RIP

Eulalia Duocastella-Plà, ex Poulon was one of our beloved English colleagues of Arago.
She worked as a brilliant and efficient English teacher in our high School for many years. Lately, she taught for 2 hours to the ATS. We mourn with them.
We will miss Eulalia's funny wit and precious friendship. She'd have liked that video.
We remember Madeleine too and love her two other children. We'll always be here for them.

"We all have this one life to live."

Learning languages is a thrill...

You know... I get it.
No one commented on the former post, nor (or so very scarcely) on the others for that matter...
Go and have a look to MY comment below the ex first lady thingy
referring to my first post on the 12th of june 2005... Sunday, June 12, 2005, whatever, 
twelve years ago, oh my, oh my! First post, and in French! To make sure you get it.

Learning foreign languages is a must. Hope you get that!

The Visit- A short film about prejudices

Some people are totally crazy and dangerous. Fortunately, the immense majority are not.


The Visit from Vishwas . on Vimeo.

Movember

MOVEMBER is tweet trending in France! I wandered on the thread and saw TED TV.

If you haven't bookmarked it yet, you've got to discover TED TV. 

It’s a great free TV where people from all over the world come to talk about different issues and experiences. 

One of my favourite speech is this one:

 “My stroke of insight”

https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight

And I also watched this to learn more about Movember which is now trending in France but not in the U.S. #Comey is #1 trend just now… FBI director James Comey.

So anyway, I watched this to know more about Movember… raising money, moustache, prostate cancer,setting up a charity.

https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_garone_healthier_men_one_moustache_at_a_time

Scientific argument.

GET OUT , a horror movie

Related article:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-current-debate-sharp-politics-in-get-out

Quick Fun and Swearing Monty

GAMING TO PAY THE RENT

http://mashable.com/2014/10/07/gaming-to-pay-the-rent/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfdWVodDk5ZTZlM2toYXhqdCJ9

And thank you for your comments.
See comments post below

Former FLOTUS last May

This video dates back to the beginning of May, 2016.

Appearance on NCIS, the famous series, by First Lady Michelle Obama in Support of “Joining Forces”.

So FLOTUS  aka First Lady Of The United States, Michelle Obama aka #MIChell

 #MIC aka #MilitaryIndustrialComplex IN FULL SWING

SCRIPT EXTRACT:

0’19’’

MIChelle Obama playing the role of the first lady: 

"We should be thanking you. I mean we know the sacrifices our military families are making and it doesn’t go unnoticed. Nor do the sacrifices of our veterans."

Gibbs : Honor serving

"So FLOTUS  aka Michelle Obama aka #MIChell appears on NCIS.

#MIC aka #MilitaryIndustrialComplex IN FULL SWING or I don't know what I'm looking at.

Amazing." 

READ my comment below

Council Against Intolerance

A book that contains this map was under my Christmas tree. What was under yours?
Comment and get a fun good mark. Only on that blog! Easy good grades, don't you love them?

The Powerful 1940 Map That Depicts America as a Nation of Immigrants.

It was produced by the Council Against Intolerance in the lead up to World War II. 

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/map-monday-america-a-nation-of-one-people-from-many-countries

US election TODAY, December 19th

 The US presidential election is ... special, to say the least.
Today, the "Electoral college" is going to decide who the American President is going to be...
Let's see whether it's Donald J. Trump or Hillary who gets the most electoral votes.
During the primaries, Bernie Sanders was not chosen to represent the democratic party.

Life is not perfect but...

Carl Sagan .

"You Are Here on the  Pale Blue Dot ... on our tiny world, that small planet."

                                          This is a famous video by Carl Sagan

"Our posturing, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in this universe are challenged by this pale light, the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

Carl Edward Sagan (/ˈseɪɡən/; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist , author, science popularizer, and science communicator. in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. 

Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9MtAfDswzQ
 Just chose to put a pic instead of the video. It is craftily preventing from allowing me to integrate it! Never mind, justwatch the link! Thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9MtAfDswzQ

Randall's esl-lab

This is the site that made me want to create this blog... OMG! 11 years ago.
Randall's site is great, really and as I was trying to tell him a belated thank you, I looked for him on twitter and found, not his twitter account but this video.
And his youtube channel. Here they are:


Thank you so much Randall for your site which is obviously a VERY GOOD WAY for English learners to improve their English skills.
Kuddos for it all and thank you so much for making me want to help my pupils on the web.

Elllo, still free for a few documents.

So as I was checking the blog, I discovered that elllo.org in the Oral comprehension section of the column was not totally for free anymore. I think this is very sad. I wonder if their "business plan" will be successful... I wish they'd asked their users to chip in. Well, I might buy their lessons some day, who knows?
Anyway, for now, we still have some free lessons available so keep on learning English with elllo and with others.

Prince Ea vs The school system

Prince Ea just sued the school system... 
"Richard Williams, aka Prince Ea, is an amazing spoken word artist who helps make people aware of their lives and surroundings. With his videos, he reminds us that we can make a difference. He has a new video about the modern school system and how, in his opinion, it needs to be improved. It shows that the school curriculum may not be as perfect as we thought. Does it need to change? Well, we'll let you watch and decide for yourself."        Boing boing



Hi all, I had not posted anything for a long time. Well, I was sick, still am actually but I'm better so I can post again. Hope to come back to school in 2017.  Time will tell. In the meantime, do learn and prosper, no matter what, no matter how. Sincerely. E.B.

U.S. : How to get a passport

Great map and great 1'53'' video http://uk.businessinsider.com/renew-us-passport-24-hours-new-york-agency-2015-8 about IMMIGRATION in the U.S. The U.S. is a country of immigrants too. "Realizing your passport has expired days or even hours before a flight can be costly, and it can potentially ruin your travel plans. Most people make the mistake of paying expeditors who charge up to $500. The New York Passport Agency, with an average 4.5 star rating on Yelp, can turn your paperwork around the same day for just $170." http://uk.businessinsider.com/baml-immigration-state-map-2015-8?r=US&IR=T

We are citizens of planet Earth

Call to Earth - A Message from the World's Astronauts to COP21

Obama's response to the Paris Attacks.

Extract: "France is our oldest ally." ... "Those who think they can terrorize the people of France, or the values that they stand for are wrong. The American people draw strength from the French people's commitment to Life, Liberty, Pursuit of happiness. We are reminded, in this time of tragedy that the bonds of Liberté, Egalité and fraternité are not only values of the French people I care so deeply about but they are values that we share and those values are going to (gonna) endure far beyond any act of terrorism or the hateful vision of those who perpetrated the crimes this evening." Indeed, Freedom, equality and fraternity are attainable goals.