WOMEN AND MULTITASKING

Check this link.  sent by Paola.

You'll find an interesting article in
The Guardian about the topic above
and over 400 comments!
Apparently readers have very
different opinions. What about you?

Who is it?

Here's a guessing game. Our students in the first year of basic level wrote some descriptions of well-known people. Read them and write their names. Can you guess who they are?

Susie Rea's project: Intimate Strangers

The 2nd year advanced level students did some interesting activities in class about a photography project called Intimate Stangers by Susie Rea. Read what the artist wrote about this project:

I walk to work. On my journey I see the same people, at the same point, and at the same time every day. We smile at each other. This gesture, the acknowledgment of one stranger to another, interests me. I introduce myself and take their photograph. The project communicates my sense of alienation within the city that I considered home and speaks of the distance we all place between ourselves and our neighbours.

Click on the photos to visit the project website.

Here's a link to the BBC NEWS article  and comments on this project.

POST A COMMENT yourself on the wall below.

The Fireboy reading

The 1st year of basic level students are reading The Fireboy by Stephen Rabley. It's a Penguin Reader, level Easystarts. This wall is to write difficult vocabulary and translations, images or definitions to help your classmates. Have fun with your reading!

Using Inversion ;)

Here's a little joke sent by Victor:

You think you have lived to be 80 and know who you are, then along comes someone and blows it all to hell !!!!!!!

An old Marine Pilot sat down at the Starbucks, still wearing his old USMC flight suit and leather jacket and ordered a cup of coffee.

As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him. She turned to the pilot and asked, “Are you a real pilot?”

He replied, “Well, I´ve spent my whole life fliying planes. Not only did I fly first Stearmans and the early Grummans…but I also flew a Wildcat and a Corsair in  WWII, and later in the Korea conflict, Banshees and Cougars. I´ve taught more than 260 people to fly and given rides to hundreds. So I guess I am a pilot, and you, what are you?”

She said, “I´m a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. No sooner do I get up in the morning than I think about naked women. When I have a shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.”

The two sat sipping in silence.

A little while later, a young man sat down on the other side of the old pilot, he asked, “Are you a real pilot?”

He replied, “I always thought I was, but I just found out I´m a lesbian”………….

Saint Andrew's Day, Scotland's National Day

Visit this site and get ready to celebrate Saint Andrew's Day on 30th November.
Would you like  to listen to some beautiful Scottish music while doing so?

Black Friday vs Buy Nothing Day

What is Black Friday ?

The day After Thanksgiving (Friday) is known as Black Friday. This also is unofficially or officially start of holiday shopping season. Almost all stores come out with Doorbuster Sales with early bird special to attract consumers to their stores. People stand in line hours before store is opened, to grab the bargain of the year. Almost every store has something that interests every one. For bargain hunters, if there is a biggest festival in a year, that would be, no doubt, the Black Friday. To read more about Black Friday click here.

                                                                                
 What is Buy Nothing Day?

Buy Nothing Day is a simple idea, which challenges ourconsumer culture by asking us to switch off from shopping for a day. Its a global stand off from consumerism - celebrated as a holiday by some and street party for others! Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending! Click here to read more about BND.

Watch a video reporting on last year's BlackFriday

WHAT DO  YOU THINK?
WOULD YOU GO SHOPPING TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY  EVEN IF IT'S STRESSFUL AND PERHAPS DANGEROUS?  WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO JOIN THE BUY NOTHING DAY? . LEAVE A COMMENT.