Day without technology

Nowadays, we can't do without technology that is present in our everyday lives (mobile phone, computer, tablet, TV); especially us young.

• Would you be able to spend an entire day without using your mobile phone or your computer or your tablet?

If this has happened you can share your feelings.

Equality...

Hi everyone,
I was looking for a subjet for the blog when I saw a video named "Pinksourcing With Kristen Bell". It is a fake publicity that offers people the cheapest workforce in America : Women !
After that, I made some research about women and work, and more generally the place of women in society. 
So my question is : how do you feel about inequalities between men and women ?  Do you think the video is exaggerated ? 

Here are some links:
the fake publicity
the article about it
girls' opportunity index

Those links are there to help you, for you to know what you are talking about. You don't have to focus on them (I mean it's gonna be difficult to talk about the video without seeing it but for the rest...). 
What I am interested in is what you think not what the article says, so please answer honestly

PS: And don't forget, it is a discussion, you can answer to each other.

Who picked who at Christmas draw ? 
Without revealing the person's name, give an adjective that corresponds to him/her

Thanks !

Nice - Iceland

Robots for sick children

For sick children who spend long weeks in a sterile room, the feeling of isolation can be devastating. Recently, there are robots that are used to help find their daily lives. The principe is simple : the young patient runs away from his hospital room, using a computer or a smartphone, a telepresence robot the size of a big child, found home, in the classroom or other place of his daily environment.

• What do you think of these robots?
• If you were to place these children would you be happy to have the oppotunity to have
  one of these robots?

One girl under 15 married every seven seconds

Hello everyone,

October the 11 was the International Day of the Girl and at this occasion, the organisation Save the Children issued a report about child marriage that affects millions of adolescents in the world.
According to Girls not Brides, an other organisation, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18 every year.
Do you feel concerned about it ? What is your opinion about child marriage ?

Hear are links to more complete articles:
article from "Save the Children"
website of "Girls not Brides"

The uniforms to school

In some schools, it is compulsory to wear a uniform.
This is not the case of our school.
If we propose to wear a uniform in high school, would you be for or against? Why?

Hello! Have you read "Black Beauty "? I have a subject for you: Which one of his Master did you like? (50 words)

The privileges of the former presidents of the French Republic

Yesterday, the President of the Republic, François Hollande, established a degression of resources granted to former presidents of the Republic, with a reduced number of employees beyond the fifth year following their departure from the Elysee.
Before the reform, a former president was receiving an annual grant of 65.000 euros, but also enjoyed a service apartment, a car with driver, was entitled to seven employees, two personal home and train tickets and free aircraft.

What do you think of the reform that made François Hollande?
Do you agree

Discuss "Fiction" and "Non-fiction"

For example, biopic movies : 
We can speak about it in this case because it arise from the life of a particular person, they are thus supposed to represent the reality but not the total imagination of the director.  However, in these movies, the fiction hold an important place, indeed, actors are not generally people with whom the movie deals. So there is a contrast between the fiction and the non-fiction, furthermore, the movie is the work of a person, who very often did not know the person involved. The movie, although it is not the purpose has practically always the imprint of the director. We can thus notice that the reality is something that cannot be transmitted such as it is, whatever the domain: autobiographies, biopic movies...
Nathan

"Ethics and Animals"

"What concrete measures should we, us students, take ?"

To begin with, I didn't watch the video because I had previously seen a report on TV about the mistreatment of animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses and I found it highly shocking and shameful. 

So, I would like to share my view because I really feel concerned about this issue. 

Indeed, I am a strong advocate of animal rights and I can't understand why people who harm and ill-treat them are not punished more severely by law. 

Anyway, we have to think about concrete measures that we should take. 

As far as I am concerned, I am trying to eat as much as possible organic food or to buy labelizzed meats and poultries since in this types of livestock, animals can roam freely on small farms and ranches, never from a feedlot. 

I know that it can be quite expensive to buy such food products but we can sometimes make an effort so as to improve things.

Furthermore, I agree with the people that suggest to reduce our consumption of meat because on the one hand, it may limit the slaughter of animals and on the other hand doctors say we really need to eat less red and processed meat since it leads to arterial sclerosis, cancer and autoimmune disease.

To conclude, by making every effort to protect animals, we will protect ourselves as well.

Magali

"Do you think pacifism is a good thing ? To what extent (militarism, defencivism, pacificism, absolute pacifism…) ? "

First of all, I am quite in favour of pacific beliefs because to my mind, war in general brings misery and grief to people and doesn't truly solve conflicts. Moreover, in some cases, I'm not really convinced that war is warranted. For instance, I am outraged by colonial wars. 

However, I am aware that war is sometimes inevitable in the event of invasion of our country. For example, we can live in peace nowadays thanks to the actions and to the sacrifice of the resistance during World War II.

We could also say that in the face of mass atrocities and genocide, pacifism is hardly relevant. But we could take a everyday lives' example as well : if we witness an assault, I think that it's not excusable that we let the person mugged without trying to rescue her only because we back absolute pacifism. Furthermore, in France, the failure to assist a person in danger is punishable by law.

So, as far as I am concerned, I believe that pacifism is a good thing if it doesn't turn into passivity on crime.

Magali