Talking about myself ( By Ana Clara)

Hey! I'm Ana Clara... but that's a such long name!
Everybody calls me Ana or Aninha, so here we go again!
I'm Aninha! I'm the youngest member of this amazing group! I'm fourteen, and we are all students from the first grade in Colégio Santo Antonio!
About me...
Well, I'm a little bit shy, but it is not difficult for me to make new friends. I think that if I be comfortable in talking to someone, I can be more outgoing with him or her.
Like THOUSANDS of teenagers, I love listening to music, specially Brooke Fraser, going out with my friends and even spending time in front of TV and computer.
I love my parents, and I think that we have an amazing relationship! I have a little sister called Rachel, and even when we are complaining about something we also have fun together : )
I have lots of friends, even in other countries, like U.S.A or Portugal. It's impossible to write here all their names, but I can't forget to thank all of them for making my days MUCH better!
About this blog, we thought we need to talk about something that is impotant for all of us, so we decided to talk about our dreams for a better world!
Here, we'll write about contemporany facts and our opinions about how we can change our society, our city an even our planet!
Well, that's all for now!
God Bless!
XOXO
Aninha : )

Talking about myself (By Hanna)

Hi, I'm Hanna!
I'm a happy and calm girl.
I'm from Governador Valadares, but this year I moved to BH to study in CSA. I have a busy routine and I study a lot, so I don't have enough time to do many things I used to, such as dancing ballet and studying French. I miss my family and friends a lot, that's why sometimes I get upset. Nowadays I'm learning a lot about responsibility, independence and determination.
On my free time, I like to stay with my friends, listen to music and read books about history and philosophy.
I usually try to control myself, but it becomes difficult in a world that's facing a lot of problems.
I'm always thinking about the world!
I love to read books, magazines and newspapers but the best thing to learn about our reality it's to listen to what people says. I like the idea of writing, because I believe that's a way to start changes, and we need changes!
Well,if I had to define my personality in one word it would be thoughtful.
But the truth is I can't define myself! It's probably because I'm constantly changing my ideas.
I'm tired, today was a hectic day.
See you soon,
Kisses, Hanna.

Sweet dreams

Hey, guys!

We are fifteen and, like any other people in our age, we have many dreams about a better world! The media is always showing us negative stuff, but we believe teenagers can change this reality. We created this blog because we want to motivate some changes. We will write about many subjects and we want you to participate, too. Give your opinion! We want to construct a better world together!

Kisses,

Amanda, Ana Clara and Hanna.

Talking about the capitalist society

Everybody knows we live in a capitalist society, in which the verb TO HAVE is more important than the verb TO BE. Many people believe we are what we have. That's why they sacrifice their own dignity in order to have the most modern technologies.

When we walk on the streets, we are bombarded by lots of images that don't want to tell us something, they want to sell us something. These images don't let us space to imagine and reflect. At that time, our eyes aren't able to pay attention to the reality around us. We see people asking for money, sleeping on the streets, selling candy at the traffic signal... Then, we become indignant with this inhuman capitalist system, which is very unfair. And what do we do to change this situation? NOTHING. We just continue our walk and ignore what we don't want to see. But we can't do this. If we want to change our reality, the first thing to do is to use our indignation as a motivation. A change is moved by dissatisfaction. If you were these "invisible" people, you would want somebody to help you to fight for your rights.

Brazilians are always criticizing the political corruption. We are hopeless about the politics and we think this reality will never change. The teenagers get perplexed when the subject is POLITICS. But, if we look around, we will see the same teenagers cultivating unethical actions. If we continue to practice unethical habits, certainly the corruption will never disappear. It will cause more and more headaches among the Brazilians.

By the way, ethics is becoming an unusual word. People don't cultivate love, respect, solidarity... this society is very selfish. Guys, we are more and more under money control. The society is becoming sick and stressed. We don't see happiness in the simple things, anymore. We don't stop to appreciate the beauty of nature, the smell of the flowers, the sunrise. The capitalist society is on the way of depression.

Talking about myself (by Amanda)

Hello, guys! This is Amanda, one of the creators of Sweet Dreams. I am fifteen years old and I study at Colégio Santo Antônio, in Belo Horizonte. Actually, I am from Itabira, a small city in the interior of Minas Gerais. I moved to BH in the beginning of this year, because I wanted to study in a good school. I don't live with my parents, because they still live in Itabira. I live in an apartment with three other girls: my sister Fernanda, her friend Marina and my cousin Beatriz. It's not easy to live without my parents, because I need to do lots of things I didn't use to do, such as walking alone on the streets, having lunch out, buying bread, and many other things. I think I'm much more independent and mature now and it's good.

The school is not easy, I have to study a lot. At this time, I'm very disappointed, because I studied really, really hard for the trimestrals, and I'm not satisfied with my grades. I don't have much time to go out on the weekends and, when I'm free, I'm usually very tired, and I prefer to stay home and watch TV. When I lived in Itabira, I used to have English and Spanish classes, and work out. But nowadays, I'm used to dedicating all my time to school, because I know it's very important for my future. My biggest dream is to be very, very rich, and that's why I am studying really hard.

OMG! It's late... I've gotta take a shower and sleep, because today was a very long day and I need to rest for tomorrow. I will talk more about myself later... Good night!