4 jun 2017

CONTRA EL SILENCIO (Comunicado)

A TODOS LOS ALUMNOS Y LECTORES DE ESTE BLOG



El pasado miércoles 17 de mayo ocurrieron unos hechos muy graves en nuestro instituto. El padre de una alumna amenazó e intentó agredir a un profesor. Al igual que yo, probablemente ni te hayas enterado hasta varios días después, o a lo mejor es esta la primera ocasión que tienes de conocer los hechos.

Es muy probable que el profesor no vuelva nunca más al instituto. De hecho, este curso ya hay una profesora sustituyéndole. El profesor ha presentado una denuncia contra el padre, el Consejo Escolar del Instituto ya ha tomado las medidas administrativas que le permite la legislación, y también lo hará la propia Consejería de Educación a través de la Delegada Territorial (Delegada Provincial). Pero la única consecuencia visible es únicamente que el profesor amenazado ya no está en el centro.

Reflexionemos. Contestémonos estas preguntas:

- Desde el punto de vista de un alumno... ¿puedo suponer que si tengo algún problema con un profesor, lo mejor es que venga mi padre a cantarle las cuarenta, el profesor se va y asunto resuelto?

- Desde el punto de vista de un profesor... ¿puedo suponer que ante cualquier problema con un alumno, lo mejor es callar, aguantar y ocultarlo porque puede venir un padre o madre a cantarme las cuarenta, y si hay un problema gordo, o bien lo sufro en silencio o bien me doy de baja por depresión y ansiedad?

- Desde el punto de vista de un padre o madre... ¿puedo suponer que si mi hijo o hija tiene un problema en el centro o quiero tratar cualquier asunto relativo a sus calificaciones, trabajos, actividades, etc., lo mejor es cantarle las cuarenta al profesor, tutor o equipo directivo en cuestión?

- Desde el punto de vista de conserjes, personal de Secretaría, limpiadoras, trabajadores de mantenimiento, adjudicatarios del servicio de cafetería... ¿puedo suponer que tengo que admitir sin más los malos modos, desconsideraciones y faltas de respeto que en ocasiones tienen conmigo algunos alumnos, padres y otras personas ajenas al centro?

- ¿Tenemos todos (alumnos, padres, profesores, personal no docente) que venir con miedo al instituto porque me pueden insultar, humillar, despreciar, acosarme e incluso pegarme si no callo y trago, y por contra levanto la voz?

- ¿Estamos todos dispuestos a asumir que esto es algo normal en el día a día escolar, que son cosas sin tanta importancia que ocurren a veces, y que siempre ha sido así y lo va a seguir siendo?

- ¿Estamos dispuestos a asumir que esto son cosas que les pasan a los demás y que a mí no me va a tocar la papeleta nunca?

- ¿Vamos a mirar para otro lado ante las faltas de respeto, la ley del más fuerte y la falta de convivencia en las aulas, el patio, la cafetería, los pasillos, los laboratorios, la biblioteca... en todo el centro?

Si tus respuestas han sido todas NO, dílo. Hazlo saber. Hazlo visible. Demuéstralo. Practícalo. Enséñalo. No te hagas el sordo ni mires para otro lado. Estas actitudes y comportamientos NO son nunca admisibles en nadie por ningún motivo. EXIGE Y PRACTICA EL RESPETO CONTIGO MISMO Y CON LOS DEMÁS. NO TOLERES ACOSOS, AMENAZAS NI AGRESIONES.

Medidas administrativas y judiciales aparte, yo creo que si el instituto aún está vivo y no somos un grupo de "almas muertas", tenemos que hacer todos algo más. Creo que yo también debo de tener mi propio "protocolo" de actuación cuando ocurran hechos de esta naturaleza y quiero que sea visible mi NO. Los profesores nos hemos preparado durante años para hacer nuestro trabajo y tenemos derecho a que este se respete. NO puedo asumir como normal la falta de respeto en clase o fuera de ella. NO es parte de mi trabajo aguantar incidentes, desprecios a mi labor ni ser agredido de palabra o físicamente por ello.

Desgraciadamente, también yo, como el profesor agredido, he sufrido y presenciado varios hechos iguales y parecidos en otros centros y también en el IES Ponce de León. Siempre callé ante la injusticia, la sufrí, cuando me tocó padecerla, en silencio y jamás dejé de seguir dando clase. Ahora, he pensado que lo mejor es levantarse, ponerse de pie y abrir las ventanas para airear el fétido olor del silencio cómplice. Por mí y por todos. Me lo debo a mí mismo y a los demás.

Amo este trabajo, por eso lo escogí y me preparé para hacerlo. Creo que trabajar con personas es una de las cosas más gratificantes que hay en la vida, por eso sigo al pié del cañón después de 30 años. Y voy a seguir pidiendo respeto para todos y también para su trabajo, empezando por el mío. Aunque a los que callan y mandan callar no les guste.

¡¡NO ES NO!!

7 abr 2017

Country music with... Miranda Lambert


La historia de una chica que comienza a vivir por su cuenta, y la verdad es que no necesita mucho para tirar camino adelante.⧫

 LYRICS

"NEW STRINGS"

I bet this road will take me out of here
Take me far away from Amarillo🔽
I bet this car will go real fast
The wheels might even drive me past
The places that you said I'd never go
Oh...

The Texas sky is the biggest I've ever seen
But it still ain't big enough for you and me
 All the things that make you mad,
All the baggage in your past
Don't leave much room for a girl like me to be
So I'll fill her up with hope and worn-out dreams

[Chorus]
An I'll grab the wheel and point it west
Pack the good and leave the rest
I'll drive until I find the missing piece
You said I wouldn't get too far on a tank of gas
And an empty heart
But I have everything I'll ever need
I got this old guitar and a brand new set of strings

 Mama said I never should have done it
Should have ended us before we ever started
Daddy knew about my pride so he stood there
And he smiled inside and I pretended that I
Didn't notice a little tear that fell when I said I was going

[Repeat Chorus]

[Tag]
I've worried about life and
If it's arriving right on time
I guess if you don't jump
You'll never know if you can fly

[Repeat Chorus]

&&&&&&

Apuesto a que esta carretera me sacará de aquí
Me llevará lejos de Amarillo🔽
Apuesto a que este coche irá rápido de verdad
Sus ruedas podrían incluso llevarme más allá
de aquellos lugares a los que decías que yo nunca iría
Oh...

[Estribillo]
Agarraré el volante y pondré rumbo al oeste
Cargaré lo bueno y dejaré lo demás
Conduciré hasta que encuentre mi parte perdida
Decías que no llegaría muy lejos con un tanque de gasolina y un corazón vacío
Pero tengo todo lo que necesito
Tengo esta vieja guitarra y un juego de cuerdas nuevo

Mamá me dijo que nunca debería haberlo hecho
Debería haber terminado contigo incluso antes de empezar
Papá sabía de mi orgullo, por eso se quedaba allí y sonreía por dentro
Yo fingía que no me daba cuenta
Una pequeña lágrima cayó cuando dije que me iba

[Estribillo]

[Coda]
Me he preocupado por la vida
Pero si eso supone llegar aún a tiempo
Imagino que si no saltas,
Nunca sabrás si sabes volar

[Estribillo]

&&&&&

Amarillo: Ciudad al norte de Tejas (EE.UU.). Sí, el nombre es español como tantos otros de esas tierras por las que anduvimos en tiempos pasados. [Wikipedia]


6 mar 2017

Dance, dance, dance!!

Hoy ha sido un día nada más que regular de bueno, pero no importa. Hay más vida por delante y por los lados... ¡Ahí va eso! There it goes!!


I got this feeling inside my bones
It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on
All through my city, all through my home
We're flying up, no ceiling, when we're in our zone

[Pre-chorus 1:]
I got that sunshine in my pocket
Got that good soul in my feet
I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh
I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally
Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop

[Chorus:]
And under the lights when everything goes
Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close
When we move, well, you already know
So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine
Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance
Feeling good, good, creeping up on you
So just dance, dance, dance, come on
All those things I shouldn't do
But you dance, dance, dance
And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing

[Post-chorus 1:]
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance, come on

[Verse 2:]
Ooh, it's something magical
It's in the air, it's in my blood, it's rushing on
Don't need no reason, don't need control
I fly so high, no ceiling, when I'm in my zone

[Pre-chorus 2:]
'Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket
Got that good soul in my feet
I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh
I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally
Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop

[Chorus:]
And under the lights when everything goes
Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close
When we move, well, you already know
So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine
Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance
Feeling good, good, creeping up on you
So just dance, dance, dance, come on
All those things I shouldn't do
But you dance, dance, dance
And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing

[Post-chorus 2:]
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance
I can't stop the feeling
So just dance, dance, dance
I can't stop the feeling
So keep dancing, come on

[Bridge:]
I can't stop the, I can't stop the
I can't stop the, I can't stop the
I can't stop the feeling

[Chorus:]
Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance
(I can't stop the feeling)
Feeling good, good, creeping up on you
So just dance, dance, dance, come on
(I can't stop the feeling)
All those things I shouldn't do
But you dance, dance, dance
(I can't stop the feeling)
And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing

[Post-chorus 3:]
Everybody sing
(I can't stop the feeling)
Got this feeling in my body
(I can't stop the feeling)
Got this feeling in my body
(I can't stop the feeling)
Wanna see you move your body
(I can't stop the feeling)
Got this feeling in my body
Break it down
Got this feeling in my body
Can't stop the feeling
Got this feeling in my body, come on

7 may 2016

[weekend music] Meredith Brooks: "Bitch"


I hate the world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one

[Chorus:]
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

So take me as I am
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing

[Chorus]

Just when you think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me

[Chorus]

I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way.

29 abr 2016

[weekend song] The Proclaimers: "I'm gonna be (500 miles)"

Do you like walking? Then this is a song for you. Enjoy iy!




When I wake up yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
If I get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I have yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door
When I'm working yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money comes in for the work I'll do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you
When I come home yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if I grow old well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you

26 abr 2016

Celebrating Cervantes & Shakespeare's 400th anniversary (I)

Hello everybody! Here are  two postcards the students from 1º ESO made in class today. Enjoy them!


Click on the postcard if you want to download it.

30 oct 2015

Weekend video

A quick guide to London that you can also translate into Spanish.
(Pincha en "Click below for subtitles")

23 oct 2015

Weekend video

If you are a fan of the Star Wars saga, here is the official trailer of the next film which will be released next December. This is part 7 and the title is THE FORCE AWAKENS (El Despertar de la Fuerza). Enjoy it!




21 jun 2015

End-of-the-course party for 4ºA

Así de guapísimas (ellas) y de elegantes (ellos) iban mis alumnos de 4º A el pasado viernes en su fiesta de fin de curso. Marcel dijo: "Pa shulo, yo. ¿Qué pasa?". :-D

Congratulations for your graduation, students! 
You did it just fine!

16 jun 2015

La clave

No me puedo resistir a publicar esto. Es más para profesores y padres, pero también muchos alumnos reconocerán fácilmente lo que se dice en este artículo. Del año 2004 nada menos (ha llovido y no escampa aún).

La Logse es un desastre
por Enrique Moreno Castillo

20 abr 2015

Celebrating Shakespeare's Day

Next Thursday April 23 we are going to celebrate World Book Day. As you know, we will also remember the most important Spanish and English writers: Cervantes and Shakespeare.

Students from 4ºA are going to read four sonnets by Shakespeare in English and in their Spanish translations as well. Here is a poster that I have prepared for the event. I hope you like.


7 abr 2015

Roxette: "The Look"



Roxette was a band from Sweden. They released this popular song (The Look) in 1989. It was one of my favourite hits. I hope you like today too.

21 feb 2015

Alan Jackson: "Drive"


 "Drive (For Daddy Gene)"


It was painted red the stripe was white
It was 18 feet from the bow to stern light
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
We put on a shine, put on a motor
Built out of love, and made for the water
Ran her for years, til' the transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood will never be forgoten

It was just an old plywood boat
With a 75 Johnson with electric choke
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn her sharp
And I would make it whine
He'd say, "You can't beat the way a old wood boat rides"
Just a little lake cross the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean
When Daddy let me drive

Just an old half ton short bed ford
My Uncle bought new in 64
Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
He'd let me drive her when we haul off a load
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedels
Smiling like a hero who just received his medal

It was just an old hand me down ford
With 3 speed on the column and a dent in the door
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel and
I would press that clutch
And I would keep it right
He would say a little slower son
Your doing just fine
Just a dirt road with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When Daddy let me drive

I'm grown up now
3 daughters of my own
I let them drive my old jeep
Across the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile
And say

It was just an old worn out jeep
Rusty old floor boards
Hot on my feet
A young girl two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And he'd say
Turn it left, and steer it right
Straighten up girl now, you're doing just fine
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain

When Daddy let me drive

Daddy let me drive

Oh he let me drive

It's just an old plywood boat
With a 75 johnson
And electric choke

6 feb 2015

INXS: "New Sensation"


  Waoooo!! Let's dance!! ¡¡A bailar tutilequisque!!

Are you ready for a...new sensation? Enjoy life! ;)

LYRICS
Live baby live
Now that the day is over
I gotta new sensation
In perfect moments
Impossible to refuse

Sleep baby sleep
Now that the night is over
And the sun comes
Like a god into our room
All perfect light and promises

Gotta hold on you
A new sensation, a new sensation
Right now gonna take you over
A new sensation, a new sensation

Dream baby dream
Of all that's come and going
And you will find out in the end
There really is,
There really is no difference

Cry baby cry
When you got to get it out
I'll be your shoulder
You can tell me all
Don't keep it in ya

Well that's the reason why I'm here
Hey hey
Are you ready for a new sensation, new sensation
Right now
Gonna take you on a new sensation, new sensation

Hate baby hate
When there's nothing left for you
You're only human what can you do
It'll soon be over
Don't let your pain take over you

Love baby love
It's written all over your face
There's nothing better we could do
Than live forever
Well that's all we've got to do
Hey now I'm gonna take a new sensation, new sensation
Right now
Gotta hold on you
A new sensation, new sensation
A new sensation, a new sensation
A new sensation


19 ene 2015

Looking for Genghis Khan's tomb


 Genghis Khan was a famous character in History. He lived between the XII and XIII centuries and was a Mongolian leader who created and ruled a vast empire in Asia, in fact one of the greatest empires in the history of the world. Before he died in 1227, he ordered that his tomb should be in a secret place, so that nobody could find it. A legend says that the soldiers and servants who buried him killed themselves after the ceremony. This way, nobody could speak about it.

Today, some investigators are trying to find the famous tomb using Google maps, but it's difficult because Asia is enoooormous. You can read this fascinating story in The Washigton Post.

In this map, you can see the extension of the Mongol empire. He started in the distant Mongolia and after his death, the Mongols even arrived to Europe, conquering part of today's Russia.

15 ene 2015

"Your song" by Elton John

This is a very old song (1971) composed and sung by Elton John (biography). The music and the lyrics are really good. Just listen.



Your Song - LYRICS

It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen.

18 dic 2014

Merry Christmas to all of you! (and a song)

Now that it's time for peace and good feelings, I send you my Christmas card with this love song. I hope you like!

6 dic 2014

Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan

This is a very old song by Bob Dylan that I usually like to listen to in the quietest moments. The video has no images, but I hope you like the lyrics!


Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you’re the best thing that he’s ever seen
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he’s standing in front of you
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead.


HAVE A GOOD LOOONG WEEKEND

25 oct 2014

The latest from AC/DC: "Play Ball"

The new song by the Australian band included in their next album Rock or Bust to be released in December months.

If you really love R & R, here is a song for you...
Wow! What a beatttt!

11 oct 2014

"Duelling Banjos", music from the deep American mountains



This is a scene from the 1972 film "Deliverance". The actors are playing a traditional American song with a banjo and a guitar. It is a kind of competition... and the boy is the winner! Traditionally, people who live in the remote mountains of the USA are called hillbillies, in Spanish we simply call them "montañeses".

28 jun 2014

27 jun 2014

Katrina & The Waves: "Walking On Sunshine"

Something more poppy and happier to start summer!! Katrina & The Waves singing again from the 1980s. By the way, the city you can see in the video is London.


17 ene 2014

Wow! That's coooool!!

Look what I found surfing the net.... Yes, it's a Spiderman backpack! Isn't it coooool? ;-)

14 nov 2013

Video and advertising

Have a look at these *commercials and don't miss the LEGO story. It's real fun!



 

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*commercials: advertisements.