Due process violations

LISTEN here https://omny.fm/shows/the-take/the-trial-of-julian-assange#sharing Interview of Nils Melzer United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The level to which we are deceived in Julian Assange’s case is just staggering

Into Eternity

Onkalo (Finland) Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository A must-see. As Marco Kaltofen says, "Dry-casking is a big improvement over vulnerable fuel pools; but it's a temporary solution and subject to build-up of dangerous daughter isotopes over time. Our descendants will eventually build a geologic repository for our stuff, but they won't be happy about it."

Co-stars about "Don't look up"

DON'T LOOK UP - trailer

Happy New year!

"I'm singin' in the rain" starring Gene Kelly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain

Julian Assange’s Partner Calls U.K. Court’s Extradition Ruling ‘Cynical’...

Jane Goodall about Cyril Dion's movie

See the Animal trailer below! http://bilien.blogspot.com/2021/10/animal-bande-annonce-2021-film.html

Jane Goodall with Wounda, the chimpanzee

Posted by the Institut Jane Goodall France's YT channel. The gist of it is here but you can watch it all 1'40'' - 3'30'' Jane Goodall and Wounda's loving hug. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/11/jane-goodall-life-woman-defending-wild

Metaverse, Meta, marketing, business... as usual.

Parler CEO: George Farmer believes Facebook's rebranding to Meta is 'terrifying'(SIC) Tell me what you think in the comments below. Your initials and class too please

Why Millions Of Workers Are Quitting

The Great Resignation aka the big quit

Chess in Arago

Our highschool has a chess club every Thursday from 5 to 6 in C003. Come and play with boards and pawns. We were 4 teachers last Thursday. Beginners and players are most welcome. Thanks to Laurent Defrance for setting it up and hosting it.

ANIMAL Bande Annonce (2021) Film Documentaire

Thawing of permafrost.

Fête/Faites de l'anglais! Samedi 9 octobre 2021

https://events.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/fete-de-langlais

The New York Times on Instagram

The date is not a misprint / typo. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSUTgnHgYd/

Derek Amato, Sudden Musical Genius | HUMAN Limits

The New Americans: Making It To The LA Dodgers DOCS ROCK

The CIA & the Capture of Nelson Mandela

Pegasus: the spyware technology that threatens democracy

Former US secretary with G.W.Bush, Donald Rumsfeld has died.

Heat dome breaking all-time-records

Watch the video below in the previous post.

Pacific North-West

The Celsius we know and the Fahrenheit used in the US:

0° C = 32° F

37,777° C = 100° F

Multiple states hit with record high heat

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Neil de grasse Tyson

1 of the many channels to learn English FOR FREE!

The Room Next Door - Boris Johnson at G7

The Tulsa Race Massacre: Why We Don't Understand Racism | Elaine A. Gran...

SEE QUESTIONS BELOW

TULSA RACE RIOTS - 1921

 Watch this video above and as an exercise, tell the story of Venice Sims. To help you, here are the moments when you hear about her: 

3'24'' & 11'19''

One hundred years ago in Tulsa,OK

10’12'' Exposing the secrets of ourr shared history can change the world an dit can change our relationship with each other. But, secrets die hard.

What are phrasal verbs?

Andy Jordan: ‘I used to lie to sell on social media’

Israelites

 

 

Have the lyrics ready. Special thanks to France Inter for a reggae night.

 

Rekaxing lockdown measures in the UK

Face masks no longer required on classrooms

When you read the article, you understand there is a debate about that.

 

The absent father

Great audio for those who care to listen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qx12

The poet Anthony Joseph has been writing a new collection that addresses a key relationship in his life. 

 His father, Albert was many things - a sharp dresser, an orator, a builder but he was only an intermittent figure in Anthony's childhood. And it is this absence which made him powerfully present in Joseph's imagination. 

Anthony reveals some of his writing process and his form of 'calypso sonnet', a politically invested line length that, he says, "enforces a melodic rhythm which reminds me of my father" and favours a decidedly Afro-Caribbean approach. 

In this programme, Anthony explores ideas around fatherhood, masculinity, absence and loss, as he talks to other artists whose art has become a space for interrogating the memory of their father. 

We hear from fellow poet Raymond Antrobus, the singer Gregory Porter and the Trinidadian film-maker Mariel Brown.

Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: Turning sea bed waste into clothing

The Crush — Short Film 15 '

How do ocean currents work? -

NOMADLAND | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures

Kate Tempest - People's Faces (Streatham Version)

The Evolution of Space Suits (1935-2020)

More Jokes!

The Silent Child —

The Mauritanian | Official Trailer

References

 About the previous post: 

This window on zoom is a rewriting of Pink Floyd's world-famous song:

"Another Brick in the wall." whose lyrics were short too. 

The video is like a movie. It lasts 6 minutes. You'll easily find it!

You had heard of Pink Floyd, hadn't you?

Another Window on Zoom

Maths alternatives

Don't worry about your accent. #AccentsAreGreat

Still a few hours in America for Women's day.

2’09’’

Women garment workers worlwide deserve to earn a living wage and to work in safe conditions.

Behaviour under social forces

Amanda Gorman delivers at Joe Biden's inauguration

Watch Amanda Gorman deliver her poem.

Then, you can watch  Anderson Cooper, a well-known American TV journalist with Amanda Gorman.

https://twitter.com/AC360/status/1352117969271328768

Don't you like the sound of  it too? (a 10/10 for any of my pupils who will tell me what she refers to.

#keeptrying) I do.

Answers to a "thank you"

Begin at 1'55'

Follow-up after Radium Girls trailer

This video is only 3 mn long and that one 10mn.

 More on the subject

Human zoos : a legacy

Discrimination movies. Eye-opening cinema.

1) Green Book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkZxoko_HC0

2) Loving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRXuCY7tRgk

Discrimination

 Movies teach you a lot about many things. 

Learn about discrimination in the South with those two trailers.

 1) Green Book

 2) Loving 

("for appropriate audiences" says the Motion Picture Association of America)

... very appropriate in my opinion.

 

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zRXuCY7tRgk" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

Radium Girls Trailer #1 (2020) | Movieclips Indie

History - Not for easily impressed people

In April 2018, yes, it takes time for the truth to come out. The "museification" of one of the darkest hours of that huge country, the USA. (14 times France, remember.)

So here is the official site of the Legacy Museum:  From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration.

museumandmemorial

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 Follow-up articles 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/aug/15/400-years-since-slavery-timelin

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/28/lynching-memorial-backlash-montgomery-alabama

 

Payzee Mahmod | TEDxLondonWomen - A true story.

Over my thirty four years of teaching, pupils and students have often told me that they like true stories.

Here is a gut-wrenching one. This TEDxLondonWomen talk lasts 18mn.

It's worth the while. Those of my pupils who will tell me at what time she says in this 18'45'' vid :
 

" Childhood, up to 18 should be a time to learn, to grow and to pursue your dreams.", 

So those pupils who will tell me when she says that in the video ;-) will get a good grade... 

They can even ask, in the comment section of this post, some indication... I do want you all to succeed in learning English as your second language, or third or fourth. The larger the number of languages we speak, the better.

In French for once!

In French but really a thrill especially the answer to the last question at 2:03:00

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

Students Built World's Fastest Electric Monowheel

Love the Rhino! ... I mean the RYNO. Kuddos to Chris Hoffmann.

http://rynomotors.com/chris-hoffmann-overview/

http://rynomotors.com/

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?

 

MATHEMATICS in spoken English

Another gem from the web.

https://neal.fun/deep-sea/
For all those who love the sea, scroll down and visit.
Show that to the kids you know. You'll love it and they'll love it.
All the best to you all. Have a great vacation all, see you in September I hope.
Thank you Sacha for your friendly words.
Love to you all.

English Grammar Mini Level Check

What's your English grammar level?

TEST ! What level have you reached according to the CECR ? A1 A2 (normally you got that in 3ème

https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/5ebbc4cccbde7d0014403856

Listen and read

You have to know about Julian Assange and Wikileaks before you leave high school.
This is a fair summary of reality about both.

The French government and getting out of lockdown.

https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/coronavirus-covid-19

Some reading about anger

https://bahaiteachings.org/different-types-of-anger-is-your-anger-healthy-or-unhealthy/


“If someone infringes on your rights, you need to tell them. Directly tell people what you’re mad about, and what you need.”

A French mensch

A mensch is a person of integrity and honor in North American English.

Let's translate this speech, in as many languages as possible,
so that every citizen of the Earth listens to this famous French actor, "specialized in nothing, interested in everything".

Listen to the propositions of Vincent Lindon French citizen. particularly the "Jean Valjean tax".
*wiki/Jean_Valjean
#French

Lockdown Productivity: Spaceship You

COVID-19: Talking about coronavirus in English – vocabulary & expressions

Thanks Rebecca for your great youtube website!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJtBaL1PPmTc1ff0nsihR0g

KINDNESS

In the comments below, say which quote you prefer.
At least, this "No comments" will disappear in this post...
Keeping my fingers crossed! And feeling sorry for the kids who are absolutely
unable to work autonomously. To give you an idea, 6 kids in my "secondes" have sent me some homework, 9 in the "première", 5 in Terminale, 1 in BTS1 and none, zero, nought in BTS2.


And M. J.M.Blanquer declared lockdown a mark-free zone. Couldn't believe it as I said to one of you. Anyway,
Choose your favourite quote and explain why in the comments. Thank you!!!!

"Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness.
Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."— Scott Adams

"Kindness is my number one attribute in a human being.
I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else."— Roald Dahl 

"Kindness is love in action."  — Henry Drummond

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, 

— Amelia Earhart

 

"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" — George Eliot

"Kindness is the shadow of God in man." — Kahlil Gibran

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."— Abraham Joshua Heschel 

 

"It is a little embarrassing that, after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other."

         — Aldous Huxley

"Surely there is no road or effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its harshness."— Helen Keller

"If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path."                           — Mary Webb

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I'd say my favourite quote is Amelia Earheart. I like the rhizomatic vibe to it. The exponential power of kindness. 

Oral comprehension

I advise you to do as much oral comprehension as you can.
Go to the label on the right and choose one of the documents, any document, in the links given.
Listen to it several times. Note the link and send me a report. Thank you.
And listen to that video:

Lockdown

[For ALL MY CLASSES (2C, 2E, 1B, TS2, BTS BAT1, BTS BAT2)
Send me
1. The script of the first 24 seconds ('') of this video. 
2. Write an English summary of what is explained here.

Thanks to put, in the object of your mail 1st your class and 2nd, your surname.
ex: 1B- Arniaud
Send this mail to me here: arago2311@gmail.com]

Take good care all.

Irish humour

My sister lives in Ireland. Her husband is not confined yet. (today is March 21st)

Schools have been closed for some time in Ireland  but will be closed from now on in the UK.

Anyway, here is what she just sent me. She was sure I would crack out laughing. 

Actually, it made me cry with laughter. Hope you will laugh too.

Take care kids and comment and work a little, please. Byeee

EMPLOYEE NOTICE

Due to the current financial situation caused by the Corona Virus and slowdown in the economy, the Government has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 50 years of age and above on early, mandatory retirement, thus creating jobs and reducing unemployment.

This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).

Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to the Government to be considered for the SHAFT program (Special Help After Forced Termination).

Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW program (System Covering Retired-Early Workers).

A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as the Government deems appropriate.

Persons who have been RAPED could get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependents & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance).

Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by the Government.

Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. The Government has always prided themselves on the amount of SHIT they give our citizens.

Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHIT, please bring this to the attention of your TD, who has been trained to give you all the SHIT you can handle.

Sincerely,

The Committee for Economic Value of Individual Lives (E.V.I.L.)

PS - Due to Corona Virus, recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions, The Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.

Exponential

A 2020 March 10th pandemic-related article with figures, graphs and a vivid analysis.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Carpe Diem ...ça déprime.

Ain't anagrams something!

For the pupils I have: Dear students, 
Our French president has declared that from Monday onwards, schools (of all types) would be closed. We don't know for how long.
I will be in Arago tomorrow and hope to see you there. Keep me posted at the address given here. Tell me you're well and work your English of course! Oral comprehension! #CrucialTimes #responsibility #Smiles #Care

Twitter verified it

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/28/tech/fake-twitter-candidate-2020/index.html
Watch the video embedded in the above link .
"If I could do this as a High schooler, 
imagine what a highly trained team of people doing this could do."

Some high schooler, high school student, great short interview, don't you think?

I remember suffering from the rare feed back from my students.
#throwback: Fanny, all the best to you.

Gotta (!) add I love twitter but my account is verified only by me.

2040

Another English teacher on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/LesTutosdeHuito

For those who are willing to improve their English.
Steven Huitorel 's doing a great job on his YT channel, don't  you think?

2012...Sharing Information: A Day in Your Life

Jay Williams after Kobe Bryant's death

84 flops

The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/20/21029499/decade-fails-flops-tech-science-culture-apple-google-data-kickstarter-2010-2019

Prepare an oral on one of those if you will! Could be fun.

selective attention test

Abolish War - Oldies but goodies

Howard Zinn in May 2006 in Los Angeles.
Born on August 24, 1922 Brooklyn– Died on January 27, 2010


Favourite part is around 7'32' "Governments in history have never been dependable in taking care of the needs of people. After all, governments are not set up for that purpose. Governments are set up to serve certain interests and not the interest of the people."
"Occasionally it can get friendly when there's a great people movement that compels it to be friendly.
So it's really up to us, it is up to the people of the world to abolish war."


In one of his last interviews, Zinn stated that he would like to be remembered "for introducing a different way of thinking about the world, about war, about human rights, about equality," and for getting more people to realize that the power which rests so far in the hands of people with wealth and guns, that the power ultimately rests in people themselves and that they can use it. At certain points in history, they have used it. Black people in the South used it. People in the women's movement used it. People in the anti-war movement used it. People in other countries who have overthrown tyrannies have used it."


https://dai.ly/x2f2xux

United Kingdom: general election

Encyclopedia Britannica tells you what's happening on the 12th of December 2019.
Watch this short and very well crafted video. How I admire the draughtsman
On the eve of this general election, I know what I'd vote. But many people hesitate.
And many won't vote at all. Wait and see...


 And watch the video here:
https://www.britannica.com/video/187571/elections-United-Kingdom

Multicultural London English (MLE) or Jafaican

Brexit or not Brexit

Brexit, that is the question.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50079385

There will be another vote on Saturday.

Watch the video of Boris Johnson, U.K.'s current Prime Minister who came after Theresa May who  followed David Cameron who arrived after Gordon Brown following Tony Blair, a Labour ... PM after John Major, political son of the previous PM: Margaret Thatcher.
Today is October 17th, 2019.

Place your bets!

Preamble to Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 -- Hear and Read ...

Downton Abbey - "What Is A Weekend?"

Brian Banks and the Innocence Project

"All you can control in life is how you respond to life."

Help shouts out the Earth

Help shouts out the Earth
https://vimeo.com/3582676914

Seven-year-old kids say NOW!
https://vimeo.com/322417595

Caption; " It's a climate emergency.Young people around the world are striking to demand governments take immediate action. Time for the grown ups to grow up."

And if you'd rather watch the latter with subtitles, go here : https://vimeo.com/321767252
Kids are quite tough to understand, aren't they?!

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. ...]

.......................................... 

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. 

Incredible video - explainig scale - from earth to space to human body

Back to school

You've probably heard of Greta Thunberg.
You weren't born when Severn Cullis-Suzuki took a stand in the Rio Summit. 
It took place in 1992. 
And the first international conference on the Human environment also called 'The Earth summit' (Now COP 21, COP 24... Conference Of Parties they call it these days) first took place in 1972 in Sweden.  I was 11 then... 47 years ago!

Severn Cullis-Suzuki is the girl at the beginning of this video that was posted on Vimeo two years ago. You were born then!

Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality | Brian Little

Truth about reality TV

I sure knew Reality shows had to be immoral, very wrong and the like...

I've just watched this video and since it is well subtitled, I thought I'd post it here.

I've not had TV for 40 years. Time flies. The strange skylights never appealed to me.

( The famous French Satirical weekly newspaper has, as long as I can remember, called them: "Les étranges lucarnes")

Ok, ok, I'm a screen addict too, I know, I know. Often wonder what would happen in case of a major blackout or if our governments used the kill switch. Do you? (wonder?!)

So the video below has already obtained 3.293.785 views!

Take good care all.

Whistleblowing is Key- The Iraq war was based on lies. That's a FACT

Beginning of the trailer. And I can't help remembering 

what  some minister of propaganda once said. 

When reality exceeds fiction, again :-)

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Tony Blair : - What we know is that Saddam has this material.

Keira Knightley’s character :

We don’t know that, I mean, he just keeps repeating the lie.

Just because you’re the Prime Minister, it doesn’t mean you’re allowed to 

make up your own facts.

...............................................

As Julian Assange said :  "It's not conspiracy when you have proof."

Try to open your minds all and ecosia (I know, google has appeared in language)

Julian Assange. Got it?

James Corden's 2019 Tony Awards Opening Number.

#GreenNewDeal ...about time

https://theintercept.com/2019/04/17/green-new-deal-short-film-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
https://youtu.be/d9uTH0iprVQ

I can't embed the video. Too bad. Watch it !

#trashtag challenge - Clean and cleaner

Thanks to Nasra for the pictures. Here is one!
M. Tschens, our headmaster is proud of you but was surprised to hear 8 bags had been filled.
WE HAVE TO STOP LITTERING!
Read the comments and leave one. You might be rewarded for it. You never know!
And also, do you see the class keyring? Answer in the comments, thx.

#Trashtag challenge

Don’t be surprised to see 2^nde B students picking up litter and therefore, cleaning Arago High School next Tuesday, April 2nd, from 11 to twelve.

This is OUR school. We want it pristine, we don’t want it dirty.

It’s the #Trashtag challenge. You know, clearing a space from all trash being carelessly thrown away by irresponsible people.

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE

We hope you’ll see the difference and PLEASE, don’t throw away anything anymore on the ground. There are trash bags. Use them ! Don’t be careless anymore.

Our environment matters !