Sir Ken Robinson 1950-2020

Sir Ken Robinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU4Q17t4muY

Life is short but wisdom, values remain.

Sir Ken Robinson died Last August from an aggressive cancer, not from Covid, eventhough this is 2020.

I hope you'll listen to it all. 

"People love to learn he says."

What he says before and after that is really something. 

"There is an opportunity, it takes bravery and imagination and we have plenty of that in store."

You've heard of the boiling frog syndrom. Haven't you?

 

Edward Snowden on FRANCE 24

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

3'40''
 [... But what’s really changed, most dramatically from the world of 2013 to the world of today (9 sept 2019) is everybody is aware that Facebook is up to no good, that Google is up to no good... ]

4’05

[... It’s technology that’s enabling this and making it all possible for the first time. ...]

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Enjoy the whole video that was released on youtube on Sept. 9, 2019.
Time flies but those 6 years have been for the best.
Except for Julian Assange who is in Belmarsh Prison (U.K.)

I'm glad Edward Snowden is able to move more or less freely in Russia. 

Slavery and civil war.

The U.S. civil war started in 1861 and ended in 1865.
Jim Crow laws followed.
It then took a hundred years to get theCivil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
for colored people to have the same rights. Justice takes time...
Anyway, you can watch this FYI (for your information)

Brexit will be delayed

The independent is a U.K. online newspaper. Used to be a paper version.
Here is what they say. Great video and article

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexil-bill-delayed-eu-withdrawal-vote-commons-revolts-tory-rebels-labour-theresa-may-a8006831.html

Do you watch TV?

Get ready to talk about reality TV, what you think of it, your experience, etc...

Now watch this French documentary. It's 55 mn long. But it's worth the time.
Watch it, prepare an oral description and make a presentation to the class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amzLnvfaeJM 
Dreaming is ok, reality beats fiction sometimes.

We are citizens of planet Earth

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

Football, sponsors and responsibility!

Jon Oliver, comedian, made a promise to Budweiser: "If you pull your support and help get rid of Joseph Blatter, I will put my mouth where my mouth is."
A few days later, after Blatter's resignation, he did!
Don't you have fun with John Oliver?!

INTEGRITY

Richard Feynman
from www.brainpickings.org
http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/08/richard-feynman-caltech-cargo-cult-science/
Great minds at your service!

What the lab rat experiment from 16:00 onwards. At least.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=978&v=yvfAtIJbatg

Water is Life.

New ways to see.

That new way to see is just one of many human ways to marvel at the beauty of the world.
We've got to remember that we can all be  _________ blind to something.
It doesn't make the world less fascinating.

Obama and Luther

APRIL 2015

Keegan-Michael Key and Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner - 

Obama's Anger Management. (Don't you love it? 

Who are KEY and PEELE? (wiki)

Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists mainly of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors. The sketches cover a variety of societal topics, often with a focus on African-American culture and race relations.
Key & Peele won a 2013 Peabody Award and was nominated for a 2013 Writers Guild Award. The show is nominated for an NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series.

w.cc.com/shows/key-and-peele

For futher studies:

On Conan (talk show), TBS or is it Comedy Central late-night talk show starring Conan O'Brien (2010–present)

When Obama was about to be reelected in 2012:

 Keegan Michael Key on FEBRUARY 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtfCUAppExw

 Jordan Peele on Obama in SEPTEMBER 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqeeWIh7hk 

私の娘ありがとうございます

 

The Twilight Zone

A beautiful version of that 1mn gem.
http://vimeo.com/23235124

If you want to hear more of Rod Serling's speech who  authored the famous series...
Other short video from the 10 parts talk:
Part 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onw4wmnnROw
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxklVA-0IiU
ad lib...
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer and narrator known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his acience-fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone 
Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards. He was known as the "angry young man" of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including censorship, racism, and war.

Fashion VS exploitation

Come to think of it, this has been going on for quite a while.

"I do definitely consider myself a nerd!"

The Mirror

Leonardo DiCaprio's 2014 UN Climate Summit Speech

A biology course and some.

The things you can find on the web... Even lectures from inspired Stanford professors.
It is both entertaining and invigorating.  I hope you enjoy it.
It's about ... hormones, boundaries, human biology and thinking.
Quite a journey for animals... and some tool!

Resilience

Thinking of you, terminales, taking the Baccalaureat! All the best.

How determined are you to win your race?

GO FOR IT!

Don't you get caught in the Web...

and a criticism of that video, but in French. Sorry about that.
http://mobile.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2014/05/13/leve-les-yeux-de-ton-ecran_4416039_3238.html

Michio Kaku

His own family mirrors the history of the nuclear age. From 8:45 if you can't spare 13 minutes now. Otherwise, watch it later!