didn't exist back in the XVI century. There are also certain differences referring secondary characters such as the friar (who grows plants in the movie but not in the book) or the apothecary (who is, in the movie, a drug dealer).

Valentine's Day Task

 "I’m your carnal flower, I’m your bloody rose
Pick my petals off and make my heart explode
I’m your deadly nightshade, I’m your cherry tree
You’re my one true love, I’m your destiny"

"FROOT" - Marina And The Diamonds

For the task of today, we've had to visit this site and do the exercises of, at least, one of the proposed links. I chose the 'Elllo has a nice listening game about Valentine's Day Gift Hints' and, after listening to a speech full of gender stereotypes and 'things that work for girls' that would honestly work for both genders (men like to feel loved too!), I answered all the questions correctly without any mistake (it wasn't that hard...).

So, here's the screenshot of the result:

"Power And Control"

"Give a little, get a lot,
That’s just how you are with love.
Give a little, get a lot,
Yeah, you may be good looking
But you’re not a piece of art.
   
Power and control,
I’m gonna make you fall.
  

[...]

Women and men we are the same,
But love will always be a game,
We give and take a little more,
Eternal game of tug and war."

"Power And Control" - Marina and The Diamonds

 

For the task of today we had to write about a love song we like, explaining the kind of love it is. I chose "Power And Control", from Marina And The Diamonds' second album Electra Heart (2012), which focuses in dysfunctional love and 'hoolywoodian' female archetypes from the second half of the XX century (especially the '50s and the '70s).

This concrete track is seen from the perspective of a girl engaged in an unhealthy relationship where both her and her pair are trying to get 'power' over each other. Marina said the song was about "the power struggle in relationships [where] there's always one person who wants the upper hand." Love in this ludic and unhealthy relationship is described as "eternal game of tug and war."

The music video illustrates it quite well. Marina is seen in a mansion with her man, with whom she plays mind games. The self-empowering overtaking is represented by a bucket (firstly full of paint, then full of water) thrown at a canvas by him at the first occasion and at him by her at the last chorus.

"Power And Control" is, then, an example of a relationship where the important isn't really love but the power and control one lover can exert on the other, treating it like a game; it is, then, an example of ludic unhealthy love.

Here are the lyrics, translated to Catalan:

ENGLISH CATALAN

(Power and control) (Poder i control)
Give a little, get a lot, Dóna una mica, pren molt,
That’s just how you are with love. És exactament com ets amb l'amor.
Give a little, get a lot, Dóna una mica, pren molt,
Yeah, you may be good looking, Sí, potser ets guapo,
But you’re not a piece of art. Però no ets una obra d'art.

Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure.
Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure.

Women and men we are the same, Dones i homes som el mateix,
But love will always be a game, Però l'amor sempre serà un joc,
We give and take a little more, Donem i prenem una mica més,
Eternal game of tug and war. Joc etern de conflicte i guerra.

Think you’re funny, think you’re smart, Penses que ets divertit, penses que ets llest,
Think you’re gonna break my heart. Penses que trencaràs el meu cor.
Think you’re funny, think you’re smart, Penses que ets divertit, penses que ets llest,
Yeah, you may be good looking, Sí, potser ets guapo,
But you’re not a piece of art. Però no ets una obra d'art.

Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure.
Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure.

Women and men we are the same, Dones i homes som el mateix,
But love will always be a game, Però l'amor sempre serà un joc,
A human vulnerability... Una vulnerabilitat humana...
Doesn't mean that I am weak? Això no significa que sóc dèbil?

That I am weak, I am weak, Que sóc dèbil, sóc dèbil,
I am weak, I am weak, weak, Sóc dèbil, sóc dèbil, dèbil,
(Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), weak, (Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), dèbil,
(Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), weak, (Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), dèbil,
(Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), weak, (Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), dèbil,
(Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), weak, (Ah-ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah), dèbil,

Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure.
Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure.

Women and men we are the same, Dones i homes som el mateix,
But love will always be a game, Però l'amor sempre serà un joc,
We give and take a little more, Donem i prenem una mica més,
Eternal game of tug and war. Joc etern de conflicte i guerra.

Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure..
Power and control, Poder i control,
I’m gonna make you fall. Et faré caure.
I’m gonna make you fall, Et faré caure,

We give and take a little more, Donem i prenem una mica més,
‘Cause all my life I’ve been controlled, Perquè tota la meva vida he estat controlada,
You can’t have peace without a war, No pots tenir pau sense una guerra,
Without a war, without a war. Sense una guerra, sense una guerra.

The Acropolis of Athens

"But if the earth ends in fire

And the seas are frozen in time

There'll be just one survivor

The memories of our lifetime"

"Immortal" - Marina And The Diamonds

For today's task, we had to look for a place we'd like to visit in the Unesco World Heritage List (UWHL) and describe it explaining why we'd want to be there. I chose the Acropolis of Athens. In Ancient Greece, an Acropolis was an elevated part of the city-state (polis) where people could spend time praying in several temples; in Athens, its most known one is the Parthenon.

The reason why I would like to visit the Acropolis of Athens is that I find Ancient Greek culture very interesting and indubitably a part of human philosophy we need and we're missing. I also love how Ancient Greek architecture expresses the ideal of beauty and harmony its culture professed.

The Acropolis of Athens was inscribed in 1987 as cultural site. Its official page in the Unesco can be found in this link.

Shakespeare's biography

"But with all my education I can’t seem to command it
And the words are all escaping, and coming back all damaged
And I would put them back in poetry if I only knew how
I can’t seem to understand it"

"All This And Heaven Too" - Florence + The Machine
   

William Shakespeare, considered the greatest writer in the English language, was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. During his lifetime, he wrote 38 plays, 154 sonets and some other poems. He is best known for his plays, which have been translated to every major language.

He married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 years old, and they had three children. After he went to London to work as an actor and as a writer, the Globe Theater was built, in 1599, near the river Thames; it was where some of Shakespeare's plays were first performed. 14 years later the theater was destroyed by a fire.

Shakespeare is still known all over the world nowadays, maybe because of the fantastic element of his stories or the action in them...

Source: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/shakespeare

My 2015 resolutions

"I wish I had one good reason why
I should stay
How'd I get myself
Into this place?
I wish had qualities like
Sympathy
Fidelity
Sobriety
Sincerity
Humility
Instead I got lunacy"

"Cheryl Tweedy" - Lily Allen

2014 hasn't been a good year whatsoever, and 2015 brings plenty of new possibilities and hopes that I would like to profit! That means a quite big effort from my own... and maybe a little of help from others, but what it sure means is a good year!

So, to make 2015 even more interesting, here's the list of resolutions I want to achieve:

• Gain weigh. I want to be curvy, that's for sure. The huge problem is that, before I start my transition, fat goes to places it shouldn't be! So, for now, it's quite hard to get weigh without getting complexes in the way... So, in order to achieve that, I have some strategies:

Just two years, eigth months and thirteen days!

• The best option to not get complexes from the mirror: not looking at it! So, obviously, I can't get blind every time I'm in front of the mirror, but I can just not pay attention to it. I can do nothing to help how my body distributes my fat right now, so maybe the best option is to ignore the issue until I can actually help it.

• Waiting would help too. Maybe I should just admit I can't achieve this in 2015... actually, not until late 2017! So perhaps I'll just not gain until I get that beauty-beauty Meghan Trainor deals about in "All About That Bass"...

• The fastest but hardest and most harsh one: getting over it! I can't just think about the bad side of things and ignore the good one because I'll get neurotic sooner or later in life, I have to ignore the bad side and get all these things over with!

• Stop trying to make others happy. To be happy with my social identity, I have to make sure I get assertive. My way of relating so far, based on passivity and self-slavery for the sake of my friends, has been undeniably frustrating and it's time to be something more than just a ego-rising pet.

• I need to learn to say "no". I have to make my ideas and opinions 'important': not imposing them, but letting my friends know they exist and they are sometimes different than theirs.

• I'll have to find my own happiness! I can't depend on others just to stay alive, so I have to look for a way of happiness and entertainment that involves me, just me and only me.

• I have to get myself thinking "I'm worth it". It might seem silly, but I would really swear this problem comes from my lack of self esteem, so I should focus on it!

• Not make any resolutions! The easiest way of success is not thinking about it, and having plenty of things to do is quite depressing...

• So the best way to do this is relaxing, taking a deep breath and taking a long look at my capacities. That way I'll know what I can want myself to do and what I'll have to admit I can't. If I expect too much from me, probably I will get positively ambitious... and probably I'll just want to give up on absolutely everything in life, so it'll be much better to take it easy and do what I can do!

• Maybe being ambitious is way better than taking it easy! I think I'd maybe get some more goals: impossible ones, hard ones, challenging ones; of course! And if I fail, I will try another!

• Even better: accept "impossible" resolutions to find other ones in the way!

[Christmas Special] Soft Sell and Hard Sell

"Primadonna girl, yeah
All I ever wanted was the world
I can't help that I need it all
The primadonna life, the rise and fall

[...]

Would you do anything for me?
Buy a big diamond ring for me?"

"Primadonna" - Marina And The Diamonds
  

For today's task, since it's the last English blog session before Christmas holidays, we've been asked to do a Christmas special. Concretely, we had to look up for the difference between soft sell and hard sell (which are marketing techniques) and examples (ads) for each.

Soft sell is considered to be the kind of advertising which uses friendly, subtle or casual sales messages, leading to a less conditioning way of publicity. It's also considered the most effective way of persuasion, since it's been proven that costumers feel so much less irritated than with hard sell.

Hard sell, as an opposition to soft sell, is the kind of advertising which uses a direct, forceful and evident sales message, which has been proven to be more likely to irritate costumers.

 Here are some examples, one for each concept:

I would say this is quite a good example of a Christmas ad using hard sell, since the publicised product is shown since the start of the advertisement and is seen several times during its progress.

Though Christmas is not explicitly a topic of this advert, I would say it is a good example of a Christmas ad using soft sell. Not only because funny stuff just can't be as irritating as hard sell publicity, but also because the product (in this case, the institution) is not shown until the end.

XP 3D and... hype

"Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain
Living in a movie scene
Puking american dreams"
"Hollywood" - Marina And The Diamonds

For this task, I'm publishing here what I said in the oral presentation about my favourite horror movie:

Slide 1 - Presentation

Hi! As most of you already know, I'm Heather and I'm here to speak about my favourite horror movie. As I said several times earlier during this project, I don't really like horror films, and the one I'm talking about today is not an exception.

The movie I'm referring to is called XP, or XP 3D. It's a Spanish movie which came out in 2012. It had an enormous hype back then, and everyone spent a lot of money on it... Luckily, it was completely forgotten within less than seven months (or even less than that).

Slide 2 - Plot

The movie is about a group of university students who, even though they are studying science, decide to explore a forsaken place because of some paranormal "facts" which had taken place there.

All of this gets messed up when an hypnosis made by the ugliest one of the boys (yes, that is important) is tested on one of the girls (the most known of the actresses, of course). Then said girl starts to see a professor of the university doing not-really-kind things.

Slide 3 - Why did I like the movie?

Oh, that's very simple: I didn't. As a Spanish movie, it shows the kind of crap Spain is able to do when a cinema executive is farting hard enough: it's just based in gore, distasteful scenes and incredibly avoidable situations. I would swear a huge part of my brain died during the movie, which was not precisely short.

I was SO glad she was dead...

Slide 4 - Favourite moment

My favourite moment from all of the movie is, by far, the death of Belén. That c*nt needed to die somehow, she was just there because of her... attributes, and she didn't do absolutely anything good apart from wearing tight clothes and trying to copulate indirectly with the most stereotyped actor.

She just decided to go alone, so she deserved it.

[Questionnaire] The Comic Relief

"I was so cruel
(He was so kind)
Why did I feel I had to leave you behind?
(But he was so sweet)"

"Why did you stay?" - The Pipettes

So, like in the previous three questionnaires, this task belongs to the study of the history of horror. This one in particular, deals about something about modern horror movies: the Comic Relief. A Comic Relief is a funny moment inside a tension scene. Here is the questionnaire for today:

1→ What is the comic relief?
A comic relief is a funny moment put in a tension scene to relieve the viewers' feeling of fear.

2→ Why is it often used in horror films?
Because otherwise horror movies would get viewers distressed and they wouldn't sell as they do.

3→ Do you remember laughing in horror films? Can you think of an example?
I honestly never laughed in horror movies. Actually, I got really surprised when I heard about the existence of comic reliefs in class.

[Questionnaire] Suspense

"I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed
Get along with the voices inside of my head
You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath
And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy
Well, that's nothing
Well, that's nothing"

"The Monster" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
 

As you could see in the last questionnaire, we're studying the history of horror stories and movies from its origin, the Gothic Novel. Today we had to answer another questionnaire, this time about Suspense movies and Alfred Hitchcock. What I know so far about this director is not precisely good: he was obsessed with blonde girls, and he destroyed an actress's career because she didn't want to be his item... Anyway, here are the questions for today:
 

1→ Who's the director of this movie Psycho?

Alfred Hitchcock.

2→ What kind of characters did he often use in horror movies?

 The archetype of the madman who thinks he's sane is really common in Hitchcock's filmography.

3→ What techinque did he use with the camera?

It's said that Hitchcock's best contribution to the genre was a kind of subjective shot taken from the character's perspective.

[Questionnaire] The psychological horror story: Edgar Allan Poe

"Black cat, nine lives
Short days ,long nights
[...]
Better watch your step
Or you're gonna die"

"Black Cat" - Janet Jackson

Following the history of horror stories, after the Gothic Novels, we find the Psychological Horror Stories and theiir founder, Edgar Allan Poe. The questionnaire/task for today was this one:

1→ What is the story of tell-tale heart about?

It's about a madman who killed the old man he was taking care of because he wore a glass eye that made the madman distressed. After the murder, the heartbeat of the dead man revealed the crime to the Police.

2→ Who wrote the tell-tale heart and invented the first macabre stories?

Edgar Allan Poe.

3→ What was the first Psychological Horror Story?

The Tell-Tale Heart.

4→ When was it first published?

It was first published in1843.

5→ What other types did the author also invent?

The Detective Story and the Science Fiction Story.

[Questionnaire] The Gothic Novel

"Seven devils all around me!
Seven devils in my house!
See they were there when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done
Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done"

"Seven Devils" - Florence + The Machine

 

For the task of today, we had to look for information about the Gothic Novel in a webpage (here) and answer some questions. The Gothic Novel was quite a really dark and interesting kind of story (just as dark and interesting as modern goths are). So here are the questions:

1→ Who invented the Gothic Novel?
Horace Walpole.

2→ What was the first Gothic Novel?
The Castle of Otranto.

3→ When was it first published?
In the year 1764.

4→ Which basic elements of horror didn't you include in your list? 
To be sincere, pretty much every single one of them: setting in a castle; an atmosphere of mystery and suspense; an ancient prophecy; omens, portents, visions; high, or even overwrought emotion; women in distress; women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male; the metonymy of gloom and horror and the vocabulary of the gothic.

Is my dream possible?

"I'm a science genius girl

I won the science fair

I wear a white lab coat

DNA strands in my hair"

"Science Genius Girl" - Freezepop

Most people assume their dreams are too far fetched, and I'm afraid my dreams are as well.

I know I can't achieve all my dreams, all I can do is fight for half of them (Music or Chemistry) and watch the rest flow in front of my eyes. But there are some dreams i can fulfil regardless of which career I choose! I can get rid of my social phobia (though that's pretty hard being a mole), I can be a pretty girl (though I'll have to wait for that) and I can meet interesting people sharing my likes (though I'd need to fulfil the previous two

to do that), so I'm not getting bored of my life. EVER.

Even though my role model is a singer, my capacities and my heart tell me to be a "science genius girl", and that's what I'm going to be. I guess "Popstar Heathah" is not existing... ever.

Multiple Intelligences (and how I blow at some of them)

"Scientific method girl

The theorems speak to me" 
"Science Genius Girl" - Freezepop

Back to Internet tests, our English task today was taking this one. It's about multiple intelligences related to some things we like to do or are good at. I know my capacities and I know which types of intelligences are most present in me: Logical Intelligence should be the highest, followed by Intrapersonal Intelligence and Musical Intelligence. Even though, I consider I'm also good at what Naturalistic and Visual/Spatial Intelligences refer to, since I draw quite often and what I draw requires some knowledge on animal and human anatomies. However, I don't really think that conditions my personality so I don't get how this test is going to be right...

Anyway, let's see my results:

• Linguistic. That's one of my potential abilities, though not the best. I'm good at... Greek.
• Logical. To raise my auto-esteem, when I'm feeling down, my brother usually calls me "Science Genius Girl"... And, hell yeah, he's right! I totally agree with this chart, I love to solve mathematical and scientific problems and I'm actually good at it!
• Interpersonal. Jeez... It's true, I blow at interpersonal relationships, that's why I'm usually taken as a weirdo... So I guess the chart is right again.
• Intrapersonal. Well, I guess the chart got it again. I spend most of my time with myself, so I got to have a lot of this Intelligence.
• Musical. Oh, come on! My Musical Intelligence being as much as my Kinaesthetic one would be a quite legitimate justification to commit suicide, especially when I hate sports and I would want to become a singer, don't you think? This drives me crazy...
• Visual/Spatial. I guess I agree with this one as well. I'm getting better every day at drawing, but I sill got so much to improve! My drawings still have no background (XD), so that's still low as an Intelligence.

  

  The intention was to draw him making pushups, but legs look terribly off so he's flying (XD)!

• Naturalistic. OH, THANKS! My 9 in Biology is fake, I get it! So are my 9 in Nature in 1st of ESO and my other high marks in Biology and Geology in general!... Seriously, are you kidding me? I may not know the names of some plants and birds, but I comprehend what they are made of and I'm good at Biology in general... But I guess all that the test contemplated was practical investigation of the environment, and not remembering data from books like I do, so maybe it's right.
• Kinaesthetic. I never do sports, I only move if it's compulsory, I fail P.E... This results on me should not be legal.

The Animal In Me

We've all seen one of those Internet tests with some eye-catching title like "Which Mythological Creature are you?"... Well, I'm sure they are the best for bored teenagers without nothing else to do that will forget the results after posting them on Facebook or Twitter but I never really believed in those.

The thing is that, in an English class, the task was to do one of those tests (called "The Animal In You") which calls itself "The Most Accurate Personality Test on the Web" (that is NOT pretentious at all!), and the results were... disturbing? Well, here are the results for me of The Most Accurate Personality Test on the Web (sure).

So, I'm a...

...Mole

Careers and Hobbies

Engineering · Songwriting · Grave Digger · Researching · Music · Poetry · Coffeshops · Designing

• Songwriting/Music. You bet! That's what I want to be, a singer-songwriter! Yay!
• Researching. Well, that's something I like as well. My first thought about future careers was Chemistry, but if I have to choose between music and science, I really don't know what to choose...
• Grave Digger. Everyone loves this, some just won't admit.
• Poetry. I guess songwriting is a way of making poetry after all, so yes.
• Designing. I like to draw, but I'm sure there's a huge difference between drawing musclegut furries and designing clothes, buildings, and all those things...

Overview (most relevant points)

I feel... offended. Cute, though.

"They have pasty complexions and are usually seen in late night coffee shops, jazz bars or underground clubs."
 The only right thing here is that I have pasty complexions. I just hate to go outside home at night... and I don't really like jazz (except when it comes to Katie Melua, then I love it). 

"Passive and unassertive, they prefer to retreat at the first sign of confrontation and would rather run than take physical action."
 I guess I'll have to agree with that one. I really prefer non-confrontational ways of doing things.

"Moles have extremely sharp minds and are excellent problem solvers. As reflected in their determined burrowing through difficult terrain, moles prefer solutions with straight lines rather than having to go around problems."
 Hell, yeah. My science marks can be a good check for that one.

So... I guess that test is pretty accurate, but not 100%... For sure.