English My Love! Contents. Editorial.................................................................................
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The English Magazine of "Ioan Slavici" National College, Satu Mare
15 / April 2013
English My Love!
Contents Editorial............................................................................................................................................................3 Spring Is Where The Heart Is......................................................................................................................3 Being A Freshman............................................................................................................................................4 Olympics..........................................................................................................................................................6 Marinela Conioși, VIII...........................................................................................................................6 Ana Adriana Monea, XI E......................................................................................................................6 Mădălina Țuțuraș, IX D..........................................................................................................................6 Marta Elisa Hura, X F............................................................................................................................7 Andrada Balog, X E...............................................................................................................................7 Denisa Coțan, XD...................................................................................................................................8 Romina Ţompa, X H..............................................................................................................................8 Our Stars........................................................................................................................................................10 Denisa Bărbuș - Exquisite All The Way!..................................................................................................10 Andrei Șovre, XI B...................................................................................................................................10 A Healthy Body – A Healthy Mind...........................................................................................................11 Armin Vida, VI - karate........................................................................................................................12 Denis Lep, VI – table tennis................................................................................................................12 Raul Todika, XI F - karate....................................................................................................................13 Bianca Roatiș, X A...............................................................................................................................13 Clubs And Teams...........................................................................................................................................15 The Drama Club........................................................................................................................................15 Crazy Dancers...........................................................................................................................................15 Literary Works...............................................................................................................................................17 RESTORING SOULS...............................................................................................................................17 BEING HONEST (AS HELL!).................................................................................................................17 HALF PARADISE....................................................................................................................................17 CAN YOU REALLY SEE ME?................................................................................................................18 Let Me Ask Myself Some Questions........................................................................................................18 Once, There Was An Ocean... ..................................................................................................................19 Random Thoughts.....................................................................................................................................20 The Day I Became A Death God...............................................................................................................21 Somewhere There’s A Universe Of Missing Stuff....................................................................................23 What About Perfection?............................................................................................................................23 Reviews..........................................................................................................................................................25 Taylor Swift ..............................................................................................................................................25 Elementary................................................................................................................................................25 Gwen Stefani ............................................................................................................................................26 The Pirates Of The Caribbean: .................................................................................................................26 The Curse Of The Black Pearl..................................................................................................................26 Pulp Fiction...............................................................................................................................................27 Despicable Me...........................................................................................................................................27 Beyond The Hills......................................................................................................................................28 Ted.............................................................................................................................................................28 THE CATCHER IN THE RYE.................................................................................................................29 The Dark Knight Rises..............................................................................................................................29 Leaving High School ....................................................................................................................................31 Sister Languages............................................................................................................................................32 Die Macht Des Abschiedes.......................................................................................................................32 1
English My Love! Contents Die Liebe .................................................................................................................................................32 Rettet Uns,rettet Euch!..............................................................................................................................33 Die Liebe...................................................................................................................................................33 Caption...........................................................................................................................................................35 Editorial Board...............................................................................................................................................36 Chief editor...........................................................................................................................................36 Editors..................................................................................................................................................36 Cover....................................................................................................................................................36 Thanks to..............................................................................................................................................36 Coordinating teachers...........................................................................................................................36 Contributors..........................................................................................................................................36
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English My Love! Editorial Editorial Spring Is Where The Heart Is We should find spring in our hearts. That should be the warmest place there is, with the brightest sun and the clearest sky. We should learn to look at things in a different way, to love the rain for its strength, for its peace, for its music, to love the night time for its silence, for its mystery, we should learn to listen to the leaves that fall in the autumn in order to be brought to life by spring. As it was said before, spring is nothing but a lack of permanence. Still, who needs permanence? We wouldn’t be able to enjoy life the way we do now. We would only become colder, sitting alone behind the walls we had built with our own hands; we wouldn’t know what it feels like to have a laugh, to hold a friend or to touch a heart. There is a bird inside us, why not set it free? It longs for it and the sky to be one and the same again, like if there were no limits, no rules to obey. Because we are our only limit, and when we realise this, we can open the cage and let ourselves be the universe, as it should be. Fearless, brave, happy and kind, this is how spring portrays us; we should only have faith in it. It’s good to have you back, Spring! Thanks to you, we have the opportunity to start again, to find ourselves, to give our life another chance. Thank you for your patience, for the way you come back with the same beautiful smile on your face, with a rainy embrace and new hopes and dreams to make life worth living. Come, take a sit, we’ve missed you quite a lot! Lorena Copil, 12 D
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English My Love! Being A Freshman Being A Freshman Being a freshman can be awesome and un-cool at the same time. It’s awesome because you get to know new people, make new friends. By meeting new people at high school, you might fall in love and the high school love is the sweetest one. On the contrary, being a freshman may also be un-cool, because the ones from the bigger grades think that they are the best and they try to make fun of the new “little” ones. But one day we, the freshmen, will be as big as them and treat the younger ones right, because we know how they feel; or maybe that’s what we are saying now, but in fact we will do the same. I believe that being a freshman is an adventure because you have to act as normal as you can, so that you won’t be judged by the others. Alexandra Anania, IX D Being a freshman is quite exciting. Everything is new: your school, your teachers and your classmates. You meet a lot of new friends. Being a freshman means that a new chapter of your life begins, that you have a new start, a fresh start. Slowly your classmates become your friends and from that point, everything is going to change. You will not sit on your chair every minute of the day, because you will hang out with your new friends. On the other hand, being a freshman can be quite hard. You have to get used to a lot of new things. You also have more classes and subjects. But it doesn't really matter how hard you have to study - the important thing is that a new chapter of your life begins! Sergiu Roman, IX C Being a freshman represents a new and scary beginning for all of us. We have the chance to learn and to discover new things, to go on new adventures and to grow. The freshman year is just the first one of those years in which we make new friends, we discover new places and we meet amazing people. This period of our lives is the most rebellious of them all, it is just the first lesson we have to learn about life, about responsibilities and also about the future. Even if we are young, we are not alone. There are many good and valuable people surrounding us: our families, our teachers, our friends. They are ready to teach us what we need to know later in our lives. In conclusion, this time, the freshman year, is just the beginning of the rest of our lives. Anda Por, IX C In my opinion, being a freshman is a real change in your life. In the first place, you start waking up in the middle of a group of strangers: new colleagues, new teachers, new principals, and of course, a new class teacher. Then, you realize that you have to get used to a new school life and you start to make lots of friends. Slowly, you learn to come to school for fun and desire for knowledge. Secondly, once you are a freshman, you can place your candidacy for the Students’ Council. Also, you can enjoy many school clubs, like the drama cub, the art club or the languages club. It’s quite impressive how you can spend your spare time. If you like sport, you can join the football team, the basketball team or the volleyball team. But being a freshman isn’t just about these things. Once you are one of them, a real adventure starts. Skipping classes, copying your homework from your classmates, playing on the phone during classes, not 4
English My Love! Being A Freshman paying attention to teachers or just getting late to class, become ordinary things for many students. However, once they grow up, they learn to have more respect for the people who want to teach them good things. To sum up, being a freshman is amazing; new gates open in your path, and it is the time when you learn the most things and the most people. Teodora Palcău, IX C Everybody was once a freshman. To begin with, I think everyone was worried when they became a freshman because they didn't know what was going to happen. So was I and still am - it's not easy but not that hard either. At first I thought that being a freshman would be cool because I would get to know a lot of new people, which is true, but not entirely, since it turned out to be pretty stressful. What ’s more, most of the older students look down on me just because I am younger than them. In addition, others don't even look at me when I try to talk to them. Some of the new teachers have such high expectations and want perfect order. When I don't fulfil one of the requirements or I disturb the order, they give me a bad grade or yell at me. On the other hand, there are nice teachers too, they forgive me for most of the bad things I have done and they are also generous with the grades. To conclude, I believe that being a freshman is pretty bad because of the stress and all the pressure being put on me by some of the teachers and some of the new people I meet. Maximilian Büte, IX D Being a freshman is not so different from other high school classes because now the difference between 9th and 10th grade is not so big as it used to be. The tradition used to be that the freshmen must obey the orders of the higher classes and that they must have no point of view or opinion about school problems. Nowadays, the freshmen are somehow the stars of the school, and they are in the center of the attention, because of the various competitions between the freshmen classes like the prom or the talent contest. Finally, you just need to get used to the teachers' way of teaching, which is different from middle school, and with the classmates, and it will not be very different from middle school. Raul Cherecheș, IX C Being a freshman is a combination of many feelings. First of all it's hard, since the environment has completely changed since the last year, your colleagues aren't the same and neither are your teachers in most cases. We all know that the first impression is the most important in the way a person judges you, and you have to make a lot of first impresions in a rather small time span. Furthemore, aside from the problems one would encounter from meeting new people, the learning system always changes when moving to another learning cycle. You have to struggle to keep your grades as high as they were the previous year. But nothing too easy is ever satisfying or entertaining. Therefore, being a freshman gives you a mixed feeling, as meeting new people can be fun and evolving and learning new things can give you satisfaction and lift your self-esteem. All in all, it would be fair to say that it is a unique feeling and even if you don't like it sometimes, you always miss being a freshman after you no longer are one. Carla Sabou, IX C
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English My Love! Olympics Olympics Marinela Conioși, VIII • Which Olympics did you take part in? I took part in the Latin Olympics, at the county stage. • What result did you achieve? At the county stage I obtained 90 points, which ranked me first. • Have you obtained similar results so far? I haven’t obtained this kind of result at Latin. • How long did you prepare for this competition? I prepared for about 4 or 5 hours daily the whole month before the Olympics. • How do you feel knowing that you are among the best? Qualifying for the national stage made me very happy, it was like a dream of mine came true. • Who is your teacher? The teacher who prepared me for obtaining that kind of results was Ms Cristina Horotan. Sergiu Roman, IX C
Ana Adriana Monea, XI E • Which Olympics did you take part in? This year I took part in the Latin language Olympics at the county stage. • What result did you achieve? At the county stage, I obtained 91 points, which I think is quite a good result. • Have you obtained similar results so far? I haven’t obtained such a result until now, but participating in the past years, I gained experience. • How long did you prepare for this competition? For the Olympics I prepared for about 4-5 hours a day, for a month and a half. • How do you feel knowing that you are among the best? Obtaining this result and qualifying for the national stage I can say that I am proud of myself. I didn't believe that I can do it, but the ambition and the hard work finally paid off. • Who is your teacher? The teacher who prepared me, sacrificing her free time, is Ms Cristina Horotan. She dedicated a lot of time to preparing me for obtaining such exceptional results, and this can be proved by the grade I obtained. Sergiu Roman, IX C
Mădălina Țuțuraș, IX D • Which Olympics did you take part in? I participated in the Latin Olympics. • What result did you achieve? I qualified for the national stage.
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English My Love! Olympics • Have you obtained similar results so far? I haven't obtained this kind of result before. • How long did you prepare for this competition? I prepared 4 or 5 hours a day for a month. • How do you feel knowing that you are among the best? I am very happy that I am among the best and that my hard work paid off. • Who is your teacher? I was prepared by the Latin teacher Cristina Horotan. Sergiu Roman, IX C
Marta Elisa Hura, X F • Which Olympics did you take part in? Till now I only participated in the county stage of the classical languages Olympics. I can't wait for the national stage. • What result did you achieve? I obtained 91 points out of 100 at the county stage. • Have you obtained similar results so far? Yes, in the 9th grade, when I obtained 99 points out of 100. This year it didn't come out so well. • How long did you prepare for this competition? I have had tutoring since October, but mostly for the pleasure of studying than for the wish of qualifying for the national stage. I prepared intensively for a month before the county stage - minimum 4 hours a day. Now I’m studying even more, for about 7 hours a day. • How do you feel knowing that you are among the best? I feel like I don't cast a shadow on the ground for nothing. Obviously, I have to do something for my parents, for all the good things they are doing for me. Also, if I try as a student, my teachers feel that their hard work is worth it. • Who is your teacher? Ms Cristina Horotan has always been ready to help me and guide me. That's why I thank her from all my heart. (Marta has got the second place at the National Latin Olympics.) Sergiu Roman, IX C
Andrada Balog, X E • Which Olympics did you take part in? I took part in the History County Olympics. • What result did you achieve? I ranked first, with 97 points out of 100. • Have you obtained similar results so far? I have taken part in many other contests and competitions, but I have never achieved such a good
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English My Love! Olympics result, which would “send” me to the National Olympics. • How long did you prepare for this competition? I started preparing more seriously one month before the competition. I and my classmate, Gina Perenyi, who also took part in the History County Olympics, usually stayed after school for 3 hours and we were prepared by our teacher, Mr. Onac. We also met at weekends and prepared for the competition. • How do you feel knowing that you are among the best? I feel I belong there. I know I am good and I am proud to show it through my achievements. • Who is your teacher? My History teacher is Mr. Onac. He prepared me both for the County and for the National Olympics.
Denisa Coțan, XD Participating at the English Olympiad was a really inspiring experience. The extra learning that I had the chance to do was so helpful and it required me pushing my boundaries further, therefore being able to aknowledge my power of letting precious information sink in and use it in the development of my own persona. It wasn’t just those aspects that made this experience so interesting, it was also the effect created by the sense of competition, learning to win and accepting to lose. I am a much more confident person than I used to be because now I know that I shouldn’t spend my life stuck in silence and I just have to let my voice be heard. I never thought I could reach this far because I was never too sure of my abilities and I still have problems with self-esteem but this time I got the opportunity to actually see that I can do whatever I want as long as I fight for it. This was just a small step in the new chapter of my high school life and I know that I am capable of so much more and I just believe that the second day is always better than the first. Even though I didn’t manage to win this time, there’s always next year. Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything and even if I was overly dissapointed with myself after finding the results I’ve come to learn that it is healthy to let chaos take over and know in your heart that everything will turn out just fine in the end. I’m a believer and a dreamer, but at the same time a realist so I know that only by striving for success and starting to do not just wishing will get you where you want to be. Everything happens for a reason, this time it just was not meant to be. Denisa Coțan – X D
Romina Ţompa, X H • Which Olympics did you take part in? “Adolf Haimovici” National Mathematics Contest. • What result did you achieve? I obtained 14 points at the local stage and the same at the regional stage, enough to take part in the national stage. • Have you obtained similar results so far? Yes, I obtained 1st place at the “4 of 10” Romanian Language and Literature Competition at the regional stage and 3rd mention at the national stage. • How long did you prepare for this competition? I’m not sure.
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English My Love! Olympics • How do you feel knowing that you are among the best? Even if I am among the best, I don’t consider myself so good and I’ve always thought that there are others better than me. • Who is your teacher? The teacher that prepared me is Mr Csaba Galambosi and I appreciate and respect him very much for doing it. Raul Cherecheș, IX D
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English My Love! Our Stars Our Stars Denisa Bărbuș - Exquisite All The Way! Have you ever tried to define kindness, loyalty, sobriety? It’s quite easy: Denisa Bărbuș. By everything she does: the projects she takes part in, the performances she has on stage, the grades, the hard work, all are unarguable statements that prove her value. I know that kind of teen. She works her fingers to the bone(so to speak) to get the desired result. She is stubborn as well as she is fragile. If you walk on the hallway, every break you’ll see her somewhere else. Talking to a teacher, helping a friend, laughing with a colleague or re-learning things she already knows. In a show, she is definitely the soul of everything. Because you’ll never hear her saying a poem just to be said. She lives along with the words she says. She can smile innocently when she’s talking about love notes, or burst into tears because she finds her dark side in a line. Her grades are another hint. Every teacher in this high school will tell you that she is totally worthy. She has ideas, concepts and opinion on everything. And she is an idealist! She won’t give up until every single detail is perfectly placed. Also, the contests she took part in are another proof. Only honourable results. From the second place at the Romanian Olympiad, to many, many “originality awards” received for every essay she had sent to a competition. Her social life is not dead! No, she’s not a nerdy potato! She writes her thoughts, she hangs out, she gets in touch with weird feelings and experience every moment of her life at an incredibly intense amount. So yes, she is a very good example to follow. She has this way of splitting into million pieces and make her life into a work of art. Iana Oprișa –X E
Andrei Șovre, XI B Andrei Șovre, a student in the 11th B grade with a major in Maths and IT, has always been fond of arts and computers. Today, he gladly accepted to answer to a few questions about his favorite hobbies, photography and design as well as his activities during the last few years. • What inspired you to start this kind of activities? My deep passion for photography inspired me to start activities like designing posters, making videos and taking photographs. When I was in the 6th grade, I also made my first game with the help of a special program named Game Editor. I was only disappointed with the graphics (all the images were made in Paint) but after a while I found out about Photoshop from a good friend, Adi. • What are your achievements and what prizes have you won so far? From the moment I first stepped in this school, I have carried out many activities, such as being the DJ for the school’s radio station or taking photos of important events. Also, I have taken part in various competitions at county level but at a national level too, for example the competition on the theme of non-violence, in which I won two 1st prizes in two different sections (The best poster and The best video) and a 3rd prize in the section The best project. Moreover, I made a video to promote the image of our school and I received a prize from the City Hall. But my passion for such activities started in middle school, when I ranked first in the non-violence competition.
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English My Love! Our Stars • Talk about your work as a DJ. Well, it’s not very hard to play music in our school. However, it can be a real challenge because everyone has different tastes in music and we like different genres, so it is rather difficult to please everybody all the time. But I do my best. It’s a very cool experience because I can play the music I want to and it makes me happy during breaks when I listen to my favourite songs. • Do you enjoy making movies, posters and taking photos? Yes, but I like taking photos more than making a movie because it’s easier and more enjoyable. • Why should others get involved in this kind of activities? I think all of us should take part in different activities because they can help us in the future, giving us more opportunities in life. Also, you never know what hidden talents you can discover when you take up a hobby. • How do you think these will help you in the future? Personally, I take great satisfaction out of my hobbies. I think they will be of great help when I go to an interview because I will add all the activities I was involved in my resume. • When did you discover your hobby (taking photos)? I discovered my hobby 3 years ago in Grădina Romei. I was with my friend Adi, he had a camera and I liked the features the camera had. I already had a camera, but it wasn’t like my friend’s camera which was more professional. • Do you plan to make a career out of your hobby? Yes I would like to have a career in photography because I love it very much and I enjoy taking photos, capturing special moments at events. • Any suggestions for students who would like to get involved in photography more seriously? I want to warn them that it’s hard in the beginning and it isn’t easy to take a good quality photograph. It can be difficult to catch the right angle or to put yourself in the viewer’s shoes and visualize what feelings the photograph transmits to the ones watching it. • Do you think all of your activities have helped you increase your popularity in school? Hmm…This is a good question. Honestly, yes, I believe my activities made me quite popular in school, as many of our schoolmates got to know me or about me. Also, my teachers found out more about me. Even those who don’t teach me know me and ask me to attend various events. Alexandra Erdei, XI F
A Healthy Body – A Healthy Mind Sport has been with us for over five thousand years, being first practiced by the Chinese who are until this day one of the healthiest people in the world. Sport has several benefits: it supplies us with energy and positivity, releasing endorphins that can instantly make us feel happier and this is why it also helps prevent anxiety and depression, it boosts our self-esteem, reducing stress, it makes us stronger, more flexible and balanced and improves our concentration too. Studying is great, but by itself, without exercise and sport, it can lead to less efficiency and tiredness. This is applicable the other way around as well. Therefore, the young people you will read about today can tell us the exact reasons why anyone of us can have a healthy lifestyle by taking up a sport of our preference. More than that, they share with us their 11
English My Love! Our Stars love for a hobby not many people have experienced, and how much of an impact it had on their lives.
Armin Vida, VI - karate • Is practicing a sport important to you? Yes, indeed, because I love karate and I enjoy doing it. • What determined you to take up this sport? I took up this sport out of curiosity. It seemed really interesting. • What is in your opinion the best thing about this sport? The best things are winning and the fact that you are appreciated for it. • What prizes have you won so far? I won first place in the National Championship in 2012 and this year too. • Would you like to have a career in this sport in the future or will it only remain a hobby of yours? I would love to have a career in karate, but I plan on continuing my studies because it’s good to have a back-up plan. • Would you recommend this sport to others? Yes, I would, because it’s fun, you get to know many people when travelling to different places, but it requires a lot of work and effort. • What are the qualities someone should possess if they want to take up this sport? I believe you need to like it and to be very ambitious.
Denis Lep, VI – table tennis • Is practicing a sport important to you? Yes, because it’s a hobby of mine and I spend a lot of my free time practicing it. • What determined you to take up this sport? My father was my role model, he also practiced table tennis and seeing him made me decide to take up this sport. • What is in your opinion the best thing about this sport? I like taking part in various competitions and winning, of course. • What prizes have you won so far? First place in the National Championship, 6 more prizes in 2012 and second place in 2011 in Monaco. • Would you like to have a career in this sport in the future or will it only remain a hobby of yours? Absolutely! And I believe I have already started my career. • Would you recommend this sport to others? Yes, I would recommend it. It is a beautiful sport and it involves thinking.
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English My Love! Our Stars • What are the qualities someone should possess if they want to take up this sport? I think the most important quality you need to have for this sport is having a natural talent.
Raul Todika, XI F - karate • Is practicing a sport important in your opinion? Yes, for some people it may become a way of life and it can improve the quality of life. • What determined you to take up this sport? The martial arts are part of my family inheritance. My father practiced judo and would have wanted me to take his legacy forward. At the age of 6 I started practicing judo, but I didn’t like it, thus I changed my mind and I began to practice karate. • What is in your opinion the best thing about this sport? It develops discipline, character and physical strength. It is also a competitive sport, developing your confidence and competitive spirit. • What prizes have you won so far? I won four local titles, a national one and a silver medal at the Europeans. • Would you like to have a career in this sport in the future or will it only remain a hobby of yours? I would like to open a karate school in the future. • Would you recommend this sport to others? Gladly, because it helps children develop both physically and mentally. • What are the qualities someone should possess if they want to take up this sport? Some practitioners have been born with a talent, but others need to practice a lot and learn this sport the hard way. Alexandra Erdei, XI F
Bianca Roatiș, X A • What is your passion? My passion is doing sports, shopping and learning. • How long have you been playing table tennis? I started playing table tennis three and a half years ago. • Who encourages you? At first no one encouraged me, not even my mother who was also a player when she was younger, but since when I convinced her to let me practise this sport, all my friends and my family have been supporting me. • Who helps you to advance in your sports career? I am guided by my coach, Roatiș Aurica, who is also my mother. • What kind of awards have you won by practising this sport? Well, I have won several awards, but the most important for me was the County Championship, then the prize for 9th place at the “Sports school” Olympics. It was also very important for me when I started being part of the national and international rankings. I was situated on 5th place nationally and 16th 13
English My Love! Our Stars place internationally. • What are you future plans? In the future I want to continue my athletic career in France, because I was called there to play. After that, I expect a lot of good things to happen. Teodora Palcău, IX C
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English My Love! Clubs And Teams Clubs And Teams The Drama Club At first I was really excited about entering the Theatre club. There were a lot of new talented kids. I was also a bit scared, but somehow strangers became my friends and the theatre club was no longer a place with a lot of kids who want to act, it became a place were we can relax and be ourselves. The weeks passed by and soon the club became a big family. We practise a lot, and we quarrel even more for all the little things such as someone not coming for rehearsals or someone not learning their part, but in the end we manage to solve our problems and it all ends up fine. “I love rehearsals! I can relax and express myself. It's like my whole world! I can forget about the grades, the school and teachers,” says Diana. Adelina told me that she really likes being in this club. “I think this club is great! We learn how to act and also improve our memory because we have to learn all those lines. I can also enjoy myself and relax,” says Alexandra. Andrada, her sister, believes that you can improve your vocabulary and learn how to talk. We are all grateful to our teacher who helps us and shows us how to act, Ms Cristina Horotan, who is also a Latin teacher at our school and at Doamna Stanca, too. I like rehearsals because they are light and while we act, we also express ourselves: we can laugh, we can scream, we can be and do anything we want! Sergiu Roman, IX C
Crazy Dancers Crazy dancers is a famous crew in Satu Mare. When I say famous I don't mean just on the internet or just in our city, I mean in the whole country and in Hungary too. Probably people who don't dance or don't like dancing haven't heard about us, so it's time to discover the crazy family! First, the name comes from a few different moves or nut costumes used in our choreographies. Maybe you saw the crew as “The mask” when the “main character” was wearing a yellow costume as the actor from the movie and the rest of the dancers were all painted with green on their face. Everything began in 2005. The Crazy Dancers crew started with hip-hop, cha-cha, samba, rock&roll classes and preformed in Satu Mare at different shows and contests for people's entertainment. In 2007 the crew decided to stick only to hip hop, maybe because nowadays it's a very appreciated style. From that year on, Crazy Dancers has been a hip hop crew.
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English My Love! Clubs And Teams Greta Bandula, who created this crew and is teaching us, made more than one crew after seeing that in our city there are people of different ages who are interested in hip hop and who want to dance like Crazy Dancers. So, now there are five crews: Crazy dancers crew (the first crew, the main crew) – in general, from 18 to 30 years. Crazy crew: 12-18 years. Crazy kids: 8-12 years Crazy pitbulls: 3-8 years Crazy zoom: +30 years I told you in the beginning that you're going to discover the Crazy family. Well, these are the family's crews. I'm going to talk about Crazy Dancers, because they were the first crew. You probably don't know its members, so I'm going to give you their names: Blaga Lehel, Ciorba Vivien, Cuha Laurenţiu, Constantinescu Gabriel, Erdei Brigi (who is a student in our school, in XII G), Fedorca Larisa (me, from IX A), Haidău Dumitru ( who graduated from our school in 2011 – he was in XII E two years ago), Lăpuşte Andreea, Revai Rolland and Tar Andreea. For us, dancing doesn’t mean only health, relaxing and craziness, we also work hard for all of our results. So after a lot of classes, workshops and practice, we have won many contests, have been to many cities and countries to dance. Here are a few of our results: Crazy dancers: 2011.02.05 – International hip hop contest, Flaszter in Debrecen (Hungary)- IIIrd place 2011.02.26 – International hip hop and break dance contest BOUNCE in Satu Mare- IIIrd place 2011.05.14 – IDO national championship in Marghita: IIIrd place and Cuha Laurentiu – Ist place (solo) 2011.06.18 – International X-treme Games Mateszalak contest (Hungary) – Ist place 2012.04.21 – Euro Show Dance Contest Fast 2012 – Kanjiza – Serbia: Blaga Lehel- Ist place (solo) 2012.05.26 – IDO national championship 2012 in Marghita: IIIrd place and Blaga Lehel – Ist place (solo) More about us? We are all crazy and friendly. Well, lovely, adorable, cute too… kidding. Just access www.crazydancers2005.blogspot.ro or www.trupededans.ro (I’ll give you a hint: here, you can probably find all the crews from Romania, and you can learn more about dance, events in dance, interviews) or take a look on facebook. I guarantee you that you'll find us! Larisa Fedorca, IX A 16
English My Love! Literary Works Literary Works RESTORING SOULS Sometimes it just hits you. With all the dead memories and long forgotten emotions. You denied them for a while, it’s true, but you did nothing else than being just a little less human. Your soul, filled with countless meanings is like a room. White. Empty. Just an absent bulb is hanging cold. Its sick light fades away, running around your heart’s home, breaking in tight rings. Olive-oil tracks are streaming on the first wall. Falling, they are forming a dark hole full of sobs and creaks. A windy air is interrupting the light now and then, leaving your spirit in a dead silence. Lilac flowers are floating in a mud puddle, mixing like a toxic sauce. Some grumpy crows are bathing there, yelling about drowned dreams. The eastern wall is blue. Clean. Hollow. No marks of life. No steps around it. It’s just there. So lonely, showing some trails that look like late-dried tears. Last but not least, a wall is red. Expensive. Bloody. Here and there, cracks are telling stories about some heartbeats lost along the way. But wait! Your soul’s room is not ready. A wall is building its strength right now. All-coloured bricks are dancing helped by a black thread. One by one, raising your strongest defence. Breathing hard, you will understand why it hurts so much. Your soul is building itself. Iana Oprișa, X E
BEING HONEST (AS HELL!) Sometimes life is not enough and the road gets tough. I don’t know why. But you can still live fully and have fun on your road trip to... what exactly?! We were born just to die. The harbour: literature, art, music. Sometimes just fades away. And you remain speechless. Breathless. You may borrow some words, though. And treasure them would be nice too! You will become very interested in their faith. Taste their importance. At the end of the day, you shall return them to the owner, and it will hurt you so much, because you have already made them yours. Pouring them in his hands, and watching how they fade away, you may notice them shouting a heart-rending love word. Then, continuing on your way to nothing, talk to rivers and hug trees! (Why? Because that’s what Jesus would freakin’ do! It’s supposed to help your soul and your mind, or whatever.) Arriving to a place where sun will feed you and adventure will tattoo your heart, the colours of whirlwinds will be only marks of life, and will break your boundaries, escaping in their own universe, filling the space between us. This world is too small for the restlessness that is evaporating everywhere from everyone. We should ride until we believe in life again! ANNOUNCEMENT: WORDS AVAILABLE FOR RENT. ALPHABETICALLY ORDERED, WITH A TOUCH OF LOST DELICACY, RECENTLY CLEANED. HIRE PER KISS. FOR DETAILS, LOOK AT THE STARS. Iana Oprișa, X E
HALF PARADISE I was once asked about ”heaven”. Big brown eleven years old eyes were expecting an answer I did not know. Because I don’t really believe in that concept, due to what, every human being, or animal, or bug just floats to a perfect place. It’d be super-crowded, you know!? 17
English My Love! Literary Works I couldn’t disappoint those wandering eyes so I tried to find a definition of it: ”Heaven is a Saturday afternoon when you can smell freshly-washed clothes and eat macaroni ’n cheese and talk about nonimportant stuff with your mom.” She looked confused... ”Well, maybe the feeling you get at 4 in the morning, when you lay awake thinking of when you smile, and when you don’t. The rain begins to tap on the windows with its soft fingertips and you can truly feel this rain as a secret to keep, like all the rain that has fallen within you. Think of how to never tell anyone about the rain, and how you slowly drown, every time you smile and every time you don’t. So when you see my rain, I hope you feel that it’s a secret, and you must not tell anyone about it. Not even me.” She seemed convinced, her doubts were gone. I was sure that someday, 4 a.m. will have a truthfully huge meaning to her. Maybe she didn’t get the deepest meanings, but her world became brighter. Fresher and cleaner. Just like a secret rain. Iana Oprișa, X E
CAN YOU REALLY SEE ME? ”One sees clearly only with the heart” they say. But anything essential is invisible to the eyes. We see only what we are supposed to, we’ve rendered our spirits automatic! Nothing is as pure and innocent as before. The joy of writing letters is gone, we lost our sensibility and along with it, our visions. Our eyes – our doors; it was so easy to understand one another’s feelings. Just for one moment, if we succeeded in opening our long-closed doors, and offering a little part of us, we could save a thought. We really have a dark and twisted inner world, it could use some fresh air. Those dusty rooms need to relieve the smell and the cellars need a hint of brand new reason to quest for freedom. If you open a window, and enlarge your vision, you may find better or worse, but you will surely choose something else. Even if they are green, or sparkle in different shades of blue, or lie in a black way, they are still dewdrops that are dripping into eternity. Searching deep in, you’ll find dainty memories, bloody nights, dead kisses. Yep, our kiss died! You may be scared, of how rusty is the gate, and how long is the white hallway, but you need to get to the end of it! And if you do, would you tell me about it? P.S. I still get smiles from strangers. Thank you! Iana Oprișa, X E
Let Me Ask Myself Some Questions So many people, so little love... Where is my love? Have I ever loved? They use this word so often nowadays that I became afraid of it, of its meaning. They are afraid of being hurt or not being loved back, I am afraid of losing myself into its powerful arms. Is it wrong? Shouldn’t I be scared? What’s the real meaning of it, anyway? Does it have a meaning yet? L-O-V-E: four letters which appear to say so many things. It just takes an ocean to mean it, like really mean it. We live in a world of computers; we lose ourselves in long distance relationships so much that we forget to communicate with each other, to say the words worth saying when they ask to be said. I would like to know how it feels. I would make sure that I am not immune to this stuff, that I am capable of loving, of losing a side of me in order to discover another, brighter, better, covered with beauty. Am I designed to spend the middle of the night pretending I do feel something, when, in reality, I am scared of too many feelings? Is this what they call selfishness? Oh, yes, it may be. Those who ask for emotions may be the most selfish of all, because they are not
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English My Love! Literary Works willing to share what they own, not even with those to whom they belong. There isn’t enough love for a soul, it seems. It never gets tired of it. Funny thing, isn’t it? We have plenty of time and we don’t want it because we become old and eventually die, but we lack love and if we get to taste it, to receive it, we never plan to give it back. So many questions and not a single answer... Life is in charge of erasing every possible answer there could be, in order to make us go and find them. But in the meantime it asks us not to ruin its mystery, to let things be without taking Fate into our own hands. What are we supposed to be, actually? Are we the book or the creator of it? Is someone reading me right now? I would not be surprised to find out that the entire world is a book and all we do is follow its chapters as it should be, while the readers get nervous, excited, happy, sad, angry, tired and sleepy. “She starts writing her own misery the way it is, but we must say that is has a different significance. It does not refer to being, but perceiving the world we live in. And not a single tear was given that day.” Maybe these lines are part of the story. I hope the reader is not mad at me right now, for screwing things up the way I do. It’s a game, like every book game there is. I don’t even think I could be the main character, so I am quite convinced that their attention is not distracted by this routine of mine. A book about a writer writing a book about himself being a character in someone’s book – that’s a story! What if he falls in love with the reader? Lorena Copil, 12D
Once, There Was An Ocean... I haven’t told you my name yet. Inside this world of letters I used to call myself Alice. I don’t know if I got lost into Wonderland, but I kind of like it here. And as long as I stay here, my real name doesn’t matter. We must live outside this world in order to bring my identity into the open. Will we ever get out of here, anyway? Will you recognise me therein, where people fight for every piece of pavement which supposedly has always belonged to them? My stories think of you as their main character and they don’t seem to grow weary of reading you to me when I’m willing to start again as a happy-on-his-own child. And I keep asking myself the colour of your eyes, as I remember your way of looking at things only. “They were brown!” 11th of September says to me. “C.’s eyes were brown at all times”. Ah, we are two rogues running from one heart to another with our dreams hanging by our lips, looking for happy-ending stories among life’s fingers – or maybe it is life that searches for stories among us – and for one day we could believe we were born in novels, so all we have to lose is just one more page which portrays us. (I used to write poetry once, but my soul feels at ease here, caught up inside this words which only want them to be said someday.) Unfortunately, more and more stories no longer dare to defy time. I wish I had been born a century before or so. I think I would have been stronger, braver, I would have lived indeed. But something went wrong and here I am, trying to find my way back. Perhaps this in an excuse for the times I feel scared, I don’t know. I don’t know how many days have passed between us, nor where are the seconds which were meant to guide me towards you. Though, with you here, I wouldn’t have written a single word, but wait for you to leave instead. There is no need to pretend – everyone leaves. In the long run, we are the same lonely people with the need of someone to share this with, someone to hurt when coming away in order to feel that, at least, we have meant something. I once had a friend. He said he had learned to believe in sunset, in rain, in all these small things which know how to make you notice magic, and that’s because of me. We used to meet at sunset and in the middle of the night we were saying to each other: “I waved at you today”. “I saw you – it felt like there was somebody sitting beside me”. 19
English My Love! Literary Works What is it that makes you both so different from each other? He would have stayed, he would have been there every single day, while you... You don’t even exist more than once or twice a year, as it happens. I could call outside your name for days and still, you wouldn’t be but a ghost, at best. You are designed to travel continuously, I understand. You never knew I’m still here waiting for you to return. I didn’t plan to, nor want to, but I don’t think I would have enjoyed it otherwise. It is said that every summer has its own story. You never know how will it start, how will things go, when will it come to an end. But look at me: I’m breathing in the same old story, as if not a single day had passed since the first time we met. Maybe it will die soon, and waking up at 3 o’clock in the morning will seem to be run of the mill, without any special meaning. How does it feel when stories die before they go to sleep? Lorena Copil, XII D
Random Thoughts Looks like I'm begging for help again Looking around to discover a true friend I'm trying to make people to see who I am But all my dreams just get crushed by a ram Hope, I just need a ray of that To make people see my vision But everything's just a big collision And nothing let's me step up on the mat Look at all the talent that is wasted I learned from all the beatings that I've tasted I got to be the one everybody is looking at I've got to show people I am more than a brat Alexandra Alb, IX D
No one knows, what really is inside somebody else No one understands, what a dream really tells In front of everybody you see there is a curtain Whatever you think about someone just stays uncertain Now I'm going to pull the curtain and show the real me I'm just a daydreaming kid, trying to be the best Expressing all these feeling I've got inside my nest 20
English My Love! Literary Works I've got to be the greatest, so I shall have no rest. Maximilian Büte, IX D
The Day I Became A Death God It was all a normal and beautiful evening, on my way home from school. Well, anyway apart from a few ghosts playing around and a few dogs barking, it was a good day. Oh, did I mention that I could see ghosts? I’m sorry, I should have earlier, but now you know. And, if you’re asking how I ended up with this unusual trait, to be honest with you I don’t know. I think I was born with it. While walking home, I stopped at a flower shop and bought some. They weren’t for my mother or girlfriend, which by the way I don’t have, but they were for a certain somebody, a little boy who died three months ago in a car accident. As soon as I arrived at the scene, to my amazement, there was nobody there. I called out to the boy but he never answered. I remember standing beside a wall and waiting for him to appear, but he didn’t. After an hour of waiting and looking for him, I got tired and sleepy so I decided to go home. I placed the flowers in a glass bottle filled partially with water and when I was about to live I heard a distant cry, a cry that I’d heard before. In an instant I knew whose cry it was. I rushed to where I heard the cry coming from, and guess what I’ve found. The little boy sitting in a corner and crying. When he saw me, he stood up and ran up to me and hugged me saying in a low voice ‘I missed you!’. I soon found out that he was running from something, a monster or what, and he ended up in that place, not knowing how to get back. When I first heard what he said, I thought that there was no way a monster had chased him there, but then I heard something that changed my life forever. It was a loud and utterly terrifying shout echoing all over the neighborhood. I looked around hoping that I would find the source of that frightening shout, but I didn’t. Anyway, I helped the boy get back and after a short talk I waved goodbye and left home. My parents were used to me getting home late so they didn’t say anything. I had dinner, a nice hot shower, brushed my teeth and quickly got into my bed. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t sleep. I always thought about that shout earlier, where it came from, what could’ve made it and so on, until I finally fell asleep. The next morning I woke up and stayed a bit in bed lying and staring at the ceiling. I didn’t have to worry about school since it was Saturday. I looked over at the window and I saw the sun slowly climbing up in the sky and bringing light into my room and my mind, making me stand up and head towards the bathroom doing my morning duties. Soon after breakfast I headed out for a walk in the park. Along the way I saw children playing, running, having fun with their parents, laughing and enjoying their time together. I approached a bench and sat down for a while enjoying the warmth of the sun and the fresh air. I almost fell asleep, but everything was interrupted by a strong and loud bang followed by the same shout I heard the other day. This time it felt really close. In fact it was so close, that I couldn’t even move. When I tried to stand up, I immediately fell on my knees, feeling a huge pressure on my back, as if something was pushing me down. I barely managed to look over my shoulder and there it was: a huge monster or demon like creature holding my back with its stone cold hands, looking at me with big, black hollow eyes and making some frightening noises. At that moment I said to myself that ‘This is it. Now I’ll die!’. The pressure on my back was so tremendous that I literally felt life flowing out of me. As I was on the verge of passing out and eventually dying, suddenly a flash occurred above my head, and the pressure was gone as if it had never happened. I quickly stood up gasping for air, and I saw it. I saw a man dressed up in a satin black robe wearing a dark hood and holding a long sword, a katana of some sort. I asked him who he was, but he didn’t answer, so I started slowly walking up to him, and I grabbed him by his shoulder and asked him again. He looked at me rather amazed, and the first thing he said to me was ‘You can see me!’. I answered in a surprised tone ‘Yes, I can’. That very moment everything turned black for me and all I could remember was waking up in my room. It was dark outside so I immediately knew that something was not right. I looked around the room and I saw him in the corner staring at me with eyes full of questions. I soon asked him what happened and he answered that I was attacked by a Raiden, a monster that attacks and devours human souls. Hearing that, I asked him that if it was hunting souls, then why had he come after me? He replied in a serious way saying ‘He feared you and wanted to eliminate you!’.’ He feared you’ , he said. But why? Why 21
English My Love! Literary Works did it? He then said that it was because of my spiritual pressure. I looked at him in a confused way, asking myself what spiritual pressure could mean. He explained that every being on this planet has a certain amount of spiritual pressure. Humans usually have between 60 and 100, depending on their age. Humans who are a little bit different, like myself, have between 100 and 500. Finally there are the Death Gods who have well over 1000 spiritual pressure. From what he said I soon realized that the man I was talking to was a Death God. Knowing that, I asked him what was the spiritual pressure required for a Raiden to attack a human. The answer came by a shock. He said more than 1000. I replied in an alarmed way, that there was no way I had such a high amount of spiritual pressure. As I was deeply immerged in my thoughts, he suddenly grabbed his sword from the chair and rushed out on the window never to be seen again. Days passed with me locked up in my room, not even attending school anymore; my parents got worried more and more, they even called doctors to come look at me, but all they said was that I was perfectly fine and there was nothing in the world wrong with me. Two weeks had passed since that incident. I was lying in my bed staring at the ceiling. All of a sudden the whole house was shaking as if there was an earthquake, but it was no earthquake. It was far worse than that. I was being attacked again by an another Raiden, but not just any Raiden, it was a lot bigger and stronger than the last one. It came after me. I heard a loud bang downstairs and my parents screaming. In an instant I jumped out of my bed and ran down as fast as I could, only to find my parents lying on the ground and not moving. I rushed up to them and when I touched them they disappeared into thin air. I was petrified. I couldn’t do anything. The Raiden started to charge at me but I didn’t move. At that moment I felt a strong shiver passing through me. It was that man. He appeared in front of me, facing the Raiden. The Raiden was so strong that when it hit the Death God, he was sent flying through the walls until he stopped on the house opposite to ours. The Raiden soon left me alone and went for the man. He was injured. He started calling out my name, but I didn’t respond. All this time I was in a shocked state because of all that happened. I remember hearing a voice, a voice that was getting louder and louder in my mind. At first I couldn’t tell what it was saying, but as it got louder, I finally heard what it was saying… it was my name. That second I escaped from my shocked state, looked around and saw the man pinned down by the Raiden. I shouted as hard as I could to attract the monsters attention and it seemed that it worked as he was charging at me now. When I saw him approaching I didn’t know what to do next, well mainly because I didn’t think that far ahead, but the only thing that came to my mind was ‘run, run as fast as you can’. So I did. I ran all over the place, with the Raiden following me. As I got deeper into the house where the walls were close to collapsing, the creature tripped over something. When I looked back at what happened I saw it falling to the ground, and then, by chance I looked down at what it hit … it was my toy truck, a truck that I’d been given by my parents when I was 12. That toy meant the world to me as it was the toy which brought my parents together when they were young, and they never left each other's side. I looked up at their photo on the wall, and I smiled and I said in a low voice: ‘Thank you. Thank you mom and dad for everything!’. At that moment I felt something warm around my body as if they were hugging me, and then I heard in a very low voice: ‘Goodbye son, we’ll always love you!’. I almost started to cry but I was interrupted by the falling walls which fell over the Raiden. That moment I realized that I should get out of there. I rushed to the Death God, and asked him what to do. He then answered: ‘ Do you want to be a Death God?’. I answered: ‘Yes’. He then grabbed his sword and stabbed me with it. In a flash, the whole world changed for me. A strong twister appeared around me. I felt great, in fact I felt like never before. It was amazing. As the twister disappeared, I was standing there in a satin black robe and a dark hood, and with a sword in my hand. I then looked over at my house, as if I knew what was going to happen, and I saw the Raiden coming out. I charged at him and with a swing of my sword I cut its head, making the Raiden disappear into the void. I approached the man and helped him up but he couldn’t move. He then said to me the following:’ My assignment is done! It is now up to you to continue from where I have finished! .... and one more thing…..Th…Thank you for everything!’. Soon after that, he closed his eyes and disappeared into thin air, leaving me all alone in the dark street. Twelve years had passed since that moment. I am 30 now, and I live my great life as a Death God. Just by sitting here and telling you this story, a story that I’ve never told before to anybody, I finally realize that life goes on, and I should let everything that happened in the past stay in the past and look for the future. 22
English My Love! Literary Works Well, here we are the end of my story, a story that I’ll always remember, a story about the Day I Became A Death God. Roland Sinka, XI C
Somewhere There’s A Universe Of Missing Stuff “Christmas night, another fight... Tears, we cried a flood...” I kind of miss the old Christmas, when everything was bright and pure, when there was harmony between us and it felt perfect, with no need of anything else. Happiness used to be indispensable. We used to believe in something, even if that something was... Santa. I miss believing in Santa. I miss trying to stay awake in the middle of the night just to see him and his reindeers gliding over the sky, and hear those sweet jingles that could make everything seem magical. I never managed to, because he always knew I was waiting for him to come – so he decided to take me by surprise, like he does with every eager child on Earth. Having Santa was the best feeling back then. Where is he now? They ruined my tiny universe by telling me it was them at all times. It was them who put every present under the Christmas tree with their own hands; it was them behind the long white beard and the old glasses, asking me if I was a cute girl, at all rude and naughty, and waiting for a ‘Yes’ in order to give me the doll I dreamt of, it was them who read every letter of mine, every wish, every thought, every word wrongly spelled – every year. It was them... It was always them. To me, I was no longer a child. I had to grow up and accept that there really and truly is no Santa. Christmases were not the same anymore. Magic went out of view, because no one ever tried to maintain it alive afterwards. Stories didn’t seem smashing anymore. The only thing I innocently believed in disappeared completely. I cried. I sometimes feel sad about losing this, even if the years passed and I shouldn’t care about such things now. But I do. Back then, it all seemed easier, as being filled with loveliness, kept under an extraordinary spell. Now all we have is routine. Do you ever miss him? Santa, I mean. Do you ever miss Santa? Where do forgotten things go? Is there a universe for them only? Are they lost forever? Will we get them back someday? I keep thinking that things we no longer believe in (or it appears to be so) are hidden inside ourselves and still wait for us to rediscover them. It’s like forgetting God for a while and then calling His name because we feel helpless, hopeless and we need something to rely on. Maybe He’s taking care of what we no longer keep in mind or we don’t have the power to find anymore. Maybe He doesn’t. “Those Christmas lights light up the street Down where the sea and city meet. May all your troubles soon be gone – Oh, Christmas lights keep shining on!” Lorena Copil, 12 D
What About Perfection? This town is colder now – here comes the winter along with every forgotten feeling of ours. We never have enough time to think about the unthinkable. It is better not trying to find answers which may hurt, isn’t it? There are far more important things to trouble our minds with – typical. We are a bunch of small creatures always talking about how powerful we are, how spectacular our minds are, how able we are to change something – except ourselves, obviously.
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English My Love! Literary Works Of course, one has the right to see oneself as the hero of the story – no need to be saved nor changed. We are perfectly perfect! And that’s a shame, because there is no such thing. Perfection itself is a, let’s say, fallibility. We slowly turn into robots, machines searching for nothing but being flawless. And by flawless I mean inhuman and cold. It may seem a bit rough, but when you get to feel something, when you stop denying your heart which talks and talks until its words become our music, you realise that the genuine beauty hides behind these small “imperfections” we try so hard to ignore or even destroy. There was a wonderful quotation which said: “I would like you to have a thousand tiny flaws, I would like you to speak with the wrong r and have difficulty in pronouncing s. I would love to get the laugh at you, my darling, do you understand?” It’s like saying: “My dear, I don’t want you to be perfect to love you; I want you to be human”, but making it sound likeable. There is a sort of absoluteness, though, born from the harmony between our heart and our intellect. It is more than great to have an aim in life and work hard in order to reach it. We need to seek answers, to try and figure out how things work but, meanwhile, keep our essence pure. It’s like the balance between love and hatred – once you step more into one side or another, you get lost into its own particular world. And there is no way back. Keep one’s feet on the ground and one’s head in the clouds? Maybe that’s the way it should be. But down here, things are never how they are supposed to. And although this is not Wonderland, it’s a pretty nice place. The stranger it gets, the more miraculous it turns out to be. Lorena Copil, 12D
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English My Love! Reviews Reviews Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift is a well-known singer-songwriter who has won several Grammy awards including best country song and album, album of the year and best female country vocal performance. She grew up in Pennsylvania on a Christmas tree farm where she spent most of her childhood. She began writing songs at the age of twelve, when she first started to play the guitar. At only sixteen, supported by her family, she released her first eponym album and her single “Our Song” quickly became first in country charts. Then, the releasing of her second album called “Fearless” made it very clear that Taylor is a true star and became appreciated for her brilliant songwriting skills. “Speak now”, her third album is remarkable and it contains many songs with relatable lyrics. Through her song “Mean”, she shares a great lesson about not letting anyone get in our way when trying to achieve our goals and even people who are not fans of hers will truly value the meaning of this song. I look up to Taylor because she is extremely talented, she seems a lovely person, and has a wonderful personality. Moreover, she writes from her own experience, but is sometimes inspired by her fans’ or friends’ stories. She also comes across as modest and down to earth. Being so young when she started her career, she especially inspired a lot of teenagers to never give up on their dreams and a fan base rapidly built up. Throughout the years, her music has evolved from country ballads to more pop songs but now she has changed her style, her recent singles “We are never ever getting back together” and “I knew you were trouble” being proof of that. The former’s genre is a bubblegum pop and the latter’s is an electro pop and even dubstep. While some of her fans are disappointed and don’t agree with her musical choices others love the change, myself included. I believe her latest album is by far her best one. I appreciate she still kept her country influence, her signature style by including some incredible songs of this type, some of my favorites being “Begin Again”, “Everything has changed” and of course, “Red”. All in all, Taylor is a complete artist, she keeps getting better and better, her live performances are amazing and her shows are spectacular. She became famous faster than she ever thought and she enjoys every minute of it. Alexandra Erdei, XI F
Elementary “Elementary” is a crime, drama television series based on the detective stories of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It takes place in modern times, being set in New York. The cast is formed of Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and his humble partner played by Lucy Liu as doctor Joan Watson. The pilot episode introduces us to the characters very briefly 25
English My Love! Reviews but as the story evolves we begin to realize how interesting they are. We find out that the main character has serious problems with drugs. He has just got out of rehab and this is the reason why former surgeon Joan Watson “comes to his rescue”. After Sherlock discovers her past she will become more than just a companion to keep him sober. She will be his partner on cases, the first case being the attack of a woman, firstly thought to have been kidnapped, but later on discovered hidden in the flat’s safe room. Watson will help Sherlock keep his feet on the ground and perfect his job as a consultant, becoming a better detective day by day. The show is extremely enjoyable and it is definitely the perfect mix between drama and comedy, all jokes being very clever and witty. The plot is really thrilling, the script having endless possibilities to come up with different stories. The background music fits perfectly with every moment and, last but not least, the cast is wonderful, all actors put in a lot of effort and are incredibly talented. The fact that the title of this series is a word uttered quite a lot by Holmes in Doyle’s short story and in the movie “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” through the phrase ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’ makes it even more intriguing. “Elementary” is a “must” and you can be sure you will not regret checking it out. Alexandra Erdei, XI F
Gwen Stefani Like many teenagers from my generation, I’ve always looked up to someone who represents my idealistic picture of life. The lead singer from the ska band No Doubt has had quite an influence on my view upon who I am and who I want to be. Gwen Stefani is one of the most original and enviable female figures. I first heard about No Doubt a few years ago but I just now started being more enchanted by them. Although she is in her forties, she has an amazingly fit body, which is no surprise taking into consideration that she works out almost every day. Her face is heart-shaped, flawless and rosy. Dazzling almond-shaped brown eyes and pursed lips which are with are always coated with a classic bright red lipstick give he a vintage aura. She used to dye her hair a lot in the 90s until she got to the point where there was no combination left so she ended up dying her hair platinum blonde for the last ten years. The first thing that I found captivating about her was her unique and unmistakeable voice as I started analyzing her activity a little more I realized that she was all I ever wanted to be. Gwen is this stunning, smart and independent woman who has created a home for herself in this world, she knows what she wants and she is really ambitious and determined to achieve anything that comes to her mind. She’s a free spirit, outgoing and open-minded, she never rests on her laurels and lives every day as if it were her last. She has an inimitable sense of style. You can most of the times see her dresses in a pair of baggy jeans, a plain tank top with a very long coat, an interestingly designed large scarf and an oversized pair of sunglasses and because she doesn’t necessarily like heels she wears one of her many pairs of Doc Martens.She’s been extremely successful with her band and has been a singer for almost 25 years now. She’s a yoga practitioner and enjoys spending quality time with her family but she mostly dedicates her time to making music. All in all, Gwen Stefani is the epitome of individuality, originality, eternal youth and spiritual freedom. She has contributed to my attitude towards my daily life and goals and she’s given me a different view upon a less-conceited and self-absorbed future. Denisa Coțan, X D
The Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl “The Curse of the Black Pearl” is the first movie of a four-part series. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley.
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English My Love! Reviews The film is set in the 1800’s in England and it tells the story of Will Turner teaming up with Captain Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor’s daughter, from Jack’s former pirate allies, who are now cursed to live forever. The acting was excellent and the realistic costumes suited the actors fantastically. Some brilliant special effects were used and the music was extremely moving. The ending was unpredictable and original. Overall, it is a great choice if you love action and adventure with a bit of romance. You shouldn’t miss it for the world! Henrietta Banoczi, Mădălina Țuțuraș IX D
Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction is an academy award winning film made in 1994 by the legendary Quentin Tarantino who is considered one of the greatest directors ever. Pulp Fiction is his second film after Reservoir Dogs which is also a highly acclaimed film. The story of the movie is about two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife and a pair of diner bandits whose lives intertwine in four tales of violence. The film also makes a subliminal announcement of Tarantino's future project, Kill Bill. The amazing John Travolta is the actor in the leading role and the even more amazing Samuel L. Jackson is the actor in the supporting role. They are accompanied by the fabulously violent Bruce Willis, the spectacular Uma Thurman and the excellent Cristhoper Walken, who has a small but crucial role. Pulp Fiction is a top-notch film filled with violence, drug use and pervasive strong language but it also has a brilliant acting. All these attributes make Pulp Fiction a must-see film. Maximilian Büte, IX D
Despicable Me A really good example of how the cinema can provide escapism from everyday life is “Despicable me”. This is the name of one of the greatest films I’ve seen. This movie was directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renared and it’s an exceptionally enjoyable mix between animation, comedy and action offered by Pixar production. One of the best things about this movie is the plot which is anything but predictable. Gru, an evil genius, tries to accomplish one of his early dreams, stealing the moon. In order to do this and to become the greatest thief who ever lived he has to steal a powerful shrink-ray machine from his enemy Vector, a super nerd. Gru decides to adopt three orphans Margo, Edith and Agnes and to use the little girls to accomplish with his evil plan. To make the story a delightful comedy, Gru is helped by minions, a bunch of curious creatures that are extremely clumsy. Despite the fact that it’s an animation movie the characters are entirely believable and really well constructed. The special effects are just laughable and the script is definitely contriving. In conclusion if you are looking for an escape from everyday life, I strongly recommend you this entirely absorbing movie that will leave you with the feeling that everything is possible. Gardoș Bianca, XII D
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Beyond The Hills A very appreciated and at the same time a very criticized movie, Beyond the Hills is a Romanian drama based on real events. It was directed by Cristian Mungiu and the leading actresses are Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan. The film is set in the dusty hills of Moldova and it tells the story of Alina and Voichița, two childhood friends who finally reunite after a long time they’ve been separated. Alina went to Germany to work, but because of the great love for her childhood friend she decides to come back to Romania and wants to take her friend with her on a cruise ship. There is only one problem: Voichița has already chosen the holy path, she lives at the monastery, where she feels safe and happy with the nuns and the priest, so she doesn’t want to leave. Being crushed by the thought that her friend won’t come with her on the cruise, Alina starts having violent crises and she ends up in hospital where the doctors declare she has a mental problem, but the priest disagrees - he believes that Alina is a victim of a demonic possession and decides to proceed an exorcism on her that doesn’t end very well. Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan are two young actresses who managed to impress the whole Europe with their amazing performance. Despite the fact that they are still young they did a very good job and they even got the ‘’Cannes’’ prize for best actresses. For some the film may be dull, but I believe that it’s intriguing and realistic because it presents an intersection between secular life and religious faith. With a fantastic plot and excellent acting, I strongly believe that Beyond the Hills is one of the best Romanian movies of all times, and my statement is supported by the enormous number of awards it won such as: ‘’The Cannes film festival award for best plot and best actress’’, ‘’Best Romanian Movie of 2012’’, ‘’The Astor de Oro award from The International Film Festival from Argentina’’, ’’The Jury’s special Prize in the International Film Festival from Spain’’ and ‘’The Grand Prize in the Filmmakers of Tomorrow section at the Haifa Film Festival’. Beyond the Hills is an intriguing movie that is worth watching and re-watching, because every time you see it the story appears in a new light and you can understand it better. I definitely recommend it. Mădălina Țuțuraș, IX D
Ted From the moment it was released the movie made quite an impression and everyone loved it. Ted is a comedy film directed by the producer of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, and it stars Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. The film is about John Bennett who had a great wish when he was a child: he wanted his teddy to come to life. His wish came true and ever since then Ted has been by his side. John grows up and he wants to have a normal life together with his beloved girlfriend, Lori, but Ted is an obstacle for their relationship. Ted is not a normal teddy: he drinks and smokes and he’s a bad influence on John. Eventually Lori gets sick of Ted’s behavior and she makes John pick between them: it’s either her, or the teddy. The film includes some very amusing scenes and the soundtrack is amazing. The plot captures the 28
English My Love! Reviews viewer’s attention from the start because it’s original and extremely fun to watch. In a way the movie sends you back to childhood, back to the time when you wished that your teddy came to life and makes you wonder what it would be like to be in John’s shoes, what you would choose: the teddy or the person you love? Moreover the acting is excellent, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and of course Seth MacFarlane, who doubles Ted’s voice, played their roles with great passion. The music and the special effects that made the teddy come to life are also fantastic. In my opinion Ted is one of the best comedy films ever made, nothing less to expect from the director Seth MacFarlane who is known for his humour. I guarantee you that this movie will make you laugh until you cry. I definitely recommend it! Mădălina Țuțuraș, IX D
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE It is impressive how little things can change the way we see the bigger picture, and The Catcher In The Rye can be one of the best examples. The action of this novel takes place during two days in December 1949.Holden Caulfield, a seventeen year old teenager is the narrator and the main character of the novel. The action begins at Prency Prep, a private school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania where he will have to go through a lot of adventures which will totally change his life. He is expelled from school, after that he goes to New York to Edmond Hotel. He goes home to visit his sister Phoebe, the only person who he is able to communicate with. In the end Holden says that he doesn't want to tell us anything more and he warns the reader that telling about our own experiences will lead to miss the people who you shared them with. Holden Caulfield is a confused and incoherent boy, a likeable adolescent whose only certainty is that he can detect Phony(superficial, hypocritical and pretentious) but who has a passionate devotion toward the few genuine people in his life: his sister Phoebe, his first love, his friends and even towards his family. One of the most interesting parts in the book which the reader should really read is the part when Holden Caulfield sees a huge rye field and a lot of children playing and running in the rye.He is sure that his job is to catch the children and save them because if he doesn’t do this, they would lose what probably go through a lot of problems and bad adventures. The Catcher In The Rye is written in a subjective style, from the point of view of the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, following his exact processes. One of the most important things is what the novel reflects, the teenagers' colloquial speech and also the problems which they gave to go through at the age of adolescence. The novel is very easy to read because it can advertise teenagers to pay attention at all the decisions they make especially at the time of adolescence when they are very easily influenced and these decisions could affect their future and destiny. I highly recommend this book, especially for teenagers because it would totally change the way they see life and wouldn't disappoint their expectations. Ioana Grigoraș – X D
The Dark Knight Rises The highly expected production The Dark Knight Rises was released on 20th July 2012 and it is directed by Christopher Nolan, the director who is believed to change the whole world of super-heroes. The Dark Knight Rises is very appreciated by film critics and film lovers who consider that it is one of the best super-hero films ever created. It is an action, crime and thriller film with a run time of 2 hours and 45 minutes. With a budget of 230 million dollars the film's gross income rocked through the roof and resulted in 448 million dollar income. 29
English My Love! Reviews Eight years after Joker, a new evil rises making Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City. The new evil, Bane, aims to take over Gotham City and reveal the truth behind who Harvey Dent really was. Now that Wayne Manor has been completely rebuilt, Bruce Wayne has become almost reclusive and rarely leaves the estate. With Bane taking over the city by force, Batman is has to come out of retirement. Bruce Wayne's health issues give him a real problem about returning, but an ultimate sacrifice has to be made. The key to stopping Bane could be Selina Kyle, but on whose side is she? The actors have a fabulous performance. Christian Bale still makes a great Batman, Michael Caine is fantastic as always. The huge Tom Hardy makes Bane look terrifying and gentle at the same time. The performance becomes better due to the dialogue which is intelligently written. The soundtrack of the movie is terrific but one of the biggest part in the film is played by the special effects, which are very detailed and dynamic. In conclusion, The Dark Knight Rises is a gorgeous film. Everybody who watched this film were very surprised and satisfied with it. This is a film worth seeing multiple times. Maximilian Büte, IX D
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English My Love! Leaving High School Leaving High School Knock- knock! Is anybody here? Not really, isn’t it? it’s pretty dark in here, pretty scary. Still, this door must lead to a different place, to a new one, in which I am supposed to become someone, braver, bolder, wiser. These four years were meant to show me what it is I can turn myself into. I have met great people whom I can honestly call friends, people who guided my steps in the crowd and helped me build the person I am today. I somehow believe that every person that appears in our lives is actually a hidden side of ourselves, which I have yet to discover. And when this happens, someone must leave. I will surely miss high school. Even though there are also bitter memories, it all made me who I am, and still, I have collected a thousand smiles, a thousand beautiful moments. I wouldn’t say “good bye”. I don’t like this word. I know I can’t fight time. But the past remains the only place where nothing can happen anymore. I hope the future will be at least as bright as these years. Life, here I come!
Lorena Copil, XII D
Seriously, I can’t believe that these few years in high school passed so fast. I hope that in the end, everything will be ok. I am looking forward to graduation because I know the future starts here. I am happy because I met people who changed my life, that classmates were part of my life every day and we had a great time together. This end brings a new beginning in my life and I hope that this beginning will be very enjoyable and successful. Kiss Dora, XII D Whether we want it or not, all the good things must come to an end. And that’s exactly how I feel now. Together with my friends and classmates from high school I have done a lot of funny things, studied and went through a lot of problems which in the end turned not out to be that hard to solve. At the moment there are the final exams that I have to succeed in, in order to continue my studies at university. I will certainly miss my classmates, the hardest part is saying ´good bye’, but life must go on and I will keep in touch with them. In the future, after finishing college, I’d like to get a job to support myself and my parents because the financial situation is not the best now, and I’d like to change that. Misku Adam, XII D Now, when I finish high school, I feel enthusiastic but at the same time sad. Enthusiastic because I want to start a new life, far away from my parents; I am sure that when I get there, I will manage all the situations. But I also feel sad because I really enjoyed spending time with my classmates and I will miss them, I am sure. I want to experience life as a student in college and have a new schedule. If things will not always be the way I want them to be, I am sure I will want to come back home. Karmina Pop, XII D
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English My Love! Sister Languages Sister Languages Die Macht Des Abschiedes Man sagt,dass das Gluck die wichtigste Sache im Leben eines Menschen ist.Die einzige gluckliche Sache ist die Liebe.Man zeigt sie auf verschiedene Weise,aber die schonste Art,es zu zeigen ist nur,wenn es aus dem Herzen ausgedrucht werden ist. Ein Beispiel ware die Geschichte der Liebe zwischen einem Jungen und einem Madchen die sie sich jeden Tag vermissten,weil es ein Abstand zwischen ihnen war.Das verursachte aber immer Schmerzen.Der Freund war schon und sie haben sich verstanden. Das Madchen war klug und schon.Der Junge mochte sie sehr,als sie ihn”Gebliebte” gennant hat,aber im Laufe der Zeit erkannten sie,dass sie wegen der Fernbeziehungen Schwerigkeiten hatten.Sie haben Angst bekommen.Eines Tages sagt er dem Madchen,dass sie sich verabschieden sollen.Sie war diberrascht von seinem Besuch und er sprang in seine Arme: -Lieblichen,ich kann nicht glauben,dass du gekommen bist.Komm gib mir einen Kuss. -Oh,Liebe,gib mir mehr Kusse! Zur Uberraschung zeigte das Gesicht des Jungen genug Mut,um die Beziehung aufzubrechen.Sie stritten sich auf Grund der Entfernung und er sagte ihr,er habe einen riesigen Bedarf gern nachzugeben. Die beiden sind jetzt Freunde,aber sie geben zu,dass das Schlimmste im Leben ist,zu verabschieden. Cristina Horotan, XII D
Die Liebe Wir leben in einer Welt voller Menschen, die lieben und geliebt werden sind. Leute, die denken, dass sie wissen, was Liebe ist, konnen es noch nicht erklaren. Und ich stelle die Frage: Was ist Liebe? Eine scheinbar einfache, aber komplizierte Frage. Manche Menschen, die diese Frage horen, denken an ihre Geliebte, an einen Familienmitglied oder an einen besonderen Freund, dem sie vertrauen konnen. Wenn wir hundert Leute fragen, was Liebe ist, bekommen wir vielleicht 100 verschiedene Antworten. Einige wurden sagen, dass Liebe etwas Abstraktes ist, ein Gefuhl, eine Form des Denkens, andere waren der Meinung, es konnte ein Produkt des Willens oder der Bildung sein. Liebe ist ein Gefuhl, das vom Herzen kommt, ein Gefuhl das genetisch ubertragen wird. Es gibt viele Arten der Liebe, die unsere Personlichkeit bei der Entwichlung helfen unm reif zu werden. Dieses Gefuhl haben wir, wenn wir geboren sind und niemand kann sich ruhmen, dass es Liebe erfunden wurde. Liebe ist ewig, das andert nicht mit der Zeit im Vergleich zu anderen Dingen, die einen weitgehend, einen naturlichen Anfang und ein Ende haben. Kussen ist wichtig und schon in einer Beziehung. Du bist im Leben glucklicher, wenn du jemanden neben dir hast. Man sollte diese Person schatzen und versuchen sie zu behalten. Ingrid Johanna Geiger, XII G 32
English My Love! Sister Languages Rettet Uns,rettet Euch! Wussten Sie, -dass ein hundertjähriger Baum mit seinem 1 Million Blättern pro Jahr etwa 4500 kg Sauerstoff produziert? Das sind 3,2 Millionem Liter (32000 Kubikmeter). Dafür benötigt er etwa 75000 Tonnen Kohlendiroxid. -dass ein brennender Weihnachtsbaum innerhalb von nur 60 Sekunden eine Temperatur von 1000° C erzeugt? -dass durch die gut riechenden ätherischen Öle und Zellulose, die in den Bestandteilen des Baumes enthalten sind,der Baum im Falle eines Brandes explosionsartig innerhalb von 60 Sekunden verbannt ist? -dass der Baobab der Baum des Lebens ist? -dass für viele Eingeborene aus Afrika der Baum ein Gottesgeschenk ist? -dass wertvolles Tropenholz in nur 10-12 Jahren heranwächst und in der Zeit extrem viel Sauerstoff produziert? -dass der weltweite Holzbedarf in den nächsten Jahren und somit auch der Holzpreis stiegen wird? -jedes Jahr 10000 Obstbäume in der Schweiz verschwinden und mit ihnen der Reichtum der Landschaft? -im Kanton Zürich mehr Menschen leben als Vögel? -von den über 800 bekannten exotischen Pflanzenarten, die hierzulande in freier Natur leben,mindestens 107 als invasive Problemarten gelten? -Tumbler im Haushalt Gratio-Sonnenwärme ersetzen und dafür 20 mal mehr strom verbrauchen als alle Solaranlagen in der Schweiz heute produzieren? -Bewirtschaftungsverträge im Kanton Aargou, die Artenvielfalt in der letzen 20 Jahren signifikant verbessert haben? Maria Leu, XI E
Die Liebe Liebe ist das schönste Gefühl,was man erlebt.Für viele ist nur ein Wort,das man oft verwendet wird, um vieles auszudrüken.Dieses Gefühl können wir in unserem Herzen fühlen.Es beginnt mit einer Umarmung und mit einem Kuss.Wenn Liebe ist,das Herz ist voller Freude und Glück. Wenn unsere Liebste weit ist, haben wir Sehnsucht nach ihr.Wenn zwei Liebende sich streiten,leiden beide.Schmerzen erleiden wir als hässliche Worte.In der Liebe muss man so viel Mut haben.Liebe ist in unseren Herzen aber auch im Gehirn.Aber ehrlich gesagt,glaube ich nicht,dass man sich Gehirn und Seele trennen kann.Die Liebe ist wahrscheinlich sehr stark im Gehirn geprägt. Es ist eine Schande,wenn zwei Menschen sich streiten und trennen,aber die Sünde ist noch grösser,wenn sie sich scheiden lassen.Nicht alle Menschen wissen,wie man die Liebe schätzen soll und was Liebe ist. Die Liebe ist eine schöne Sache.Ich liebe und werde geliebt,und das macht mich glücklich.Nach der Streit ist die Versöhnung ganz süss.
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Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company. (Anonymous)
Gabriela Bud, IX D
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English My Love! Editorial Board Editorial Board Chief editor Lorena Copil, 12 D
Editors Alexandra Erdei, XI F Andrada Balog, XE Denisa Coțan, XD Iana Oprișa, XE Larisa Fedorca, IX A Mădălina Țuțuraș, IX D Maximilian Büte, IX D Raul Cherecheș, IX C Roland Sinka, XI C Sergiu Roman, IX C Teodora Palcău, IX C
Cover Dianna Covaci, IX D
Thanks to Mrs Helga Szabo
Coordinating teachers Miss Ionela Racolța Mrs Maria Tite Mrs Ioana Văsuț
Contributors Lorena Copil, 12 D..........................................................................................................................................3 Alexandra Anania, IX D..................................................................................................................................4 Sergiu Roman, IX C.........................................................................................................................................4 Anda Por, IX C.................................................................................................................................................4 Teodora Palcău, IX C.......................................................................................................................................5 Maximilian Büte, IX D....................................................................................................................................5 Raul Cherecheș, IX C......................................................................................................................................5 Carla Sabou, IX C............................................................................................................................................5 Sergiu Roman, IX C.........................................................................................................................................6 Sergiu Roman, IX C.........................................................................................................................................6 Sergiu Roman, IX C.........................................................................................................................................7 Sergiu Roman, IX C.........................................................................................................................................7 Denisa Coțan – X D.........................................................................................................................................8 Raul Cherecheș, IX D......................................................................................................................................9 36
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Editorial Board Iana Oprișa –X E............................................................................................................................................10 Alexandra Erdei, XI F....................................................................................................................................11 Alexandra Erdei, XI F....................................................................................................................................13 Teodora Palcău, IX C.....................................................................................................................................14 Sergiu Roman, IX C.......................................................................................................................................15 Larisa Fedorca, IX A......................................................................................................................................16 Iana Oprișa, X E.............................................................................................................................................17 Iana Oprișa, X E.............................................................................................................................................17 Iana Oprișa, X E.............................................................................................................................................18 Iana Oprișa, X E.............................................................................................................................................18 Lorena Copil, 12D.........................................................................................................................................19 Lorena Copil, XII D.......................................................................................................................................20 Maximilian Büte, IX D..................................................................................................................................21 Roland Sinka, XI C........................................................................................................................................23 Lorena Copil, 12 D........................................................................................................................................23 Lorena Copil, 12D.........................................................................................................................................24 Alexandra Erdei, XI F....................................................................................................................................25 Alexandra Erdei, XI F....................................................................................................................................26 Denisa Coțan, X D.........................................................................................................................................26 Henrietta Banoczi, Mădălina Țuțuraș IX D...................................................................................................27 Maximilian Büte, IX D..................................................................................................................................27 Gardoș Bianca, XII D....................................................................................................................................27 Mădălina Țuțuraș, IX D.................................................................................................................................28 Mădălina Țuțuraș, IX D.................................................................................................................................29 Ioana Grigoraș – X D.....................................................................................................................................29 Maximilian Büte, IX D..................................................................................................................................30 Lorena Copil, XII D.......................................................................................................................................31 Kiss Dora, XII D............................................................................................................................................31 Misku Adam, XII D ......................................................................................................................................31 Karmina Pop, XII D.......................................................................................................................................31 Cristina Horotan, XII 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