Rockstar

NICKELBACK - "Rockstar"


I'm through with standing in line
To clubs we'll never get in
It's like the bottom of the ninth
And I'm never gonna win
This life hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be

(Tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house
On an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
For ten plus me

(So what you need?)

I'll need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet

(Been there, done that)

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and
James Dean is fine for me

(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

[Chorus:]
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
(I'll have the quesadilla on the house)
I'm gonna dress my ass
With the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
Blow my money for me
(So how you gonna do it?)
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

[Chorus]

And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I'm gonna sing those songs
That offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills from a pez dispenser

I'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs
lip sync 'em every night so I don't get 'em wrong

[Chorus]

And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

Indiscipline, school violence...

(picture taken from the internet, news.bbc.co.uk)

In the United States of America, between 1996 and 2000, 599,000 violent crimes against teachers at school were reported.

Teachers also face threats of violence and intimidation. In the 1999-2000 school year, 9 percent of all teachers were threatened with injury by a student from their school, and 4 percent were physically attacked by a student.

In the UK,teachers are warning that pupils' violent behaviour is causing staff to leave the profession.

A third of teachers in the UK have faced physical aggression from pupils and more than half have known of colleagues who had left teaching because of poor pupil behaviour.


What is your opinion about this topic? Why is there lack of discipline in the classroom? Why do students disrespect teachers so often? What are the reasons for pupil misbehaviour?

Perfect Body, perfect person?

Crazy diets, crazy thoughts, the wish to be perfect and have a perfect body... This is one of some teenagers' problems. Do we have to be perfect to be successful? Is our body image important?



"Perfect" by Alanis Morissette

Sometimes is never quite enough
If you're flawless, then you'll win my love
Don't forget to win first place
Don't forget to keep that smile on your face

Be a good boy
Try a little harder
You've got to measure up
And make me prouder

How long before you screw it up
How many times do I have to tell you to hurry up
With everything I do for you
The least you can do is keep quiet

Be a good girl
You've gotta try a little harder
That simply wasn't good enough
To make us proud

I'll live through you
I'll make you what I never was
If you're the best, then maybe so am I
Compared to him compared to her
I'm doing this for your own damn good
You'll make up for what I blew
What's the problem...why are you crying

Be a good boy
Push a little farther now
That wasn't fast enough
To make us happy
We'll love you just the way you are
If you're perfect

MEN VS WOMEN

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What is your opinion about the changes in the role of women in the family and in the world of work? Does discrimination still exist nowadays in the modern western societies? What do you think about the status of women in muslim countries like Iran, for example?

Is Communication an Addiction?

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Why do people in general and especially young people have a growing need to be in touch, to communicate, to send messages and be in chat rooms in the internet all the time? When I ask my students about their hobbies, chatting and sending text messages on mobile phones are always on the list! Even the well-known hi5s are a way of being in touch with friends, meeting new people and sending messages. Why do we have such a need, nowadays? What would we do if we didn't have mobile phones or internet anymore? How do you think you would feel?...

What do you want for Christmas?

Is Christmas special for you? What do you want for Xmas and for the New Year? Only presents? Or do you want something more?...

My dream job...

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There is a moment in life when we have to choose what we are going to do to make a living in the future. For some people it is a difficult moment, for others it is a moment of joy because they've always known what they would like to do in life! What about you? Do you already know what you'd like to be in the future? What is your dream job?

"Numb", Linkin Park

I´m sure YOU have already felt like the girl in the video... Would you tell us what you have felt and why?...


LINKIN PARK LYRICS

"Numb"

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be

MY DREAM IS...

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Everybody has got dreams... What are yours? Some students told me about their dreams, but I'm curious to know about YOU!...

Hey there Delilah

This one's for you!...

Some lovers are separated when school starts because they have to study in different places... This is a love song that my students loved to listen and study in class, so this is dedicated to them!...

(Thank you Mariana, for having shared this amazing song with me!... It's also because of you...! :))

BACK TO SCHOOL!

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This is the moment some students fear and some others long for! Friends get together again and some teachers welcome you and wish you good luck and good work for the new year! And then you feel that school is the place where you belong, because learning is a wonderful process, because being with friends is the meaning of life!... Are you happy to be back?... I hope so and I also hope that you open your mind to new things and new experiences! This is the process of growing up!... WELCOME BACK!

Somewhere over the rainbow... A song for this summer!

Hard to choose... Amazing places

Cool Slideshows!

Holidays

Cool Slideshows!

Dream Holidays...

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Where would you like to go on holidays? If you could, where would your dream holidays be? Is a beautiful sunset like this a strong reason to go on holiday to a paradise with palmtrees, sand and transparent waters?...

Time for a new look!

We are almost saying goodbye to another school year! Some students suggested a change: "Why don't you change the blog's template and make it more colourful?" So, I decided that an year was enough and that we all deserved a new look! I hope it looks better now and that you like it! :)

YOUR SPACE!

This is your space! A space of freedom and possibility. I only have one intention with this post: to give you the chance to publish whatever you want: poems, comments, provocations, questions, thoughts, opinions, advice, suggestions... Talk about the clouds in your spirit or the moments of perfect light!...

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Slaughter in a US university...

April 17, 2007 — Cho Seung-Hui, 23, the Virginia Tech student who police believe is responsible for killing 33 people at the university he attended.

Everyone is wondering why this keeps happening in the USA. Why is it so easy to buy weapons in that country? How is it possible that tragedies like this one are not enough to make the government enforce a law against weapons? Who is earning money with the business?...

Another problem that worries me is bullying. Some teenagers live a life of fear and despair during their school years and some of them carry in their memory the episodes of violence and humiliation all through their life. There are some who suffer from depression while still at school or afterwards, because the image of themselves is affected and some are not able to overcome the trauma. Some others become killers... Teachers and parents must pay attention to the signs...

(Click on the title to read more about this in the ABC News link.)

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Sex at school

There is a survey about sex at school published in the Sábado magazine which says that 11% of the students in high school have already tried sex during breaks and when they don't have classes. The article mentions that it usually happens in the playground, toilets and in some places like behind some buildings and at the gym. I admit that this was a surprise to me. Especially the confessions of some students who talk about having sex without condoms in the school facilities. I thought that some hot kisses and naughty hands were the furthest that you could go with so many people around, but I was mistaken.Our school has got separate toilets and the buildings don't give enough privacy to the couples, so I believe that this only happens in other schools with other types of facilities. However, I would like to know your opinion about this. Again, the discussion over classes of Sexual Education comes to my mind, because I have been facing a lot of ignorance among younger students as far as sexuality is concerned. This week, for example, a young girl told me that kissing a boy was oral sex and it was the only thing they could do at school, because everybody was watching... I couldn't believe my ears. I must say that in the age of information there is still more ignorance than knowledge and we should, as teachers and grown-ups, do the best possible to inform these teenagers and make them aware of the need to have responsible sex and relationships. Parents don't talk about this, in most cases, and teachers think that it's not their business to inform. What do you think? Should children and teenagers grow up like this?...

(picture: cover of Sábado magazine)

Another term before Summer!

Dear student,

Did you rest and had lots of fun during this small two weeks break? So, I think now you are ready to start working hard again in order to have reasons to celebrate in the end of the term! Days are getting bigger, the weather is warmer and the terrible winter is far away. Enjoy the sunny days and give your best in your studies so that you can have some memorable holidays in the Summer! Remember: these may be the best days of your life! HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK for the final track!