Released in 1961.
A fight set to music between an American gang, the Jets, and a rival gang, the Sharks, who have moved into the Jets’ territory from Puerto Rico. (more…)
Fiddler on the Roof April 19, 2010
In the beginning the milkman Tevye explains the importance of tradition in Jewish customs like keeping their heads covered and wearing prayer shawls while living in the Russian shtetl of Anatevka in 1905. (more…)
Non-Verbal Communication April 9, 2010
Mr. Bean Part One- He passes another car, making the other car go off in a ditch. Backs into a parking space and hits a sign. Puts a padlock on his car door. mr. Bean is preparing for his math exam. The man sitting next to him pulls out a pen and pencil and Mr. Bean pulls out hand fulls of pens, mimicking him. Mr. Bean pulls out toys to sit on his desk, which he played with, along with an alarm clock. He shakes his head and hides his face when he sees the exam. Mr. Bean can’t decide which pen to use. He starts writing with his tongue flailing everywher. He tilts his head to see his neighbor’s paper, but pretends to be in deep thought when he notices. He distracts him to get his answers. But the man throws away the paper because he got th ewrong answer and Mr. Bean has to throw his work away too. He scoots shoulder-to-shoulder with the man next to him. He lays his head on the table and blows on the man’s turned piece of paper to see his answers. He crawls around the desk to see the answers. He starts to weep and cry for his mommy. At the end of the test, he finds he was trying to take the wrong test and can’t control his arm, getting too excited. He runs another car off the road and hits yet another sign. He walks down to the beach to go for a swim but does not notice the man sunbathing. He uses his swim suit as a tissue. he then puts it on over his pants and tries to take his clothes off, but has serious trouble trying to get his pants off. Every time the man looks over at him he pretends to be doing something else, like stretching. When he finally gets changed, the blind man leaves.
Too Much Homework April 1, 2010
Did y0u know the controversy over too much homework has been an issue since the Great Depression? It’s a fact that during the 1930s, the American Child Health Association targeted homework and child labor as the leading killers of children who contracted tuberculosis and heart disease. With homework assigned in excess students have been pushed too far. Teachers don’t know the right kind to give out, students are under too much stress, and their experience as an adolescent is suffering. (Link to fact about the Great Depression)
In the Era of Natural Disasters March 8, 2010
Saturday, an earthquake with magnitude of 8.8 shattered Chile. The death toll has risen to 723 people, and looting in towns without food, water, or electricity has risen along with it. The south-central coast of Chile, closest to the epicenter of the earthquake, has suffered the hardest. Many were not prepared for tsunami and returned after the earthquake to find themselves caught up in storm hitting in three waves. Screams followed by silence were the sounds heard by the citizens of this area of the country. 10,000 homes are uninhabitable, hundreds more destroyed, and 180,000 homeless. Port captains who called warnings saved hundreds of lives, but the navy made a huge mistake by not immediately activating a tsunami warning. Right now Chile is asking for temporary bridges, field hospitals, satellite phones, electric generators, damage assessment teams, water purification systems, field kitchens and dialysis centers. The United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru have already sent aid.
Banning iPods
Who: Although most of the article is centered around the teachers and students of Mountain View High School, the banning of music players by administrators is widespread across the United States and other countries.
What: With current technology, students can use their digital media player to hold the answers to a test, crib notes, definition lists, helpful jingles, and formulas.
When: This occurrence was documented in April of 2007.
Shooting for the Stars 