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1.     There are countless sports all around over the world. Everyone has their own taste of sport. I recently just got into watching F1 motorsport and its fun. F1 is worldwide known for its loud and fast cars that race in a long circuit in different countries. It is very popular amongst children and adults. F1 also has its own game, so you can feel how it is to drive a F1 car. F1 is a fantastic and enjoyable sport.

2.     In the first place it’s very fun to watch because it’s the quickest form of motorsport on the planet, so the cars are reaching top speeds of 360 KMH and that is fun to watch. F1 is also very popular, averaging around 1 million viewers per race.

3.    Secondly in F1 there is a lot of chaos and drama which makes it very fun to watch. Almost every race there happens some crashes, engine failures, miscommunications and pit stop fails. Because of these things, an F1 race can even be won by the worst drivers. If Lewis Hamilton crashes at the start with a lot of other people, then some guy in the back can still win. That’s what is so enjoyable about F1, everyone can win, so it’s not always Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton.

4.   If you don’t watch F1 yet, I suggest you to really do if you have time. It's overall an enjoyable and amusing sport to watch because of its unpredictable podium finishes, crashes, fast cars and all the drama.

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October Writing Contest Assignment Amber Voogel

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What makes me tick

What I’m really passionate about is space and exploring the Universe, because there are so many things we still have to explore and because we still dont know if there is (alien) life somewhere in the Universe or if were just the only living creatures in the Universe

The idea that there are so many planets and stars and so many things to learn and explore is just so excited. Space is almost endless and its really incredible how big the Universe is and there are billions upon billions of stars and planets  that are still undiscovered. There also might be planets where we as humans can live on for in the future. One bad thing is that the expansion of the Universe is accelarating and planets are going away from us faster than the speed of light so some planets and stars are unreachable forever and that percentage is 95%. That means we can only explore 5% of the Universe but we can still observe the planets and stars that are unreachable because we still see their light as it still reaches us.

So far humans haven’t found any form of life as bacteria or as living creatures and maybe it isnt even possible and we on earth are just the only ones but scientist have found places were life could form but we have still a lot to explore and maybe we will find living creatures on stars or planets that are just like on earth and i really hope we find some evidence of life somewhere in the Universe.

I have always liked the idea of exploring the entire Universe and learning about space because its really fascinating.

If there is live somewhere in the Universe, we still need to explore a lot to find it, if its even possible but we still got plenty of time to do so.

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I’m going to talk about mental health among young people because i think that’s an important and current subject at this moment.

I think it is important that extra thought is given to the youth during this corona pandemic. Their mental health is rapidly deteriorating during this time. One in seven young people between the ages of ten and eightteen worldwide has a mental illness and that is an awful lot. The corona pandemic has a huge impact on the mental health of young people. During the lockdown and during the strict measures, young people feel very lonely, gloomy and scared and their mental health can deteriorate. Worldwide, suicide is the number 5 cause of death among young people aged 15 to 19 and in Western Europe it is even the number 2 cause of death. In girls between the ages of 15 and 19, the most common cause of death is pregnancy complications such as bleeding or miscarried abortions. The number 2 most common cause of death among girls this age is suicide In the Netherlands, 1 in 5 young people suffer from emotional problems. Half of the Dutch youth suffer from sleeping problems, headaches and nervousness. Research has shown that girls have more mental problems than boys.

It needs to be talked about, we can't ignore this any longer. The number of young people with mental problems is still increasing. More attention should be paid to young people, because this can no longer be done.

Jet Schreiner 4p

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There are thousands of make-up and hair products in the world that are being tested on animals. A lot of people don’t actually know that- or how the products are tested. The products get put onto the skin or in the eyes of the animal, or it gets injected in them. This is very harmful and a lot of animals are hurt because of this.

In my opinion, this should be stopped. There are many other ways than animal testing that can be used to make sure the product is safe. For example, there is new animal testing free method of computer simulations in which biological processes in the human body are simulated. This way, no animal gets hurt.

Another method is using human tissue for research. You can also reduce animal testing by sharing the outcomes of the tests, so that other researchers don’t have to do the test again. This doesn’t always work. It can be very expensive to use these alternatives. So to reduce the discomfort of animals as much as possible during animal experiments through good housing, nutrition and pain treatment. And by applying good pain relief is the least you can do.

But what can the buyers of these products do? Because this subject has been getting more attention and recognition,  a lot of brands have been working on this problem and started using alternatives for it. This way you can contribute to this by paying attention to what the packaging says, and try to buy the products that are testing free.

Eva Ordeman 4P

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What makes you tick

Racism has been a worldwide problem for years.

Judging people for their skin color doesn’t make any sense to me, and a lot of people are suffering from it. That’s why I think this is such an important subject. Even though racism has been known for a long time, it never got as much attention as it did since may 2020.

On may 25th 2020 a black man named George Floyd was killed by a police officer, the officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes, and even though George Floyd said “I can’t breathe” at least 28 times, the officer didn’t stop.

All this was followed by many “Black Lives Matter” protests all over the world, where people were kneeling with signs. At the time, this was way more important to most of the people than covid-19, which was still a big deal for people and made people not want to leave their house.

I think the new generation has a big influence on subjects like racism. Also with the influence of social media, a lot of young people became aware of racism.

Some people might say this Black Lives Matter movement is just irrelevant and think people are overreacting, and of course you can have your own opinion, I just don’t think you can speak for someone else who might have had bad experiences when it comes to these subjects.

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What makes me tick: Phone usage.

1.	We are spending more and more time online and all what we hear from our parents is: “That stupid phone is bad for you.” but is that true?  Using our phone makes us less effective and efficient, but does it also affects our health? The use of social media is not unhealthy on itself,  what is unhealthy is the time on to how long we use it. 

2.	For many people, the cellphone is the first thing they grab when they wake up and the last thing they put down before going to sleep. There are different bad effects physically: sitting a lot is not healthy. But using our mobile phone also has an effect on our posture. Many people sit with their necks bent and stare at their screens for hours. The wrists and eyes can also suffer from holding your mobile device for to long.  

3.	Our brains only stay healthy if they can occasionally daydream or be bored.  This is necessary for the production of memories, the focus and attention, creativity and for making decisions.  But nowadays we hardly take the time to get bored.  Every 'empty' moment we reach for our smartphone.  That's not good for our brains health. Most teens do not get enough sleep due to phone addiction and stay up till late in the night which is very bad for our health.

4.	Our parents are after all right, but that doesn't mean that being on your phone is bad, as long as you don't spend too much time on your phone and sit in a good posture it doesn't really affect your health. And maybe if you are addicted to your phone, put it away and do something with your friends and try to live a day without your mobile phone.

(source: Afkicken van die smartphone van Thibaud Dumas)

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What makes me tick: Phone usage.

1.	We are spending more and more time online and all what we hear from our parents is: “That stupid phone is bad for you.” but is that true?  Using our phone makes us less effective and efficient, but does it also affects our health? The use of social media is not unhealthy on itself,  what is unhealthy is the time on to how long we use it. 

2.	For many people, the cellphone is the first thing they grab when they wake up and the last thing they put down before going to sleep. There are different bad effects physically: sitting a lot is not healthy. But using our mobile phone also has an effect on our posture. Many people sit with their necks bent and stare at their screens for hours. The wrists and eyes can also suffer from holding your mobile device for to long.  

3.	Our brains only stay healthy if they can occasionally daydream or be bored.  This is necessary for the production of memories, the focus and attention, creativity and for making decisions.  But nowadays we hardly take the time to get bored.  Every 'empty' moment we reach for our smartphone.  That's not good for our brains health. Most teens do not get enough sleep due to phone addiction and stay up till late in the night which is very bad for our health.

4.	Our parents are after all right, but that doesn't mean that being on your phone is bad, as long as you don't spend too much time on your phone and sit in a good posture it doesn't really affect your health. And maybe if you are addicted to your phone, put it away and do something with your friends and try to live a day without your mobile phone.

(source: Afkicken van die smartphone van Thibaud Dumas)

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What makes me tick?

Football

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There are over 250 people in more than 200 countries that are playing football. It is particulary popular  in Europe, America and Africa.

Football was invented in England around the 1860s. Football is a game involving two teams of 11 players who try to score the ball in the other team’s goal without using hands or arms. The team that scores more goals wins. There are referees who ensure that the game remains calm.

Football is really important because…

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In the first place, football teaches cooperation, working with the team and teaches respect for others. It helps build self confidence and a positive self image. Football lets you deal with winning and losing.

When you have a lot on your mind or you are busy with school, you play football to relax and clear your head.

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Second, football is good for your body. Playing football builds a high level of overall fitness. The muscles of your body are getting bigger and stronger.

Playing football increases your muscle, mass and bone strength. It reduce body fat. Building strenght  . Building strength, stamina and speed. Training your brain, improving concentration and coordination

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I'm so passionate about football because I've been playing football since I was a kid and I really enjoyed it.  The feeling of kicking the ball is great.  It's fun to play football with my friends.  When I have a lot on my mind, football clears my head.  I think football is important to the world because you get a good health  and it's fun to play with your friends.

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English composition What makes me tick? Football Football is a worldwide sport and is played in every country and is therefore the  most popular sport in the world. The sport has approximately 3,5 billion fans worldwide.  Football originated in England in 1963. With football you have 11 players divided in 1 goalkeeper and 10 fieldplayers. You can win with football by scoring more goals than your opponent. Football is played on grass, on artificial grass and indoor.  Personally I like playing on grass the most. With football you have different positions. Me favorite position is central defender.In the first place, football is good for your whole body and health. Your whole body benefits from football, you are moving when you play football, you gain muscles, you lose body fat, you get more strength, stamina, coordination and speed. You can do a lot of different movements when playing football. Those movements improve your flexibility and if you a goalkeeper it improves your reflexes.Secondly, football is also good for your mental health. Football is good when you are stressed. With football you forget almost everything because you are constantly focussed on the ball. Regularly playing this sport has positive effects on your health, gives more self-esteem, distraction from negative thoughts and helps you with a more positive self-image. I am very passionate about football. I play football since I was 4 years old and I love it ever since. Football is a teamsport and that is a component I love a lot. You can win with your team and when we win the  feeling is amazing. With the team everybody gives 100% to win the game. I play football every day because I love the sport. That is why I want to be a professional soccer player one day. Sometimes I go to the stadium of FC Volendam and watch the match of FC Volendam.

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English composition What makes me tick? Football Football is a worldwide sport and is played in every country and is therefore the  most popular sport in the world. The sport has approximately 3,5 billion fans worldwide.  Football originated in England in 1963. With football you have 11 players divided in 1 goalkeeper and 10 fieldplayers. You can win with football by scoring more goals than your opponent. Football is played on grass, on artificial grass and indoor.  Personally I like playing on grass the most. With football you have different positions. Me favorite position is central defender.In the first place, football is good for your whole body and health. Your whole body benefits from football, you are moving when you play football, you gain muscles, you lose body fat, you get more strength, stamina, coordination and speed. You can do a lot of different movements when playing football. Those movements improve your flexibility and if you a goalkeeper it improves your reflexes.Secondly, football is also good for your mental health. Football is good when you are stressed. With football you forget almost everything because you are constantly focussed on the ball. Regularly playing this sport has positive effects on your health, gives more self-esteem, distraction from negative thoughts and helps you with a more positive self-image. I am very passionate about football. I play football since I was 4 years old and I love it ever since. Football is a teamsport and that is a component I love a lot. You can win with your team and when we win the  feeling is amazing. With the team everybody gives 100% to win the game. I play football every day because I love the sport. That is why I want to be a professional soccer player one day. Sometimes I go to the stadium of FC Volendam and watch the match of FC Volendam.

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Football, the biggest sport on earth. Everyone knows it and everyone has at least one person in their family who plays it. It’s a sport where 22 men plus a referee are running after a ball and trying to kick it in a net. It seems boring when I explain it like that. But why are people so passionate about football?

Many people grew up with football. And for many people it’s a part of their lifestyle. But how come that so many people are passionate about it? Football can be very fun, but there are also rough moments for supporters. The emotions are part of the game, and that’s why it can make your whole week, or you’re angry for a moment of time. But when the team you’re support scores a goal or wins a game, for most people it’s a feeling of relief and happiness.

Another argument on why many people have such a strong bond with football, is how the game is played. It can be very attractive to watch and sometimes fascinates you. Also when you walk past a group of people you can often hear them talk about their own game last week or the game they’re going to see tomorrow. In this way you are also connected to football by just hearing about it.

In conclusion; Wherever you go you can see someone wearing a football shirt or you hear them talking about the game. It is the biggest sport in the world and for me the most beautiful thing on this planet. Football is what brings people together. No matter what team you support, the dedication from the fans makes it more fun and attractive to watch for everyone.

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There are a lot of different games to play that people enjoy. There are multiplayer, singleplayer and co-op games. You can play games on any device in different framerates and frames per second. With higher frames per second, it feels more like real life. Playing a game is for fun and time killing. But gaming has some good and bad sides. Gaming makes you a different person.

On the one hand, gaming seems to be fun and it has good effects. An important effect is that it gives pleasure and can increase positive emotions.

Gaming can improve your mood and you can get relaxed from doing it. It will create adrenaline so your reaction time will greatly improve which can be handy sometimes.

Addiction is a very big problem too because people cant stop playing so they will reach the downsides of gaming. Last but not least it can help to reduce stress within your body.

On the other hand, gaming has downsides as well. You can get very tired if you play for a very long time and your eyes can get dry.  Some games get you frustrated so you get mad and rage so they break their controllers or phones due to that.

But the biggest problem is that it can cause sleep problems. When you look at a screen, you don’t make melatonin so it takes longer to go to sleep. It is recommended to put away your mobile phone or any other device 30 minutes before you go to bed.

With all of that said, we can conclude that  gaming can be good for you, only if you play for a short period of time. With longer gaming sessions you will reach the downsides of gaming.

I recommend playing games for max an hour and then take a 15 minute break. If you do so, you will experience the benefits of gaming and won’t reach the downsides.

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I think it’s very important for people to have vacations a few times a year. There are several reasons why people need vacations. The most common one is that they need a break from their work or school. Having vacation is very important.

Good for your health

why taking a vacation is so important? I'll explain. Your health improves with vacation. Vacation is recovery time for your body. Taking a few days off regularly reduces the risk of illness. For example, it has been proven that when people do not take a day off for a long time, they are more at risk of heart problems. people also experience less stress. This is because they have no responsibilities during their vacation. Finally, people on vacation more often get the number of hours of sleep they need.

More successful at work

There is another reason why taking time off is so important. That is because you become more successful at your work. Let me explain how that works. By going on holiday people are automatically helped to distance themselves from daily worries. This gives you space and time for reflection. Also, the distance and freedom of a holiday often provides an impulse to creativity. The psychological resilience of people who take regular vacations increases enormously, which means that they are often more successful in their career than people who work all the time.

I personally think vacations are very important, because I notice that a break from school often works well. When I come back to school it goes a lot better than before the holidays. I think that as teenagers we also deserve enough time for ourselves and fun things.

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I think it’s very important for people to have vacations a few times a year. There are several reasons why people need vacations. The most common one is that they need a break from their work or school. Having vacation is very important.

Good for your health

why taking a vacation is so important? I'll explain. Your health improves with vacation. Vacation is recovery time for your body. Taking a few days off regularly reduces the risk of illness. For example, it has been proven that when people do not take a day off for a long time, they are more at risk of heart problems. people also experience less stress. This is because they have no responsibilities during their vacation. Finally, people on vacation more often get the number of hours of sleep they need.

More successful at work

There is another reason why taking time off is so important. That is because you become more successful at your work. Let me explain how that works. By going on holiday people are automatically helped to distance themselves from daily worries. This gives you space and time for reflection. Also, the distance and freedom of a holiday often provides an impulse to creativity. The psychological resilience of people who take regular vacations increases enormously, which means that they are often more successful in their career than people who work all the time.

I personally think vacations are very important, because I notice that a break from school often works well. When I come back to school it goes a lot better than before the holidays. I think that as teenagers we also deserve enough time for ourselves and fun things.

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We have all heard about it, it is also one of the most important topics to me, climate change. I  am very passionate about it, because we can all influence our actions and our own habits that negatively affect the rising temperatures. That is exactly what i do, i try to reduce my negative effects on the planet. Furthermore here is why i am so passionate about climate change;

First of all, nobody can escape climate change, maybe that is why it is one of the biggest world passions for me. To add to that, climate change does affect everyone; humans, animals and the planet Earth. The planet will recover, but we as humans and other animals in fact, won’t. By that it is also one of the biggest world problems today.

Besides the fact that climate change affects everyone and everything, we had to deal with the rising temperatures on a closer level than you might think. We have seen the effects ourselves while we were in lockdown and some even more recent. There are much more natural disasters like floods, storms and intense droughts lately, even here in the Netherlands we have had the floods. All those natural disasters have affected and/or ruined loads of people, houses and nature.

Climate change is one of my biggest passions, but overall, we all have to live with it. Well that is not quite the case, we easily can reduce our own actions. But for now we are destroying our planet and ourselves. All in all, climate change makes me tick, because we can change the consequences ourselves to change our own future.

-Mara Patterer

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I am passionate about dogs. I have a puppy and it is very fun to have a dog in the house. When I see my dog, I am always happy and when I'm bored I always have my dog ​​that I can play with or cuddle with. I think dogs have a good energy for people.

First of all, researchers from three British universities in Liverpool, Manchester and Southampton conducted research on pets. They show that dogs have a calming effect on people and make you happier. A dog is also stress reducing. Patients in hospitals and old people's homes have a better mood after a visit from a dog and feel less lonely. Since I got a puppy, I'm outside a lot more. I have to walk with her or we're going to do something fun with the family where my dog ​​can play, run outside or play with other dogs.

Another reason dogs have good energy for humans is that research from the Baker Medical Research Institute in Melbourne found that 5,500 people who own a pet have lower blood pressure, better blood values ​​and lower cholesterol than people without a pet. The risk of a heart or vascular disease is therefore lower for them.In 2004 research showed that children who grow up with dogs from an early age may have a greater effect on normal functioning of their immune system and they are less at risk of allergies.

In short, a dog is good for your health and it makes you happier. A dog is also very nice to have, because you can always play and cuddle with it. That is why I really like dogs and it’s also good to have.

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October writing contest – What makes you tick?

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October writing contest – What makes you tick?

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Corine Kleiman 4R

Sustainable agriculture

Every year, our farmers produce tons of food through industrial agriculture. Industrial agriculture is the production of crops and animals using enormous amounts of chemical fertilizers that damage the climate, the water, the air and the soils. This process is not sustainable at all and very bad for the environment as well. Sustainable agriculture is the future.

Sustainable agriculture is a form of agriculture where farmers try to produce their food more sustainable, environmentally, economically and socially. There are many ways farmers can produce their food more sustainable. Some of those ways are:

-        Rotating crops. Planting a variety of crops can have many benefits, including healthier soil and pest control.

-        Integrating livestock and crops. A lot of farmers have their crops and animal production separate, where the animals live far from where their food is produced. Scientists have discovered that when farmers place their crops and animals together in a smart way, that it can be a recipe for more efficient, profitable farms.

-        Adopting trees and bushes. When farmers mix trees and bushes into their farmland, it creates areas with shade to protect plants, water resources and animals, and it has also potentially a chance of additional income.

Alternative protein sources can also include more sustainable products. These sources are both for human food and for animal food. Some examples might be: insects, seaweed, nuts and mushrooms.

This subject made me tick because our planet is dying faster than we thought. And if we don’t do anything to stop that process, our family in a few hundred years, will not be able to live on this planet anymore. Since the start of agriculture 11,000 years ago, the Earth has lost an estimated 50% of its plants and roughly 20% of its animal biodiversity.