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

TECHNOLOGY

Write a short text on your concerns and/or expectations regarding the impact of technology on work.

 Links 10º ano, Porto Editora

 

 

 

Technology is an area that affects little my life because I have never hooked up the many things that have to do with technology such as mobile phones or computers.

In relation to my future job, I am not concerned with technological innovations, because the area that I intend to follow can only be exercised by a human being and never by any machine.

Nevertheless, my concern about the impact of technology at work is very large, because with technological innovations, production increases and the speed production also, which will lead to a smaller number of jobs available. This will contribute to a higher number of redundancies and therefore an increase in unemployment in the country.

by Ricardo Pereira 11º H

1. Make a list of jobs which will never be exercised by a machine.

 

 





CAPITÃES DA AREIA, by Jorge Amado

 

It was 3 p.m. when Principal João Jaime Pires came into the staff room and invited the teachers to take their classes to the auditorium to attend the film Capitães da Areia. It was a different afternoon, not only for the beauty of the film, but also by its outcome: the social integration and regeneration of a gang of abandoned children who lived by stealing in the streets of Bahia, in Brazil.

 

 

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