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Morning Habits

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Please watch the video and answer the questions before class How do you rate this video? Do you try to remember your dreams? How important is drinking water in the morning? Do you ever use your non-dominant hand to do something? Do you believe deep breathing is good for your brain? Except for water, what kind of drinks do you think are good for your brain? Do you keep a journal? Do you believe that gratitude is good for your brain? How much exercise do you do? Do you think that the saying "readers are leaders" is true? Has this video motivated you to do or change something? Man in the Moon Event   もしビールを飲みながら、英語を話したかったら、5月29日マンインザムーンの六角店では特別なイベントがある。 ーーーーーーーー 9年間英語を教えている。その上日本語を勉強している。日本語と英語は全然違うので、僕は日本語について多くの問題がある。そして僕の生徒たちも英語について多くの質問がある。もし上手になりたかったら、質問は本当に大切だが、時々「なぜ?」より他の質問の方がいい。よく生徒さんは表現の中に一つ言葉の意味の説明が欲しいが、それは説明しにくい。その上説明の後生徒の上手さが変わらない。もし「表現の意味は何ですか?」とか「どんな状況にその表現を使うのですか?」と質問をしたら、説明の後上手さが変わる。例えば、英語の「because, therefore」のような日本語の表現「ので」は二つの形

Mixed Feelings

In this weeks class, there is no video. I am writing this on Saturday the 12th of May. It is the day of the British Royal Wedding. I have mixed feelings about this wedding. The meaning of "mixed feelings" is partly I agree and partly I disagree. I like Harry as a person, he has done and is doing many good things for his country. He is a better person for the UK than most of the so-called British politicians. I hope he has a long and happy married life. I cannot say anything about his bride, because I do not know anything about her. You may have noticed that I did not write Prince Harry, this is because I do not accept anyone as a prince, princess, king or queen. The UK is a monarchy, I would prefer it to be a republic. The people are more important than the Royal Family, in my opinion. The Royal Family are paying for the wedding, but the security is paid for by British taxes. The cost is millions of pounds. A lot of British people are happy to pay for the security, but many

Change through Film Making

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Please watch the video, answer the questions and think of some questions to ask me. How did you rate this video? Depending on the person that you are talking to, do you have a different personality? Should children be politically active? How did you feel about Zackary's first film? How important is publicity for political change? Should children be taught to speak publically about their idea's?  Some chunks from the talk, that we will talk about and use in class. Let me explain by... Something that was bothering me was... Over the next six months...  They all thought I was... Believe it or not...