Editor:

Special thanks to:

Anna Tzouma
Argiropoul
ou Mina
Daraki
Rafaela
Journalists:
Maria
Vasileiadou Anna
Mariliza
Gousi Maria
artistic touch
Zerva Efi
Kalokairinou Maria-Christina
Leventzoni Marianna
Zerva Rania
Themelis Panagiotis
Maria Christina
Koutrouvidea Nasia
Marianna
Koutsompinas Andreas
students
Machimari Theodora
valuable help
Moiros Aggelos
Smigadis Leonidas
Tsilaga Zanet
Hatzigeorgiou Avraam
Vosdogani Anna

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Palaitsaki
Pelekanou
For their
Vasiliadou Anna
Gousi Maria
Zerva Efi
Kalokairinou
Leventzoni
And all the
For their

Contents
A message from Anna
Tzoumap. 1

Dangers Of The
Internet..p. 8
Healthy-Junk Food..p. 910

Comicp. 2
Personality Test.p. 11-12
Friendship And Lovep. 34
Crossword-Jokes..p. 1415
Racism.p. 5
Comics..p. 16-17
Drugs-SmokingAlcoholism.p. 6-7

EDITORS LETTER
This is the first issue of our first English magazine
Students In Action. First of all, we would like to thank our
readers and of course all my students who participated in
this effort. We all worked together hard to present
something modern, lively and young.
We believe that we managed it. By reading this magazine,
we are sure that youll fell relaxed and happy.
Have a good time!

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Your English teacher,

Tzouma Anna
Lets have newcomers to our magazine company. Well
have great fun!

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Friendship And Love

People say that is hard to find a true friend they are right
because not everyone we know is our friend. Friendship is
something very important because we all need a friend to
talk with. A friend is someone who is there for us no
matter what, does not turn their back, he cares about us,
we can trust each other and we have fun together.
Everyone needs a friend. Friends are like stress relievers,
and they dont judge, they see who we are and nothing
else. We should guard ourselves against the false friends.
They sometimes betray us for their own interest. They
never hesitate to sabotage. Such friends are more
dangerous than enemies. Because they catch us by
surprise.
We will have to make the right choice of friends. Otherwise
in the course of life we will find some friends who will
desert us in our misfortune. For choosing a friend we must
have a deep inside into the human character. We should
remember the golden saying: A friend in need is a friend
indeed. A true friend is a really gift of God. So, everyone
should know how to choose a friend and how to honor our
friendship. If we wish that our friend should be true to us,
then we must be true to our friends.
As somebody once said:
A medal of trust,
A shoulder in sadness,
A hand in darkness,
A special relation to hold,
An ear where secrets can be told,
An appreciate for encouragement,
Something that doesnt cost,
A jewel to be lost
Is the magic called
FRIEND
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an
opportunity. True friendship is when you walk into their
house and your wifi connects automatically.
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I dont need a friend who changes when I change and

Who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still
loves you.
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain.
Its not something you learn in school. But if you havent
learned
the meaning of friendship, you really havent learned
anything.
Friends are the family you choose we cannot tell the
precise moment
when friendship is formed

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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Aristotle
When I born I black,
And you white
fellow,
When I grow I black
When you
born you pink
When I go in sun, I black
When you grow
up, you white
When I scared, I black
When you go in
sun, you red
When I sick, I black
When you
cold, you blue
And when I die, I still black
When you
scared, you yellow
When you
sick, you green
And when
you die, you grey
And you
calling me colored?

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Every group of people who live together, share the same

thoughts, the same values and the same behavior. This is
the reason that people have certain skepticism towards
anything new or different.
Racism is based on the theory that some people are
superior to others who are inferior. The superiority is
accredited to external characteristics like the color of the
skin, the shape of the eyes, the religion, the intelligence or
the social rank. The consequences of racism are
oppression for minorities and lack of solidarity and
communication among members of the same community,
country or continent. The main weapon against racism is
education and tolerance. The social media can help people
realize that everything new or unknown is not necessarily
hostile.

Smoking, drugs and alcoholism

Global illegal drugs, smoking and alcoholism are expected
to rise by 25% over the next few decades due to rapid
urbanization, industrialization, and population growth in
developing countries.
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Few people today would deny the harm that smoking

does, whether its to the health of a heavy smoker or even
of non-smokers subjected to passive smoking. It has been
proven that inhaling nicotine and tar seriously damages
the heart and lungs, affects the skin as well as causing
bad breath and other unpleasant effects.
The most common method of smoking today is through
cigarettes, primarily industrial manufactured but also
hand-rolled from loose tobacco and rolling paper. Other
smoking implements include pipes, cigars, bids, hookahs,
vaporizers and bongs.
Alcoholism is broad term for problems with alcohol, and is
generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled
consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the
detriment of the drinkers health, personal relationships
and social standing. It is medically considered a disease,
specifically an addictive illness. In psychiatry several other
terms are used, specifically alcohol dependence, which
have slightly different definitions.
The taking of narcotics can cause health problems and can
lead to addiction. Its easy to overdose on hard drugs such
as crack and cocaine and even soft drugs such as
marijuana, can have bad effects on your health on the
long term.

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WHY PEOPLE SMOKE AND DRINK?

Smoking and drinking are considered sociable and
acceptable.
People looking for a way to reduce stress.
They think its good for their image & makes them
look grown up.
Peer pressure.
Ignorance (no support, poor family, inadequate
education)

PREVENTATIVE MEASURES
Prevention is better than cure
Great advertising restrictions are needed on alcohol
and cigarettes.
Smoking bans in public places.
Changes in the law and age restrictions.
The general conclusion is that drugs, smoking and
alcoholism bring only destruction and death in human
lives and that they are major problem in todays world. If
that problem isnt solved soon enough we will have to deal
with a massive rise of drug use in the next decades.
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Internet and its dangers

Internet offer us information and entertainment and it is
used by millions of people everyday. However, there are
many dangers that we should be aware of.
Cyber bullying includes sending harmful messages to
people or even sending death notes, spreading lies online
about them and finally making a website to make their
reputation to hit rock bottom. Cyber bullying is very
different from school bullying because there is no one to
filter it. There arent any teachers to stop it and becomes
a more and more common phenomenon around the world.
Internet safety tips
Keep others away from using your email and internet
accounts, you should never share internet passwords
with anyone other that parents, experts say.
If you are harassed or bullied through instant
messaging, use block or ban feature to prevent the
bully from contacting you.
If you keep getting harassing emails, delete that
email account and set up a new one. Give the new
email address only to family and a few trusted
friends.
Dont respond to rude or harassing emails, messages
and postings. If the cyber bullying continues, call the
police. Keep a record of the emails as proof.

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Spyware is software that aids gathering information about

a person or organization without their knowledge and that
may send such information to another entity without the
consumers knowledge. Spyware can be downloaded by
ads, pop-ups and untrusted sites. The person that has
made the spyware can:
Monitor our movements on the internet
Monitor our keystrokes meaning that he can find and
access our social network account and even our bank
account
Internet safety tips
Dont press on ads as they can automatically
download a spyware
Dont visit sites that you dont trust
Download antivirus to notify you if there is a file that
might be a personal spyware

Healthy food

Healthy food plays a significant role in our life. In other

words, if we want to stay fit am healthy we should
consume the right amount of food for our energy needs.
First of all we ought to know that healthy food give us
energy, vitamins and minerals which help us with our
growth as well as looking great and staying healthy. So
depending in what kind of vitamins each food contains,
there are four groups:
Fruits and vegetables (we should eat at least five
portions of them every day)
Starchy foods such as potatoes, bread etc (it is
advisable to eat food like potatoes with their skin as
much as we can)
Milk an dairy foods which are sources of protein and
calcium

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 Meat, fish, eggs etc (which are important for a

balanced diet and we should eat two portions of
them every week)
Fat and sugar

Junk food

Pizza, burgers and fries may be tastier than fruits and

vegetables but how healthy are they? The disadvantages
of junk food are many as it contains a high level of calories
from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins and minerals
and it can also cause many health problems if you eat it
often. Health problems that are a result of frequent eating
of junk food are tooth decay and weight gain. Junk food is
more preferred by people because it is really cheap to buy
and it can be made easily. To sum up, junk food is bad for
our health, nevertheless we can eat but not very often.

Here are some tips which will help us to

adopt a healthier and better body
because we are what we eat.
We should:
Eat breakfast. According to doctors eating breakfast
helps us control our weight and be energetic, so why
not having a bowl of cornflakes and a glass of milk?
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 Eat a healthy snack during school breaks. For

example, we can have a sandwich or food which
doesnt contain much sugar and fats.
Drink eight glasses of water daily.
Eat food from every food group

Personality Test

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Part 1
Part 2
If you had to work in the
Tick the statements
retail trade would you
that apply to you:
prefer:
Im often the center of
A)Dealing directly with the
attention when I go to
general public?
parties
B)Working in an office
Im a good leader
dealing with the stores
I have a wide circle of
purchases?
friends
When buying a new car what
I like going out dancing
would you choose?
Im often asked for my
A)A red model?
opinion
B)A dark green model?
I get on children
You want to redecorate your
I sometimes enjoy
lounge. Would you pick:
playing silly games
A)A bright colorful pattern?
B)A duller design in pale or
I take part in some
pastel shades?
amateur theatrical
Given the choice, would you
sometimes
prefer to go:
I like organizing social
A)A lively part?
events
B)A quiet dinner with a good
I enjoy talking to
old friend?
strangers
Do you feel more confident:
I often make snap
A)Dealing with a situation
decisions
which calls for quick
I prefer using the
decisions?
telephone to letter
B)Handling a situation where
writing
you are going to have time
I enjoy practical jokes
to think things over first?
Im more confident
Which you prefer:
than most
A)A slapstick comedy where
I seldom worry about
you can join the laughter
the future
with a crowd of others?
I tend to be impulsive
B)A more subtle comedy
where the humor may given
Im a doer not a thinker
you some food for thought?
If someone insults you:
A)Insult them back?
B)Go away and plan
revenge?
If driving behind a slow
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motorist what would you do:

A)Overtake-whether you
were in a hurry or not?
B)Stay behind provided you
were not in a hurry?

Add up the number of statements you ticked in part

2 and add to this one point for every A ticked in
part 1.
Score:
22 points or more:
You have a powerful, outgoing personality that others may
find rather overpowering at times. Try not to be quite so
pushy
16-21 points:
You have an outgoing personality which is probably just
about right- impressing others without overpowering them
at all
10-15 points:
You are able to switch from an outgoing to a more
reserved approach. But beware-people may think youre
insincere.
3-9 points:
You are rather reserved but you still make a good
impression, probably appearing sympathetic.
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Fewer than 3 points:

You do tend to be rather too quiet and may not impress
other people sufficiently.

Crossword
Across
1. Please give me my golf
___.
5. You should comb your ___
before you have your picture
taken.
6. Living in the mountain is a
hard ___.
8. Please ___ the dog. He
looks hungry.
9. Who is that ___ standing
next to the tall gentleman.
11. Please take ___ not to
catch a cold.
12. He has a black ___ in
karate.
13. That house was standing
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Down
2. They were fishing on the
___.
3. Please put the important
words in a ___ font.
4. New York is a large ___.
5. I could ___ the baby crying
in the other room.
7. Could you please repair
this ___ tire?
8. She was eating with a ___
and a spoon.
10. There was ___ mouse in
the trap
11. That potter digs his own
___.
12. I like ___ soup.

on the ___ of the cliff.

15. Please be quiet or you
might wake the ___.
16. Would you like me to ___
dinner tonight?
17. The doctor told me that I
had ___ blood pressure.

13. Please give a piece of

candy to ___ of the children.
14. My brother likes to ___
tomatoes in his garden.

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English Jokes
A: Arent you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong
hand?
B: Yes, I am. I am married to the wrong woman.
The man: God, how long is a million years?
God: To me its a minute.
The man: God, how much is a million dollars?
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God: To me its a penny

The man: God, may I have a penny?
God: Wait a minute
Pupil: Would you punish me for something I didnt do?
Teacher: Of course not
Pupil: Good, because I havent done my homework
Son: Dad, what is an idiot?
Dad: An idiot is a person who tries to explain his ideas in
such a strange and long way that another person who is
listening to him cant understand him. Do you understand
me?
Son: No

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