WHAT IF MONEY WAS NO OBJECT- ALAN WATTS

Hi guys, A few days ago I saw a group of young people like us were sharing this video on social networks. And I remembered the exercise we did with Sonia: 'WHAT ADDS TO JOB SATISFACTION'

She made us think about what were our objectives when trying to find a job.
The fotocopy had several objectives that we had to sort in order to have a satisfactory job such as: working conditions, status in your organization, learning something new, personal freedom, being part of team, exercising power, helping other people, being praised by your superiors, social status, being promoted, and making money.

There's one which is tightly related with te following video: working in what you like. that's what its all about.

We must activate our mind in order to decide by ourselves what do we really wish to do and what path do we want to follow.

IKER CASILLAS FERNANDEZ BIOGRAPHI

Iker Casillas was born on May 20, 1981 in Mostoles, a town of Madrid. Since childhood he was a football fan. His football career has always been linked with Real Madrid. Iker at 10 years was playing in the different categories of the sports city of Real Madrid. In 1998 he was playing third category and scouts slected him to debut in second. With only 17 years, Iker was selected to travel with thee first team but not playing. But we had a place in the team. And in 1999 he was part of the team selection in the Junior World Cup Nigeria, gold medal hanging. On 12th of September the same year, he debuted with the first team in the match against Athletico de Madrid at Vicente del Bosque orders.

A year later, Iker debuted number one on the national team at Euro 2000.

Iker Casillas, Real Madrid, had many successes with the team. He will continue playing. It's part in this team, that's his site.

His last big success was to be world champion in 2010 in South Africa and he became the first player to lift a triplet, when the Spanish football team won the Euro 2012.

Animal Rights & Veganism

Follow-up

If you would like to watch it with English subtitles, click on the following link: 
Gary Yourofsky

Charles I

King Charles of Habsburg inherited a big empire. From his mother's parents, the catholic kings, he inherited all the catalan and Aragon possessions.From the grandparents of his father's side, Maria de Borgonya and Maximilia I, emperor of the Sacre empire, he got all the possessions the family had in many  countries like France or Germany .

Regarding politics, charles tried to get the support of the nobels , who were undoubtly the real power of the country in that time, and that's why he never dared to limit their economic power.
He also respected the autonomy of the respective  states. However, he always tried , without any result, to establish a tie between them.

One o f the most important facts that occurred in Spain at that time was the Spanish communities continuous complaints because they were against the king. The king already knew this fact and he had also predicted this movement, maybe that's the reason behind his victory.

On the contrary, things were not so good outside Spain. The king had to face several problems which he could not handle and that's why he had to abdicate. All his possessions were divides between his two sons  and a king who was once feared by many ended up being just a history personage.

English short movie contest

Hi everyone!

As you all know we are going to film a short movie to participate English movie 2 which  is a short contest in English, addressed to students of ESO and  , first and second  year of batxillerat.
 We have to film pieces (video) of fiction (any genre: horror, drama, comedy) with a storyline based on "our generation", which must include the title, authors and / or participants of the work and , of course no need to say that it must be in English.
The contest runs between days December 10, 2012 and May 10, 2013, and the decision will be taken during the week of May 20, 2013, and posted both on the web, social networks, and by email contact.

The video has to be about 3 min, and after we've filmed it we have to send it to the organisers( we will upload it in youtube and then we'll send them the link).

If you need any more information please go to the following page.

http://thenextgeneration.es/participar.php


Now coming to our class. 
Javi has written a short story which I would liked you to read. If  you like the story and you want to became a  part or if you have a different storyline to sugges please let me know. 
Once we have the necessary people to act we can always change the story and adapt it so that won't be a problem.

The following link is the story's link (it's still in Spanish because I want to be sure about how many people we are going to be )

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-jtv8hKwnKjML7Wvo7BQSaiHbJNeUHDV2dTOqpb360M/edit?usp=sharing


See you in class 

Job Applications

Scan the job applications you have been given and answer the following questions:

1- What company will employ you if you enjoy travel and speak Frech and German?
2- What job offers a competitive salary and four weeks holiday?
3- If you are an enthusiastic person with with personality and drive, where could you apply?
4- Where must you be confident at dealing with the public?
5- Who is looking for a reliable mature person?
6- Where will you be expected to work as part of a team?
7- Where is experience not as important as a reliable, cheerful disposition?
8- What kind of person should you be if you want to work for Mr Legge?

Pablo Picasso

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."

                                                                                    Pablo Picasso

Chinese Proverb: Embrace change

"When the winds of change blow, 

some people build walls 

and others build windmills."

                                       

                                                         Chinese proverb

Time-travelling letters

For 15 minutes write a letter to yourself, to be read in the last class of this term.

No one other than you, the writer, will get to read your letter.

The idea is that you write freely, without having to worry about the teacher's corrections. You work on fluency more than accuracy. 

What you write about is entirely up to you, try to choose things that you will enjoy reading about when you read your letter.

Your start:

• Dear + own name,
• Remember to put the time, the day of the week and the date at the top of the letter.

• Sign the letter.

• You will be given an envelope, write your name on it and seal it.

HAPPY WRITING!!

Visualize your intention (5 min. guided meditation)

Visualize your intetion meditation:
http://www.yogaglo.com/online-class-1214-Visualize-Your-Intention.html

Pre-teach vocab.:
outcome
goal
keep breathing
a few more breaths
put your soul-power into this intention

What adds to job satisfaction?

The Guardian newspaper recently sent out a questionnaire to its readers on the subject of work and careers and received more than 11,000 replies. In one section, aspects of work which might contribute to job satisfaction were listed and readers were asked to say how important they were.

Working with a partner, consider the 15 points below and put them in order of importance.

What adds up to job satisfaction?

How important are each of the following to you in providing you with job satisfaction?

·        Challenge

·        Meeting people through work

·        Security

·        The respect of colleagues

·        Working conditions

·        Status in your organization

·        Learning something new

·        Personal freedom

·        Being part of a team

·        Exercising power

·        Helping other people

·        Being praised by your superiors

·        Social status

·        Being promoted

·        Making money

When you have finished, compare your results with those of another pair. 

TV DEBATE on education

All of you have been invited to a TV debate to discuss some issues about education.

                            

STATEMENTS TO DEBATE:

1.    The best way to study for an exam is to do it with a fellow student.

2.    There is no point in studying the night before the exam.

3.    Physical education should be an optional subject.

4.    Most parents influence what university their child will attend or what degree they will study.

5.    Students who cheat during exams must fail the subject until they take a final exam in June.

6.    It is impossible to study with background music playing.

7.    School holidays are too long.

8.    School uniforms are boring

DEBATE PROCEDURE

There will be 2 groups:

• The people in one group have to work out and note down all possible arguments IN FAVOUR of each statement, including defences against points that might be brought up by the opposition.
• The students in the second group have to work out and note down all possible arguments AGAINST each statement, including defences against points that might be brought up by the opposition.

NOTE: Groups to do not need to be divided according to actual opinions. They are divided arbitrarily, so many of you will find yourselves having to argue in favour of something that you oppose, or vice-versa.  This is in fact a kind of role-play.

1-      Each student is allowed 1 minute to give his/her opinion and support his/her arguments.

2-      The procedure will be as follows:

student for     ->   student against     ->   student for     ->  student against