PORDATA

Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation
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Our class has gone to the school auditorium to attend a conference on demography in Portugal. We were invited to this conference because half of the students attend Geography and Demography is one of the components of Geography. 

This conference was presented by Maria João Valente Rosa, a demographer and professor in Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She also directs the Project PORDATA - Foundation Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

The conference was based on the presentation of graphs from the 2011 census. With these charts we can observe, discuss, make comparisons and draw conclusions.

For me, this conference was very helpful because I've been thinking in following this career in the future and I realized how the work of Pordata is quite helpful in our society.

Mariana Guerreiro

Nelson Mandela 1918-2013

QUOTES

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” 

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” 

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” 

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” 

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.” 

 “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” 

REMEMBRANCE DAY 1918/11/11

Poppies

OPEN DAY - April 18, 2013

UM DIA COM LUÍS VAZ

traduções britânicas de Camões  ilustradas por André Sá, Bernardo Dinis e Marta Azinhais, 10º B

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by Daniely Santos, Pedro Silva and Susana Gamito, 11th year, class H

WORLD DAY OF POETRY

Songs Of Innocence (1789)

Little Lamb who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

Gave thee life & bid thee feed

By the stream & o'er the mead;

Gave thee clothing of delight,

Softest clothing, wooly, bright;

Gave thee such a tender voice

Making all the vales rejoice?

Little Lamb who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

 

Little Lamb I'll tell thee,

Little Lamb I'll tell thee:

He is called by thy name,

For he calls himself a Lamb:

He is meek & he is mild;

He became a little child:

I a child & thou a lamb,

We are called by his name.

Little Lamb God bless thee.

Little Lamb God bless thee.

The Lamb, by William Blake (1757-1827)

Songs Of Innocence and Of Experience - Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (1794)

William Blake, Poems and Prophecies, J.M. Dent & Sons, LTD

Semana das Profissões

The professional life of José Nunes Liberato and Paula Soares

On February, 14 my class was invited to the Old Library to attend a presentation by the economist José Nunes Liberato and the lawyer Paula Soares.The two guests came to our school to talk about their present work and their professional careers.

The first one that took the floor was José Nunes Liberato. He told us he was very glad to be in our school because he was also a student here more than forty years ago. He informed us about some of the teachers that had a particular influence in his life at that time and told us about his journey since the time he left Lyceu de Camões until his current work as Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic. Before his present functions he was in the European Parliament, in the Government and had other important jobs.

The second guest, Paula Soares, was not a student in Lyceu de Camões. She talked about her work as a lawyer and told us some stories about particular cases she has had.After their presentations, the two guests answered the questions made by the students.

These presentations were part of the so-called “Week of the Professions” where some well-known people from the portuguese society were invited to come to our school to talk about their professions.

by Marcelo Teles, 10º G

 

photos by José Alvega

Semana das Profissões

photo by João Silva

 

 

 

 "É fraqueza maior não começar coisa nenhuma" José Alberto Carvalho



Happy Valentine's

Cupid, if storying legends tell aright,
Once framed a rich elixer of delight.
A chalice o'er love-kindled flames he fixed,
And in it nectar and ambrosia mixed:
With these the magic dews which evening brings,
Brushed from the Idalian star by fairy wings:
Each tender pledge of sacred faith he joined,
Each gentler pleasure of th' unspotted mind--
Day-dreams, whose tints with sportive brightness glow,
And hope, the blameless parasite of woe.
The eyeless chemist heard the process rise,
The steamy chalice bubbled up in sighs;
Sweet sounds transpired as when the enamoured dove
Pours the soft murmuring of responsive love.
The finished work might envy vainly blame,
And 'kisses' was the precious compound's name.
With half, the god his Cyprian mother blest,
And breathed on Sara's lovelier lips the rest.

kisses, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(1772-1834, English poet,  founder of the Romantic Movement, member of the Lake Poets)

CRASH (2004) - A film review

Crash

 

"You think you know who you are? You have no idea." In some way, this applies to every character in the film. We think we know who we are, but only in the most extreme situations, when we are angry, scared and nervous, we truly show it.

And that's exactly what Paul Haggis, director, producer and co-writer, is trying to portray. "Crash" begins with the story of Jean Cabot ( Sandra Bullock), the spoiled wife of the District Attorney Rick Cabot ( Brendan Fraser ), who are carjacked by two black burglers. After, the characters start to collide with each other. They all have one thing in common: their lives have been changed due to racism. There's the racist police officer, the black detective and his drug dealer brother, the persian shopkeeper and his daughter, the TV director and his wife and also the hispanic locksmith.

There are no main characters, because they all are relevant to the plot. They all are just pawns in this emotional chessboard, when their lives bump into one another. In these bumps, they finally learn about who they are, about what they are doing with their lives.

The film may be short ( less than two hours ), but at the same time it's powerful. Since the beginning till the conclusion, there's always a feeling of incessant excitement, almost as they want to take our breath away.

Marvellous choice of actors, marvellous performances, especially from Matt Dillon, who got nominated for the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actor in the role of the frightful officer John Ryan, and also from Thandie Newton, who plays the woman that is molested by him.

"Crash" is an intense film, which shows in a direct, honest and raw way, a reality of our society. We think ourselves as modern, and still, we judge a person simply by race. Overall, its Oscar for Best Motion Picture was well-earned.

 

Film Info - Country: US

                  directed by: Paul Haggis

                  screenplay by: Paul Haggis

                                          Bobby Moresco

                  running time: 112 minutes

                  rating : 8.2 / 10

sources: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_(2004_film

            www.indb.com/title/tt0376679

 

   by Pedro Guilherme Cortez, 11º H





                  

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO KNOW A LANGUAGE?

Knowing a language is power, the power of communication. It means being recognized in any part of the world. It is the bridge to knowledge and socialization. And if you know a language not familiar to you, you will be even more recognized, you will have the power of understanding and of expression.

Filipe Coutinho, 10º B

To know a language is to know better where you live, where you are and where you want to be. It is also to know the culture and history of a country. It is to know the meaning of words and expressions and its origins. It is to make friends and speak to many people.

Ana  Vilaça, 10º B