letter of complaint

15th February 2010

Dear governor,
I am writing with regard to an article that appeared in the newspaper recently. The article shows how African-Americans are treated in our society nowadays. Because people around them ignored them or blame them for things they had not done. This article claimed that African-Americans are thieves. I strongly disagree with this point of view.
First of all, in modern times everyone should be treated the same way. There should not be discrimination because of a persons skin color or a persons nationality. Till I've read this article a believed I felt like an American, but now I have second thought about the politics of our state.
Secondly, I want to advise you that there has to be an amendment very soon. Also politics should emanate that they are open for everything. There would not be a future for our nation if there is no change. African-Americans are very important for our nation and economy, so why should they be treated in another way?
Finally, I want to affirm once again how important it is that everyone is accepted in this day and age.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Ines Peter

Style! – Influence of fashion & clothes

Are you one of those people who are always fashionable dressed? What do you think about style and fashion, about the importance of tidy dressing? How would life be if everyone would have an identical style? It’s impossible to know, but of course life will change if everyone looks the same.

Look at this woman. She looks like she hasn’t slept for years. Her hair is uncombed, greasy and dull, also her skin is greasy and blemish. She’s wearing an old jeans and a dateless jersey which do not fit. It seems as she hasn’t even heard from something like eye shadow or make-up. Her untidy looking expresses a foolish and dumb person who isn’t interested on her fellow men.

Now, think about this woman with a totally new style. Visualize her with redyed, curly, shoulder-length hair. Her eyes are lifted out with eye shadow and mascara; her lips are bright because of a new red lip gloss. She’s wearing a black ladies’ suit with high heels and a trench coat. With this outfit she would look like a elegant, good-looking woman who is self confident, sociable and ambitious.
In my opinion this example illustrates the importance of fashion. “Fine feathers make fine birds.” The first impression of one’s person is the most important moment in everyday’s life.

How genetics influences our lives?

How would life be if there’re no genetics? How would it be if everyone would be identical? It’s impossible to know for certain, but there’s one thing we can be sure of. In various ways, future life will be very different from life today.

One point is that in today’s life we are already able to influence the increasing of vegetables, which is called genetic engineering. But there are lots of states in which gene manipulation is forbidden. Also Austria has the opinion, that consumers and producers should have a true choice to decide to which type of agricultural products they give preference. Another point is that we’re also able to clone, but there’re lots of aspects which are inhuman. Some researchers think of the possibility to cultivate humans, for organ donors only.

Recombinant DNA research involves potential dangers. Genetic engineering could create dangerous new forms of life, either accidently or deliberately. A host microorganism may acquire harmful characteristics as a result of insertion of foreign genes. For example plants arise, whose consequence will be that the original plant will die out. If disease-carrying microorganisms formed as a result of genetic manipulation escaped from laboratories, they could cause a variety of diseases.

In my opinion are positive and negative aspects on genetics. Without genetics lots of people would die because of cancer or other diseases and no one would be able to help. But there are also aspects which are inhuman, like I told before.

So, genetics have their good and bad points, like everything in life. I for one would want that resarchers will only take the positive points out of it.

"Death of a Salesman", Arthur Miller

What happens when a Salesman doesn’t want to travel anymore? When he shows everyone that he’s still the best, but he knows that it isn’t like that. The drama “Death of a Salesman”, by Arthur Miller, shows what happens when everything changes.

Willy Loman is a sixty-year-old traveling salesman. He is not able to keep his mind on street or on present because of that he gets in trouble. In the book he is in his mind always travelling between reality and memory focused on the moments where his life went wrong. When he starts being a salesman, he was one of the best. But as the time goes by he understood more and more that he isn’t well liked anymore. In the end he realizes that the only things you can count on are the things you can touch. His brother Ben, by now a successful man, wants to tell him that years ago. Despite this, Willy persisted that his success would come from being well liked.

Because of the travelling in time it’s sometimes really difficult to understand if it is real of if it is memory of Willy. Also the fact that Ben died is difficult to understand because Willy is very often talking to him

“Death of a Salesman” is a very interesting and engrossing book. It is described very detailed and Arthur Miller also adapted themes which are always on common, for example the changes of lifestyle habits and nature during the years. I think this is a book everyone should have read if this person is interested in a books that shows the globalization and the American dream.

Report Vorarlberg

To: Mr. Blake
From: Ines Peter
Subject: trips to Vorarlberg
Date: 18th October 2009

The purpose of this report is to show what Vorarlberg offers in view of the interests of young adults. This report will be focused on the following points: facilities/amenities, activities and special places in view of summer time. The following points summarize my key findings.

Facilities / amenities:
Vorarlberg is a gorgeous place for wellness. There are also lots of skate parks if you are into skateboarding. Vorarlberg’s mountains offer lots of thrilling mountain bike routes for every degree of difficulty. If you want to go out in the evenings there are lots of cocktail bars and restaurants where you can meet up with friends.

Activities:
In summer it is beautiful to go swimming. The best places are Bodensee in Bregenz and Baggersee in Brederis if you want to chill. Both of them are for free. At most evenings there are great festivals at Poolbar which is in Feldkirch. There are also good shopping facilities in Vorarlberg’s cities.

Special Places:
There are some places you must visit when you come to Vorarlberg. For example there is the “Bregenzer Festspiele” if you like musicals. Another beautiful place is the Muttersberg from where you can look over most parts of Vorarlberg. There are also some very interesting museums, for instance “Inatura”, where you can fell, smell and see the nature of local nature.

It is clear that Vorarlberg is a very small federal state, but despite of this it offers huge range of possibilities how to spend your leisure time.

Opinion Essay "My Ideal Family"

Everyone has his own definition of what a family should be like. The meaning of a family is different to each of us. Therefore by sociologists giving definitions to what a family is, we do not have a clear idea of what family is and not all definitions adept to all families. I strongly believe that there is no “ideal family”. In the following essay I will explain why.

My first point is the explanation why there is no perfect family setup. In my opinion it does not matter what the constellation of a family is. For example, if there is a mother, a father and two children, for most people it seems that this is a perfect family. But think of the situation that the father or mother is an alcoholic. No one knows, outwardly it appears that everyone is happy.
I would also say that it is not important if the parents are the “real” parents, this means that the children are adopted. For instance, most of the children who are adopted have a considerably better life than before.

Afterwards, I want to argue why there is no connection between family constellation and relationships between family members. The first point is that in most instances there is a better relationship between family members in single parent families. Because there is no rivalry between kinds and parent. Often young children are jealous on one parent. Another point is that a relationship consists of giving and receiving. In other words, there could be the perfect family, but if no one thinks about the others it is impossible to live happy together.

The last thing I want to show is that no classification exists, which is perfect for society. Neither a nuclear family nor any other family can live without any problems. This means that a family can look like the perfect family for years, always obliging and friendly. And from one day to the other the couple gets divorced because the husband was unfaithful. There is no guarantee that if you raise a family, you will always be as happy as you were at the beginning. Another thing is that every person in this world has another meaning of the family which is perfect for society. A person who lives in Africa has another idea of the perfect family than someone who lives in Austria.

In conclusion, the question “Which is the ideal family?” is really difficult to answer, because everyone has another opinion of it. Because of that there cannot be a ideal family which contains the meaning of everyone. It depends on many factors. You always have to look at all of them.

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ESSAY: dreams, good or bad??

A dream is an issue everyone is involved with. On the one hand there are a lot of supporters which think dreams are important, on the other hand there are also opponents who say they are senselessly. In this essay I will look at the arguments of the supporters and opponents of dreams.

To start with, the supporters of dreams believe that dreams often help to solve problems by cleansing oneself and it also cleans the psyche of a human. The supporters also argue that dreams can sometimes predict the future. For example, if someone dreams about a bad thing which would happen in future and this person believes it, the person is able to change the future and protect herself from the bad things.

In contrast, the opponents of dreams point out that e.g. nightmares can keep someone awake and the loss of sleep can causes more stress the following day. In addition, the critics of this ideology doubt that dreams have anything to do with reality or have any real predictive value. For example, if someone has a lot of nightmares, this person will be scared about everything she dreamed. It’s impossible to live a normal life.

I’m convinced that there are a lot of good pro and con arguments, but it’s equally possible that dreams aren’t of equal importance for each individual.

To sum up, dreams is still a controversial topic and it’s unlikely that in future everyone will have the same opinion. While the supporters are obviously convinced that dreams are good for our mind and body, the opponents reject this idea, claiming that dreams causes more anxieties than recovery for mind. In my opinion dreams are very important for everyone of us.

"Dry your eyes" by "The Street"

“Dry your eyes“ is a song by “The Street“.
In the first stanza we can see that the lyrical I is sad and depressed about the fact that his girlfriend split up their relationship. The chorus shows how a good friend tries to comfort the love victim. The second stanza tells us how his life crashes and how he tries to get her back again by begging. He’s of the opinion that his life is empty without her. He wants to change what happened, but he isn’t able to. Finally he tells her that in past it was hard for him to tell her things, but the more he tells her the more she pulls away.

In my opinion this song expresses how dependent women and men are from each other. It also shows what happens if a couple splits up. The heard of the lyrical I is broken. He will do everything to get his ex-girlfriend back. When we listened to this song all of us got the impression of lovesickness.

BOOK REVIEW "PARANOID PARK"

Paranoid Park is a young adult novel by Blake Nelson. It was published in 2006 and it is a psycho thriller.
Blake Nelson grew up in Portland, attended Wesleyan University and graduated from New York University. He is an American author of adult and children’s literature.

First of all I want to start with the content of the book. Once the narrator and his best friend Jared go to Paranoid Park for skating.
Another weekend they also want to go to Paranoid Park, but Jared is invited to a party, so the narrator goes there by himself. He hops a train with one of the urchins he just met there and a really horrible accident happens. This causes a lot of problems for the narrator…
In my opinion it is a really good written book, because the reader doesn’t really know what happens next.
Now I want to go on with the main character. The main character has no name, so I call him narrator.
At the beginning of the book the narrator is a normal guy who has a lot of fun with skating and hanging around with friends, he is also good at school. After the accident he changes into a introverted guy which isn’t able to talk to anybody about his problems.
From my point of view Blake Nelson created a really interesting and multifarious main character.
The style of writing is very interesting because it’s sometimes written in letter form. It’s a nice change when you look at the normal writing style.??
It's different from other writing styles.
I assume that this book wants to show us what happens when you do illegal things. There are a lot of situations where teens doesn’t think about what could happen. This book wants us to show what could happen when people, not only children, are irresponsible!

I entrust this book to everyone who likes thrilling books, which are written in a different way. Finally I want to say that I really enjoyed reading this book.
My rate is 9.5 from 10 points.

Correction of the first exam

Hof 4
6833 Fraxern
24^th November

board of directors
20b Camp Street
1972 Camping Town

Dear Sir / Madame,

Job application

I’m writing in response to your advertisement for the job as a person who takes care of children.

I’m writing because I’m especially interested in working with children. I’m also a very athletic person and I can also meet deadlines.
Another positive thing is that I’m good at organization.
From 2006 to 2008 I worked in a kindergarten. On weekends I worked as a babysitter in various families.
So I can deal with problems kids can have and I think I also know what they want to do.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss my application with you. I look forward to hearing from you and I can be reached at any time.

Yours sincerely, Ines Peter

Enclosed:
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Hof 4
6833 Fraxern
24^th November 2008

Dear Joana,

I’m writing this letter, because I want tell you how much problems we have in our family at the moment. Jack hates me, because I’ve told dad about this venereal infection, but I only wanted to help him. So I honestly don’t know what his problem is.
Another problem is dad. I’m really scared of him. I was really appalled when I saw how dad reacted when I told him about Jack’s problem. I also want to tell you about mum. I know that she’s our provider, but we hardly ever see each other, only at night. She wants to talk to me in kitchen, but I’m not interested in such conversations.
One very important thing is the problem between mum and dad. I hope they won’t get divorced, I’m really anxious about that.
My biggest problem is how to solve the problems.
I think I should talk with Jack and apologize that I told dad.
Do you think I should talk with mum, because she’s never at home?
I also should talk with dad, but every time he assumes the worst. The last thing I want to tell you is how to solve their marital crisis. I don’t know a solution for this. In my opinion their biggest problem is that dad often boasts with his sexual exploits in the past. I doubt they will manage it, but I hope so.

I think this letter is boring for you, but I feel happy after talking about it with you.

Love, Ines

Virgins: Suzy

First I want to describe Suzy’s character and her looks. In the play, her looks aren’t really described. So almost everything I tell is a part of my imagination.
Suzy is about 40 years old, which is mentioned at the beginning of the play. In my opinion she wears classic clothes such as a trouser suit. My idea of her looks is that she is thin with long blond curly hair.

Now I want to go on with Suzy’s character. In my opinion she’s a classic workaholic, because in the play Nick accuses her that she always works and that she hasn’t got any time for him. I also think she’s a bit frigid, because in every Sunday morning scene she seemes to be really unenthusiastic concerning sex.

Now I want to go on with the acting of Suzy in the play. Suzy always quarrels with Nick, I think they have a major marital crisis. In my opinion it’s obvious that Suzy always defends the kids. If we look at their sex problem, Suzy’s excuse is that she is tired. In the play Nick reproach Suzy for being cold. I think that Nick is right, for this part.
Also a very important fact about the acting of her is, that she always shows Nick up in front of the kids. For example at the end of the play when she asks him about is affairs with women.

At the end I want to talk about Suzy’s relationship to the others. Suzy’s the mother of two kids, Jack (17) and Zoe (15), and the wife of Nick.
In my assessment Suzy tries hard to know her kids, but they don’t have a good relationship to thier mother, because she is always at work. For instance Jack tells Suzy in the wood, that it is only possible to talk to her in kitchen at night. On the other hand Suzy seems to talk with Zoe quite often. As to Nick, I think she shouldn’t work as much as she does now because she doesn’t know Nick anymore. In the whole play they are always fighting. They have a major marital crisis, I think.

SPEAK

BOOK REVIEW

"Speak" is one of Laurie Halse Anderson´s four award-winning novels and was initial published in 1999 by the penguin group, USA.
Anderson resides in Mexico with her beloved husband, Scot Larrabee. She has four children and one creature with fangs, her German Shepard. When not writing, Anderson enjoys gardening, knitting and running. Many of her fans and friends read about her experiences in and out of the literature world on her blog.
Speak is a novel about an 14 year old girl, named Melinda Sordino, who got raped at a school party. Laurie Halse Anderson told, that the character of Melinda came to her in nightmare.

In the summer before her freshman year of high school, Melinda Sordino calls the police and they break up a local party, resulting in arrests. Mr. Freeman helps her and she begins to express her pain through art. When her former best friend, Rachel, begins dating Andy, who raped her, Melinda feels obligated to show her story. The response is intense hostility, but eventually Rachel admit the truth and dumps Andy.

Melinda really needs help, but nobody knows that because she doesn’t speak. Melinda gets in trouble a few times, first when she stats to skip school.

In this story Melinda has a difficult time to go through. All the other high school kids belonged to a club or something, but Melinda didn’t. Melinda became a social outcast and she also felt outcasted in normal life.

As the school year comes to a close, Melinda returns to bring the things she left inside her together. Andy confronts her, telling her that she lied about the assault, saying that he did not hurt her and that she asked for it. He suggests that jealousy of his relationship with Rachel was her motivation for "lying" about the rape, and he attempts to assault her again, despite her physical attempt to stop him. This is a major turning point for Melinda because while telling Andy "no" before the first assault she was too intoxicated for it to come out forcefully. The lacrosse team, including Melinda's former friend Nicole, hears her scream in the closet and comes to her aid.

As the student body hears the story and realizes the truth about what happened at the party, Melinda goes from social pariah to something of a hero.

I really like the fact that Melinda overcomes her fear and that she was able to do that all by herself.
A also like that the book is written really realistic and in modern speak.

DESCRIBING THE MAIN CHARAKTER

Not only the others see Melinda as an outcast, she sees herself as an outcast too. In the book she talks several times about the fact that she hasn’t got anybody to talk with or a friend. She also talks about that the she isn’t well dressed and the others, like the Marthas, which are really special dressed.

Melinda isn’t very self-confident and she doesn’t know how to show the other herself. I think one important sentence in the book is this: “It's easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.” I think Anderson wants to express with this sentence that she also thinks that the other doesn’t want to know why she doesn’t speak anymore. In her opinion nobody likes her, but this is definitely wrong. For example it is shown in the story that her art teacher Mr. Freeman really likes her and also Ivy an old friend of her likes her a lot.

In school she has only a few person to talk with. Sometimes she talks with her lab partner or Ivy.
She also hasn’t got a close relationship to her parents, they are really busy. The only way they talk to each other is a piece of paper at the fridge.
At the beginning of the book Melinda meets Heather, but soon she tells her that she doesn’t want to be a friend of Melinda.
Mr. Freeman, her art teacher, helps Melinda by his own way. He wants that she expresses her pain with art.

The others doesn’t like her because she called the cops at the party. But I think o lot of them like Melinda, they don’t talk to Melinda because nobody do it.

I think that there wasn’t any change till the scene when Andy Evans tries to hurt her again, but Melinda was able to defend herself. At this time, I think, she became stronger and finally, because of this situation, she gets strong enough to talk about her rape.
After this scene she changed herself enormous. That’s the only thing which isn’t really realistic, because nobody is able to overcome this from one second to the other.
The best example for changing her is in my opinion art. In the book is shown how her trees develop. She compares herself with Picasso when she thought about all the parts she has to go through till she overcomes.

Globalization

Are there any Austrian multinationals? Find some information on the three biggest!

Vienna, April 2003 – More than 1,000 international companies have set up their Central and Eastern European headquarters or business hubs in Austria, underlining the country’s leadership in business outreach to the CEE region. These include prominent multinationals such as Alcatel, Beiersdorf, Bosch, Coca-Cola, Flextronics, Generali, Henkel, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Master Foods, McDonalds, Miele, SIG Combibloc and Siemens.

The most popular multinationals in Austria are Rauch, Omicron, Doppelmayr.

Now I want to explain what there assignment is.

• Rauch is famous for it’s fruit juice, I think there most popular drink is “Red Bull”.
• Omicron is a technical company, which produces “Laserdiodensysteme” and “Laserapplikationen”
• Doppelmayr: This is a worldwide company which builds cable cars and elevators. It’s products are even copied in Asia


Are there groups that are against globalisation? Why?

A few groups which are against globalisation exist.
The biggest one is “Anti-Globalisation”.
They cause it with the fact that little undertakings won’t survive. There are going to be only a few big corporations.


How can you as a consumer support Fair Trade?

For supporting “Fair Trade” you should buy things which were produced by people who get enough money for work. For example don’t buy things which were produced in India. In India it’s very often produces from kids and no one should support child labour.


How is employment in Austria affected by globalisation? Are other areas affected too?

A few peoples say that the globalization reduces the Inflation, because since the globalization is growing that fast, the Inflation got smaller. But for Austria the textile industry is nearly dead. Almost all concerns closed because other counties are able to produce cheaper than Austria.


Your opinion on globalization

On my opinion globalization is a very important thing and it’s good, but there are also bad things about it. I also think globalization keeps the world together.
Because I think that if there would be no globalization one country would be the best, because it gets enough money for researching new things, and poor countries wouldn’t. That’s my main reason for globalization.

Correction (writing task)

Hello, my name is Ines Peter. Hoping for a good day, I want to welcome you.
We start our tour at the bus station “Drummer Street”. First I want to show you “Whipple Museum” and give you some background information. “Whipple Museum” is a history of science museum and it’s open from Monday to Friday from 12:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The admission is free.

I think that’s enough information for now.
During the walk I want to give you some information about Cambridge. Cambridge is first founded in 1630, but the important history started in 1902, when Americans occupy Cambrige.
We have reached Nowning Street now. As soon as we get to the museum, you will get the time to eat something in the eatery nearby. After that little stop we walk along “Prembroke Street” to “Corpus Christi College”, which was founded in 1352. If you’re interested, there is a nice court in the middle that I could show you. Beside the college there is a very good restaurant, despite the small prices.

In the afternoon, let’s say 2 p.m., we will meet again.

Hello, welcome back. Now let’s go on the market, for doing some shopping.
I can see your bags, let’s move on to “Trinity College” which is very famous. It’s very old and inside it’s amazing, but we haven’t got enough time to look at this gorgeous house.

Now we walk along “Jesus Lane” to our next stop “Wesley House” which houses the Methodist university.
It’s a fact that John Paul II was studying theology at this place.
Follow me to the last stop, the biggest shopping centre in Cambridge.
It houses every shop you can think of. Get our money out, there are enough shops for everyone, guys.
Please come back to this place in two and a half hours. We are going to finish our tour then.
Welcome back! We need about ten minutes to get back to the bus station.
Here we are.

I hope you will have a great holiday in Cambridge and I want to thank for this great day.

A virtual tour threw the "Rheintal"

The “Rheintal” is a valley in Austria or to be more exact it is a valley in Vorarlberg, which is a part of Austria. The “Rheintal” is named by a river which runs through this valley.

I want to start our virtual tour in Feldkirch, the biggest city in the “Rheintal”. There are a lot of shopping streets and there is also the cathedral which is the largest church in Vorarlberg. Also very famous are the “Katzenturm” and the “Schattenburg”, they are built about the 15^th century. I really like the “Schattenburg”, now there is a restaurant in it and I’m of the opinion that there is a really good restaurant with an enchanting ambience.
Beside the “Katzenturm” there is a bus stop. We have to get into bus 60 towards Götzis. At the bus stop which is named “Weiler Gemeindeamt” we have to get out. We have to get into the bus 63 towards Fraxern.
Fraxern is the place where I live. Fraxern is renowned for their cherries. Fraxern is a beautiful place to go for a walk. There are a lot of footpath. We can walk to “Maiensäß” which needs about one and a half hour from the last bus stop.
If we get hungry there are two restaurants and one pizzeria, you can eat quite good there.
Now we have to get in the bus 62 towards Weiler and then we have to change in bus 60 towards Götzis and now we go by train towards Bregenz and we get out at the station Hohenems.
There are a lot of interesting places like the palace or the Jewish museum or the Jewish cemetery.
We finish our tour at the open-air pool “Rheinauen”. Which is nearby the river “Rhein”.

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Correction of the 1. Test

Dear Alice,

Yes, of course I remember Jason.
You wrote in your letter that Jason takes drugs, but you have thought about the dangers? For sure drugs can make you lively and giggly, but there are also many negativ effects.
If you take an overdose, you can die! Also think about the facts like the accidents you can have or what will you do if you get addicted?
Do you know any of the theories that exlplain drug abuse? There are three of these theories in your letter, for example there is the “evil pusher” theory , I think Jason is going to be an evil pusher for you. Taking drugs isn’t harmless.
I think you really like Jason, but when you think about his future , what do you see? If Jason gets addicted, there won’t be a future for him. He will live in poverty and squalor. There won’t be a chance for him to find a job and so he will die very young.
Alice, please listen to my advice! If you are going to try drugs, you are going to ruin your whole life, Forget Jason and think about yourself!

Yours Ines

The Mosquito Coast

Dear Lucas,

Now the story has found an ending. It had been a horrible time since I left the USA.

First we went to the jungle of Hunduras, because my father didn’t want to live like the others. We lived in a very small village with another family There my father had built a “Fat Boy”. Do you remember “Little Boy”?

When he had finished “Fat Boy” he wanted to show the indians what ice is and wanted to tell them what it is good for.

One day father stired me up before the sun had risen up.The reason was that he wanted to climb on a big mountain to show the Zambus what ice is.

My dad thought that the Zambus had treated white men like prisoners, but they didn’t. The white men treated the Zambus like prisoners and they also wanted to kill us.

The night after we got back home my fahter stir me up and told me that they were planing to stay with us and feed of us like mosquitos feed of our blood. We managed to leave, but everything exploded.

We went with Mr Haddy, a really nice man, to his village. But dad didn’t want to stay there. We went to a small, muddy, smelly lake. There we lived like savages. At first we had nothing, but everyday father and I went to the coast and brought back bits of rope, wood and other stupid things.

After a while father had built a houseboat for us. When it started raining Mr Haddy gave us some petrol to leave the place where we were.

Some time later we reached a village which was named Guampu. There father had been killed by someone.

I really don’t know what I should think about this time in Honduras. A part of me died with father but I sill fear him. I sometimes seem to hear him crying. I don’t know what I should do without him but I have to manage my life. For sure father didn’t wanted me to give up.

Yours Charlie

Policeman: Did you see the person who killed your father?

Charlie: No, I didn’t see anything because it was very dark that night. I only heard a shot.

Policeman: What happened before you heard the shot?

Charlie: Father went into this little village. As my mother asked me were father was, the church exploded. We wanted to save us, but father screamed threw the darkness and told us to stay at the place where we were.

Policeman: What happened after this?

Charlie: When father was climbing up the side of our houseboat, we wanted to hit his head with a heavy pice of wood. But as father pulled himself up on to the boat, we heard the sound of a shot from the other bank of the river. Father fell heavily back into the pipanto.

Policeman: Is there anything that could be important for our establishment?

Charlie: I don’t really know. I think my father went into the village to steal petrol. I was at Emiliy’s house when suddenly all the lights turned off. After this I hurried up to get back to my mother. When I arrived, an explosion shook the air and flames jumped out of the church.

My pursuit of happiness

What makes me really happy is the time with my boyfriend.

We don’t really see each other very often, because we are both going to school and don’t really have a lot of time. Therefore we really enjoy the time together.

I have known him for one and a half years and so far it has been the best time of my life.

I hope that we are going to spend the rest of our life together, because I really love him.

Now I want to tell you the day I met him the first time:

It was last year in summer…

My brother and I went to the “Samariterbund Feldkirch”.

When I got out of the car I saw him the first time. I couldn’t get him out of my mind afterwards. I really didn’t know what he thought about me, but for me it was love at first sight.

My first thought was that he didn’t like me, because he didn’t talk to me, he even ignored me.

When I got home I didn’t know a lot about him, which made me very unhappy and I didn’t know what I had to do.

I’m a big pessimist, so I assumed that I wouldn’t see him ever again.

But everything has changed...