TASK 8: Fertility

Fertility rate decreases in many countries in the western world. In Slovenia it is very low. You are young and will know the answer to the questions: Why don't young couples in Slovenia have more children? How could that be changed?
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TASK 7: Mourning

We were reading a poem Around the Corner by Charles Hanson Towne at school. The following is a comment by a reader:
"One of the most beautiful sad pieces that I have ever read. It made me think of how fragile friendship can be if you choose not to fill the gap between you and your friends. A beautiful tragic meaning in here. I loved reading it!" - from
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/35604-Charles-Hanson-Towne-Around-The-Corner
What is your opinion of the poem? What does friendship mean to you?
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Welcome back to the real world

So, that's it - the end of school holidays. How did you spend them? Dreaming about far away places? Searching for ideas, experience...? Hopefully, you have recharged your batteries and will be able to work hard again. I am looking forward to meeting you.
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TASK 6: When I'm 64

Teenagers often plan their future or at least they dream about it. They start looking for partners. How do you see yourself in about 45 years from now? Can you imagine spending 50 or more years with a partner? The same partner?
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TASK 5: Life is made of holidays as well

Holidays break our daily routine, they make us organize the days in a different way. Which holiday is your favourite? What happens then? Why do you like that? Share your opinion with others, please.
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TASK 4: The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older

The great Slovenian poet France Prešeren wrote in his poem A Farewell to My Youth (Slovo od mladosti):

O happier half of days decreed to me,
My early years, so soon you passed away:
Few were the flowers that blossomed on that tree,
And they, scarce budded, fell into decay.

He also says that the first half of his life was not happy.
I am sure that you are happier. In a few sentences say what makes you a happy person.
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TASK 3: Life has five, six, seven...acts

Our life changes with time. We also change. Imagine you could choose a period in your life and stay in it for ever - which one would you choose? Why?
I look forward to your answers.
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