The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison

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           Nowadays, people seem to be pretty concern about appearance. Most of people think of beauty like the most important thing in their lives. However, beauty is subjective, and that is the point that the book’s author, Toni Morrison, wanted to show us in The Bluest Eye, and that is what I believe as well.

           To begin with, beauty is such a subjective perception; it all depends on the person point of view. For instance, there are many people in the world that think of beauty as the good actions a person can do such as: taking care of homeless people, protecting vulnerable children, defending human and animal rights to name a few, and they are actions that go beyond having a pretty face.

          Moreover, being good looking does not make you a better person. For instance, it does not matter if you are kind of pretty or not to help someone in a hurry, or just help him/her with problems that he/she could have. Besides, beauty is not a symbol of a benevolent person, there are a lot of cases that quite handsome man or gorgeous woman are the most common criminals in movies and real life.

          On the other hand, it is kind of a fact that people good looking can get a job easily than plain people. For instance, most of jobs that need people working as receptionists or promoters, they ask for a CV with a photograph on it in order to accept or not the person who is applying for the job. Pretty faces, sell more than anyone.

          To sum up, even though beauty is a relevant issue for people nowadays, we do have to understand that is very subjective. May be you could have higher chances to get a job if you are pretty, but it doest not make you a better person.

The Educator's best Friend :)

I found out a web page called “Education World® The Educator’s Best friend”, an amazing website directed especially to teachers where they can find many information about how planning lessons, school issues, educational material, market places,  school notes and helpful websites and articles about education. I found it really interesting because this web page is quite complete in every sense; it has material to print, weekly surveys, articles and more.

One of the articles that the website recommends is about: why tests help kids learn. The article says that it’s proved that kids learn more during test-taking than during studying alone, and they cannot avoid tests because of that fact. This happens mainly due to the capacity of the brain to encode more information when they are studying to tests. Most of students think of tests as a nightmare, but they don’t realize that the more they reread the subjects the more they learn…




My favourite web site is YouTube, I visit it every day everytime. I found it years ago, when I was looking for some information for a homework and I could not stop revisiting it. It such a great page, I have an account and I uploaded a pair of videos...

Making the Difference...

It seems to me that nowadays it is quite hard to make a difference in every sense, since everyone and everything is just an imitation of another one or thing. Starting with our nation, it is a sort of imitation of Europe, what is more, we have started to acquire some North American traditions; little by little we are losing our origins. For that reason, I think that change some things we don’t believe they are correct, it is very very difficult, for we have those deep-rooted customs. Although, there are some people who try restless to do something to change the processes that life are taking and they strongly believe they could be eradicated or in other cases improved, such as the treat we have with our indigenous people. After of watching the video I could realize about something: we do need some creative, attractive, and originals ways to make a difference. I mean, in the video the man who was talking, related all the procedures they did to try promoting consciousness in people about the family planning in Thailand, and I think that they were pretty good activities, very originals, also attractants. Even though, it seems to be made by a small group of people, they really made a difference in the place, promoting contraceptives, particularly the condom, among families, children, teachers, everyone, and everywhere. And that’s because they knew how to get to the people with some procedures that caught their attention, and that’s what we need in our country if we want to change something; more than being a huge group of people thinking alike, we need original ways to get to the people.

Just Like A Pill - Pink

The song that I’m listening to currently is one performed by Pink and it’s called “Just like a Pill”. When I heard this song for the first time some years ago, I immediately felt that it was a pretty good song, even if I didn’t understand a word of it. The melody stroked my attention the rhythm, and needless to say, the singer. I heard it with my brother and I saw him very keen on that song. Now I understand the reason, I can understand the lyrics now, and they are related to the life he had been carried with a person for a long time. I don’t know exactly the reason why I started to listen to this song at this moment, but it makes me feel quite nostalgic and sad in a very strange way. And I love it, is kind of weird, but I love to feel sad. However, my brother is having his best time now with a person who really complements him, and I’m happy as hell.

I'm lyin' here on the floor where you left me

I think I took too much

I'm crying here, what have you done?

I thought it would be fun

I can't stay on your life support, there's a

shortage in the switch,

I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch

I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes

being a little bitch,

I think I'll get outta here, where I can

Run just as fast as I can

To the middle of nowhere

To the middle of my frustrated fears

And I swear you're just like a pill

Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill

You keep makin' me ill

I haven't moved from the spot where you left me

This must be a bad trip

All of the other pills, they were different

Maybe I should get some help. 

(...)

BBC: Cemetery Living

I chose a piece of news that related how live a group of people from Manila’s port district which is one of the most densely populated places in the world, and it is settled in Philippines. This people do not have enough space to live there, for that reason they are forced to live in the cemetery surrounded by rubbish and the most disgusting conditions. Their houses are installed above the graves and the people there do not care about the conditions which they are exposed in terms of sanity and poverty. Even they do not care about the cemetery, children are not afraid of the bones and corpses they found. They are used to live that way, is the only life they know and they do not complain about it. I chose this piece of news because I connected it with the Mapuche people; they have similar conditions in terms of territory, the only difference is that Mapuche people were forced by human beings to reduce their space, and in Manila is just a geographical location matter. If you want to know more about Manila’s situation visit:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11398704