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Beauty Throughout The Ages

Beauty standards have change throughout the History.

Check out Ana Carolina’s work slides explaining how it changed during the Ancient Age!

BIO - Ana Carolina Jardim

Ana Carolina is a student at Marista Varginha. She likes to read, write and watch movies.

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Growing Up

Driver license rules in the US are different from Brazil. Check out Laura’s opinion and how it’s related to “coming of age”.

                                        Good Grades = Driving?

In America, getting a car and a driver’s license is a huge act of "coming of age." In some states, legislators have debated whether teenagers should be required to maintain a "C" grade average in school before receiving a driver’s license. Some people think this would be a good policy because having passing grades shows that students are responsible enough to be good drivers. Other people think such a policy would not be appropriate because they see no relationship between grades in school and driving skills. Both sides have strong points, but I agree with the people who say that see no relationship between grades in school and driving skills.

The fact that someone can drive a car has nothing to do with school grades. For example, a person who doesn't have a school education, this doesn't mean that this individual will be bad at driving a car. In fact, people can drive a car even with bad grades.

In my opinion, people who have bad grades can easily do many other things, like driving vehicles. Someone bad in mathematics may well be good in science, that is, the fact that a person is bad in some subject does not make him bad in all others, for example. In short, a person who is bad at school matters will not necessarily be bad at all other things in life.

I think that it is not necessary to know well about school subjects to drive, considering that in driving school everything that is necessary for the student is taught. For instance, it is not necessary to know about American history to drive a vehicle. In summary, most school subjects do not have a direct and necessary relationship to drive a vehicle.

With more people thinking this way, individuals who have no ability in any school subject could try to improve their driving skills, and then be able to get good jobs related to that. Thus, contributing to a society that always seeks alternative paths to success, even in view of the fact that some people are not good at school, thus demonstrating that it is not necessary to give up if something like this happens to someone.

BIO - Laura Cougo

Laura is a student at Marista Varginha. She likes to play video games, watch movies, draw, and talk with her friends.

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Are We Beautiful?

Beauty media and cosmetic products can affect how we perceive ourselves. Famous magazines are known for using Photoshop to edit photos, making the models look thinner and without any wrinkles or blemishes.

Check out Giovanna’s letter to a famous magazine editor:

Hello Dame Anna Wintour,

I see you have been the editor of the magazine vogue for around 32 years and I know you have a lot of experience in this area. However, when me and my friend Caio were looking through vogue’s issue 8 from this year, we noticed that your group were using photoshop on your model’s photos and a lot of people don’t know it, do you realize how bad these consequences can be?

Whenever you chose to use photoshop to change someone’s appearance in order to make them look more “attractive”, you should let people aware of the changes you and your team are making, especially because sometimes achieving some of those changes can be really hard or almost not possible.

Following that line, we can say that a lot of people want to look as pretty as the models they see on magazines, and therefore, they will try achieve these beauty standards by all manners, some which can be dangerous for both mental and physical health.

Even though looking to be pretty is not a problem, it’s really concerning when it becomes an unhealthy obsession, causing a lot of disturbs and diseases that can lead to death, like anorexia, bulimia, body dysphoria, anxiety and even depression.

Said that, I really hope you’ll understand the reasons why I’m writing this letter. As a wish that will help thousands of people around the world with your very famous magazine, now you are aware of the negative consequences the lack of a warning label can make, hence you may avoid a diversity of unwanted issues.

Sincerely,

Giovanna Coelho.

BIO - Giovanna Coelho

Giovanna is a nice person. She likes to sing, to watch anime, read, listen to music and play videogames.

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Cartoons

Do you know that cartoons can influence how people perceive politics and social issues?

Check out Ana Julia’s work!

BIO: Ana Julia Alfredo

I’m Ana Julia and I’m 14 years. I live in Varginha. I like indie rock, dogs and poetry.