Do women really want to marry for money?

"A woman tries to get all she can out of a man. A man tries to get all he can into a woman." (popular quotation)

Personally, I absolutely disagree with this stereotypical view of women. However, recent research seems to support this idea... So, is it true that smart girls get minks, the way minks get minks.

The following article may be a challenging reading, as it contains many cultural references that you must work out, but it could be a subject for reflection:

  Want to read the entire article?         The Telegraph

Affluenza

Affluenza - Keeping up with the Joneses.

Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth. 

1. Introduction to the topic (Australian video): A satirical presentation of affluenza, focusing on the hardships of an Australian teenage... 

 2. Oliver James, psychologist and writer, Talks about affluenza and puts it in a nutshell: most folks are about as happy as they make their minds to be (not his own words, though).

Now, please consider how much you fall into this pattern of behaviour. Food for thought! 

More on personality

Contributive and collaborative: that's the standard for the 21st century student. Is it the end of the rat race? Or is it just that today's winner is the one who shares the most? Anyway, here's a new piece of work from  a classmate, and quite a long and thorough one, by the way. However, lists are lists... Could you try and arrange those lists in a different way. Creativity is but another way of learning!

Students HandOuts: 1B Personallity 2  

Emotions & Personality

Hand-outs supplied by María and Belén with plenty of vocabulary on emotions and personality. Can you try and rearrange these items using different criteria?

• Students' HandOut1a: Click to download: Emotions
• Students' HandOut1b: Click to download: Personality