Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March the 17th It is one of the biggest celebrations in the world.

History

Saint Patrick is the patron Saint of Ireland and this is the day he died. Patrick is originally British. He came to Ireland as a slave when he was 16. After six years he escaped to Gaul and later he came back to Britain again. At his home he had the vision that he will preach to the Irish people. So he started to study the holy bible and became a priest.

It is said that he had moved away all the snakes in Ireland just with preaching. He also used a shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the whole Trinity to the Irish people.

Celebrations
Saint Patrick's Day is now celebrated all over the world. People make parades, wear shamrocks and the colour green and they drink alcohol, especially Irish Whiskey and Guinness. This year the fountain in front of the White House was dyed green for celebrations.
These celebrations are just outside of Ireland. The Irish celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in calmness and with praying.

School Uniforms

On the one hand I think school uniforms are not as bad as they seem to be, first and foremost for those students, whose families don't have so much money. With school uniforms they won't become an outsider because of their second hand clothes. The richer students have to wear the same clothes as the poorer students.

On the other hand school uniforms are boring! Everybody looks the same.

I'm glad that we don't have school uniforms at our school because I like having my own style and wearing the clothes I like. I don't want to look like everyone else. I think when somebody wears the clothes he likes, he will have a feeling of being-well and do better at school.

Of course there are some "unwritten dresscodes" at our school. Everybody knows that we shouldn't wear clothes which show too much of our "skin". Although it isn't a written rule, nobody does this because everyone will laugh at you.

Until it's over - Nicci French

I'm preparing a book report about the book "Until it's over" by Nicci French. I chose this book because I think it's a very exciting book. The first chapter wasn't so easy to understand but the rest was fine.


The main actor in the book is Astrid Bell. She is a young and athletic cycling courier in London and she shares a big house with six housemates. But Astrid is bad luck for other people. Her neighbour Peggy Farrell, who knocked her off her bike, was found between the dustbins a few days later. Dead.
Some days later Astrid is asked to pick up a package from a woman Ingrid de Soto - and found her dead in the hall.
Of course the police is suspecting Astrid, especially when the girlfriend of her ex-lover and housemate is found dead.
In the end Astrid's ex-lover Miles is arrested.
You may think the story is over now and the book has finished ... oh you are the way off!!! :]

The author "Nicci French" isn't one person. It is a composition of the two famous jounalists Nicci Gerrard und Sean French. They both live in London.

Nicci Gerrard was born in 1958 in Worcestershire/Shropshire, she studied English literature in Oxford and worked as a teacher in Los Angeles.
Her Partner Sean French was born in 1956 in Bistrol. He studied English literature as well and won the price of the "vogue Magazine" for the best young author.
Some other books from "Nicci French" are:

• Killing me softly
• The red room
• Losing you
• ...

I really liked the book. It's written in an interesting style and I like stories where you have to use your brain to follow.

My community

My community is Ried in der Riedmark.
It's on the northern side of the Danube and a part of perg. Ried covers about 32 km³ and on 306m altitude. There are about 4000 inhabitants in Ried. The local government and the mayor Ernst Rabl are Social Democrats.

We have 11 inns in Ried and the bar Vicino. There are 4 schools. One of them is for musical education, and there are two Public schools and a Secundary school.

For the sportif people we have three sportsgrounds, a beachvolleyball field and a tennis court. There are also two different sport clubs, ASKÖ and UNION.

What I like about Ried is that everybody knows everybody and that there are not so many houses. If I where a local politician in Ried I would take away the ugly spring from the market square.

Famous people in my community are of course the mayor Ernst Rabl and the millionaire...
I don't know his name. =)