Wednesday, 20 August 2014

THE MAN ON THE MOON By Verónica Barón Tinjacá

What if man hadn’t arrived to the moon!!!


Yesterday I was reading about this great event and like other times my head began searching for different consequences if this hadn’t happened.

This “Essay Draft” contains my thoughts. Maybe, humanity wouldn’t have spent a lot of money on later spacemissions and the money could have been used for food and welfare or for children.

What’s more could it have been given o scientists for development, new vaccines o to explore our world more.

On the other hand, currently some people wouldn’t have thought that the Apollo XI flight was a farce, because the picture analysis later showed some light positions were mistakes. Also a United States flag was moving as if the moon contained air and other mistakes show two possible scenarios, firstly, it was all falsified, designed in a Hollywood stage, or NASA was hiding something. Ummm, it is a big mystery.

On 20th July/1969 Apolo XI with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin arrived on the Moon, Armstrong said his famous and manipuled phrase: That’s one small step for “a” man, one giant step for mankind.

True or not, it was definitely an amazing event in human history. 45 years ago anybody would have thought that this was a “Suicide Mission” especially after Layka “The Astronaut Dog” died.
Other possible consequences could have been that the Russians would have had the first man on the Moon. These countries were in a nuclear race and in the “Cold War” with the USA.

This great event put ahead the United States in the competition, also nobody would have recognized the name of “Neil Armstrong”. USA citizens would haven’t possibly its trust in the USA government despite the Vietnam War.

Finally, it’s likely we will never know the truth: did Man really land on the Moon or is it a half truth, if the “Sea of Tranquility” exist, but for all the “Earths citizens” it will always be a great event.

By Verónica Barón Tinjacá

Norwich, U.K. July/2014

Saturday, 9 August 2014

Tinkering School

Here's a video I'd like you to watch. It's only 5 minutes long.


Questions:
  1. What are the kids trusted with?
  2. How long is the experience?
  3. What things are available for the kids to use?
  4. What is the main goal of the experience?
  5. What do they want to teach the children?
  6. Is there a set curriculum?
Questions for discussion:
  1. In your opinion, what are the benefits of this type of education?
  2. What are the main differences between the traditional type of education to this?
  3. Are there any drawbacks to this experience?
  4. Would you send your children to tinkering school?
  5. What skills can children learn and use in their day to day life?
  6. Have you ever been involved in an experience like this?
Vocabulary - some words you may like to find the meaning of.  Can you find any antonyms and synonyms?
  • to tinker (v)
  • to go awry (v)
  • a curriculum (n)
  • a drawback (n) 
  • a calamity (n)
Please post your comments below.  You don't need to answer all of these questions.  Please use the contact form on the right should you need to ask any questions.  I'd also be interested to hear your feedback.  Do you think this blog will benefit your learning? etc.

welcome

Hello everybody and a very warm welcome to our new and exciting blog.

On this blog, I hope we'll be able to share our thoughts on a variety of topics, share stories and most importantly practise English!

Over the next few days I'll attempt to send you all an invitation and provide you with the correct settings to enable you to add posts and comment on others.

This is a closed blog which means only our class can see what is written here.

Please enjoy the blog, respect each other's opinion and have fun.

All the best,

Andy