Necesito una correcion para un paragrafo en español El poder político ha utilizado y utiliza todavía el arte para difundir su ideas, para influenciar a la población. Por ejemplo, durante la dictadura de Franco en España, el arte fue utilizado para la propaganda como se ve en nuestro libro donde hay un fragmento de manual escolar. Sobre este fragmento, se puede ver el retrato de Franco y un texto de propaganda sobre la familia tradicional y patriarcal. El arte es también utilizado por el poder político durante las campañas presidenciales. Habimos visto un cartel para la elección presidencial de Hugo Chavez. Sobre este cartel, se puede ver en el primer plano una foto de Hugo Chavez en que parece como un visionario. Hay un titulo : “mensaje de amor para el pueblo de mi Venezuela” y un poema en que utiliza la anafora “por amor” y termina con “necesito tu voto, tu voto por amor”.

Do we need heores in order to build our identity ? In antiquity, myths were stories which aimed to explain the origins of humanity and heroes (people who were half-god half-human) were the characters of these stories like Ulysse from Odyssey. Some psychologists explain that having a hero is part of our identity quest. The issue at stake here is : do we need heroes in order to build our identity ? To begin with, we can assert that everybody has a hero, or at least someone he or she admires. We all have someone to whom we dream of looking like. If you go to a playground, you will see that every children play a « hero » such as Spiderman, Superman or other cartoon character. Then, when these children turn into teenagers, their heroes become more rational such as singers, actors or sportsmen, mostly people who are famous and renowned for their qualities. I think it's true that we need heroes when we are young because when you don't know yet who you are, who you want to be, you need a model to follow. However, some heroes are controversial. For example a sportsman like Lance Armstrong was considered as a hero until we discovered that his achievements were just cheats. Especially, a lot of teenagers are admiring stars implicated in drugs, alcohol and sex businesses. I think a society in crisis, a teenager in crisis, need landmarks, someone to say to them what to do and what to think and sometimes they fall into the trap of fake heroes who pretend to embody an ideal model. Finally, we have forgotten that the original heroes in Antiquity were EXAMPLES for the Greek children. To my mind, a true hero is supposed to make us humanly better. Nowadays, people consider someone as a hero because he is rich, famous or gorgeous. Indeed, they represent what most of people want to become and unfortunately the criteria that our society holds in high-regard but they don't represent moral values. To conclude, I would like to quote a sentence from the Clint Eastwood’s film, Flags of our fathers, in which a man said : «  Maybe there is no such things as heroes, maybe they are just people like my dad. Heroes are something we create, something we need. » I think it's true we need heroes in order to build our identity but a hero doesn't really exist in itself. The important thing is not so much having a hero as to define one's own values. Then, we can become our very own hero, someone of whom we are proud.

Sending an email Hi Jessy, I have gone back from Berlin now ! It was great, I had never been to this city before ! Unfortunately, it was still a kind of winter there and it was not very beautiful... grey everywhere. But I saw a lot of things such as parts of the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag (Parliament), museums, walks in the city by night... and I ate in a Dunkin Donuts for the first time ! I think it's pointless I send you photos as you have already seen it on Facebook !! ;) I sent my school record to different "classes préparatoires" (you know I told you about it before ;) ) and I'm waiting for answers. In the meantime, I have an interview for Sciences Po Paris (the school in which I want to enter) on May. I hope you will enjoy Paris this summer, it's a really great city :) I will work this summer (july and august) so I won't be able to go to Paris to see you but I wish I could a next time :) What's new for you ? :)

My presentation I am a highschool student in my last year, in scientific course. I am going to do my studies in political science (but social science on the whole including history, sociology, law and economy) next september. I'm involved in journalism so I think my studies could lead to journalism but I'm not sure yet. I like alternative music, mostly rock and electro (but I listen classic sometimes as I play piano), movies, photography, books. I'm interested in many fields such as scientific resarch, geopolitics, sociology, travels... I'm looking for a native English speaker or someone fluent in English to improve my skills. I rather prefer a Skype exchange because I would like to improve my oral expression but writing can be ok too... because as you see, my writing expression isn't perfect either ! ^^ I'm looking for a good teacher, who can check my mistakes and explain them to me, and also someone talkative, who can speak about various subjects !