Sunday 29 May 2011

VIRGEM SUTA - Ficou tanto por dizer

Virgem Suta "Linhas Cruzadas"

OqueStrada "Oxalá Te Veja"

Everything is more complicated than you think


"Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to every choice you make; you can destroy your life every time you choose. But maybe you won't know for twenty years. And you may never ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it out. Just try and figure out your own divorce. And they say there is no fate, but there is: it's what you create. And even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are only here for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent being dead or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain, wasting years, for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something to make it all right. And it never comes or it seems to but it doesn't really. And so you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope that something good will come along. Something to make you feel connected, something to make you feel whole, something to make you feel loved. And the truth is I feel so angry, and the truth is I feel so fucking sad, and the truth is I've felt so fucking hurt for so fucking long and for just as long I've been pretending I'm OK, just to get along, just for, I don't know why, maybe because no one wants to hear about my misery, because they have their own. Well, fuck everybody. Amen."

in Synecdoche, New York byCharlie Kaufman

Tuesday 17 May 2011

El miedo



Todos me piden que dé saltos,
que tonifique y que futbole,
que corra, que nade y que vuele.
Muy bien.

Todos me aconsejan reposo,
todos me destinan doctores,
mirándome de cierta manera.
Qué pasa?

Todos me aconsejan que viaje,
que entre y que salga, que no viaje,
que me muera y que no me muera.
No importa.

Todos ven las dificultades
de mis vísceras sorprendidas
por radioterribles retratos.
No estoy de acuerdo.

Todos pican mi poesía
con invencibles tenedores
buscando, sin duda, una mosca,
Tengo miedo.

Tengo miedo de todo el mundo,
del agua fría, de la muerte.
Soy como todos los mortales,
inaplazable.

Por eso en estos cortos días
no voy a tomarlos en cuenta,
voy a abrirme y voy a encerrarme
con mi más pérfido enemigo,

Desfolhada Portuguesa

Poema de Ary dos Santos
Cantada por: Simone de Oliveira


Saturday 14 May 2011

To be a teacher: an easy job?

 
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.

One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education.  He argued," What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"

To stress his point, he said to another guest; "You're a teacher, Bonnie.  Be honest.  What do you make?"

Bonnie, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, "You want to know what I make? (She paused for a  second, then began...)

"Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents can't make them sit for 5 minutes without an iPod, Game Cube or movie rental.

You want to know what I make? (She paused again and looked at each and every person at the table).
I make kids wonder.

I make them question.

I make them apologize and mean it.

I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions.

I teach them to write and then I make them write something worthwhile.  Keyboarding isn't everything.

I make them read, read, read.

I make them show all their work in math.  They use their brain, not the man-made calculator.

I make my students from other countries learn everything they need to know about English while preserving their unique cultural identity.

I make my classroom a place where all my students feel safe.

Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were born with, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can succeed in life.   (Bonnie paused one last time and then continued.)

Then, when people try to judge me by what I make, not knowing that money isn't everything, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention to them because they are ignorant.

You want to  know what I make?  I MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

What do you make, Mr. CEO?

The CEO's jaw dropped, and he went silent.


THIS IS WORTH SENDING TO EVERY TEACHER, EVERY CEO, EXECUTIVE AND EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW.

Even to all your personal teachers like mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, coaches and your spiritual leaders/teachers.

A truly profound answer!!!

Teaching is ... the profession that makes all other professions possible!