Racism in British schools

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/05/120525_witn_racism.shtml

good topic to think about especially for us, Japanese. Because we tend to forget that we are dominant race in this country and racism is tend to be unnoticed.

Please think about it and let me know how you would feel if you are ignored or bullied because of your race.

A post from Mika

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/09/120910_witn_courageous_burglar.shtml

Hi all,

This is the article Mika picked :-)

amazing inspirational lecture!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Please watch this to inspire you to do the best for yourself :-)

Oh poor thing!

http://www.thestorylibrary.com/21.AudioStories/page03.shtml

This is a little comical story. Enjoy!

This week's article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-19398367

Hi all, this is from Ai. Please read and print it out!

Oh, Autumn

Oh, Autumn,
the season of richness
the colorful crib
for the passing fancy
Let us dream with your lullaby

Oh, September!

Hi all,

We are about to start our regular classes from next week! I had such a busy and productive summer this year. These are what I have done:

1 Writing 2 books to publish. Hopefully they will be published by Oct. or Nov. this year.
2 Started teaching At Tokyo Kids Club in Hiroo. Such a posh place to work at.
3 Completed the first module of my Master's course.
4 Read a book, The gift of imperfect. One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.
5 Read and wrote for a few weeks for summer reading.

I am quite happy with the results. Summer is usually a study time for me. I take workshops or lectures.
Instead of doing that, I did productive works this summer except reading the book I wanted to read for a while. I had a lot of fun writing and would love to keep this blog going with you all.

From next week, we will go back to the usual read& discuss routine with some interesting articles we find. How about commenting on the article posted on this blog as homework?

As you know, I don't take no for an answer!! lol

Anyway, please think tell me what you have done for this summer in the next class.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!