CUP SONG this is amasing. enjoy.

Two powerful tools

Silence and smiles are two powerful tools

♥~"Silence and smiles are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems and Silence is the way to avoid many problems.~ ♥

ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE

English as a global language, a good or bad thing?

by Anna­Maria Smolander


The English language is everywhere. The language of most of the Internet sites around the world is English. We are using this language to write our articles on this site, even though I am positive that English is not the first language of everybody using this website. It is not my first language, I come from Finland. I learned English at school. It is the most widely studied language in the world.

It is the language of media, medicine and business. Computing uses English as does the international airtraffic control. But is the spread of this language a good thing or a bad one, is the spread of one such a powerful language a disadvantage or an advantage?

This is a difficult question to answer. Academics in the field of linguistics have tried to find the best solution for this puzzle for decades now. One disadvantage which is often mentioned in this context is the fact that many languages have died because of the spread of English. Many still have lost a large number of speakers and are bound to be doomed in the near future. These are the disadvantages, and while they certainly seem gloomy, there are many advantages of having a global language.

Doctors, for instance, from around the world can communicate with each other while using one language. As a consequence of numerous people knowing this language there are less misunderstandings which of course in medicine could be fatal. People from all corners of the world can communicate easier because they share a common language. Media can more easily tell us the most recent news from all over the world. People can use the Internet as a tool for research, which means more people are being educated about different issues.

I am happy that my son will speak this wonderful language as his first language, I am sure that I will learn a lot from him when he enters school in the UK. However, I wish that my son would also be able to speak Finnish as this is my mother tongue. It is important for a person's identity to remember their roots, and language is a very integral part of one's identity. Are people whose languages are being lost because of the dominance of the English language losing their identities then? As you can see
the question is a difficult one to answer, and in my opinion there is no right or wrong answer.



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Being Optimistic

Train Your Brain to Be Optimistic

♥~"Which one are you? Are you tired of life leaving you behind, and regretting the fact that if you just refused to be so pessimistic, that you could be much further along in your life right now? If so, it may be time to turn a new leaf. After all there isnt much sense in living a life that you yourself know isnt really worth living. So make a pledge to yourself and give it some importance. Tell someone you love that you are going to stop being so caught up in your own fear that you forget to live. What has being pessimistic ever offered you in your life that you could have probably gotten with much more ease if you just chose to be more optimistic along the way? Look for the positive and do your best to avoid thinking and living negatively on a day to day basis. Be an optimist, and really get a good vision for how you will live an optimistic life.~ ♥Love Quotes - My blogs.

Happy Valentine's Day

When two people are meant for each other

Amir AhlasaemLOVE QUOTES -

*♥~"**When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far, no one can ever tear them apart. Falling in love is like jumping off a really tall building. Your brain tells you it is not a good idea, but your heart tells you, you can fly.~ ♥*

The Art of Teaching

The Art of Teaching 
                                                           by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.

Socrates gives us a basic insight into the nature of teaching when he compares the art of teaching to the ancient craft of the midwife. Just as the midwife assists the body to give birth to new life, so the teacher assists the mind to deliver itself of ideas, knowledge, and understanding. The essential notion here is that teaching is a humble, helping art. The teacher does not produce knowledge or stuff ideas into an empty, passive mind. It is the learner, not the teacher, who is the active producer of knowledge and ideas.

One basic aspect of teaching is not found in the other two cooperative arts that work with organic nature. Teaching always involves a relation between the mind of one person and the mind of another. The teacher is not merely a talking book, an animated phonograph record, broadcast to an unknown audience. He enters into a dialogue with his student. This dialogue goes far beyond mere "talk," for a good deal of what is taught is transmitted almost unconsciously in the personal interchange between teacher and student. We might get by with encyclopaedias, phonograph records, and TV broadcasts if it were not for this intangible element, which is present in every good teacher-student relation.

The student's response and growth is the only reward suitable for such a labor of love. Teaching, the highest of the ministerial or cooperative arts, is devoted to the good of others. It is an act of supreme generosity. St. Augustine calls it the greatest act of charity.

Game of Thrones

Join us and have a great time.
Fã que sou dessa série, não poderia postar o resumo dessa produção sem deixar aqui minhas impressões acerca desse fenômeno da HBO. Cinco livros lidos, aguardando o sexto e conforme Martin,o autor,  talvez o derradeiro. Então vamos lá: a produção é mesmo magestosa e sim, muito fiel à obra.  Ainda que com um certo exagero na exibição de cenas de sexo, violência, nudez, etc isso ocorre dentro de um contexto e ficam em segundo plano dada a qualidade da história que é contagiante.
O elenco é impecável, escolha bastante criteriosa , não existindo um protagonista fixo, todos têm sua importância, um destaque na trama. São personagens sensíveis, ousados, inteligentes, estrategistas, irreverentes.
Destaque também para o figurino, irretocável, e para todo o clima de magia que envolve o enredo. Abaixo, um resumo da série caso você ainda não faça parte desse fã clube. Join us and have a great time.

"Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Political and sexual intrigue is pervasive. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard, Lord Stark, to serve as Hand of the King, or highest official. Secretly warned that the previous Hand was assassinated, Eddard accepts in order to investigate further. Meanwhile the Queen's family, the Lannisters, may be hatching a plot to take power. Across the sea, the last members of the previous and deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also scheming to regain the throne. The friction between the houses Stark, Lannister and Baratheon, and with the remaining great houses Greyjoy, Tully, Arryn, and Tyrell, leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war and political confusion, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond." Written by Tfilm78 and Cajunman
 

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