Monday, September 21, 2009

PEACE ONE DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY

It is extremely important to have such a day in our world divided by wars and fights. We should aspire to change this world in a never-ending peace-day. It is high time to find the language of understanding and tolerance, and to let aside the language of vain ambitions. Why can't people co-exist peacefully? Why is it so difficult to find a compromise? We are all humans, we breathe the same air, we cherish basically the same things (under different names), why shall we fight? Why not enjoy life together? Why not wonder at the miricle of life together? Why destroy the miracle of life? It is amazing to be the only ones to have brains to think and act according to instincts.

The poster I made for the students was meant to make them reconsider their values and beliefs. At leat now they are aware that such a day exist. I asked them: "How can they contribute in order to change the situation?" There is no such answer as: "It's impossible". Remeber: "Charity starts at home". Everything starts from within. And peace comes from within. We are teachers, we are to educate the value of PEACE.


Sunday, September 20, 2009

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!!!

Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism
Isn't it the most
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
Ministers, Sinisters, Banisters and canisters,
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance


Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, Evolution, Mastication, Flagelolation, Regulations.
Integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Oh Let's stick to it

Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bob Dylan,
Tommy Cooper, Derek Tayor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Sunday, September 6, 2009

If I Were a Boy / Girl

GIRL, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE A BOY?



BOY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE A GIRL?


Now you see the difference!!!
However, there's a similarity: it is still about the second conditional denoting unreal or impossible situations!!!

A Challenge: Conditional Type 2

Fill in the missing words of the following poem:

If I Were a ...........

If I were a ..........................

I wouldn't like to be in a ............

Where I couldn't be ..................

I'd like to spread .......................

Over the tree tops and into the sky.

I'd visit ............ who live very far

Then, I'd ....................................




If I Were a Bird.

By Edith Seagull

If I were a bird

I wouldn’t like to be in a little cage

Where I couldn’t be free.

I’d like to spread my wings and fly

Over the tree tops and into the sky.

I’d visit my friends who live very far

Then, I’d fly up high and sit on a star.