Concerns and Free Time ...

In response to Shyla's Blog from Mr. Fisher’s Class, I made this post. She wrote about what kids their age do there but she also wrote about her concerns. Shyla says that there, in Snow Lake, isn't really not a lot of things to do and that most of the time they go to a place called the Youth Center where kids ages 6-12 go there to play air hockey, ping pong, darts, pool, and football. She added that there are also very good magazines and board games. Shyla, there things are great compared to this! There's not a single place in which we can do all or most of the things you said on weekends here in Cartagena. On School we had air hockey and ping pong for school hours but now we don't have them at all. Places were you can play darts and pool must be a lot, but you have to be over 18 to go over there. Club Cartagena, for example, has a little room where adults go play pool but kids can't.

The only thing we can do here in Cartagena is hang out and eat. If you ate at home there's not really a lot to do, if you are a kid our age. The only place we can go and the only thing to do isn't eat and hang out is El Campito. There people play micro-soccer and baseball and people can watch them play. Also very good milkshakes, threshed corn and pizzas are sold there. The following places are places in which we only go to eat and hang out: McDonald’s, El Otoyal, Crepes & Waffles, El Corral, and Club Cartagena. Believe me, we would do anything to have a Youth Center here, or at least a little bowling center!

Shyla said that some of her major concerns affect places all over the world, not only Canada. And it’s true. Garbage and Global Warming. If you have seen other posts in my blog, you might have seen one in which I answer Dustin's question that asks if global warming affects my environment. I said yes and explained that because this city is too small all the pollution from the new and old buildings and the old cars and the new ones that come because of the people that move to new buildings get all concentrated in one place, which increases temperature. So I agree with Shyla because I believe pollution is a major problem all over the world. This might sound stupid because I'm not doing nothing about it, but I thing all humans are responsible for this.

Another issue that Shyla talks about is littering. I hate littering because all the streets are horrible. I feel very bad if even by mistake I litter. By the Paseo Peatonal, a little "street" where you can go exercise and that borders the bay, has a lot of trash cans. However, I think there shoul be more trash cans. Also, I think something that would help and that anyone could help with is that in every 2 corners of every block there is a trash can so people that are lazy going by don't throw their trash on the streets. This takes me to another place. I think one main reason there is so much littering is because people are so lazy to keep their trash until they find a garbage can that they through them anywere. In the bay here in Cartagena people throw strange things. I think everyone that leaves here has found at leats one sandal floating in the water! But the worst is when people throw garbage, putting the lives of the fish in more risk than they are because of the pollution. Littering is bad not only because it makes cities look and smell bad, but because it is dangerous for animals.

In conclusion, I can tell that are a lot of reasons to believe littering and global warming are two major problems here in Cartagena. Also, I can tell that even in the most smallest and remote city in the world, there is something fun to do on your free time. If you son't believe so, ask anyone that leaves here!