Friday 23 November 2012
A few years ago the english theatre club at school performed this sketch for other students and parents. It was very funny indeed. I had a good time during the rehearsals and I'm sure the students did too. Good old times!
British Humour at its best - Monty Python
A few years ago the english theatre club at school performed this sketch for other students and parents. It was very funny indeed. I had a good time during the rehearsals and I'm sure the students did too. Good old times!
Aristides de Sousa Mendes - A film to watch
Monday 19 November 2012
Aristides de Sousa Mendes was the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux, France, during World War II. He saved an estimated 30,000 lives, the majority of them Jews, when Paris fell to the advancing Nazi army in June of 1940. Helped by his wife and children, Sousa Mendes issued visas to as many refugees as he could, without regard to nationality or religion.
The operation has been described by the Holocaust scholar Yehuda Bauer as “perhaps the largest rescue action by a single individual during the Holocaust.”
He issued the visas against the Portuguese government orders for which he was recalled and subjected to disciplinary action. A lawyer by training, after being dismissed from is diplomatic post, he was disbarred by Dictator Salazar and not allowed to practice law. A father of 14 children, he died destitute and in obscurity in 1954.
I'm looking forward to watching this film as this man was a rebel who saved thousands of lives.
10 Things You May Not Know About Honest Abe
Saturday 17 November 2012
Hey there everyone!
Today I was browsing the net and I found this awesome publication in The History Channel website. I hope you enjoy it, there are some pretty curious stuff about this american president and hero. You can find the link below.Have a nice weekend folks!
http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-abraham-lincoln
Inês Ribas
Kerri Strug and the Magnificent Seven
Sunday 11 November 2012
This was the highest
point of Kerri's career. In the final rotation the Russians had an
advantage of 0.897 from the second classified, the USA team. The
Russians were doing a floor exercise and the Americans were doing a
vault exercise. In the first vault attempt Strug damaged her ankle
but she was encouraged to do the second attempt in order to ensure a
good result for the team.
Kerri did the second
vault and received a score of 9.712. She landed the vault in only one
foot, something that had never been seen before. This vault made the
USA team win the first team gold medal in gymnastics and Kerri was
considered a national hero.
Strug was unable to
compete to win a medal of her own because she sacrificed her
interests for the team interests. The USA gymnastics team of 1996 was
the first to win a gold medal and was named Magnificent Seven for this accomplishment. Kerri shows us that only when we are
willing to make sacrifices we can win as a team.
Team spirit, solidarity
and hard work are crucial to evolution. These concepts must be
applied not only to sports but in every single thing we do. At work,
at school and in our family relationships. We must show that we are
available to help others and show that we are humble enough to accept
the help of others. Only by sharing knowledge and by caring about the
people around us we can be happy and satisfied with our actions.
Diana Barros
America History X – Hate is Baggage
Saturday 10 November 2012
Hey
everyone, I don’t know if you rebember but a few classes ago we talked about
how history can repeat itself, it happens that my father told me about this
great movie, called American History X, it is one of his favorite movies and
now it’s definitly one of mine.
American
History X tells us the story of a normal american family, the city they live in
has received a big amount of immigrants and transfomed itself from a calm neighbourhood to
a dangerous place to live in. This becames obvious when the father of the
family, who was a cop, gets killed in duty, leaving behind four kids.
One of
them is Derek, a convicted neo-nazi who sees his beliefs confirmed with the
death of his father. Consumed by rage Derek starts to influence other young
boys and girls of the community to raise against the immigrants who in his
opinion are stealing their jobs and peace.
The
scary factor on this movie is how the nazi propaganda is easy to expect and how
it can make sense to people who feel angry and need to blame someone. Derek’s
ideas became a motto for many young people, including his brother Danny who
sees him like a role model. The nazi ideals are difficult to fight once
they are ingrained in peoples minds and souls and soon there’s a gang of skinheads
who run about the little town scaring away what they called “niggers”.
However,
this peace was a lie, in the middle of the night Derek finds some black guys
trying to steal his father’s van, he kills them, believing in his good action.
This leads him to prison, where he is going to question his ideals, confronted
by the hard prison truth. Meanwhile, his brother follows his steps in the free
world and when Derek gets out as a new man, its hard for him to understand that what they were after was wrong. Danny has to deliver a paper about Derek in that
same week, “American History X”, as a punishement for delivering another based
in Main Kempf. With his brother's help he finishes it, knowing how easy it is to
follow the wrong path, consumed by anger, he also knows how hard it is to admit
that the man you look up was wrong. The lesson, I believe, is that we should
analize the ideas that rule our lives, questioning if they are right, and don’t
trust them only because someone we look up to told us to do so. And of course "Hate is baggage".
This
is a really amazing movie, it shows racism in every prespective and I highly
recommend it. Not only is the story great, as the actors and the filming are
also breathtaking. Edward Norton plays Derek and my dad was right when he told
me he was an amazing actor. You can see Norton’s acting in the scene I leave
you with, and confirm his talent, this is one of the best scenes I’ve ever seen
in the history of cinema. (The expression on Derek's face is priceless and it resumes the entire movie!) After that I hope you watch the movie and find it as
awesome as I did, in my opinion this is one of those movies who can change the
way you see the world.
Have a nice weekend,
Inês Ribas
Letters to Juliet
Friday 9 November 2012
On Saturday, I watched ''Letters to Juliet''. It's an excellent movie, I loved it.
This movie has been in my watchlist for some time but I had never watched it before. It's really amazing and I think, with no doubt, you should see it.
Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), a young girl, decided to go on holiday with her fiancé, Victor (Gael Carcía Bernal) but he only cares about work because he wants to find suppliers around the world to open his business. While Victor is in conventions, Sophie joins the Secretaries of Juliet, to kill time. The Secretaries of Juliet were women who answered to love letters, leaving with no answer.
One day, Sophie found a letter from a woman named Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), who waited for a response for 50 years. She decided to answer that letter. His grandson, Charlie (Chris Egan) shows up wanting some responsabilities.
Later on they look for Claire's true love, Bartollini Lorenzo (Franco Nero). But this isn't an easy task because there are many Bartollini Lorenzo in the area.
Now I can tell you what happens. Who gets who. But, in my opinion, the film becomes more beautiful and interesting if I don't spoil it for you.
I hope you watch it, it's well worth.
Cristiana Dias 11ºB
My Halloween
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Acácio Pereira
UGG BOOTS
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Ugg boots are over – the fashion world rejoices
Sales are of the ubiquitous comfy boot are finally falling.
Has the rest of the world finally realised what the fashionistas always knew?
If you wanted Father Christmas to bring you a pair just forget it.