The visit of Londones

MY DEAR CLASSMATES:

LAST MONDAY THE 10^{th OF MARCH} THE “LONDONES” MERCEDES RUIZ FOURTANETLY TURNDED UP IN OUR CLASSROOM AND SHE SKAKED US WITH HER LIVELY AND THRILLING SHOW.

AT THE BEGINING OF THE CLASS, SHE RECOMENED US SOME BOOKS SUCH AS “EL ESTUDIO DE TEORÍA Y PRACTICA” BY HELEN SIMONS, “EL Sr. G”, “CARTA A UN HIJO” BY RUDYARD KIPLING, “HIPOLITUS” BY PÉREZ REVERTE.

FROM I WAS A TEENAGEER I HAVE THE RUDYARD KIPLING POEM “CARTA A UN HIJO” IN THE WALL OF MY BEDROOM, IT WAS JUST IN FRONT OF MY BED AND EACH MORNING AND NIGHT, BEFORE STARTING THE DAY OR GOING TO BED I READ IT QUIETLY THINKING THAT I WILL BE A “MAN” .

I HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MERCEDES RUIZ, BUT FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK HER TO REMIND ME......”HOW TO BE A MAN”(MAN=human being).

I PUT THE POEM BELOW, SO YOU CAN HAVE THE PLEASURE TO READ IT, JUST IN CASE YOU DON´T DO IT YET.

CARTA DE UN PADRE A SU HIJO (Rudyard Kipling)

Si puedes conservar la cabeza cuando a tu alrededor,
Todos la pierden y te echan la culpa;
Si puedes confiar en ti mismo cuando los demás dudan de ti
Pero al mismo tiempo tienes en cuenta su duda;

Si puedes esperar y no cansarte de la espera,
O siendo engañado por quienes te rodean, no pagar con mentiras,
O siendo odiado, no dar cabida al odio,
Y no obstante, no ensalzas tu juicio ni ostentas tu bondad.

Si puedes soñar y no dejar que los sueños te dominen;
Si puedes pensar y no hacer de los pensamientos tu objetivo;
Si puedes encontrarte con el Triunfo y la Derrota
Y tratar a estos dos impostores de la misma manera;

Si puedes soportar al escuchar la verdad que has dicho,
Tergiversada por bribones para tender una trampa a los necios,
O contemplar destrozadas las cosas a las que dedicaste tu vida,
Y agacharte y reconstruirlas con las herramientas desgastadas:

Si puedes hacer una pila con todos tus triunfos
Y arriesgarlo todo de una vez en un golpe de azar,
Y perder, y volver a comenzar desde el principio
Y no dejar escapar nunca una palabra sobre tu pérdida;

Si puedes hacer que tu corazón, tus nervios y tus músculos
Te respondan mucho después de que hayan perdido su fuerza,
Y permanecer firmes cuando nada haya en ti
Excepto la voluntad que les dice ¡Adelante!

Si puedes hablar con la multitud y perseverar en la virtud,
O caminar junto a reyes sin perder tu sentido común.
Si ni los enemigos ni los buenos amigos pueden dañarte;
Si todos los hombres cuentan contigo pero ninguno demasiado;

Si puedes llenar el preciso minuto
Con sesenta segundos de un esfuerzo supremo,
Tuya es la Tierra y todo lo que hay en ella,
Y, lo que es más, serás un Hombre, ¡hijo mío!

Rudyard Kipling.

THAT WONDERFUL POEM IS NOT EXACTLY WITH THE SAME VERSION, WITH THE SAME WORDS I HAD, BUT THE MEANING IS THE SAME.

I DO NOT KNOW IF I WILL BE A TEACHER, BUT I AM SURE THAT I WILL WAKE UP AGAIN AND AGAIN, NEVERMIND HOW STRONG THE STORM IS!!!!.

SHE STAGED AN AMUSING, ORIGINAL AND SHOCKING PERFORMANCE WHICH, I HOPE, REMOVED ALL THE GOOD THINGS WE HAVE!!.

SHE RECOMENDED US AS WELL, SOME FILMS SUCH US:” LA LLUVIA”,”KIRIKÚ Y LAS BESTIAS SALVAJES”, “LOS CHICOS DEL CORO” WHICH SOME OF MY CLASSMATES HAD SEEN YET. (I PROMEST I WILL).

SHE HAD TOLD US THAT THE BEST TEACHER IS THE BEST ACTOR !!, AND WE TOTALLY AGREE WITH HER.

AND A GOOD FILM IS BETTER THAN ANY TEXTSBOOK TOO.

AMONG OTHER GOOD ADVISE, SHE TOLD US THAT:

-WE COULD PLAY WITH OUR BODY.

-BREAK THE HABITS OR CUSTOMS.

-LANGUAGE IS POWER

-IMPROVISE WITH FUN

-INTERACT WHEN BOTH SIDES ARE AT THE SAME LEVEL.

-THE PEDAGOGY OF THE QUESTION.

-WE MUST BE CAREFUL WITH INTERRUPTIONS BUT THE CLASSROOM MUSTN´T

HAVE THE DOORS CLOSED.

-WE MUST GO TO LOOK FOR THE LOST CONTENT.

-THE KNOWLEDGE CAN CAME FROM THE GRANDFATHER, THE FATHER, THE

STREET,A BOOK, TECH OR WHENEVER.

-WE MUST NOT LEARN JUST WITH ONLY ONE INTENTION, SMELL, SEE, TASTE.

-NO ONE CARE ABOUT COMPETITION.

-NOT TO COPY, NOT TO REPEAT.

-CINE “PORNO”...POR NO DAR CLASES, POR NO GASTAR TIEMPO, POR NO

MOJARNOS SI LLUEVE.

-EN ESPAÑOL : YO, YO, YO . BUT IN ENGLISH: THEY USE PASSIVE VOICE, IT IS

SAID, NO TAANTO YO.

-WE MUST WAKE UP THE CRITIC SPIRIT OF OUR PUPILS.

AFTER THAT MERCEDES INVITED US TO GO OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, MADE PHOTOS AND FIND AN APPROPIATED SLOGAN IN ENGLISH WHICH DEFINE OUR PROFESSION, THEN OUR GROUP CHOSE :

“GROWING-LEARNING

LEARNING-GROWING”.

AFTER THAT, WE RETURNED INTO OUR CLASSROOM AND WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE AND INSTRUCTIVE MORNING......IT WAS A PLEASURE FOR ALL OF US,TO KNOW HER!!!.

SEE YOU SOON MERCEDES!!!

MARIA MAESTRE WEDNESDAY 19^th MARCH-2014