Scores for Yonkers Students Drop on State English Test

When I read this article, I told myself it could not happened in USA, most unbelievable in New York, the capital of the world in terms of culture, because when you think about United States, you always think that this country is one of the most important countries in the world. But this time is different because in the last english test students of New York got the worst level among the others states.
The superintendent of New York, Mr. Pierorazio said that it is was because there were a large number of students from other countries who were still learning english in New York.
Under a new federal requirement, students enrolled in school in USA for at least a year must take the state tests. Previously, students with less than three years of english classes were exempted from the tests.
Mr. Pierorazio said, this happened because there were students who are coming from other nations and being immersed in english for 10 months and then asked to perform at a proficient level, this didn't reflect the true of the test.
Norma Grohowski, was dissapointed about the scores of this test, she said it is also a parents' responsibility.
"I don't know why it dropped, but everybody is trying to do their best to keep the scores up, both the parents and the schools", she said.

King Lear

Characters:

King Lear of Britain.
Edmund: illigitimate son of Gloucester.
Cordelia: King Lear's daughter.
Albany: Duke of Albany.
Regan: King Lear's second daughter.
Goneril: King Lear's elder daughter.
Edgar: is the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester.
Kent: earl of Kent.

They were in the British camp near Dover (Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent), to fight the French Army. Cordelia and King Lear were prisoners, Edmund ordered a soldier to take them to prison and kill them. In this scene I feel a treason atmosphere between Edmund, Albany and Edgar. On the other hand Albany seemed me more calm than the other characters.
Albany was very disconcerted because a gentleman told him that Goneril poisoned his sister and then killed herself. King Lear didn't want to live anymore because his daughter Cordelia was dead, in a sense I think he lost his mind, he felt no reason to live , as he said: "And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life!Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more". King Lear died.
At the end, Albany said Kent and Edgar to rule the Realm, the mood was very mourning and sad.

William Shakespeare

If music be the food of love, play on; William Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night"

Macbeth

" I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none "Famous Macbeth quote by William Shakespeare(Act I, Sc. VII)

Crecer

Uno crece Imposible atravesar la vida … ….sin que un trabajo salga mal hecho, sin que una amistad cause decepción, sin padecer algún quebranto de salud, sin que un amor nos abandone, sin que nadie de la familia fallezca, sin equivocarse en un negocio. Ese es el costo de vivir. Sin embargo lo importante no es lo que suceda, sino, cómo se reacciona. Si te pones a coleccionar heridas eternamente sangrantes, vivirás como un pájaro herido incapaz de volver a volar. Uno crece… Uno crece cuando no hay vacío de esperanza, ni debilitamiento de voluntad, ni pérdida de fe. Uno crece cuando acepta la realidad y tiene aplomo de vivirla. Cuando acepta su destino, pero tiene la voluntad de trabajar para cambiarlo. Uno crece asimilando lo que deja por detrás, construyendo lo que tiene por delante y proyectando lo que puede ser el porvenir. Crece cuando supera, se valora, y sabe dar frutos. Uno crece cuando abre camino dejando huellas, asimila experiencias… ¡Y siembra raíces!Uno crece cuando se impone metas, sin importarle comentarios negativos, ni prejuicios, cuando da ejemplos sin importarle burlas, ni desdenes, cuando cumple con su labor. Uno crece cuando se es fuerte por carácter, sostenido por formación, sensible por temperamento…¡Y humano por nacimiento!.. Uno crece cuando enfrenta el invierno aunque pierda las hojas. Recoge flores aunque tengan espinas y marca camino aunque se levante el polvo. Uno crece cuando se es capaz de afianzarse con residuos de ilusiones, capaz de perfumarse, con residuos de flores… ¡Y de encenderse con residuos de amor…! Uno crece ayudando a sus semejantes, conociéndose a sí mismo y dándole a la vida más de lo que recibe. Uno crece cuando se planta para no retroceder… Cuando se defiende como águila para no dejar de volar… Cuando se clava como ancla y se ilumina como estrella. Entonces… Uno Crece

Conocerse

Te conocerás a ti mismo en cuanto empieces a descubrir en ti defectos que los demás no te han descubierto.Conocerse a sí mismo es medir exactamente las propias fuerzas sin que el engreimiento las exagere ni la timidez las menoscabe.

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