Feel the beat

...the beat of my heart, of my mind, of my steps.

Donnerstag, September 28, 2006

‘What do you expect at your age’

From the 1st of October if you are living and working in the UK, think before you express thoughts like the above or similar ones. The new laws come into force on 1st October 2006 to prevent the discrimination of older and younger employees. This affects employee’s life at work regarding any promotion, training and the day-to-day communication.

Sayings that you need to think twice about before using them after 1 October 2006?
‘Old boy’s network’ ‘You’re old before your time’
‘Wet behind the ears’ ‘You are old enough to know better’
‘You little whipper snapper’ ‘You can never be too young’
‘Me old china’ ‘How are you doing old boy’
Age before beauty ‘It’s hard to teach old dogs new tricks’

As an example: in 2001 a famous airline was fined £8000 for breaching discrimination legislation by advertising a job for “a young and dynamic professional". The judgement against the airline was the first successful age discrimination case in Europe and the first taken under the Irish 1998 Employment Equality Act. The Authority took the case after the airline refused to amend their advertisement, claiming that the word "young" was meaningless in an age context and that it was intended to convey enthusiasm, passion, ambition and someone who was dynamic, rather than the actual age of applicants. The Equality Authority Chief Executive said the decision represented the "casual and accepted discrimination experienced by older people in the workplace".

Por eso no quise ser maestra



Este es un contrato de Maestras en 1923 de un país indeterminado, hay quien dice que es Argentina, otros que es un documento norteamericano y hasta hay quien se atreve a situarlo en España.

Según del libro de Michael Apple, 'maestors y textos', editado por Paidós en Barcelona en 1989 se trata de un Contrato para Maestras del año 1923 recogido. El libro es un estudio sobre la educación en EEUU, no en España. El documento arriba debe ser es una foto de una página de este libro y este documento debe ser una traducción española de un estudio de un documento de Estados Unidos de los años 20´s.

Este es un acuerdo entre la señorita ............ maestra, y el Consejo de Educación de la Escuela .............. por la cual la señorita ................ acuerda impartir clases durante un período de ocho meses a partir del ............ de septiembre de 1923. El Consejo de Educación acuerda pagar a la señorita .................. la cantidad de (*75) mensuales.
La señorita ................. acuerda:
1.- No casarse. Este contrato queda automáticamente anulado y sin efecto si la maestra se casa.
2.- No andar en compañía de hombres.
3.- Estar en su casa entre las 8:00 de la tarde y las 6:00 de la mañana a menos que sea para atender función escolar.
4.- No pasearse por heladerías del centro de la ciudad.
5.- No abandonar la ciudad bajo ningún concepto sin permiso del presidente del Consejo de Delegados.
6.- No fumar cigarrillos. Este contrato quedará automáticamente anulado y sin efecto si se encontrara a la maestra fumando.
7.- No beber cerveza, vino ni whisky. Este contrato quedará automáticamente anulado y sin efecto si se encuentra a la maestra bebiendo cerveza, vino y whisky.
8.- No viajar en coche o automóvil con ningún hombre excepto su hermano o su padre.
9.- No vestir ropas de colores brillantes.
10.- No teñirse el pelo.
11.- Usar al menos 2 enaguas.
12.- No usar vestidos que queden a más de cinco centimetros por encima de los tobillos.
13.- Mantener limpia el aula:
Barrer el suelo al menos una vez al día.
Fregar el suelo del aula al menos una vez por semana con agua caliente.
Limpiar la pizarra al menos una vez al día.
Encender el fuego a las 7:00, de modo que la habitación esté caliente a las 8:00 cuando lleguen los niños.
14.- No usar polvos faciales, no maquillarse ni pintarse los labios.

Afortunatamente no vivimos en aquella epoca.

Mittwoch, September 27, 2006

World Tourism Day

There is always a reason to celebrate every day;
the official one for the 27th of September is called:
If you should be in Greece today you can visit any monument and museum without charges. An unique experience should be an audiovisual journey in beautiful Greece in the Panathinaiko Stadium tonight at 7:00 p.m. , organised by the Ministry of Tourism and the Greek National Tourism Organisation. Further opening days: September 28, 29 and 30 - opening hours: 9:00 - 18:00 and 19:30 - 22:00.
Have a look under www.mintour.gr and you will understand why a trip to Greece is a must.
It is not only for its history, its wonderful beaches, islands, sun, food and people. It is a myth, which you can live.

Dienstag, September 26, 2006

The European Day of Languages


According to the European Union today, the 26th of September is 'The European Day of Languages', which was actually created during the European Year of Languages on 2001, a Counsil of Europe (http://www.ecml.at) initiative with the European Union.
Since then a lot of celebretions for the linguistic diversity and the plurilingualism have taken place along Europe in order to alert the public to the importance of language learning, to increase awareness and appreciation of all the languages spoken in Europe and to encourage the lifelong language learning.
This day provides an opportunity to continue to strengthen partnerships developed during the Year at local, regional, national and international levels.
If you would like to find out about events during these days, just click here: http://www.ecml.at

Freitag, September 01, 2006

Greece - USA 101-95

All the Greeks were expecting to win against the USA this morning, but this result was amasing! In all the international newspapers and websites you can already read about the new Dream Team made in Greece!

NBA: USA-Greece Recap. USA Upset By Greece

CNN: No gold ... again. U.S. shocked by Greece 101-95 in World semifinals

BBC: Greece oust USA in big upset. Greece beat favourites USA 101-95 at the World Basketball Championship semi-finals in Japan.

U
SA TODAY: Greece stops Team USA in its tracks in world semifinals.

Reuters:
Greece shock U.S. to reach world final

ESPN: All the talent in the world couldn't help Team USA at the FIBA World Championship. Another disappointing defeat -- this time to Greece, 101-95 -- shouldn't come as a shock.

Der Spiegel: Griechen jubeln - Jammer bei US
-Boys.

Die Welt: Griechen Blamieren Goldfavorit USA.


Reforma: Echa Grecia al 'Dream Team' del Mundial.


El
País: Epopeya griega - La selección griega aprovecha el exceso de confianza de Estados Unidos y se clasifica para la final.

Terra: Grecia da una leccion a Estados Unidos.

... a while after this game Jorge emailed me that Greece will be playing against Spain on Sunday! I am even happier now! Por qué?

Porque este dibujo no lo hizo ningun Griego...

Queridos espagnoles, me alegro mucho verles jugando contra Grecia; me encanta vuestra pasión porque con las mismas ganas jugamos también nosotros! Pase lo que pase, para mi Grecia ya ha ganado y de todos modos yo os quiero mucho...
 
Ninja!