tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22836154133539157852024-02-07T17:06:21.564-08:00More than the classroomCanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.comBlogger360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-74944733826168884472015-10-13T15:07:00.001-07:002015-10-13T15:07:10.045-07:00CBC News Article- October 14, 2015.CBC Website:<div>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-12566743546742131162015-10-06T15:26:00.003-07:002015-10-06T15:26:40.890-07:00CBC News Article:<br />
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<a class="c_nobdr t_prs" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/luxury-electric-cars-1.3229310" style="background-color: white; color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px; outline: none;" target="">www.cbc.ca/news/business/luxury-electric-cars-1.3229310</a><br />
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Questions:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;">What is an electric car?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;">Is an electric car a good invention?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;">Have you ever ridden in an electric car?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px;">Thanks Sang!</span>CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-72718030470650200012015-09-29T19:56:00.002-07:002015-09-29T19:56:52.177-07:00September 30, 2015. CBC Blog Discussion.Hello everyone,<br />
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We will read the article in class tomorrow. <br />
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Website:<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/offbeat/story/1.2970289">http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/offbeat/story/1.2970289</a><br />
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Questions:<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1) Do you use emoji(emoticons)? Do you know what emoji is?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #454545; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2) Do you think Apple did a good job? Why? Why not?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #454545; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3) If you could choose, would
you want Apple to offer emoji? What kind? </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #454545; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #454545; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you Manami! </span></span></div>
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<br />CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-54259548786846936652015-09-22T15:19:00.000-07:002015-09-22T15:19:02.022-07:00CBC News Article- September 23, 2015.Website:<br />
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<a class="c_nobdr t_prs" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wind-mobile-to-offer-cellular-service-in-toronto-s-ttc-subway-system-1.3117047" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0068cf; cursor: default; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13.33px/18.93px 나눔고딕, NanumGothic, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wind-mobile-to-offer-cellular-service-in-toronto-s-ttc-subway-system-1.3117047</a><br />
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Questions:<br />
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1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of mobile services being available on the subway?</div>
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2. Montreal already provides network services on the subway line but they have limited WIFI. Which do you prefer calling or surfing the Internet?</div>
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3. If your network provider charges extra money in order to start mobile service on the subway, will you be willing to accept this policy? (In fact, the providers in South Korea do this!)</div>
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Thank you Kim!</div>
CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-15301098690692341332015-08-18T14:25:00.002-07:002015-08-18T14:25:56.805-07:00August 19 2015. CBC Article Questions.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello everyone </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please read the article below and prepare your answers for
the following 3 questions. Thank you Steve for finding this article and for
coming up with the questions! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/most-livable-cities-include-vancouver-toronto-calgary-in-top-5-1.3194833"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/most-livable-cities-include-vancouver-toronto-calgary-in-top-5-1.3194833</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. What
was your first impression of Toronto?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Compare Toronto to your hometown. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.
Do you want to live in Toronto longer? Why/Why not?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-79855116050211524802015-08-17T13:21:00.001-07:002015-08-17T13:21:58.670-07:00August 18, 2015. Homework Discussion Question.What would you do if you found $50,000 on the ground along with the owners wallet and identification? You then think about how your family member needs the money for his/her heart transplant. What do you think is the right thing to do? However what tempts you to do otherwise?<br />
Watch the video below:<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5KxPwFQV8oCanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-76770802596925939922015-08-16T07:22:00.002-07:002015-08-16T07:22:51.637-07:00August 17, 2015. Semi-Formal Student Presentations.What is your most memorable moment and why? CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-1939211901274924712015-08-11T14:52:00.003-07:002015-08-11T14:53:39.176-07:00Tuesday August 11 2015 Blog TopicDoes SpongeBob SquarePants make kids stupid?<br />
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Please read the article and watch the video. Be prepared to discuss this topic in class. Make sure that you understand the vocabulary and that you are ready to state your opinion.Do you agree with this statement? Yes or no? Why or why not?<br />
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http://blog.chron.com/momhouston/2011/09/study-spongebob-squarepants-makes-kids-stupid/<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU3mORZKV6wCanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-32657766177263196402015-07-23T16:40:00.001-07:002015-07-23T16:40:35.714-07:00Farewell to High-Intermediate<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just wanted to say that it has been my pleasure to help all of my high-intermediate students perfect their English skills. You have left me with really awesome memories! I had a lot of fun working with all of you (I learned a lot from your comments and presentations) and I wish you the best of luck with any new teachers and any new experiences you will have in the future.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course, I'll still be at the school, teaching the intermediate class and the grammar class, so feel free to stop by and say hello!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll see you around!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Matthew</span><br />
<br />CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-77972991400021183772015-07-21T14:07:00.001-07:002015-07-21T14:07:59.164-07:00Thursday July 30 2015 Blog<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 20pt;">Can't Buy Love: Materialism Kills
Marriages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Focusing too heavily on the "for
richer" part of the nuptial vows could spell <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/dating-budget-great-ideas-fun-affordable-free-dates/story?id=14277455" target="external"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">disaster for a marriage</span></a>, according to research published today
by <st1:placename w:st="on">Brigham</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Young</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">William</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Paterson</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> In a survey of 1,700 married couples,
researchers found that couples in which one or both partners placed a high
priority on getting or spending money were much less likely to have <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/relationship-gadgets-kohler-numi-wireless-headphones-keurig-coffee/story?id=13774355" target="external"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">satisfying and stable marriages</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> "Our study found that <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/married-assets-love-wills/story?id=12866679" target="external"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">materialism </span></a>was associated with spouses having lower levels of
responsiveness and less emotional maturity. Materialism was also linked to less
effective communication, higher levels of negative conflict, lower relationship
satisfaction, and less marriage stability," said Jason Carroll, a BYU
professor of family life in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Provo</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Utah</st1:state></st1:place>, and lead author of the
study. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Researchers gauged materialism using self-report
surveys that asked questions such as to what extent do you agree with these
statements? "I like to own things to impress people" or "money
can buy happiness." Spouses were then surveyed on aspects of their
marriage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> For one out of every five couples in the
study, both partners admitted a strong love of money. These couples were worse
off in terms of marriage stability, marriage satisfaction, communications
skills and other metrics of healthy matrimony that researchers studied. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The one out of seven couples that reported
low-levels of materialism in both partners scored 10 to 15 percent higher in
all metrics of marital quality and satisfaction. Interestingly, the correlation
between materialism and marital difficulties remained stable regardless of the
actual wealth of the couple. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">The Things That Money Just Can't
Buy <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Study authors and marriage experts noted that
the findings probably have to do with the personality traits that go along with
materialism. They will be published today in the Journal of Couple &
Relationship Therapy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> "The finding does not necessarily mean
that it is the materialism itself that damages their relationships. ... A
materialistic orientation may be associated with other unidentified factors,
such as childhood deprivation or neglect, which might play a more pivotal role
in adult marital satisfaction," said Don Catherall, professor of clinical
psychiatry and behavioral sciences at <st1:placename w:st="on">Northwestern</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city>. "Of course, it may also simply
mean that people who are more focused on making money have less energy and
interest left to invest in their marriages." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Other studies have shown that materialism is
correlated with a host of personality traits and interpersonal skills that
might hinder a marriage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> "People who are materialistic tend to be
narcissistic and concerned with impressing people," said Susan Heitler, a
Denver-based clinical psychologist and creator of marriage resource site<a href="http://poweroftwomarriage.com/" target="external"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Poweroftwomarriage.com. </span></a>"They
have a tendency to be anxious, depressed, have relatively poor relationship
skills and have low self-esteem. These qualities in turn can cause marital
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Heitler recalls one patient who said that
whenever she felt empty in her relationship, she would "fill up the
hole" by buying lots of things and this would make her feel better. Her
husband, who didn't share this love of buying, would then "kindly return
all of it because they couldn't afford what she had bought," Heitler
recounted, "and the wife was grateful that he would return it because she
didn't really want the stuff in the end, but she got satisfaction from the
purchasing." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit, Oct. 13, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">How materialistic are
you? How important is money in your life?
How focused are you on making money? Do you worry about it a lot?</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">Is materialism such a bad thing?
What are some good points of being a materialistic person?</span><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Is
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">Can money buy happiness? How much
money is enough?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">Could you date or marry someone who had no interest in money or material
possessions?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span class="s15"><b><span lang="EN-US">Do you care what other
people think about you? Do you like to
show off expensive possessions and dress to impress? </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Are you narcissistic? Who do you try to
impress? </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">How easy is it to maintain a happy and stable marriage? What are the main obstacles that married
couples face?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">Are you an impulsive buyer? Do you
often regret your purchases later?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Keeping up with the
Joneses <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Role play: Two students will play a married
couple who argue a lot about how to spend their money.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Student A:
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<b><span lang="EN-US">You are ultra-materialistic. You desperately
want to buy some expensive item. You want to impress all your neighbours show
them that you can afford better stuff than them. Try to convince your partner
to give you the money to buy it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">You control the money because your partner has
a tendency to make rash and very expensive purchases on a whim. You don’t like
spending large amounts of money on stuff you don’t need. You would rather spend
the money on something more practical. </span></b></div>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-8109442303049482202015-07-21T13:58:00.002-07:002015-07-23T16:36:04.986-07:00Tue July 28 2015 Blog Topic<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Minister tells parents not to
tell their daughters they’re beautiful<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Parents should stop telling their children they are beautiful as
this places too much emphasis on appearance, women’s minister Jo Swinson has
said. The minister said parents could be storing up problems for later in their
children’s lives by sending a message that looks are the most important thing
needed to succeed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ms Swinson, 33, who is childless, said in an <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/10083124/Dont-tell-your-daughter-she-is-beautiful-parents-told.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">interview </span></a>with
the Daily Telegraph praising children for skills such ‘doing a jigsaw’ or
‘curiosity in asking questions’ was more appropriate. The Liberal Democrat
minister was speaking ahead of the government’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/creating-a-fairer-and-more-equal-society/supporting-pages/body-confidence-campaign"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">‘body
confidence’ </span></a>campaign. This aims to raise awareness of the positive
and negative portrayals of bodies in the media and find ways of building
self-esteem among young people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">According to statistics quoted by the minister, one in four children
aged 10 to 15 is unhappy about their appearance. And 72 per cent of girls feel
that too much attention is paid to the way female celebrities look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Earlier this year Ms Swinson urged editors of women’s magazines
‘to shed the fad diets and fitness myths’. She said: ‘I know as an aunt, you
fall into the trap of turning to your niece and saying, “you look beautiful” —
because of course all children do look beautiful — but if the message they get
is that is what’s important and that is what gets praise, then that’s not
necessarily the most positive message you want them to hear.’ Praising someone
for their appearance wasn’t ‘bad in itself – we don’t say you can’t like
someone else’s dress’. But she urged parents to put comments about looks in
their ‘appropriate place’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">‘Research shows that when children have no body confidence at school
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<span lang="EN-GB">‘In extreme cases you’ll have people suffering from body
dysmorphia, a psychiatric disorder, where people might not feel happy to go to
school and you get truancy as a result of this.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The minister said appearance
was important in certain circumstances, such as a job interview, but ‘it’s just
the level to which this becomes the ultimate focus of everything’. It can
become an obsession ‘where you have people who won’t go to school unless
they’ve put their make-up on, or won’t leave the house unless they’ve spent two
hours getting ready’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">She also said fathers have a
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">‘Perhaps they can consider
what they say about women in front of their daughters, how they’re being judged
and whether they’re saying any inappropriate comments suggesting that women’s
value is in how they look.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Ms Swinson said the new
campaign was about raising awareness but argued it would be difficult given the
some industries ‘make money out of people feeling bad about themselves’. She
claimed young boys were also under pressure to look buff and muscular or to be
skinny like the singer Pete Doherty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Metro.uk - Tuesday 28 May 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/28/minister-tells-parents-not-to-tell-their-daughters-theyre-beautiful-3811253/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/28/minister-tells-parents-not-to-tell-their-daughters-theyre-beautiful-3811253/</span></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-8509705325131944022015-07-21T13:57:00.001-07:002015-07-21T13:57:12.195-07:00Thursday July 23 2015 Blog Topic<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Test-Tube Burger Served Up For First Time</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">The world's
first test-tube burger, costing a whopping £250,000 to produce, has been
unveiled in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The 5oz patty - made from lab-grown "cultured beef" - was
dished up by its creator, Professor Mark Post, before journalists in
Hammersmith, in the west of the capital. The scientist-turned-chef made the
most expensive beefburger in history from 20,000 tiny strips of meat grown from
cow stem cells over a three-month period. The billionaire co-founder of Google,
Sergey Brin, put £215,000 of his own money towards the research, saying he was
doing it because it could be "transformative for the world".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Chef Richard McGeown fried the burger in sunflower oil and a knob of
butter before it was sampled by Josh Schonwald, author of The Taste of
Tomorrow, and food scientist Hanni Rutzler. Ms Rutzler said it was "close
to meat" but she was expecting the texture to be softer and it wasn't very
juicy. Mr Schonwald said the "absence is the fat ... it's a leanness to it
but the bite feels like a conventional hamburger". "This is kind of
an unnatural experience in that I can't tell you over the past 20 years how
many times I have had a burger without ketchup or onions or jalapenos or
bacon."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Prof Post believes his artificial meat - known by the rather
unappetising title "in-vitro meat" - could herald a food revolution
and appear in supermarkets within the next 10 to 20 years. After trying his own
creation for the first time, he said: "I think it's a very good start, it
proved that we can do this, that we can make it and to provide a start to build
upon - I am very pleased with it." He said he was not worried about the
verdict on the taste and added that in a couple of months they should be able
to add fat into the product.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The burger could help save the planet by cutting the billions of tonnes
of greenhouse gases currently released by livestock, and may also be deemed
ethically acceptable by vegetarians because it would dramatically reduce the
need to slaughter animals. But its success or failure will ultimately depend on
how much it resembles the taste, texture and price of real meat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The demonstration was originally planned for October last year, with
celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal cooking the burger for a mystery guest. There
was pressure from journalists in the audience who wanted to try the burger but
they were told there was not enough to go around. Up until now, the only
outsider known to have eaten the synthetic meat was a Russian reporter who
snatched a piece of cultured pork and stuffed it in his mouth during a visit to
Prof Post's lab - before it had been passed as safe to eat. He was reportedly
unimpressed by the pork, describing it as "chewy and tasteless".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maastricht</st1:placename> in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region>
conducted experiments which progressed from mouse meat to pork and finally beef
- the most environmentally destructive meat. "What we are going to attempt
is important because I hope it will show cultured beef has the answers to major
problems that the world faces," he said. "Our burger is made from
muscle cells taken from a cow. We haven't altered them in any way. For it to
succeed it has to look, feel and hopefully taste like the real thing."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The ingredients don't sound like something a chef would boast about on
a menu - half-millimetre thick strips of pinkish yellow lab-grown tissue, each
the size of a rice grain. But Prof Post is confident he can produce a burger
that is almost indistinguishable from one made from prime beef. He points out
that livestock farming is becoming unsustainable, with demand for meat
rocketing around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The industry accounts for nearly 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions -
even greater than transport - with 228 million tonnes of meat produced each
year. And the environmental problems are only likely to get worse, with the UN
forecasting that world demand for meat will double by 2050, largely driven by
an increased demand from a growing middle class in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> and other developing nations.
Added to this, around 70% of all farmland is devoted to meat production, and
cattle consume around 10% of the world's freshwater supplies, making meat
farming a very costly, planet-damaging business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Experts say 1kg of meat requires up to 10kg of crops to produce, making
it a highly inefficient method of turning plants into human food, whereas
synthetic meat uses about 2kg of feed. Research by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Oxford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
scientists in 2011 estimated that cultured meat needs 99% less land than
livestock, between 82% and 96% less water, and produces between 78% and 95%
less greenhouse gas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The burger launched today has cost £250,000 to produce, but the
Dutch team are hoping to dramatically slash the cost by industrialising the
laborious process. The Food Standards Agency said that before going on sale, synthetic
meat would need regulatory approval, with manufacturers needing to prove that
all necessary safety tests had been carried out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MatthewCanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-88347849875612523882015-07-15T04:28:00.002-07:002015-07-15T04:28:36.540-07:00July 15 2015 Student Chosen Blog (Wed)<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">
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Remember, this is the discussion for Thursday.<br />
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Man Tries to Beat Bank at its Own Game with Fine Print that Gives Him
Unlimited Credit<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">When it comes to fine print
on user agreements and terms of service, I’ve found that there are those who
blame companies for making these documents so long and complicated that most
people will never read them (and might not even be able to understand the terms
even after reading them), and then there are those who say consumers can’t
complain if they don’t first read and understand everything they agree to.
Here’s a story out of Russia that should appeal to both sides of that debate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/rt\.com\/business\/man-outsmarts-banks-wins-court-221\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">RT News has the story</span></span></span> of a man who
looked at an unsolicited credit card offer from Tinkoff Credit Systems back in
2008 and wondered what would happen if he signed the agreement, but only after
writing in his own additional terms by hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Among the amendments in his
version of the contract — unlimited credit, 0% APR, no fees, including the
stipulation that he “is not obliged to pay any fees and charges imposed by bank
tariffs.” Since the contract included a URL for a web page containing the full
terms of service, the customer also wrote in a new URL of his own so that the
bank couldn’t just say “but these terms are different than what’s published on
the site.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Per the amended terms, every
change to these terms would result in a payment of 3 million rubles ($91,000)
to the customer, or a cancelation fee of 6 million rubles ($182,000). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">A pretty sweet deal. No way
Tinkoff would agree to it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">But of course Tinkoff did
agree to it, because it did exactly what most of its customers do — accepted
this contract without reading it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">“The opened credit line was
unlimited,” said the man’s lawyer. “He could afford to buy an island somewhere
in Malaysia, and the bank would have to pay for it by law.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">He didn’t buy that island,
but he did use the card for two years, racking up only $1,363 (including
interest and fees) during that time. Not bad, considering the sweet deal he’d
written for himself. But of course he wasn’t paying that amount because he
maintained that he had a 0% APR and could theoretically just keep making
charges on the sheer promise that he’d pay up someday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">And so Tinkoff sued the
customer. However, the court held that his amendments were binding since the
bank accepted them, whether it looked at them or not. The court said the
customer only owed the principal balance of around $575.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Perhaps emboldened by this
victory, the customer then sued Tinkoff for a whopping $727,000 for its failure
to honor the amended agreement and for not paying out the agreed-upon penalty
of $182,000 when it cancelled his account. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">“They signed the documents
without looking,” explains his lawyer. “They said what their borrowers usually
say in court: ‘We have not read it.’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Tinkoff insists that it will
be vindicated and that the customer will ultimately get four years in prison
for fraud instead of the pile of cash he sought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-indent: 11.35pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">“We don’t have small print,
everything is clear and transparent,” wrote the bank’s founder on Twitter. “Try
to open a card – then we’ll talk. Stealing is a sin – in my opinion, of course.
Not all in Russia think so.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">By <span class="fn"><a href="http://consumerist.com/author/chrismorranconsumerist/" title="Chris Morran"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Chris Morran</span></a> – Consumerist -</span> <span class="datepublishedtime">August 9, 2013</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://consumerist.com/2013/08/09/man-tries-to-beat-bank-at-its-own-game-with-fine-print-that-gives-him-unlimited-credit/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://consumerist.com/2013/08/09/man-tries-to-beat-bank-at-its-own-game-with-fine-print-that-gives-him-unlimited-credit/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Related articles: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://rt.com/business/man-outsmarts-banks-wins-court-221/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://rt.com/business/man-outsmarts-banks-wins-court-221/</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/banking/7812912/Five-ways-to-beat-the-banks-at-their-own-game.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/banking/7812912/Five-ways-to-beat-the-banks-at-their-own-game.html</span></a>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-70842305568320775612015-07-12T06:17:00.001-07:002015-07-12T06:17:39.861-07:00July 14 2015 Discussion Topic (Tuesday)Remember, this is the Tuesday blog.<br />
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Please read the article and look at the questions. Your goal is to understand the vocabulary and the main meaning of the article. You do not have to understand every part of the article, but understanding and being able to describe the main meaning is very important.<br />
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The article blow does not include the pictures. You can find the pictures at:<br />
<a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/parents-fury-at-10-year-old-supermodel.html">https://in.news.yahoo.com/parents-fury-at-10-year-old-supermodel.html</a><br />
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The mini-model was featured in the
January 2011 issue – as part of a 15-page picture spread called ‘Cadeaux’
(gifts). It included shots of a heavily made-up Thylane posing seductively in a
chair, bed and on an animal skin rug, with her legs and neckline bared. The
controversial pics were shown on US TV this month and reignited concern over
the sexualisation of children in the media.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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The debate comes as the Government announced a crackdown on
inappropriate clothing and raunchy ads aimed at young kids earlier this year.
They commissioned the Bailey Review to investigate enforcing restrictions on
the sexualisation of children in the media and sexual content in advertising. <span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Reg
Bailey, Chief Executive of the Mother’s Union is in charge of the independent
review.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Mother’s Union, told Yahoo! UK that these images were “blurring all thoughts of
beauty” and were “physically disturbing” for adults. She added: “Modelling
agencies think that it is ok to use pre-pubescent girls as models but this is
completely selling us a different idea of beauty. They are making this girl
look and feel as though she has to dress this way in order to be perfect.” “If
you think about it in reverse they wouldn’t ask me, a 43-year-old woman to
dress like a girl, so why would they want to dress her up like that?”<span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Despite concern over the images of Thylane, there is huge
fan support for model, with a blog and several Facebook fan pages dedicated to
her work. On one fan page a woman wrote: “I don't find this unusual, she is
super talented...plus it’s French Vogue!!! FRENCH. VOGUE. Totally ok.” <span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Another
fan added: “I am frustrated with all the people who deem this as sensual... Art
is totally subjective and depends on the individual viewing it.”<br />
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</span>The Mother’s Union and David Cameron have invited the fashion and
advertising industries to reassess the representation of young people under the
age of 16 at a summit in October.<span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Article - <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/parents-fury-at-10-year-old-supermodel.html"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">http://in.news.yahoo.com/parents-fury-at-10-year-old-supermodel.html</span></a><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Related -<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/08/18/young.girls.lingerie/index.html"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">http://edition.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/08/18/young.girls.lingerie/index.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-70685667514753187992015-07-08T05:23:00.001-07:002015-07-08T05:23:50.008-07:00July 8 2015 Student Blog<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What’s wrong with English education in Japan? Pull up a chair</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">TOKYO ―</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When you speak to foreign English educators in Japan, one thing becomes crystal clear: English education in Japan isn’t working. It’s just awful. While English classes are mandatory in Japanese schools, the percentage of students who emerge with actual English abilities are surprisingly low. Students in China, Korea and Japan are in an arms race to see who can produce students with the best English, and Japan seems to be trailing far behind in third place.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">With the Olympic Games coming up in 2020, the Japanese government has proposed changes to increase the level of English ability in their students. Changes like starting introductory English classes in 3rd grade elementary school and making the subject compulsory from the 5th grade. Are these changes really going to help? We’ve gathered opinions from both foreign teachers and Japanese citizens about issues with the system and what might improve it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Every foreigner who spends any amount of time in Japan will understand the fundamental need to change the way students study English. But a recent thread on the Japan subreddit, which seems to have been started by an English educator, tried to assemble as many opinions as possible about the matter in one place. Many of the complaints fell into three main categories:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1. Teaching to the tests</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For those unfamiliar with the Japanese school system, most high schools and universities have a test that prospective students must take and pass. Especially in the case of high schools, there is a mandated set of content that appears. And so, Japanese Teachers of English (JTEs) focus on the grammar and vocabulary that will be on the test. A broader understanding and the practical uses of English are largely ignored because they have to cover the specific material and don’t have time for anything else.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So, if Japanese students have to learn specific material for the tests, why should they learn anything else? There is no point in actually learning the language if all that is required is being able to pick the correct answer on a multiple choice test. Many Japanese netizens agree, “Why change anything unless the style of testing is changed?”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">2. The quality of the textbooks is quite low</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Many foreign language teachers criticized the textbooks used in the classrooms, complaining about all manner of things including content and grammatical errors. Even more specifically, many people found the choice of grammar included to be suspect, saying it wasn’t grammar used very often in native English. The JTEs have to teach these archaic forms through topics such as recycling plastic, people and animals dying in WWII and boring Japanese history, causing students to be apathetic. (Topics like these are required in government approved textbooks.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">3. A focus on translating into Japanese and JTEs speaking in only Japanese. Where is the English?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Perhaps one of the biggest complaints was the amount, or lack of English used in the classrooms. The JTEs often teach all the grammar in Japanese, and check that the students can follow the textbook by translating the English into Japanese. Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) are regulated to human tape recorders, and then set free to roam the class and “help” the students. Of all the hours of English education, how many of those hours were spent actually listening to and speaking English? (Repeating English is not the same as speaking it.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Japanese people agree that the current teaching style often limits students to what little English they hear from the teachers and what words are put in front of them. Successful teaching should include as many senses as possible to surround students in English. One Japanese netizen suggests that TV dramas should be utilized to hear real English, while seeing the facial expressions and mouth movements all together in one package. How can a student not be excited to learn phrases like “OK, I’m on my way”, “What’s the problem?” or “Freeze! You’re under arrest!”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Which brings us to the main problem with the current system: Japanese students don’t understand the benefits of learning English. This is certainly not limited to Japanese learners, but how many time do you hear a student say, “I’m Japanese, so I will never use English in the future.” Studying English as a language is one of the least interesting things about it. But, what about all the different things that you can experience when you understand English? TV shows, movies, books, games, and it’s not even limited to entertainment, scientific journals, international business and the majority of the Internet is conducted in English.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When the exposure of English is limited to the classroom and the unfortunate textbooks, a majority of the students will disengage from it and end up not learning anything. When students are forced to study and learn about certain grammar points and vocabulary, with no knowledge about how you can apply it to all the amazing things in English, of course, the students are going to do poorly. Expose them to the idea that, yes, this is a subject you have to study, but look at what you can do with it outside the classroom. You can excite students with that and promote self-study, which is a much better approach than learning “This is a pen” for the sake of a test.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">--------------------</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Questions</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Q1,Japan should make English its second official language?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Q2,How can I improve our English skill?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Q3,When should Japanese start study English?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Q4,How do you think English education in Japan?</span>CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-49040420255483751852015-07-05T08:07:00.001-07:002015-07-05T08:07:15.727-07:00Thursday, July 9 2015 Blog DiscussionThis is Thursday blog.<br />
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Please watch both videos and make sure you understand their meaning. We will be discussing them in class.<br />
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Thank you and I'll see you in class!<br />
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Matthew<br />
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-19441157607798448862015-07-05T08:05:00.002-07:002015-07-05T08:05:19.872-07:00Tuesday, July 7 2015 Student DiscussionRemember, this is the Tuesday discussion.<br />
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Please read the article and have a look at the questions below it. Make sure you understand the vocabulary and the meaning of the article and questions. This is very important. You do not need to write down answers, but be prepared to discuss the topic.<br />
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Thank you and I'll see you in class!<br />
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Matthew<br />
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">Apprenticeships? It's the 1950’s and 60’s
all over again<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">You could be forgiven for a sense of
deja vu over today’s story that top performing A-level students are shunning
going to university to take up apprenticeships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">What goes around comes around. Apprenticeships
were very much in vogue in the 1950’s and 60’s. Now they are back in fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">There is one difference, though, and it
is crucial one. The university places just weren’t there in the 50’s and 60’s.
Apprenticeships were the only option for many.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">I welcome their return - it’s just a
pity that they seem to have gained their new popularity through the negative
route of would-be students being put off by the rise in university fees to
£9,000 a year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">And we have to guard against any
snobbish attitude towards them and hope no-one dismisses them on the grounds
they don’t cut the mustard. No “sorry, dear boy, but I mean - only an
apprentice!” then. You have to get to the situation where a parent is
just as proud of a child for adopting this route as going for a traditional
university course.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The reason I like apprenticeships is
they can provide the skills sets needed by particular industries. If a
school leaver knows his or her mind and what they want to do, why not opt for
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">In a funny way, they are delivering on
the target set by Tony Blair when he was Prime Minister when he set a target of
50 per cent of young people going on to higher education. He never meant
they should all be taking academic subjects at the country’s most elite universities.
This, I believe, is the kind of mix he wanted but the message never quite got
across.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/richard-garner-8513493.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Richard
Garner</span></a> – the Independent - Thursday 15 August 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/apprenticeships-its-the-1950s-and-60s-all-over-again-8762347.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/apprenticeships-its-the-1950s-and-60s-all-over-again-8762347.html</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Related articles: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/the-age-of-apprenticeships-increasing-numbers-of-highflying-students-are-shunning-going-to-university-8762342.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/the-age-of-apprenticeships-increasing-numbers-of-highflying-students-are-shunning-going-to-university-8762342.html</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/clearing/eight-very-rich-and-famous-people-with-crummy-alevels--or-none-at-all-8762907.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/clearing/eight-very-rich-and-famous-people-with-crummy-alevels--or-none-at-all-8762907.html</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/10235827/Shift-to-apprenticeships-may-boost-overall-A-level-grades.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/10235827/Shift-to-apprenticeships-may-boost-overall-A-level-grades.html</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/12/young-people-choose-apprenticeships-over-university_n_3742775.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/12/young-people-choose-apprenticeships-over-university_n_3742775.html</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/a-level-results-debt-university-worth-it"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/a-level-results-debt-university-worth-it</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jul/25/apprenticeships-poorly-perceived"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jul/25/apprenticeships-poorly-perceived</span></a>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-23617062701048514992015-07-01T09:50:00.001-07:002015-07-01T09:50:19.978-07:00July 2 2015 Blog DiscussionHave a look at this article and please prepare for the questions too. Writing answers down is not necessary (or even preferred), but please think about them for a second or two each.<br />
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Thanks! See you in class!<br />
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Matthew<br />
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Happy Canada Day!!!!!<br />
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the other pageant moms – who can be thicker-skinned – were angered by it.
"Us pageant moms already take a huge rap for what we're doing with our
little girls and it's outfits like that that give us a bad rap," said one
mother. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>But the criticism doesn't faze Paisley's mom. Dickey said the costume
was meant to be funny. "The whole idea was for people to see the comedy
behind it. It's like when you take your children to a kids' movie, there's
always adult humour that the parents get that the children don't get and that's
what it was about," she said in an interview with </span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/abcnews\.go\.com\/gma\0022 \\t \0022external\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;">"Good Morning America."</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>Dickey designed the outfit herself, and she's outraged that people think
she's sexualizing her toddler daughter. She told "GMA" that even
though paedophiles were "everywhere," she didn't think they were
"so much at pageants." "When you take your children to the beach
you put swimsuits on your girls, bikinis on your little ones or your big ones
or teenagers," she said. "I think there are just as many or more
paedophiles at the beach and in the park and anywhere ... I do not believe
pageants are a breeding ground for paedophiles." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Paisley's "Pretty Woman" turn comes on the heels of another
controversial "Toddlers & Tiara" moment. On an earlier episode
this season, </span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/abcnews\.go\.com\/Health\/year-toddlers-tiaras-star-dons-fake-boobs-butt\/story?id=14430223\0022 \\t \0022external\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;">4-year-old Maddy Jackson donned
butt enhancements and fake C-cup-sized breasts</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"> as she emulated voluptuous country music icon Dolly
Parton. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">"When she wears the fake boobs
and the fake butt it's just an added extra bonus," her mother, Lindsay
Jackson, said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>The reality show has always been a lightning rod for criticism, but many
are now starting to question whether it should stay on the air. There's even a </span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.facebook\.com\/pages\/Take-Toddlers-and-Tiaras-off-the-Air\/245602845919\0022 \\t \0022external\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;">Facebook page -- "Take
Toddlers and Tiaras off the Air" -- dedicated to the subject.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"> The </span><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.parentstv\.org\/\0022 \\t \0022external\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;">Parents Television Council</span></span></span><span style="color: black;">, a conservative watchdog group, says the show has crossed
the line. "The entire premise of the show is troubling, is disturbing when
you have the premise of the show is to sex up your little girl, but when you
have them portraying the character of a prostitute … you're taking away the
youthful essence of these little girls," Tim Winter, the organization's
president, said. "Three-year-old girls shouldn't be sexy." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/abcnews\.go\.com\/Entertainment\/toddlers-tiaras-star-eden-wood-sets-sights-movie\/story?id=14264772\0022 \\t \0022external\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;">Six-year-old Eden Wood</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"> has been competing since before she could walk. Her
mother, Micki Wood, says the costumes are what get the girls noticed by the
judges. In fact, Eden has worn a showgirl outfit to compete. Asked in a
previous interview whether she believed such a costume was appropriate for a
little girl, the girl's mother told "GMA": "She's covered
everywhere. I don't, when I think of a show girl, I think of a beautiful,
glamorous woman. It's a gorgeous, glamorous costume. To me, it's old Hollywood,
the glamour, not sexualizing my child … It's playing dress up. It's an
expensive dress up game." </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Original article </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/author/andrea_canning"><span style="color: black;">ANDREA
CANNING</span></a><span style="color: black;"> (</span><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/twitter\.com\/andreacanGMA\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;">@andreacanGMA</span></span></span><span style="color: black;">) and JENNIFER PEREIRA, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Sept. 12, 2011, for ABC News, Good
Morning America. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-27164596894094586622015-06-23T15:09:00.000-07:002015-06-23T15:09:46.739-07:00June 25 2015 Blog Topic (Thursday)Please read the strange resume, make some decisions, form an opinion, and prepare to discuss.<br />
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See you in class!<br />
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Matthew<br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-fareast-language: KO;">The Best, or Worst Resume Ever<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">The following is a copy of an
actual resume submitted to a company by a man named Eric. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Some of the details have been
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Is it the worst resume ever or
is it actually quite brilliant?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You decide.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Eric<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="background: black; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-highlight: black;">dfgdshdfghdfghdfghdffgh</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">OBJECTIVES<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">To claw my way to the top using any means
necessary…. but then be a fair and just ruler, and bring your company to new
heights, or whatever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-no-proof: yes;">PERSONAL
ATTRIBUTES<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Cat-like reflexes – now you see me, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">meow</b> you don’t<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Possible ESP<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Knows when to hold, knows when to fold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Emits pleasant aroma(s)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Horse-like laugh (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Extremely proficient at Mariokart for Super
Nintendo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Not bad at “sexy” dancing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">29 years old but have the facial hair of a 13
year old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Can eat a LOT at one sitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, also, I can moonwalk quite well<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">EXPERIENCE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">I am quite experienced with the McDonald’s menu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">One time I rode a horse but it bucked me
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was injured and ended up gaining
like 30lbs but then I shed that weight like a snakeskin, very fast metabolism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">I have enough knowledge to write an essay on
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Acne lancer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Life coach<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">EDUCATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Finished high school by the skin of my teeth
(1999)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Spent most of time daydreaming out window but if
you hire me things will be different, I swear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">REFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Eric<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Who better to tell<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you about me than…. me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Holla!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: black; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-highlight: black;">4353452345dfdfgd2345</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Source Material:</span></b><span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<span class="apple-converted-space"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/resume-fail-or-win_n_850353.html"><span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/resume-fail-or-win_n_850353.html</span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJRfATLuT0&feature=related"><span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br />
</span></a><strong><span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Related:-</span></strong><span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/funny-resumes-cover-letters_n_2092762.html"><span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/funny-resumes-cover-letters_n_2092762.html</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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questions you like.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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wouldn’t put in your resume</span>?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: KO;">(for
example:- can you chug a beer in 3 seconds, burp the alphabet, or play tunes
with your armpit?)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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resume?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;">If you were hiring, what would be the first thing you would look for?</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;">Do you exaggerate, or even lie about your abilities and experience?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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to keep hidden from a potential employer?</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Speed Interviews<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to hire someone to help
you right away!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Think up two or
three <span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;">interview type </span>questions<span style="mso-fareast-language: KO;"> that are designed to assess a person’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">character</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are not interested in their work
experience or education or qualifications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You simply want to determine what sort of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">personality</b> they have and whether or not you would like to work
with that person based on their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">personality
type</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-86191601396170422302015-06-23T05:38:00.002-07:002015-06-23T05:38:41.119-07:00June 24 2015 (Wednesday) Student Chosen TopicThank you for the topic! It's a short article, so make sure you understand every word in it. You may have to google some the cereals to really understand them too.<br />
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See you in class!<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/topstories/generals-mills-to-end-use-of-artificial-flavours-colours-in-cereal-1.3122934" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/<wbr></wbr>topstories/generals-mills-to-<wbr></wbr>end-use-of-artificial-<wbr></wbr>flavours-colours-in-cereal-1.<wbr></wbr>3122934</a><br />
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Do you like cereal? Do you often eat it<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">?</span></div>
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Do you care about foods that include artificial ingredients?</div>
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Do you think removing all artificial colours and flavours (but still keeping the good taste) from all foods is possible?</div>
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Do you ever choose to buy food only because it is natural and has no artificial ingredients?\</div>
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Would you pay more money for cereal that was natural?</div>
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Why do you think that people have become more concerned about what is in their food?</div>
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Is your home culture more or less concerned about food quality compared to what you've seen here?</div>
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How do you feel about other products? For example, shoes and clothes made in sweatshops?</div>
CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-77441644014351852012015-06-21T07:25:00.001-07:002015-06-21T07:25:54.330-07:00June 23 2015 (Tuesday) DiscussionPlease read the article and don't forget to have a look at the discussion questions below too. Use a dictionary if necessary.<br />
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See you in class!<br />
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Children should not start school <o:p></o:p></h1>
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until age six or seven, experts warn<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 26.5pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Children should not start formal school lessons until they are six or
seven because of the “profound damage” the current education system is causing,
a group of experts has warned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">An early focus on play should be introduced as part of a fundamental
overhaul of the system that would bring it more into line with Scandinavian
countries, according to 127 experts from academia, teaching, literature and
charities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">In a letter to the Telegraph they call for changes to a system that
they say focuses too early on formal lessons and the Three Rs from the age of
four or five when children should be allowed to play instead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the former Children's Commissioner for England
and one of the letter's signatories, told the paper: "If you look at a
country like Finland, children don't start formal, full-scale education until
they are seven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"These extra few years, in my view, provide a crucial opportunity,
when supported by well trained, well paid and highly educated staff, for
children to be children."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Other signatories of the letter include Lord Layard, director of the
Well-Being Programme at the London School of Economics, Dr David Whitebread,
senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University, and
Catherine Prisk, director of Play England.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">The Telegraph said the letter was circulated by the Save Childhood
Movement, which will launch its Too Much, Too Soon campaign tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">It will reportedly call for reforms including play-based schooling for
children between three and seven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Wendy Ellyatt, the founding director of the movement, told the
Telegraph: "Despite the fact that 90% of countries in the world prioritise
social and emotional learning and start formal schooling at six or seven, in
England we seem grimly determined to cling on to the erroneous belief that
starting sooner means better results later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"There is nothing wrong with seeking high educational standards
and accountability, but there is surely something very wrong indeed if this
comes at the cost of natural development."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">But the Department for Education described the ideas as
"misguided".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">A spokesman for Education Secretary Michael Gove said: "These
people represent the powerful and badly misguided lobby who are responsible for
the devaluation of exams and the culture of low expectations in state schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">"We need a system that aims to prepare pupils to solve hard
problems in calculus or be a poet or engineer - a system freed from the grip of
those who bleat bogus pop-psychology about 'self image', which is an excuse for
not teaching poor children how to add up."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/search/simple.do?destinationSectionUniqueName=search&publicationName=ind&pageLength=5&startDay=1&startMonth=1&startYear=2010&useSectionFilter=true&useHideArticle=true&searchString=byline_text:(%22David%20Wilcock%22)&displaySearchString=David%20Wilcock"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">DAVID WILCOCK</span></a>
– The Independent - THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;">Article from The Independent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/children-should-not-start-school-until-age-six-or-seven-experts-warn-8811004.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/children-should-not-start-school-until-age-six-or-seven-experts-warn-8811004.html</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.ukgovernmentonline.co.uk/children-should-start-school-until-seven-education-experts-g734879849?language=en"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.ukgovernmentonline.co.uk/children-should-start-school-until-seven-education-experts-g734879849?language=en</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10302249/Start-schooling-later-than-age-five-say-experts.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10302249/Start-schooling-later-than-age-five-say-experts.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2418281/Children-start-school-age-seven-say-education-experts.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2418281/Children-start-school-age-seven-say-education-experts.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24058227"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24058227</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Pink Floyd -
Another Brick in the Wall - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhgE5bfcFTU"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhgE5bfcFTU</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-71858425446371228882015-06-17T05:26:00.001-07:002015-06-17T05:26:43.029-07:00June 17 2015 Student Discussion BlogThanks, Kanami!<br />
<br />
Here is the topic and the questions.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/10/best-life-lessons_n_7494264.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-living">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/10/best-life-lessons_n_7494264.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-living</a><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Meiryo, Calibri, 'Segoe UI', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
-Do you have a lesson you learned after leaving school? What is it? Who told the lesson?</div>
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-What are the differences between before and after leaving school?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Meiryo, Calibri, 'Segoe UI', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
-What is the best lesson have you ever learned?</div>
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<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Meiryo, Calibri, 'Segoe UI', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
We will also discuss each point of advice to see if you agree, disagree, or if you have experience that adds to the advice.</div>
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Thanks again,</div>
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CanPacific Speaking Hi Inthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289018989082072305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283615413353915785.post-30719495787148267562015-06-16T15:51:00.002-07:002015-06-16T15:51:41.321-07:00Thursday, June 19th Blog Discussion<br />
Here is the topic for Thursday, June 18th.<br />
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Parents, children, and money is the topic for today. Think about how you interact with your parents when money is involved.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Children
Visit When Parents Have Money, Study Shows</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Read the
following and be prepared to summarize it in class. Look up any vocabulary you
don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There's a
saying in Korea that your sons and daughters will come visit you when you have
money. Now a research team headed by Prof. Jeong Jae-gi of Soongsil University
has found that there actually is some correlation between how often children
visit and how much money the parents have. <br />
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Prof. Jeong studied 158 parents who were at least 60 years old to see how their
personal factors -- income, education level, age, gender, and marital status --
affected the number of visits their children made. His results, which he
announced to the Population Association of Korea, showed that income was the
only factor that had a direct influence on the visits. <br />
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According to the study, for each one percent rise in parental income, the
possibility that the parents would meet with their children more than once a
week went up 2.07 times. However, of the 27 OECD member states that were
studied, 14 of them showed no such correlation. There were weak connections in
countries like Australia, Spain, and Poland, but they are negligible, said
Prof. Jeong. <br />
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Of all the OECD countries, only Korea showed a strong link between parental
income and the frequency of visits. When asked who they would turn to in a
financial emergency, 51.9 percent of Koreans said either their families or relatives.
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The financial dependency of Koreans on their kin was more than 10 percent
higher than the average of the other 26 countries in the study. “Unlike the
common belief, Koreans rely on their families and relatives when they are under
financial strain much more so than when they're undergoing mental distress,”
Prof. Jeong concluded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">englishnews@chosun.com / Dec. 11, 2007 09:17 KST<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Discussion Questions<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Who do you turn to first when you need help?</b><b> What
about money?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Do you often need support from your parents or
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Do you agree that many Koreans are too
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>How much influence or control do your parents
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Do you/will you give your children money
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Hi Mom! I need some money. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Role play-</b> (for 2-4 students)<o:p></o:p></div>
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You and your
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The Son/daughter
rarely visits his/her parents and usually only does so when he/she needs
help. He/she has a habit of borrowing
money and has a track record of being irresponsible and careless with it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The parents are
tired of seeing their children waste their money and are reluctant to give them
any more. They are also annoyed at the
infrequency of their children’s visits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Son/daughter</b>- your objective is to try to get as much money from your parents as you
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beg, cry, lie, exaggerate, make promises and use emotional blackmail if you
have to. Don’t take no for an answer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Parent</b>- you are reluctant to part with any more of your hard earned cash. You want your children to be more responsible
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him/her the money, but you will only do so if you feel that they really need it
or are going to use it wisely. You want
to keep as much of your money as you can for yourself. Don’t give in to them without a fight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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