Words of Wisdom

“If you don’t wake up in the morning excited to pick up where you left your work yesterday, you haven’t found your calling yet.” ~ Mike Wallace

“The best career advice to give to the young is ‘Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” ~ Katherine Whitehorn

What do these quotes mean? Do you agree with them? 

Find another quote about jobs and careers and express your opinion on it.

Tolerance

Are you a tolerant person?
Can you recall any experience of being intolerant towards others? How did you feel then?
Can you recall any experience of others being intolerant towards you? How did you feel then?
Do you think people should be more tolerant to each other in their everyday life? Why do you think so? 

Good manners

Are good manners important? Why / Why not? Do Belarusians follow the rules of politeness? Give examples. Do you think our nation should be more polite or good manners are the remnant of the past? 

International Day of Peace

Write your comment on the Director-General’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Peace, 21 September 2017. Write what you think, what you agree or disagree with, what should be done to achieve peace in the world?

"What family means to me" literary contest

Back to school

Learning from Nature

Modern civilization has developed through controlling nature and exploiting its resources. At the same time, we human beings are part of the natural world, and nature has many things to teach us. Scientists, philosophers, poets, and artists have all found inspiration in nature. What can we learn from nature, and how can we make use of that learning for the future? Please describe your ideas, including your own observations and experiences. Essays must be 700 words or less. 

P.S. It's a good chance to get a "10".

Discussion: A Real Man and A Real Woman

What does it mean to be a real man? What does it mean to be a real woman?

Let's discuss and choose Top 10 personal qualities that make a real man and Top 10 personal qualities that make a real woman.

Watch the two videos below and leave your comment on them. What ideas do you agree / disagree with? Prove your thoughts with arguments. Though your comments should be based on the videos, you might also add other qualities which you think are very important to be a real man or a real woman.

Don't forget to comment on other students’ ideas.

Characteristics of a real man

Characteristics of a real woman

Cloning: the global debate

Take part in the class debate. Are you for or against cloning? Give reasons and arguments to support your point of view. Start with commenting on other students' ideas. Use linking words.

Smart home

Take part in the competition "The smartest home of the future". Describe your smart house. What do you think it will look like? What will they have inside? In what ways will your life at home be different?

Mobile phone protest

Read the test "Mobile phone protest" in the "In the Lesson" section on the blog. Who do you agree with: the headteacher or the students? Write about 6-8 sentences. Give convincing arguments and comment on other students' opinions.

Science Quotes

Read the science quotes below. What do they mean? Choose one and comment on it. Write about 6-8 sentences. Don't forget to comment on other students' opinions.

1. "Science is not only a discipline of reason but, also, one of romance and passion." Stephen Hawking

2. "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy (апатия, безразличие) of human beings." Helen Keller

3. "Art is I; science is we." Claude Bernard

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Tim Bokunovich on the 3rd Degree Diploma 

in the city round of the Republican English Olympiad! 

We are proud of you!

Anecdotes about scientists

Share an anecdote about a famous scientist. Whose anecdote is the funniest or the most interesting?

Belarusian scientists

Write a few sentences about a famous Belarusian scientist. Include their scientific achievments as well as intersting facts from their life.

Women scientists

Write a few sentences about a famous woman scientist. Include her scientific achievments as well as interesting facts from her life.