LA POSITIVE ATTITUDE

Gloomy weather outside?
Fear of Doomsday coming?
Why not look at the world in a positive way for once
Here is a positive attitude, a new trend, funemployment

New York, New York!!

The big apple!
the city that never sleeps!
here are two of the nicknames given to this wonderful city
Do you want to hear the song?
Here it is

If you want to learn it and sing , the lyrics are available here


Do you want to know more about it?
First a few photos from last July, when I went there with a group of 15 students
Groud zero
As you can see, they are rebuilding the area. New buildings, as well as a memorial will soon replace this site.

A nice and quiet street in Soho, famous for its art galeries and old buildings.And now, the statue of liberty. The photo was taken from the boat that leads to Liberty Island. The island is very small. You need ten minutes to walk round the island. Apart from the statue, there is nothing to see, not even a restaurant!

When we went there, the weather was really bad as you can see with the big clouds on the photo!


A photo to remember our visit of the empire state building!In fact, you have to be very patient!

You have to queue for nearly one hour, then, you enter an elevator. Not even one minute later, you are on the eightieth floor!

Two statues at the entrance of the UN headquarters.
Guess what the artists meant





To finish, a view of the Yankee stadium in the Bronx, where we went to see a baseball match.
Unfortunately, a storm broke out and the match was cancelled. The weather can so unpredictable in New York. One minute it is sunny and hot, the next it is pouring down!!

which is which? a maze of contradictory information

global warming explained to kids

global cooling explained to kids




and so?
Are we going to freeze to death or to suffer from unprecedented heat waves?

Which do you find the more convincing?
Does it help you to make up your mind on this issue?



and the last question, but maybe the more important, do you really care?and last a link to the big chill brrrrrrr

DEATH PENALTY WHY DO WE KILL PEOPLE WHO KILL PEOPLE TO SHOW THAT KILLING PEOPLE IS WRONG?

Listen to this interview in which a man whose parents were killed opposes death penalty

To help you understand the names given the the meaning of the interview, you may go and read this article


Can you think of arguments that you would develop to defend your position in favour or against death penalty?
Try to think of the opposite view point so as to be better able to counter your opponents.
To sum up, the arguments in favour and against death penalty in a nutshell

A recent article on the debate in Texas