sept. 22-26 / 2008
I learned:

• How to make a structured paragraph, (hamburguer)
• Heared songs, it's history and opinions of different people about this songs.
• To pressent un front of the class.
• New vocabulary.

Paragraph: What is the difference between ethics and politics?

What is the difference between ethics and politics?

First of all, it’s necessary to have present that ethics and politics refer both to the human practice, this is, to the actions that humans can realize, and the directions we can give to our will and freedom. The difference between ethics and politics is that the first one is an intimate and personal practice; while the second one is the coordination of many actions bearing in mind the will of the others because of being alive and being part of the society; but to do it, we must have clear what is ethics for one to integrate it with the definition of ethics of others. The politics turns around the laws and institutions created to elaborate and administrate them. Joining these ideas, we can say that ethics is the basic element to develop the politic how it must be developed.

Hitlerjunge

Hitlerjunge:

a) What did you think of the movie?

It is a interesting movie about the Second World War, in which everything was specially planed, every single detail. Tis is a movie wich shows the cruelty of war, and how we have became into killing machines. It’s interesting but it’s shocking in some scenes. It’s interesting how it shows that there’s no relevant difference between people of different cultures, and being racist doesn’t have any reason

b) Would you be willing to deny your beliefs (religious/political, etc) in order to survive like Sully did?

Words can be forgot, but they should do a difference between being alive or being death, if my words make me live, I wold deny my beliefs because if I stay alive, I could act to make them strong, but if I’m death, I could believe many things, but I can not act any more.

I think the most important thing is to have ideas clear for our selves, if others know what we realy belief doesn’t have the same importace, and if I have a good communication with god, he would know I’m doing it to complete my mission in the world, not because I realy don’t believe on him.

Oct 6-10 /2008

I learned:

• Practiced writing (quiz) remembering the structure of the paragraph.
• The point of view of germans and Jews about the “holocaust” by seen a movie.

Sept. 29-Oct. 4 /2008

• I learned:

• Pronunciation during presentations.
• Practiced listening (quiz).
• Practiced reading (quiz).

Summer of the article: Will globalization be reversed?

Will globalization be reversed?

By Dani Rodrik

Global integration, in large part, has been about the triumph of markets over governments. That process is now being reversed in three important ways.

First, Western finance will be re-regulated. At a minimum, the most freewheeling areas of modern finance, such as the $55 trillion market for credit derivatives, will be brought into the regulatory orbit. Rules on capital will be overhauled to reduce leverage and enhance the system’s resilience. America’s labyrinth of overlapping regulators will be reordered.

That leads to the second point: the balance between state and market is changing in areas other than finance. For many countries a more momentous shock over the past couple of years has been the soaring price of commodities, which politicians have also blamed on financial speculation. The food-price spike in late 2007 and early 2008 caused riots in some 30 countries. In response, governments across the emerging world extended their reach, increasing subsidies, fixing prices, banning exports of key commodities and, in India’s case, restricting futures trading. Concern about food security, particularly in India and China, was one of the main reasons why the Doha round of trade negotiations collapsed this summer.

Third, America is losing economic clout and intellectual authority. Just as emerging economies are shaping the direction of global trade, so they will increasingly shape the future of finance. That is particularly true of capital-rich creditor countries such as China.

The real important points here are 1 and 3, I think, while point 2 is a bit of a red herring. What is striking about the government response to the food crisis is how little of it there has been on balance, rather than how much. And Doha collapsed not because governments suddenly became enamored of protection, but because there was too little on the table for big countries like India and China for them to compromise on their offers.

The big question is what lessons the emerging students—and the disgraced teacher—should learn from recent events. How far should the balance between governments and markets shift? ... Provocative as it may sound in today’s febrile and dangerous climate, freer and more flexible markets will still do more for the world economy than the heavy hand of government.

OK, I grant that "freer and more flexible" is better than "heavy handed" but that would be true regardless of what follows after these qualifiers.

Summer of "Will globalization be reversed?"

Global integration has been about the triumph of markets over governments. That is being reversed in 3 important ways.

1. Western finance will be re-regulated. Rules about capitalism will be examinated to reduce influence and to improve resistance of the system.

2. Balance between the state and the market is changing in areas with exception of finance. In response, the governments across the emergent world, should make things like extend their scope and subsidies, eliminating the exports of the dominant matters or restricting the future tradings. The worry for safety food, was one of the reasons why the Doha of the commercial negotiations was ruined this summer.

3. America is losing economic and intellectual authority. Just as emerging economies, they are determining the direction of global trade.

The true important points are 1 and 3. About 2, is a government response to the food crisis, and Doha collapsed because there was no enough offer for big countries like India and China to compromise.

Free and more flexible markets will do more for world economy than the heavy hand of government.

song:White Lion - When The Children Cry

White Lion - When The Children Cry

little child

dry your crying eyes

how can I explain

the fear you feel inside

cause you were born

into this evil world

where man is killing man

but no one knows just why

what have we become

just look what we have done

all that we destroyed

you must build again.

when the children cry

let them know we tried

cause when the children sing

then the new world begin

slittle child

you must show the way

to a better day

for all the young

cause you were born

for all the world to see

that we all can live

with love and peace

no more president

sand all the wars will end

one united world

under god

when the children cry

let them know we tried

cause when the children sing

then the new world begins

what "have we" become

just look what we have done

all that we destroyed

you must build again

no more president

sand all the wars will end

one united world

under godwhen the children cry

let them know we tried

when the children fight

let them know it ain't right

when the children pray

let them know the way

cause when the children sing

then the new world begins.

History:

"When the Children Cry" is a power ballad, performed by the rock group White Lion on their 1987 album Pride. The single peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #53 in Canada, and #88 in the UK in early 1989.In early 2003, just before the beginning of the Iraq War, it was re-released as a cover by Christian indie rock group Seventh Day Slumber. In 2007, T Beats UK produced a hip hop remix of the song using a sample from the first verse.




Opinion:

This song touched my heart. It is a nice song which makes me think about what we should do to make a better place for our children to let them grow up with love and peace. I haven’t lived in any world war I don’t know how it feels to live where everybody just fights and children lose everything, but I can feel this song and it touches me every time again and again and just likes me the same way. I think people just kill each other for money, for fame and just because they don t like others, but that’s not the way to solve problems, they must search for different ways to solve problems.