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After just a few years of marriage, filled with constant arguments,
young man and his wife decided the only way to save their marriage was to try
counseling. They had been at each others throats for some time and felt that
this was their last straw.
When they arrived at the counselor's office, the counselor jumped right
in and opened the floor for discussion. What seems to be the problem?
Immediately, the husband held his long face down without anything to
say. On the other hand, the wife began talking at 90 miles an hour describing
all the wrongs within their marriage.
After 5 - - 10 - - 15 minutes of listening to the wife, the counselor
went over to her, picked her up by her shoulders, kissed her passionately for
several minutes and sat her back down.
Afterwards, the wife sat there - speechless. He looked over at the
husband who was staring in disbelief at what had happened. The counselor spoke
to the husband, Your wife NEEDS that at least twice a week!
The husband scratched his head and replied, I can have her here on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A tough old cowboy once counseled his grandson that
if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a little gunpowder
on his oatmeal every morning.
The grandson did this religiously and he lived to
the age of 93. When he died, he left 14 children, 28 grandchildren, 35 great
grandchildren and a fifteen foot hole in the wall of the crematorium.
Some months ago, I participated in a debate or
talk, if you like, about, say, the future of education and obviously the future
– or even the end – of the teaching profession.
Nowadays it is very clear that teaching is not
being taking so serious anymore. I mean, anyone – qualified teachers or not –
may teacher English, for instance. I have just seen this on Stephen
Krashen’s blog. This is a good entry and I reckon educator should read it.
"No matter how cynicalyou
get, it is impossible to keep up." - Lily Tomlin.
Anthony Cody
has posted an interesting (and chilling) vision of the future of education,
predicting that by 2018 all teaching will be strictly controlled, with frequent
testing, classes monitored and taped for regular inspection, and teacher
evaluation based, among other things, on value-added analyses of student test
scores, and videos evaluated by outsiders.
I wonder if
Anthony is being too optimistic. There may not be any professional
teachers left in the schools in 2018. I suspect that the plan is to vilify
and push out teachers, and replace them with temps, part-timers, and
technology. The goal, the only goal, is to make a lot of money for the .01%.
The details:
The goal of
the war against teachers is to eliminate the concept of teaching as a profession,
to be replaced by temps (eg Teach For America) and eventually be replaced
largely by technology (ultimate goal of flipped classrooms). The reason is 100%
financial – so that the .01% can grab nearly all of the money teachers earn as
well as profit from electronic/virtual teaching.
The .01% want
as much of the (at least) 500 billion we spend yearly on education as they can
get.
The .01% plan
1.Keep pressure
on teachers by making their lives as difficult as possible and their task
totally impossible. The common core standards and tests are a major part of
this.
2.Continue to
attack the teaching profession: The message will continue to be that the US is
in economic trouble because of bad education, which is because of bad teachers.
3.The public,
media, and politicians will have no sympathy for teachers’ pointing out how
difficult teaching has become, This will be seen as whining, and teachers will
then resign/quit in greater numbers.
4.Continue to
stress the importance of teacher evaluation, This sends the message that
teachers are not doing their job and that there are a lot of bad teachers out
there who must be identified and fired.
5.Continue to push the idea that TFAs as just as good
or better than experienced teachers.
6.Do not reward teachers for experience, for years of
service. This will also encourage more experienced teachers to retire/resign,
creating more room for lower-paid temps in the system.
7.Gradually increase the percentage of teachers who
are temps as teachers retire and as they leave the profession because of
frustration, This releases money because experienced teachers cost much more
than temps. The result is more money for technology.
8.Continue to convince the public that all technology
is wonderful. Use this to push flipped classrooms and glorify the
Khan Academy. The role of teachers will then be diminished to the
equivalent of TA’s. This reduces time spent in classrooms (lowers salaries even
more), and lowers the status of teachers even more, as well as saving more
salary money and increasing teacher frustration. Hire part-timers
(no benefits) to serve as supplements to virtual teaching. This will be
promoted as expanded opportunity for jobs, no teaching credential required. The
public will accept this because they will have lost all respect for teacher
credentials.
Look for even
more attacks on teachers and teachers unions. This makes sure there is no
sympathy for teachers when they complain and no public outcry when teachers
leave the profession and are replaced with temps and part-timers.
The above is
a reasonable and likely scenario. My conjecture is that in addition, the
reformers will continue to expand testing, will charge students for taking the
required tests, and in fact make it illegal for students not to take the
exams. ----------------------------------------------------
Rita Pierson,
a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to
like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they
don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and
actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
In this clip from the
1997 move ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,’ Mike Myers plays
Doctor Evil describing his childhood to a therapy group.
Dr. Evil (Mike Myers)
Actually, the boy’s quite astute. I really am trying to kill him, but so far
unsuccessfully. He’s quite wily, like his old man.
Scott: This is what I’m talking about.
Therapist: OK. Well, we’ve heard from you, Scott. Now you, tell us a
little about yourself.
Dr. Evil: The details of my life are quite inconsequential.
Therapist: Oh no, please please. Let’s hear about your childhood.
Group: Yeah, Come on! Of course,
Please! etc.
Dr. Evil:Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly
self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a
penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year-old French prostitute named
Chloe with webbed feet.
My father would womanize, he would
drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark.
Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise
that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
My childhood was typical. Summers in
Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring, we’d make meat helmets.
When I was insolent, I was placed in
a burlap bag and beaten with reeds – pretty standard, really. At the age of
twelve, I received my first scribe.
At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian
named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. At the age of 18, I went off
to evil medical school. At the age of 25, I took up tap dancing. I wanted to be
a quadruple threat — an actor, dancer…
A
high school teacher was giving a true/false test. He was strolling up and down
the aisles surveying the students at work. He came upon one student who was
flipping a coin, then writing.
Teacher:
What are you doing?
Student:
Getting the answers to the test.
The
teacher shook his head and walked on. A little while later, when everyone was
finished with the test, the teacher noticed the student was again flipping the
coin.
Teacher:
Now what are you doing?
Student:
I'm checking the answers.
Vocabulary
true/false test - teste falso/verdadeiro
strolling - andando
aisles - corredores
survey - pesquisar
flip a coin - jogar uma moeda para cima (cara
ou coroa)
Ter contato diário com
a língua que se está estudando é extremamente importante. Deixo aqui uma dica
de três vídeos para ouvir enquanto se ler. Garanto que depois de ouvir pelo
menos duas vezes cada um, você estará que sua compreensão bem mais apurada.
Dica: tente ouvir a primeira vez sem ler e
depois ouça lendo. Por fim, ouça mais uma vez sem ler.
Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee Speech,
Westminster, March 2012.
This great institution has been at the heart of the
country and the lives of our people throughout its history. As
Parliamentarians, you share with your forebears a fundamental role in the laws
and decisions of your own age.
Parliament has survived as an unshakeable cornerstone
of our constitution and our way of life.
History links monarchs and Parliament, a connecting
thread from one period to the next. So, in an era when the regular, worthy
rhythm of life is less eye-catching than doing something extraordinary, I am
reassured that I am merely the second Sovereign to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee.
As today, it was my privilege to address you during my
Silver and Golden Jubilees. Many of you were present ten years ago and some of
you will recall the occasion in 1977. Since my Accession, I have been a regular
visitor to the Palace of Westminster and, at the last count, have had the
pleasurable duty of treating with twelve Prime Ministers.
Over such a period, one can observe that the
experience of venerable old age can be a mighty guide but not a prerequisite
for success in public office. I am therefore very pleased to be addressing many
younger Parliamentarians and also those bringing such a wide range of
background and experience to your vital, national work.
During these years as your Queen, the support of
my family has, across the generations, been beyond measure. Prince Philip is, I
believe, well-known for declining compliments of any kind. But throughout he
has been a constant strength and guide. He and I are very proud and grateful
that The Prince of Wales and other members of our family are travelling on my
behalf in this Diamond Jubilee year to visit all the Commonwealth Realms and a
number of other Commonwealth countries.
These overseas tours are a reminder of our close
affinity with the Commonwealth, encompassing about one-third of the world’s
population. My own association with the Commonwealth has taught me that the
most important contact between nations is usually contact between its peoples.
An organisation dedicated to certain values, the Commonwealth has flourished
and grown by successfully promoting and protecting that contact.
At home, Prince Philip and I will be visiting towns
and cities up and down the land. It is my sincere hope that the Diamond Jubilee
will be an opportunity for people to come together in a spirit of
neighbourliness and celebration of their own communities.
We also hope to celebrate the professional and
voluntary service given by millions of people across the country who are
working for the public good. They are a source of vital support to the welfare
and wellbeing of others, often unseen or overlooked.
And as we reflect upon public service, let us again be
mindful of the remarkable sacrifice and courage of our Armed Forces. Much may
indeed have changed these past sixty years but the valour of those who risk
their lives for the defence and freedom of us all remains undimmed.
The happy relationship I have enjoyed with Parliament
has extended well beyond the more than three and a half thousand Bills I have
signed into law. I am therefore very touched by the magnificent gift before me,
generously subscribed by many of you. Should this beautiful window cause just a
little extra colour to shine down upon this ancient place, I should gladly
settle for that.
We are reminded here of our past, of the continuity of
our national story and the virtues of resilience, ingenuity and tolerance which
created it. I have been privileged to witness some of that history and, with
the support of my family, rededicate myself to the service of our great country
and its people now and in the years to come.
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Devido à grande procura por termos relacionados à área de
Direito, resolvi postar aqui, toda semana, pelo menos um termo dessa área do
conhecimento. Para verificar todas as palavras relacionadas a essa postagem,
coloqueLAW DICTIONARYno campo de pesquisa aqui do blog.
Mandado de segurança, Injunction, em inglês, é o instituto de
direito anglo-americano atual que mais se assemelha ao nosso mandado contra
atos arbitrários de autoridades públicas, para proteger direito líquido e certo
não coberto pelo Habeas Corpus.
mandamustem o mesmo significado, mas entrou em desuso e foi substituído
por Injunctionou por complaint in the nature of a mandamus.
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Mello, Maria Chaves de. Dicionário jurídico português-inglês –
inglês-português- Portuguese-English, English-Portuguese – Law dictionary / Maria Chaves de Mello. 7a ed. – Rio de Janeiro: Elfos, ed. 1998.
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