The World Cup in poor countries

Hi guys,

It's been a long time since I last posted something, but these past months have been hectic for me.

Since tomorrow the whole world will have its eyes on Brazil Soccer World Cup opening ceremony, I think it really comes in handy to show you what I found after surfing the Internet for a while. It is a very controversial topic.
Before playing the video, try to think about the answers for the following questions:

• Do you like football? What do you like best/worst about it?
• Are you going to see all the matches in the World Cup?
• Which country is more likely to win? / Why?
• Do you like sports betting? Have you ever won some money thanks to sports?
• How good is it for a country to host such an international event?
• Who do you think will eat the biggest part of the cake: FIFA, advertising companies, governments, the citizens...?
• Can you think of any international event we hosted as a nation? Was it good for the country? Why/not?

What do you think? Should developing countries keep on hosting international events? Why/not?

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

"When you mistreat a woman, you stop being a man".
In Spain, around 700 women have been killed by their partners and many others suffered over the last the decade. Many are still suffering from any kind of psychological or physical abuse at home, their lives becoming a real nightmare.
My intention today is to raise some awareness on gender violence.

I'd like you to watch the following videos and think about the issues we ALL need to improve to stop these brutal masacre.


This is a commercial starring 007 about gender inequality in 2011.

And this is about the huge economy gap in between sexes when it comes to making money.

 

Child-driven education

Hi guys,

Last day I was reading some of the cards what were hanging outside to celebrate Book's Day and there was one that particularly grabbed my attention. It said:

" A good teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary"

Yesterday, while I was waiting for ages to do my interview, I stated the quotation aloud. Regarding this matter, I met a teacher that recommended me to watch the video below and I must say I am fascinated about it (Antonio, if you're reading this, thanks a bunch!!!)

This time education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. 

In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

I hope you like it!!!

Click here for follow up activities based on this video.

World Day against Child Labour

It's incredible that something like this is still happening in the 21st century, but some children around the world aren't as lucky as you are. They don't even have a right to an education and are forced to work at a very early age.


A couple of months ago, the UNO celebrated the World Day against Child Labour. This was a day to raise some awareness on the topic and call for the following:

• Universal ratification of the ILO’s Conventions on child labour (and of all ILO core Conventions)
• National policies and programmes to ensure effective progress in the elimination of child labour
• Action to build the worldwide movement against child labour

Watch this video about children in the Congo. Then, complete the gaps below

Smoke and The Convenient Truth

Do you smoke? Either you are a heavy smoker or not, you should spend the following 5 minutes watching this video. It's worth watching it. Any reaction?

   

 If after watching it, you've decided to give it up, click here to get some advice