tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305578312024-02-26T17:34:12.223+00:00SCC ENGLISHThe English Department of St Columba's College, Whitechurch, Dublin 16, Ireland. Pupils' writing, news, poems, drama, essays, podcasts, book recommendations, language, edtech ... and more. Since 2006.SCC English Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870512952191475420noreply@blogger.comBlogger201115tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557831.post-55625452234002179712024-02-26T14:44:00.003+00:002024-02-26T14:44:53.800+00:00Teaching 'Small Things Like These'<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGcFkG3VW6O0-jFqXG0FJZLPKkJNFmVak0bkpAkU-czoesC4-tAwJFPFoN4mNLg085oUbKeTj-Vmv1UVBlz9bdjdSBQwaJQdqtjmMsJMW0imfdIcNiUhDUotvsQiPWWEkRWfP7fFcg8S5Ie8ZlW-P0SicO1KIQttGYGh8b4goUXPDuFtmONk_Bw/s1260/smallthings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGcFkG3VW6O0-jFqXG0FJZLPKkJNFmVak0bkpAkU-czoesC4-tAwJFPFoN4mNLg085oUbKeTj-Vmv1UVBlz9bdjdSBQwaJQdqtjmMsJMW0imfdIcNiUhDUotvsQiPWWEkRWfP7fFcg8S5Ie8ZlW-P0SicO1KIQttGYGh8b4goUXPDuFtmONk_Bw/s320/smallthings.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Secondary English teachers who are looking for guidance on teaching Claire Keegan's short novel <i>Small Things Like These </i>should <a href="https://www.juliangirdham.com/blog/tag/Small+Things+Like+These" target="_blank">head over here</a>, where you will find online resources, reviews, and a detailed series of teaching notes on the book. A webinar follows in September 2024. This is particularly for the comparative section in the Leaving Certificate exam.</span><br /></span></div>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01754508292120592769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557831.post-6087649722053482162024-02-26T14:41:00.000+00:002024-02-26T14:41:06.650+00:00Articles of the Week
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is an ongoing listing of links to the Articles of the Week used with our Leaving Certificate pupils, from September 2013 onwards.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The
idea came from the American teacher and writer Kelly Gallagher, and it
fits very well into the Leaving course, getting pupils used to reading
interesting articles and thus helping them in both the comprehension and
composition sections of their Paper 1, as well as expanding their
knowledge base and vocabulary and providing interesting topics for discussion.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs05f2DPTXs8futYti8gVueWSYbRZXFcKaRIbTtXg99IECdy8tf42TRVcQh_0LxaukkaoFlQX-bST3Fxw-HCkIjltjWRMryPumi5fKuss6ngt2zPZdJT1M4XVoJV8tAA3VE0ac/s1600/Readicide-9781571107800.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs05f2DPTXs8futYti8gVueWSYbRZXFcKaRIbTtXg99IECdy8tf42TRVcQh_0LxaukkaoFlQX-bST3Fxw-HCkIjltjWRMryPumi5fKuss6ngt2zPZdJT1M4XVoJV8tAA3VE0ac/s200/Readicide-9781571107800.jpg" width="132" /></a>Click <a href="http://www.kellygallagher.org/article-of-the-week/">here</a> for Gallagher's current articles, and read more about the theory behind the scheme in his excellent book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Readicide-Schools-Killing-Reading-about/dp/1571107800/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362563612&sr=8-1">Readicide: how schools are killing reading and what you can do about it</a></i>. Pupils have to mark up the articles with annotations before class discussion.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 2024: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/how-people-get-sucked-into-misinformation-rabbit-holes-and-how-to-get-them-out-223717">How people get sucked into misinformation rabbit holes – and how to get them out</a>' by Emily Booth and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, University of Technology Sydney, The Conversation, February 23rd 2024 [technology, psychology].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2023: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/13/the-case-against-pets-is-it-time-to-give-up-our-cats-and-dogs" target="_blank">The case against pets: is it time to give up our cats and dogs?</a>' by Ellie Violet Bramley, Guardian, September 13th 2023 [animal welfare}</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2023: '‘<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e8136a05-c040-41ef-93cc-78fae1afee7a">Edtech’ offers no escape from reality</a>' by John Thornhill, <i>Financial Times</i>, September 7th 2023 [education, technology].</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2023: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/why-winter-walks-at-the-seaside-are-good-for-you-197719 ">Why winter walks at the seaside are good for you</a>' by Nick Davies and Sean J. Gammon, The Conversation, January 13th 2023 [mental health].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2022: '<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2022/10/15/sean-moncrieff-too-much-choice-is-making-us-unhappy-and-overwhelmed/">There’s too much of everything. And it’s making us unhappy</a>.’ by Seán Moncrieff, Irish Times, October 15th October 2022 [parenting, adolescence, consumerism]. <br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2022: '<a href="https://theweek.com/nuclear-power/1016367/a-comeback-for-nuclear-power">A comeback for nuclear power</a>' by The Week staff writers, September 4th 2022 [nuclear power, economics, environment].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2022: '<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/08/30/young-people-drowning-in-a-sea-of-disregard/">Why is our Government so happy to ignore the financial nightmare young people face?</a>' by Gemma Haverty,<i> Irish Times</i>, August 30th 2022 [economics, society].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 2022: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/a-year-of-hunger-how-the-russia-ukraine-war-is-worsening-climate-linked-food-shortages-181160">A year of hunger: how the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages</a>' by Nenad Naumovski, The Conversation (Australia), April 26th 2022 [war, economics, climate change].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2021: '<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d666b9a8-f2a9-4a51-9c85-fb4223c556b0">The climate won’t wait. We need a carbon tax now<br />The time for handwringing is definitively over</a>' by Tim Harford, Financial Times, October 29th 2021 [environment, climate change].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2021: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/18/facebook-instagram-zuckerberg-teenagers">Leaks just exposed how toxic Facebook and Instagram are to teen girls and, well, everyone'</a> by Siva Vaidhyanathan, <i>The Guardian</i>, September 18th 2021 [social media].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2021: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/narcissists-theres-more-than-one-type-and-our-research-reveals-what-makes-each-tick-165636">Narcissists: there's more than one type</a>' by Nikhila Mahadevan, <i>The Conversation</i>, August 5th 2021 [psychology].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2021: '<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d0948e4b-4dc6-4cdc-b357-28690d1edcbb">We must stop Covid shutting girls out of school forever</a>' by Malala Yousafzai, <i>Financial Times</i>, April 29th 2021 [pandemic, education] <br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2021: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/sang-culture-how-a-reluctant-russian-singer-became-the-hero-of-young-pessimists-across-china-160080">Sang culture: how a reluctant Russian singer became the hero of young pessimists across China</a>' by Xiaoning Lu, <i>The Conversation</i>, April 30th 2021 [culture, internet, China].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2020: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/08/remembrance-day-amnesia-patriotic-stories">Remembrance Day is an exercise in collective amnesia</a>' by Samuel Earle, <i>The Guardian</i>, November 8th 2020 [history, politics, remembrance].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2020: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/11/is-donald-trump-a-bully-or-bold-protector-that-depends-on-whom-you-ask">Is Donald Trump a bully or bold protector? That depends on whom you ask</a>' by Arlie Hochschild, <i>The Guardian</i>, October 10th 2020 [politics, bullying].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2020: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/to-combat-conspiracy-theories-teach-critical-thinking-and-community-values-147314">To combat conspiracy theories teach critical thinking – and community</a>' by Thomas Roulet, <i>The Conversation</i>, October 2nd 2020 [conspiracy, social media, education].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2020: '<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/close-encounters/202009/what-can-we-learn-about-people-their-social-media">What can we learn about people from their social media?'</a><i> </i>by Gwendolyn Sideman,<i> Psychology Today</i>, September 21st 2020 [social media, psychology, behaviour].<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2020: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/oxford-scientists-these-are-final-steps-were-taking-to-get-our-coronavirus-vaccine-approved-144623">Oxford scientists: these are the final steps we're taking to get our coronavirus vaccine approved</a>' by Rebecca Ashfield and Pedro Folegatti, <i>The Conversation</i>, September 8th 2020 [science, vaccines] </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 2020: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/are-firstborns-really-natural-leaders-126215">Are First-Borns Really Natural Leaders?</a>' by Clara Sabolova, The Conversation, February 7th [parenting, upbringing, nurture].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2020: <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/what-moral-authority-does-the-us-have-to-kill-suleimani-1.4135047?__vfz=rtw_top_pages%3D11000002670848">'What moral authority does the US have to kill Suleimani?</a>' by Breda O'Brien, <i>The Irish Times</i>, January 11th 2020 [morality, politics, conflict}. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2019: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/a-psychotherapist-explains-why-some-adults-are-reacting-badly-to-young-climate-strikers-125079">A psychotherapist explains why some adults are reacting badly to young climate strikers</a>' by Caroline Hickman, The Conversation, October 11th 2019 [climate change, teenagers]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2019: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/curiosity-were-studying-the-brain-to-help-you-harness-it-122351">Curiosity: we're studying the brain to help you harness it</a>' by by Ashvanti Valji and Matthias Gruber, The Conversation, September 13th 2019 [neuroscience, learning].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2019: '<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/california-high-school-found-students-cellphones-too-distracting-so-they-n1044636">A California high school found students' cellphones too distracting, so they're locking the devices up</a>' by Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, August 21st 2019 [education, learning, teenagers, technology].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2019: '<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/well/move/how-exercise-affects-our-memory.html">How Exercise Affects Our Memor</a>y' by Gretchen Reynolds, <i>New York Times</i>, May 1st 2019 [exercise, physiology, neuroscience]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2019: '<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/aviation-is-the-red-meat-in-the-greenhouse-gas-sandwich-1.3773671">Aviation is the red meat in the greenhouse gas sandwich</a>' by John Gibbons, the <i>Irish Times</i>, January 29th 2019 [environment, aviation]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2019: '<a href="https://www.nngroup.com/articles/filling-silence-digital-noise/">Filling the Silence with Digital Noise</a>' by the Nielsen Norman Group, November 18th 2018 [technology, learning]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2018: "<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/window-for-saving-earth-from-ecological-annihilation-closing-1.3685935">Window for saving Earth from ecological annihilation closing</a>" by John Gibbons, the <i>Irish Times</i>, October 16th 2018 [ecology, environment]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2018: "'<a href="https://theconversation.com/fortnite-teaches-the-wrong-lessons-104443">Fortnite' teaches the wrong lessons</a>" by Nicholas Tampio, The Conversation, October 12th 2018 [gaming, adolescence, technology]/ </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2018: "<a href="https://theconversation.com/why-true-horror-movies-are-about-more-than-things-going-bump-in-the-night-104278">Why true horror movies are about more than things going bump in the night</a>" by Aislinn Clarke, The Conversation [film, horror, comedy], October 3rd 2018.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2018: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/is-serena-williams-right-a-linguist-on-the-extra-challenges-women-face-in-moments-of-anger-102998">Is Serena Williams right? A linguist on the extra challenges women face in moments of anger</a>' by Kieran File, <i>The Conversation</i>, September 11th 2018 [women, gender, sport].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2018: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/14/joe-moran-pleasures-of-slow-reading">Why you should read this article slowly</a>' by Joe Moran, <i>The Guardian</i>, September 14th 2018 [reading, internet].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2018: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/the-ideal-school-would-put-childrens-development-before-league-tables-102418">The ideal school would put children's development before league tables</a>' by Sue Roffey, <i>The Conversation</i>, September 17th 2018. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2018: '<a href="https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/another-angle-for-the-love-of-god-put-down-the-phones-37264960.html">Another Angle: For the love of God, put down the phones</a>' by Adrian Weckler, <i>Irish Independent</i>, August 20th 2018 [technology, phone].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2018: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/neuroscience-is-unlocking-mysteries-of-the-teenage-brain-92553">Neuroscience is unlocking mysteries of the teenage brain</a>' by Lucy Foulkes, The Conversation, April 23rd 2018 [adolescence, neuroscience]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">March 2018: '<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/opinion/sunday/tyranny-convenience.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Ftim-wu&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection">The Tyranny of Convenience</a>' by Tim Yu, <i>New York Times</i>, February 16th 2018 [modern life, technology].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 2018: "<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/21/the-death-of-reading-is-threatening-the-soul/?utm_term=.a7b8463c1f1d">The death of reading is threatening the soul</a>" by Philip Yancey, <i>Washington Post</i>, July 21st 2017 [reading, books, internet]. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2018: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/why-more-men-are-wearing-makeup-than-ever-before-88347">Why more men are wearing makeup than ever before</a>' by Glen Jankowski, <i>The Conversation</i>, January 15th 2018 [make-up, masculinity].</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2018: '<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/2017-progress-illiteracy-poverty.html">Why 2017 was the best year in human history</a>' by Nicholas Kristof, <i>The New York Times</i>, January 6, 2018 [history, progress, health]. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2017: '<a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-boys-must-behave-if-women-are-to-be-safe-1.3273940">Boys must behave if women are to be safe</a>' by Fintan O'Toole, <i>The Irish Times</i>, October 31, 2017.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2017: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/21/insects-giant-ecosystem-collapsing-human-activity-catastrophe">A giant insect ecosystem is collapsing due to humans</a>' by Michael McCarthy, <i>The Guardian</i>, October 21, 2017. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2017: '<a href="http://theweek.com/articles/728581/cant-stop-mass-murder">We can't stop mass murder</a>' by Shikha Dalmia, <i>The Week</i>, October 6, 2017. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2017: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/oct/06/what-every-teacher-should-know-about-memory">What every teacher should know about ... memory</a>' by Bradley Busch, <i>The Guardian</i>, October 6, 2017 [learning, memory, teaching].</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2017: '<a href="https://theconversation.com/think-the-worlds-in-a-mess-here-are-four-things-you-can-do-about-it-68789">Think the world is in a mess: here are 4 things you can do about it</a>' by Alexandre Christoyannapoulos. <i>The Conversation</i>, November 16, 2016 [activism, citizenship, economics].</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2017: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/23/the-power-of-silence-in-the-smartphone-age">The power of silence in the smartphone age</a>' by Erling Kagge, <i>The Guardian</i>, September 23rd 2017 [technology]. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2017: '<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/08/health/fake-images-posts-disaster-trnd/index.html">5 reasons why people share fake photos during disasters</a>' by A.J. Willingham, CNN.com, September 8th 2017 [journalism, psychology, social media].</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2017: '<a href="https://inews.co.uk/explainers/iq/horizon-what-makes-a-psychopath-bbc-essi-viding/">Can you identify the psychopaths in your life?</a>' by Rob Hastings, iNews, August 29th 2017 [psychology]. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 201<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/20/roads-car-use-health-driving">Our </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/20/roads-car-use-health-driving">roads are choke</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/20/roads-car-use-health-driving">d. We're on the verge of carmag</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/20/roads-car-use-health-driving">eddon</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">' by George Monbiot, <i>The Guardian</i>, September 20th 2016<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> [en<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">v<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ironment, transport].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 20<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7: '<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/26/girls-believe-brilliance-is-a-male-trait-research-into-gender-stereotypes-shows">Gir</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/26/girls-believe-brilliance-is-a-male-trait-research-into-gender-stereotypes-shows">ls bel</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/26/girls-believe-brilliance-is-a-male-trait-research-into-gender-stereotypes-shows">ieve brilliance i</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/26/girls-believe-brilliance-is-a-male-trait-research-into-gender-stereotypes-shows">s a male trait</a>' by N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">icola D<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">avi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s, The G<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uardian, Jan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uary 27th 2017.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 2017: '<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/well/family/what-do-teenagers-want-potted-plant-parents.html?_r=0">What do teenagers want? Potte</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/well/family/what-do-teenagers-want-potted-plant-parents.html?_r=0">d plant parents</a>' by Lisa Damour, <i>New York Times</i>, December 14th 2016 [adolescence, parenting<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">].</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2016: '<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/carl-hiaasen/article112785498.html">Trump makes it easy to vote for Her</a>' by Carl Hiaasen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <i>Miami Herald</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, November 6th 2016 [politics, America].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2016: '<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37444982">How being alon</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37444982">e may be the key to rest</a>' by Claudia Hammond, BBC, Sept<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ember 27th 2016 [rest, reading, intro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">version<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2016: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/sep/03/why-parents-are-getting-angrier-children-are-bored-out-of-their-skulls-with-real-life">'Why Parents are Getting Angrier</a>' by Nicola Skinner, <i>Th</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>e Guardian</i>, September 3rd 2016 [parenting, psychology, childhood<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">].</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Se<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ptember 2016: '<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/burkini-beach-ban-must-french-muslim-women-become-invisible-1.2764407">Burkini beach ban: </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/burkini-beach-ban-must-french-muslim-women-become-invisible-1.2764407">must Fr</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/burkini-beach-ban-must-french-muslim-women-become-invisible-1.2764407">ench Muslim women become invisi</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/burkini-beach-ban-must-french-muslim-women-become-invisible-1.2764407">ble?</a>' by Delphine S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">trauss, <i>The Irish Times</i>, August 22nd 2016 [culture, Islam<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, France<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2016: <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/13/lidl-jeans-bangladesh-worker-pay-23p-an-hour">How can Lidl sell </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/13/lidl-jeans-bangladesh-worker-pay-23p-an-hour">jeans for £5.99?</a>' by Gethin Cham<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">berlain, <i>The G</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>uardian</i>,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> March 1<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3th 2016 [economics, retail<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing, manufacture<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">]<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 2016: '<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html?_r=0">T</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html?_r=0">eaching </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html?_r=0">men how to be emot</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html?_r=0">io</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html?_r=0">nal</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html?_r=0">ly honest</a>' by An<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rew Reiner, <i>New York Times</i>, April 4th 2016<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> [gender, adol<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">escence, ma<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sculinity].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 2016: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jan/29/1950s-teenage-girls-how-not-to-disappear-clare-furniss">Then and now: how </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jan/29/1950s-teenage-girls-how-not-to-disappear-clare-furniss">things have changed for teenage </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jan/29/1950s-teenage-girls-how-not-to-disappear-clare-furniss">girls si</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jan/29/1950s-teenage-girls-how-not-to-disappear-clare-furniss">nce the 1950s</a>' by Clare F<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">urniss, <i>The Guar</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>dian</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Jan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uary 29th 2016 [<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">teenagers, gender,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> sexism].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2016: '<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/teenagers-risk-being-defined-for-life-by-their-social-media-posts-1.2495593">T</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/teenagers-risk-being-defined-for-life-by-their-social-media-posts-1.2495593">eenagers ris</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/teenagers-risk-being-defined-for-life-by-their-social-media-posts-1.2495593">k </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/teenagers-risk-being-defined-for-life-by-their-social-media-posts-1.2495593">being d</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/teenagers-risk-being-defined-for-life-by-their-social-media-posts-1.2495593">efined for life by their social media post</a>s' by Karl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in Li<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">llling<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ton, <i>Irish Times</i>, January 14th 2016 [social media, teena<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gers, ident<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ity]<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2016: '<a href="http://www.theweek.co.uk/68371/welcome-to-the-anthropocene-a-new-geological-era-for-the-world">Welcome to the Anthropocene, a new geolo</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theweek.co.uk/68371/welcome-to-the-anthropocene-a-new-geological-era-for-the-world">gical era for the </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theweek.co.uk/68371/welcome-to-the-anthropocene-a-new-geological-era-for-the-world">world</a>', <i>The Week</i>, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 8th 2016 [geolog<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y, climate change, environment]<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2015: '<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-last-taboos/201511/birth-order-determinesalmost-nothing">Birth Order Determines ... Almost Nothing</a>' by <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jeanne Safer, <i>psychologytoday.co</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>m</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> [psychology, parenting, childhood].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 201<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/20/how-psychopaths-can-save-your-life">H</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/20/how-psychopaths-can-save-your-life">ow </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/20/how-psychopaths-can-save-your-life">psych</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/20/how-psychopaths-can-save-your-life">opaths can save your life</a>' by Kevin Du<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tton, <i>The</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> Observer</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">[psychology].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2015:<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-benefits-reading-why-you-should-read-everyday.html">'10 </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-benefits-reading-why-you-should-read-everyday.html">benefits of reading: why you should read </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-benefits-reading-why-you-should-read-everyday.html">every day</a>' by Lana Winter-<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hebert, Lifehack.org<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> [reading, entertainment, education].</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2015: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/06/how-much-can-you-really-learn-while-youre-asleep?CMP=share_btn_tw">How much can you really learn while you're asleep?</a>' by Jordan Gaines Lewis, <i>The Guardian</i>, October 6th 2015 [neuroscience, learning, adolescence]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2015: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/15/fifth-of-secondary-school-pupils-wake-almost-every-night-to-use-social-media">Fifth of secondary school pupils wake almost every night to use social media</a>' by Sally Weale, <i>The Guardian</i>, September 15th 2015 [social media, learning, teenagers]. <a name='more'></a></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2015: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/05/dementia-alzheimers-mum-changed-relationship">How Mum's dementia changed our relationship</a>' by Jenny Downham, <i>The Guardian</i>, September 5th 2015 [dementia, family, parenting]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2015: <a href="http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-internet-affects-memory">Why your memory sucks: the science of remembering in the internet age</a>', by Lindsay Kolowich, blog.hubspot.com, August 19th 2015 [memory, neurology, internet]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2015: '<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/breda-o-brien-syrian-boy-deserves-better-than-moment-of-voyeurism-1.2340458">Syrian boy deserves better than moment of voyeurism</a>' by Breda O'Brien, <i>The Irish Times</i>, September 5th 2015 [regugees, media, slavery]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2015: '<a href="https://levdavidovic.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/our-mockingbirds/">Our Mockingbirds</a>' by Fintan O'Mahony, levdavidovic.wordpress.com, May 16th 2015 [marriage, equality, teaching]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 2015: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/25/secrets-of-the-teenage-brain">Secrets of the teenage brain</a>' by Katie Forster, <i>The Guardian</i>, January 25th 2015 [teenagers, neurology, parenting]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2015: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/jan/29/competitive-school-sport-harm">Does competitive sport in school do more harm than good?</a>' by Matthew Jenkin,<i> The Guardian</i>, January 29th 2015 [sport, school, health]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2015: '<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-all-rightthinking-people-are-united-against-terrorism-where-are-the-je-suis-nigeria-banners-9985589.html">Where are the "Je suis Nigeria" banners?</a>' by Patrick Cockburn, <i>Independent</i>, January 18th 2015 [terrorism, Nigeria, censorship]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2015: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/28/dorchester-grill-restaurant-review-jay-rayner">Dorchester Grill: restaurant review</a>' by Jay Rayner, <i>Guardian</i>, December 28th 2014 [food, luxury, taste]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2015: '<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/opinion/sugar-season-its-everywhere-and-addictive.html">Sugar Season. It's Everywhere, and Addictive</a>' by James J. DiNicolantonio and Sean C. Lucan, <i>New York Times</i>, December 22nd 2014 [diet, nutrition, health].</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2014: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/28/caring-mother-alzheimers-love-self-obsessed">'Caring for my mother</a>' by Alex Andreou, <i>The Guardian</i>, November 28th [dementia, old age, parents]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2014: '<a href="http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2014/10/13/the-kids-arent-alright">The kids aren't all right</a>' by David McWilliams, <a href="http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/">www.davidmcwilliams.ie</a>, October 23th 2014 [Ireland, recession, emigration]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2014: '<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/curiosity-prepares-the-brain-for-better-learning/">Curiosity prepares the brain for better learning</a>' by Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American, October 2nd 2014 [brain, learning, neuroscience]. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2014: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/24/us-high-schools-dress-codes-protest-sexism-hemline">Students protest 'slut shaming' high school dress codes with mass walkouts</a>' by Rory Carroll, The Guardian, September 24th September 2014 [school, uniforms, sexism, personal choice]. </span></span> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2014: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/23/can-reading-make-you-smarter">Can Reading Make You Smarter?</a>' by Dan Hurley, <i>The Guardian</i>, January 23rd 2014 [reading, intelligence, education].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2014: '<a href="http://qz.com/246923/why-isil-is-worse-than-al-qaeda-and-any-other-terrorist-group-that-came-before/">Why ISIL is worse than al-Qaeda</a>' by Bobby Ghosh, <i>Quartz</i>, August 10th 2014 [current affairs, politics, terrorism].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2014: '<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/opinion/sunday/do-our-kids-get-off-too-easy.html?_r=0">Do Our Kids Get Off Too Easily?</a>' by Alfie Kohn, <i>New York Times</i>, May 3rd 2015 [education, psychology, childhood]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">May 2014: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/05/boko-haram-claims-responsibility-kidnapping-nigeria-schoolgirls">Missing Nigerian schoolgirls: Boko Harem claims responsibility for kidnapping</a>' by Monica Mark, The Guardian, May 6th 2014 [Nigeria, Islam].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">March 2014: '<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26384712">Can 10,000 hours of practice make you an expert?</a>' by Ben Carter, BBC News Magazine, March 1st 2014 [education, skill, learning, talent]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 2014:<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/the-disunited-kingdom.html?_r=0"> The Disunited Kingdom</a> by Kathleen Jamie, <i>New York Times</i>, February 23rd 2014 [Scotland, democracy, politics]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 2014: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/10/giraffe-killed-fuss-human-beings-animals-marius">A giraffe has been killed - why the fuss?</a> by Mary Warnock, <i>The Guardian</i>, February 10th 2014 [ethics, animals].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2014: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/29/i-met-lucky-people-review?CMP=twt_gu">The Roma - review of <i>I Met Lucky People</i> by Yaron Matras</a>, by Sukhdev Sandhu, <i>The Guardian</i>, January 29th 2014 [Roma, prejudice, society]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2014: '<a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/we%E2%80%99re-a-nation-of-mass-dog-murderers-1269371-Jan2014/">We're a nation of mass dog murderers</a>' by Aaron McKenna, The Journal.ie, January 18th 2014 [animals, society].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">January 2014: '<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/30/258376009/how-language-seems-to-shape-ones-view-of-the-world">How Language Seems to Shape One's View of the World</a>' by Alan Yu, NPR, January 2nd 2014 [language, bilingualism, brain]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">December 2013: '<a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/253830/why-european-women-are-still-smoking-like-chimneys">Why European women are still smoking like chimneys</a>' by Carmel Lobello, <i>The Week</i>, December 6th 2013 [health, marketing]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">December 2013: '<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/09/how-music-makes-us-feel-better.html">How Music Makes Us Feel Better</a>' by Maria Konnikova, <i>New Yorker</i>, September 26th 2013 [music, brain]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">November 2013: '<a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/10/economist-explains-24">How Do Spies Bug Phones?</a>' in <i>The Economist</i>, October 31st 2013 [spying, internet, privacy]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2013: '<a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626104579121371885556170">A Tiny Pronoun Says a Lot About You</a>' by Elizabeth Bernstein,<i> Wall Street Journal</i>, October 7th 2013 [language, psychology, status].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2013: '<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/best-column-ever-1.1550535">Best. Column. Ever</a>.' by Shane Hegarty, <i>Irish Times</i>, October 4th 2013 [sport, language, journalism]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">October 2013: '<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/westgate-mall-attacks-al-qaida">Westgate mall attacks: urban areas are the battleground of the 21st century</a>' by David Kilcullen, <i>The Guardian</i>, September 27th 2013 [terrorism, conflict, cities]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2013: '<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/09/cultural_synesthesia_in_marketing_tiffany_cadbury_and_corona_use_multiple.single.html">Synesthesia Sells</a>' by Laura Spinney, <i>Slate</i>, from the <i>New Scientist</i>, September 22nd 2013 [science, marketing, commerce]. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 2013 : '<a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/248669/12-things-we-know-about-how-the-brain-works">12 things we know about how the brain works</a>' by Shane Parrish,<i> The Week</i>, August 26th 2013 [science, learning, studying].</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">September : '<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/never-be-lost-for-words-how-a-good-speech-can-help-revive-a-team-s-fortunes-1.1527342">Never be lost for words</a>' by Richard Fitzpatrick, The <i>Irish Times</i>, September 13th 2013 [sport, language, rhetoric, motivation].</span></span></li>
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SCC English Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870512952191475420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557831.post-67863796831147954172023-10-22T16:47:00.004+01:002023-10-25T16:29:13.441+01:00TY House Speech Competition 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRR3EHXeoAvoXn94yCLbhLwoOXWRhuYT1MddnQWQWuFuzBbXC9z-sT98-TwJT3LBJlI76t0vSzTFT9JbF2VHDat_-DghOISHjE0_WsVT2m-BlmG9XBNxSj-EKSKnYSY6VscYRPYAsGGFJIKQCZslh1zzpj1sijS9IgJRJESXj_MaKdU1jfQEp0w/s281/Freda-Teitelbaum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="193" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRR3EHXeoAvoXn94yCLbhLwoOXWRhuYT1MddnQWQWuFuzBbXC9z-sT98-TwJT3LBJlI76t0vSzTFT9JbF2VHDat_-DghOISHjE0_WsVT2m-BlmG9XBNxSj-EKSKnYSY6VscYRPYAsGGFJIKQCZslh1zzpj1sijS9IgJRJESXj_MaKdU1jfQEp0w/s1600/Freda-Teitelbaum.jpg" width="193" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><br /><i>On Sunday 8th October we held the annual Transition Year House Speech Competition. There was a high standard overall, and the judges awarded equal second place to Rebekah Fitzgerald Hollywood and Safia Walker. A clear first place, however, went to Grace Koch, whose speech about her great-grandmother is now below.<br /></i></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">“In one day it all came crashing down— like falling into an abyss, the sudden shock reverberating long afterwards into the years that followed.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">I’m sure that most people here have learned about, or at least heard of, the Holocaust. It is widely regarded as one of the most important topics in history. However, when we learn about it, I think that we tend to focus on broad details and statistics. Not to say that there is anything wrong with that, but I think it is equally important to listen to personal experiences. Today, I want to share with you my family’s personal experience with the Holocaust. <br /><br />The quote that I just read is taken from Vienna Revisited, a book written by <a href="https://www.hillsidememorial.org/obituaries/freda-teitelbaum/4856/">Freda Ulman Teitalbaum</a>, also called Grandma Freda, my great-grandmother. In it, she talks about her journey of self discovery and reflection in visiting her childhood home with her daughter Marcia. She was born in Vienna in 1924 and grew up in the Judengasse, the Jewish district in Vienna. Freda describes her childhood to be joyous and carefree, albeit sheltered. She enjoyed school, despite her general aversion to math, and was particularly fond of languages and literature. In 1938, the <i>Anschluss</i>, the union between Austria and Nazi Germany, happened and my great-grandmother’s world was shattered. In her book, she writes of the day that she learned about <i>Anschluss</i>. She was walking in the park with her parents and her younger sister Susi when suddenly the sky was filled with planes adorned with Nazi flags that dropped pamphlets. Freda, only thirteen, picked one up only to read the words “Death to the Jews”. She was devastated and taken by surprise, her idyllic bubble popped. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">She also tells of a common occurrence for Jewish women in Vienna at this time. Anyone over the age of 15 could be summoned to the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, and forced to strip naked in front of them. They would then cut off a lock of the woman’s hair. This would be a humiliating and devastating experience for anyone, but especially for a teenager. When Freda was 14, she and her mother got the summons. As a young adult, she felt extremely self-conscious about her body, saying that she was too afraid to even undress in front of her mother, let alone the Gestapo. While they ended up being dismissed because Freda was only fourteen, it was a traumatizing experience nonetheless. The Nazis completely changed her self worth as they constantly degraded her place in society as a Jewish woman. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Fortunately, after months and months of waiting, Freda, her mother and her sister were able to get visas for the United States, but their father, who was Polish by birth, had to wait. He told them to go anyway, and he was able to join them after a few months. Many of Freda’s family members would join them, but her beloved uncle Josef would die in the Buchenwald concentration camp and her paternal grandparents would disappear during the war. They refused to leave their home, saying that God would protect them. Even today, we don’t know what happened to them. Freda went on to graduate from high school in Chicago and begin working almost straight away. In 1982, she fulfilled her lifelong dream of university and graduated from UCLA with a degree in English. <br /><br />As I was thinking about what I would do for my speech, I felt a pull towards my great-grandmother. I’m still not quite sure why, but I think I have an idea. Grandma Freda passed away last year at the age of 99. It was sad, of course, but not so much personally. To be honest, I barely knew her and rarely saw her. Last spring, I visited my grandparents, my grandmother Ruth being Freda’s daughter. Together, we looked through some of Freda’s old jewellery. Most of it was cheap costume material apart than two sets of pearl necklaces and two small watches, one silver and one gold. My grandmother gifted the two necklaces to me and my sister, as well as Freda’s college diploma from UCLA, which is now in my bedroom. <br /><br />As we were looking through the collection, my grandmother very gingerly grabbed the watches. They were both broken, but had clearly been taken care of. My grandmother told me how the watches had belonged to her grandmother, Regina Ulman. She had brought them with her when she travelled from Vienna to America. These watches are some of if not the only surviving heirlooms from my family’s time in Vienna. Shortly after the <i>Anschluss</i>, Austrian Jews were forced to give up all valuables to the Gestapo. Before this happened, however, Regina and her husband Bernard were able to smuggle some items out of the country via a Christian friend living in Italy. Most of these items ended up being sold once the Ulmans reached New York. <br /><br />As I held these artefacts of my family’s history, symbols of their pain, suffering, and grief but also of triumph and promises of hope, I noticed a sense of deep connection to my ancestors that I never truly had before. I felt a responsibility to keep their memories alive not only to commemorate them, but to learn from them and maybe help others to do the same. I know we can all agree that what happened in the Holocaust was disgraceful and despicable, but that is not enough. We have to actively fight against anti-semitism and other forms of bigotry. I think that this sentiment was certainly shared by Freda, and it is made clear in her book that there were still many things she thought needed to change. She ends <i>Vienna Revisited</i> with words that power my own desire to share her story: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">“From time to time the same question arose to haunt us: why were we saved, why were we the lucky ones to survive? The only answer to this enigmatic question could be that we were meant to live so that a new generation could arise from the ashes of the old, with the hope that they would inherit a better world, and that they would never forget.”<br /> <br /></span></p>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01754508292120592769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557831.post-3079038613611656622023-06-07T11:26:00.006+01:002023-06-07T11:26:42.947+01:00Senior Poetry Prize 2023<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeEBH0IczTdsUqjMX19ukuOXrV1VdqLxUCXAfgmGaVvdaBWpPTdSBf_ILTXWFLBqIsGuL0RlZhyVNLTyh8Psg3bFN01Gt0AMZD8Rbhb6xoLk-paqpu2k0huZvUdJlzPdifrJpq07UPGqO2-VNoz-wlB4egjNabnBnLzizqA2QoQ12EJgWKmI/s200/poetryprize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="150" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeEBH0IczTdsUqjMX19ukuOXrV1VdqLxUCXAfgmGaVvdaBWpPTdSBf_ILTXWFLBqIsGuL0RlZhyVNLTyh8Psg3bFN01Gt0AMZD8Rbhb6xoLk-paqpu2k0huZvUdJlzPdifrJpq07UPGqO2-VNoz-wlB4egjNabnBnLzizqA2QoQ12EJgWKmI/s1600/poetryprize.jpg" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Congratulations to Isabella Treacy, who wins the Peter Dix Memorial Prize for Poetry for the second year, and to Yilong She, who receives a Commendation. First, some of Isabella's winning portfolio.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p>
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">A Funeral for your
Lies </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;">and an Exhumation of
my Truths</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You could call this a
funeral</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">for your Lies,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and an
exhumation </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">of my Truths.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I was buried next to
this unseemly secret</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">six feet deep with
the roots.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Lord knows I should
still be</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">pushing daisies.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You took my
life </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">but it's not the end.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I was put in the
ground</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and now I'm back from
the dead.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You should have
known </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">that something which
was never living</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">can never really die.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I’m getting tired of
crawling all the way.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I've had enough!</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Isn’t it obvious?</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Holding the pain like
I’m holding my breath</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Now that I’m on
trial.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I won’t be beaten by
this,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Not yet.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And it’s my whole
heart</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Being tried and
tested,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">But it’s mine!</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I won’t be buried or
burned this time.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Who’s the equivocator
now?</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Keres, help me not to
forget,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">While I’m on trial,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Wait until the beast
comes out.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Oh you fool, there
are rules,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I’m coming for you.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You can try to outrun
this scourger</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> but you can’t
escape.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Holy water cannot
save you now.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Now your reckoning
begins</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and La Pelona will
lead you </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">to your yawning
grave.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
<br />
</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I took a journey to
the unknown</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And I came back
changed, </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I can feel it in my
bones.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It feels like I've
been away for an era</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">but nothing changed
at all.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Say goodbye to who I
was.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You told me to calm
down</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and asked why my
heart had turned rotten?</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It still gets my
blood boiling.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And now I look at
you </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">through crimson
tinted glasses</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> while I stay
stuck in the crossfire </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">of my own thoughts.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">La Pelona and I walk
side by side</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">over your spoiled,
evil spirit.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You left a deep scar</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">which I still try to
bleach out.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I’ll dig a grave for
your lies</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">with a beating heart
of stone,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and I’ll never
spare </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">my sympathy</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">for someone like you.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
<br />
</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Kitchen floors and</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"> Saints at doors</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">How could I have
known</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">what I was about to
trade. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">All I knew was that I
saw a way</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and you saw the worst
in me.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">As I reached for the
clouds </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">you made sure that
I </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">would return</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">to your weightless
embrace.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I still search for a
reason</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">not to end up in
denial,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">like those long
summer nights</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">stolen away as the
moon falls.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Despite the lies you
bound to me</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> I
still love you.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">But, I won't wait
anymore,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">for the parts of you</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">that are never on
show.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Yet, my heart
yearns </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">to lay on the kitchen
floor</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">under you’re
unfeeling gaze</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">as moonlight paints
your face.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And every
morning </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">when you wake,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I'll still love
those </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">mangled bits of you.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
<br />
</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Mine Forever</i></span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I was there,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">When you fell from
the clouds.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">When I found you,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> I saw a place
like paradise in your eyes,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">then I knew that my
end would come soon.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Those modest saying
that meant so much to you,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">with me they’ve never
quite got through.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I’ve always needed
bigger words.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I was so full of love
that I could hardly breathe.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">There isn’t a
language for the things I feel.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It was such a relief
and a horror</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">To be known so
perfectly,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">So completely. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You were the one who
made me believe,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">that I could fly
again.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Now we’re a story
that I don’t want to read.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Loving you was easy
when I balanced on a knife's edge.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Now your spirit
follows me wherever I go,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and I still hear your
melody from those days <br />
as you haunt me in the night.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">When the sun comes up
and I go blind,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">For a moment, I can
blot out the memory of your face</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and forget every
line, every wrinkle.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">But, if forever gets
too lonely</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I’ll meet you where
our souls</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Meet our bones,</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Because in my mind</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You’re mine forever.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
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The formula has remained little changed: pupils read out interesting work they have written during the year, and a guest speaker associated with English comments on this, and speaks on wider issues. There is no competitive element: this is a pure celebration of writing. At the end of the evening the pupils receive their year’s grades.</span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">This year our guest (who had also come several years ago) was Mr Toirleac O’Brien, former English teacher at Blackrock College (his comments are in brackets after each speaker). The evening was compèred by Mr Jameson.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">The first reader was Ava Fagan, with a special memory this year about a scuba-diving trip (so richly descriptive - wonderful). She was followed by Melina Paulsen, who wrote about her first Irish train journey (a delightful piece, with entrancing dialogue). Clodagh Walsh was third, with a short story including the sentence ‘Suddenly there was no noise’ (it opened effectively in the middle). Amaya Street wrote about her memories of her early homes (this looked at how your life might have turned out differently). Jamie Casey then read Alba Perich’s story of first love (very bravely!), followed by a very different piece, Manuela Nassief’s ‘Waterfall’ (with incredible observation, a remarkable piece of writing). Aeladh Bradley-Brady next read her highly ‘imaginative’ piece about losing one sense - hearing. Finally, Iona McCausland wrote on a long-time favourite personal topic, ‘The Oldest Person I Know’, in her case her complicated grandmother (it was deliciously eccentric, with a lovely way of seeing things).</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Mr O’Brien then gave us some heart-felt sentiments on the future of writing and reading, particularly given the new AI world we have moved into so recently. His passionate advocacy for books was striking. He finished by commending all the readers on their bravery in reading so personally and intimately in front of their peers.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finally, congratulations to the Premier Award winners: Aeladh Bradley-Brady, Cajetan Cardona, Carlotta Castagna, Amber Cotton, Ava Fagan, Emilia Hager, Manuela Nassief, Melina Paulsen, Shannon Walker Kinsella, Clodagh Walsh, Alison Wang and Johanna zu Solms.</span></p>JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01754508292120592769noreply@blogger.com0