Discrimination
Discrimination is treating a person or group of people less fairly than other people because you don’ t like the colour of their skin, or because of their gender or their age. For example, some employers in some countries don’ t like to employ people who are over a certain age. This is ageism or age discrimination. Other types of discrimination include: sexism ― where you are treated differently or unfairly because of your gender; racism ― because of your nationality or skin colour or discrimination because of a disability. You can fight discrimination firstly by not having preconceived ideas of certain groups of people based on their skin colour or their nationality yourself and also by standing up for people’ s rights by reporting cases of discrimination to the police, your parents, your teachers, etc. The most important thing is to never give up and keep on fighting!
Recycling
Man is producing more and more waste and that is why it is so important to recycle as much as possible. Otherwise we will use up all our resources and be overrun with waste and rubbish. The recycling logo consists of three chasing arrows each representing a stage in the recycling process: rubbish is put in the correct bin, material is collected by recycling trucks, and lastly the consumer buys products made from recycled material. Some materials such as glass and aluminium can be recycled over and over again so it makes sense to recycle drinks cans and bottles rather than throw them away. You can help by buying recycled products. Clothes, glass products, paper products and much more can all be purchased in recycled varieties. Come on! Help reduce the rubbish by recycling and buying recycled products today!
A letter about family relationship
Hi Emma, It was nice to hear from you and I’ m glad you told me about your family. In my family we all get on well but, like you, I have problems with my brother. He is a menace. He is always playing tricks on me. He’ s always making noise too. My parents are great though and they always help me with my homework. My sister is very nice to me too. She talks to me about fashion and boys and things like that. Anyway, you mentioned your best friend. What’ s she like? What does she look like? Where did you meet? I’ d love to hear about her. That’ s all from me for now. Write back soon. Love, Mona
Pocket money
I get £ 50 altogether each week. My parents give me £ 20 and I get another £ 30 from my part-time job. I usually spend some of my money on going out, especially to the cinema. I’ m a real movie fan. I manage to save some each week so I think I manage my money quite well. At the moment I’ m saving up to buy an MP3 player.
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