Education reform Education hasn’t change much since the reforms it suffered in the Industrial Revolution. Few young people are satisfied with the current educational system. In extreme cases, this dissatisfaction leads to high suicide rates among students, as we see in Japan or South Korea. The two major problems that Education faces are memorization and lack of freedom of choice for the pupil. The current system bases its evaluation on tests that merely serve for checking how much information the student has been able to memorize. Thereafter, pupils forget virtually all what they had seemingly learned, rendering the pedagogical process useless. On the other hand, the lack of freedom of choice means you must study subjects in which you are not interested in at all and don’t bring any useful information for your future professional career. A debate on Education reform must be put forward to end with this wanton cultural torturing of our youth. Is there a synonym for "on the other hand" ("por otro lado", in Spanish)? If you know how to improve one's writing besides writing every single day a text, I'd be glad to read your suggestions! Also, I'm looking for English native speakers that are learning Spanish to be language partners with. Hit me up if you are interested! Thank you in advance

Romantic irrationality Since we are children, we are told that we must find love when we grow up. The idea of dying alone, of not having been able to meet that ideal person, terrifies us. But if we really want to live to the fullest, we ought to figure out where this irrational fear really comes from in order to cease with all those failed romantic adventures that only make our life more burdensome. To be afraid of never finding your better half means that you can’t be joyous by yourself. You need someone to complement you, to bring you happiness, in other words: to fulfill you. And that’s precisely the root of the problem: we head out for a preposterous journey to meet one person after another so as to not having to deal with our inner voids. Hence, we assume that the human being have this necessity to find true love when in reality it is just a another way to elude your personal struggles, no much different from drug abuse, video game or food addiction. Until very recently, I too was in this romantic maelstrom. I constantly asked myself why I perpetually felt the need of being with someone, of my love being returned by somebody. Now that I know the reason behind the issue, I can focus on living life to the fullest and finally… Be happy.

Fake news The expression "fake news" may be the most repeated one on the media in recent times. Today more than ever is virtually impossible to differentiate truths from lies. The use of fake news in politics, as we see in various countries, has devastating effects on society. The most damaging consequence is the creation of an uninformed public. In that situation, people tend to shut themselves away in bubbles which are disconnected from reality. They only want to hear opinions that correlate with their own ideas in order to reassert them: Reading the same newspapers, following users with similar ideas on Twitter and blocking those who refute them... It's like looking yourself in the mirror the entire day. Hence, the other becomes nullified; There's no room for discussions as no common ground exists between the two parties. Brazil is the paradigm of all the aforesaid, a country ruled by the far-right in which talking about politics has now become an extreme sport. Governments, in cooperation with social media companies, must work in an effort to limit the dissemination of fake news. On that basis, it would be ideal to implement new school subjects that foster critical thinking on children, such as "Parliamentary Debate". Is this text correct for a C2 level of writing? What can I improve? Thank you so much in advance!

Destiny The mankind has always looked for answers of the unknown. This curiosity, inherent to us, has driven society to a constant state of progression, each new year making new discoveries. However, there are certain questions for which we will never have the answer, and among them we have the following: does destiny exist? I always believed that we all are predestined. The main reason to accept that is considering life as a logical concatenation of events leading to some goal. If that wasn't the case, it would mean that our lives are just as arbitrary as the steps of a drunk. Life would just depend on how much bad or good luck you end up having. Thinking that way helped me clear many hurdles throughout the years, because I felt that every awful event had a reason behind it to take place. But this thought sets out a crucial dilemma: if we all are predestined and therefore everything that happens has a reason for occurring, atrocious acts like rapes or murders are also part of our individual fates? Perhaps the answer to the question about the existence of a destiny is right on the middle ground between the two conceptions: nor life is just simply arbitrary, nor it is all planned. It is clear that some mysteries escape the understanding of human mind. Accordingly, one must learn to live carrying unanswered questions in his bag; if not, life will become much more complicated for him than it actually is.

The height of online dating applications The usage of online dating applications has increased exponentially due to the world-wide lockdown caused by the COVID-19. We are entering a new age where love is no more a physical experience, but a digital one. This, of course, brings about a lot of concerns regarding to the essence or nature of love. In the past, most people looked for stable, long-standing relationships. There was no Internet, so one could only contact her beloved by phone calls or letters. It took a lot of courage to step up to someone and ask her for her phone number. Contrariwise, we have nowadays digital tools like instant messaging which eliminate the inevitable awkwardness of flirting physically. The suppression of physical reality can be seen as an advantage in favour of online dating applications but, far from the truth, it actually makes finding love much more complicated. Why is that? It's simple: one can't get to know somebody fully via online, and knowing the person you love is a must for a stable relationship. There are far more problems with online dating than the one discussed here. Yet, we will only know if love itself has really changed in our societies when enough time passes to examine the issue with perspective.