Category Archives: CLASSES
Mr. Bean – “Tee Off, Mr.bean”
Because I am a girl… I deserve an education!
This is what Michelle Obama has to say about this program:
“Right now, 62 million girls across the globe are not in school. These girls are our future doctors, teachers, and entrepreneurs – they are the dreamers and visionaries who could change the world as we know it if they just had the chance to get the education they need.
This issue is personal for me, because I see myself in these girls. I see my daughters in these girls. And I refuse to just sit back and accept the barriers that keep them from realizing their boundless promise.
That is why I am thrilled to announce that we’re expanding our efforts to “Let Girls Learn” with a new, community-focused girls’ education initiative across the globe. Through this new effort, we’ll be collaborating with the Peace Corps to support hundreds of new community projects – from building school libraries to creating girls’ technology camps – to help girls go to school and stay in school.”
Blind man sees his wife with bionic eye
After being fitted with a “bionic eye,” a blind man has been able to see his wife again for the first time in a decade, and they are both pretty overwhelmed…
The device needs further adjustment alongside some physical therapy. However, Mr Zderad can already see things like human forms and outlines of objects in intermittent flashes, and is even able to see his own reflection as a silhouette. He will probably never be able to see the details of faces, but he will be able to navigate his way around without a cane, which is a big boost to his quality of life.
“What an exciting, emotional thing to say: ‘Yes, that is my wife,’” Zderad said. “I am grateful they made this as much about the person as the technology.”
via Mayo Clinic patient’s first impressions with bionic eye – YouTube.
Women in ads should be real women…
Squeaking frog
What is feminism?
Turkish men in skirts protest violence against women
Many women are attacked, harmed or killed in Turkey. A 17-year-old and a 20-yer-old were recently raped and killed. Some brave men wanted to show support and demand protection for their sisters, daughters, mothers and friends. They wore skirts in a big march in Istambul to show there should be no difference in the way women and men are treated in their country. They want Turkey to be a safer place for the women in their lives.
▶ Men In Skirts Protest Violence Against Women In Turkey – YouTube.
How to make beautiful paper decorations
Is the Oscars Academy a male chauvinist institution?
▶ Hey Academy, I’m a Woman. – YouTube.
The Oscars Academy is 93% white and 76% male… In the Directing, Writing and Cinematography sections, nominees were 26 men to… 0 women! Isn’t it time they included some diversity?
Three actresses got fed up with the Academy for excluding women and wrote a song about it. Go girls!
I wasn’t made for winter!
Home-made rainwater collectors in favellas
Advice to young women from the Oscars red carpet
How to serve pineapple
How to make a small bag easily
How to draw in 3D
Man bullied by Chelsea fans at Paris Metro station
Africans taking action
Those celebrities got bullied in school, yet they made it… and so can you!
Banksy’s “Exit Through The Gift Shop” trailer
Banksy creates street art and mystery in L.A.
Colorful button bowl
Latifa Ibn Ziaten, a grieving mother, tells young French people that integration is the key
This great lady will be visiting our school on Monday March 9th 2015.
This brave mother lost her son when Mohamed Merah killed him a few years ago. Instead of collapsing she took action and becale an activist against radicalisation.
Now she visits middle schools and high schools in France to talk to young people about integration, brotherhood, religion, family, and the need to integrate to play a part in society.
Here is a video explaining her story and showing her action:
Grieving mother turned activist against radicalization – The National – CBC Player.
Yusor Abu-Salha, crime victim, expressed herself on being an American
▶ Yusor Abu-Salha Blessed To Be American – YouTube.
This young girl, her husband and her sister were killed recently by a neighbor. The inquest is not over so we don’t know yet if this was a hate crime against Muslims or a neighborhood killing. Either way, their deaths are a sad blow to the community of Chappel Hill they belonged to.
Yusor Abu-Salha had spoken in an interview of what being an American women felt like for her. Here are extracts of this interview:
Bruno Mars – When I was your man
▶ Bruno Mars – When I Was Your Man (BEST LYRICS + PICTURES) – YouTube.
In a song or a poem, authors often change the grammar a little, so as to have a better rhyme or the correct rythme. In this song, we should read “it doesn’t sound the same” and “I should have given you”.
Valentine’s day American fashion 2015
Grammy Awards tributes to “Black Lives Matter” Movement
At the Grammy Awards ceremony, several artists paid tribute to the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which honours the memory of young Black men who were killed in the past months or year. Here is a short mashup of these tributes :
Black Lives Matter Movement at the Grammys | Billboard.
Pharrell Williams’s song “Happy”, which won three awards, was sung to a background of young Black men wearing hoodies, like 17-year-old Trayvon Martin who was killed as he was peacefully walking near his sister’s home after buying candy and soda. Trayvon’s killer was not convicted. A “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” demonstration was done during his performance. Williams thus payed homage to late 18-year old, unarmed Michael Brown who was shot by the police in August 2014.
Beyonce sang the gospel song “Precious Lord Take My Hand” to a backing choir of Black men in white suits, their hands up in the same homage gesture.
Prince made a statement, saying “albums matter, like books and Black lives matter”, refering to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Grammy Awards fashion: favorites and fails
Obama says “Violence against women is not ok!”
During the Grammy awards ceremony yesterday, President Obama had a message to ask artists to help fight against the violence so many women suffer from.
▶ President Obama’s Message at the 2015 GRAMMY Awards – YouTube.