DO SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY?

I invite you to watch the following video of Sir Ken Robinson talking about creativity in schools. It is a great speech mixed with humorous touches and a big reality. 

Hope you enjoy it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc9D-Im68mw

WINTER MEMORIES

I just can remember that time when we used to stay inside our car listening to the sound of the rain drops hitting the car´s roof. 

I just can remember those rainy days when you used to stay with us.

I just can remember how happy we were feeling this humid atmosphere. 

Because, now, I do not have any other thing, I just can remember.

I just can remember you, Dad.

[   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWQ-oDMG6g   ]

Time, is going by, so much faster than I

And I'm starting to regret not spending all of it with you

Now I'm wondering why I've kept this bottled inside

So I'm starting to regret not selling all of it to you

So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you know

You're never gonna be alone from this moment on

If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall

You're never gonna be alone, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone

And now, as long as I can, I'm holding on with both hands

'Cause forever I believe

That there's nothing I could need but you

So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you know

You're never gonna be alone from this moment on

If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall

When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on

We're gonna see the world out, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone

Oh, you've gotta live every single day

Like it's the only one, what if tomorrow never comes?

Don't let it slip away, could be our only one

You know it's only just begun, every single day

Maybe our only one, what if tomorrow never comes?

Tomorrow never comes

Time is going by so much faster than I

And I'm starting to regret not telling all of this to you

You're never gonna be alone from this moment on

If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall

When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on

We're gonna see the world out, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone

I'm gonna be there always

I won't be missing a word all day

I'm gonna be there always

I won't be missing a word all day

HAVE YOU EVER LEARNED A FOREIGN LANGUAGE?

If  you have ever tried to improve your fluency in a language or even if you have ever travelled abroad to enhance your English, you will easily recognize this sentence above. I clearly remember those moments when I tried to face my first conversations with foreigners in an English-speaking country. It was so frustrating not having those proper words to say what you wanted to express in each moment!

However, time goes by and, if you keep on trying, you will be experimenting some progress. Then, spontaneously, you will find yourself singing an English song, dreaming in English or mixing your mother tongue with your second language. Because…if you are a constant and persistent person, English can become your second language. It is important not to be obsessed with having a native accent, it is just a fact of communication. If you can communicate using English, then it will be your second language. 

Always, keep on trying!