Homework about past perfect This semester has been quite difficult at school. New vocabulary, a lot of new content, some confusing verb tenses.. I have a 4-page homework to do and next Saturday I have written and oral English exam. I had to write a summed biography about someone's career and I chose Wentworth Miller, who is a guy that I really admire. I know that I have many mistakes in my biography and I'd really appreciate if someone could help me to correct it before I give it to my teacher. So, here it is: "On 4th April, the season premiere of 'Prison Break' (a Fox series) got to Brazil. Wentworth Miller, the protagonist, was born in 1972. Although he was born in Oxfordshire, he has both British and American citizenship since his parents are American and he grew up in Brooklin. He graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in English Literature. In the same year of his graduation he went to L.A to start working on his acting career. After years struggling, he had only a few small roles in some movies, TV shows and even two participations in Mariah Carey's music video, when he finally got a part in 'Prison Break' as Michael Scofield, an extremely clever and loving guy who risk his life to save his brother from death. In 2010, Wentworth took a shot at writing the screenplay for the movie 'Stoker', which was voted as one of the 10 best screenplay unproduced that year in Hollywood. Since then, he kept working as a screenwriter and also as an actor in the 5th season of Prison Break." Thanks in advance!

Different point of view I keep wondering, why do people tend to delete you from their "Circle of friends" only because you have different thoughts? We are in the 21st century and there are still people who judge you for your religion, your nationality, your political choice... We are different people, we have the right to think differently! You don't need to have the same opinion that I have, as long as you respect me! And, I assure you that I will respect you. I'm not saying that I will stop defending those things that I believe, that I'll put my values and beliefs aside, no! I'm just gonna be mature enough to be respectfull no matter what. No, I don't care if you are a Muslim, but I'm Catholic. I don't care if you are homossexual, but I'm straight. I don't care if you like marijuana, I just don't. Stop judging people! Stop judging the whole group for a mistake that one person made.There are good Muslims and bad Muslims. There are good Christians and bad Christians. There are good politicians and bad politicians. There are good brazilians and bad brazilians. I'm brazilian but I'm not a b****, I'm brazilian but I hate Carnival, I'm brazilian but I'm not into soccer. We can have many different cultures and habits within a unique family, so stop judging americans/brazilians/mexicans (...) only for those things you've only heard about. You don't have to speak the language I do, you don't have to like the same things I do, you don't have to have the same opinion about certain topics. No. But we can be friends anyway. We can respect each other anyway. The world would be different if we all had empathy, if we could understand that for me is 6, but for you may be 9!

New year's celebration I have virtual friends in many countries. As I see, is not possible to learn a language if you don't learn the culture. For example, it's way easier to learn an expression when we know the source of it. That's why I am always asking my friends about their routine, and the question that I have asked the most lately was "How are you going to spend new year's eve?". It really surprised me when some of my friends said "nothing, just stay at home" or "I'll just gather with some friends" because for me, it's a very important night so I usually celebrate it the best way possible. Every year I do something different, like going to a farmhouse with my family, or going to a catholic community with some friends. This year, it was one of the best! Although I have spent it away from my parents, I had a great time with my brother and my sister-in-law camping on the beach. They came over at 5am so we wouldn't get stuck in traffic. We had a wonderful journey starting the day watching the sunrise and enjoying amazing landscapes. Summing up, we've camped, we've visited a beautiful aquarium, we've visited an island by banana boat... At the countdown, we were in front of the beach, drinking champagne and having fun. It couldn't have been better!

My new dog I had a dog, it was a labrador, but she died recently of cancer. My family and I decided that we didn't want dogs anymore because we get attached to it and also because we don't have much space at home. About 1 month ago, I was getting home from my English class and it was raining a lot. There was a lovely dog on the street, completely wet and scared. When I opened the gate, she entered into my house. I took care of her and we shared some pictures on facebook to make sure that she didn't belong to anyone. Nobody called us or sent us a message, so we decided to keep her. Now, we have no regrets and we love having her as part of our family :) PS.: I researched but I couldn't find anything about it. I know that when we talk about things and animals, we use "it" instead of "she/he" but it according to some things that I've read, it can be used as well. That's my doubt.

To fluency Along my journey toward fluency, I've started to wonder why it's so easy to reach an intermediate level in English and also how easy we can get stuck in it without making any progress. Learning a new language is not just about new words and grammar rules. We learn a new culture, we learn a different way to see the world, to understand different situations. I've realized that one of the reasons why we don't make progress is because we are too focused in one skill and we end up forgeting about the others. Talking to people from different nationalities has been a great experience for me, it helped me to understand different accents and my listening is way better than it was 6 months ago. My hectic routine and lack of time has prevented me of making video calls, so I usually talk to people on Skype (typing) and on whatsapp. I know that I make many mistakes but this is good, because when I don't know how to write something, I research and I learn a different vocabulary through my doubts, so I'm satisfied with my writting so far. I watch movies and series in English, I listen to music in English everyday. I write down in my notepad all the new words and I review them often to memorize. Althoug all the time I spend practicing with different resources, I have to make a big effort to speak. Even when I memorize new words and expressions, they just disappear from my mind when I'm in the middle of a conversation, and everything gets so boring. Now I know that if I want to reach an advanced level, I have to practice writting, listening, reading and mainly speaking. I cannot practice only one skill.