Tools for the classroom. Google Docs.

It is true that Google is taking over everything, they are perfecting everything in the most simple way to make everything easier to access and share, and that is surely not restricting people in any way. It is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download and. It’s absolutely free!

A new stage of life

Old people, older people, the elderly, pensioners, old boys or girls, retired people, senior citizens, ..., we have a variety of expressions to refer to people over 60. Some of the terms are considered more politically correct than others but, however you describe them, the majority of older people face similar problems.

In a recent survey, 45% of older people said that financial difficulties were their biggest problem. Many of them live alone, and their only source of income is the state pension. A large percentage of this income is spent on housing, food, heating and light, leaving a very small amount for clothing, transport and entertainment. In the winter, some older people worry about paying fuel bills and so economise on the cost of food. It is estimated that about two million older people have problems keeping warm and eating well in the U.K.  Do you think this situation is the same in Spain? Please, let us know your opinion.....

How Government works in The United Kingdom

The Bristish Constitution is not written down. The rules are a mixture of conventions and laws that have been developed over many years. For example, they have a prime minister because of convention. They have a general election at least every five years because of the law. At a general election, every British man and woman aged eighteen and over can vote, but it is not compulsory.

What makes the British laugh?

Modern British humour derives from the music-hall tradition which had its most popular period at the begining of the 20th century. Singers, dancers, comedians and acrobats performed in "turns" to provide light theatrical entertainment. Bristish humour today is mainly urban in character, though only specific urban areas produce comediants. People from nothern cities like Liverpool and Manchester are funny because the alternative is suicidal dispair. Rural areas do not really generate humour because the British take the countryside seriously. Just click at the following link to discover what really makes the British laugh!

Eton School

Prince Harry and Prince William went there. David Cameron (the current prime minister of the UK) and 18 other British prime ministers did too. Eton is one of England´s most famous schools.
The full name of Eton is “The King´s College for Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor”. The school was founded by King Henry VI in 1440. The boys-only school was set up as a charity to provide free education to poor boys, who would then go on to King´s College, Cambridge.

About Valentine’s Day

The holiday's roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February 15. Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian feast day circa 496,

declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine's Day.

Most scholars believe that the St. Valentine of the holiday was priest who attracted the disfavor of Roman emperor Claudius II around 270. According to the legend, Claudius II had prohibited marriage for young men. Claiming then bachelors made better soldiers. Valentine continued to secretly perform marriage ceremonies bat eventually apprehended by the Romans and put to death. Another legend says that Valentine, imprisoned by Claudius, fell in love with the daughter of his jailer. Before he was executed, he sent her a letter signed “from your Valentine". Probably the most plausible story surrounding St. Valentine is one not focused on passionate love but on Christian love: he was martyred for refusing to renounce his religion.

Yo hablo en español

Mientras que la mitad de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea hablan al menos otra lengua distinta de la materna, el inglés predominantemente, sólo el 27% de los españoles puede expresarse en este idioma. Estas son las conclusiones de un Eurobarómetro realizado en el año 2008.

Esta situación es muy distinta en la mayoría de los países europeos. El 89% de los suecos por ejemplo puede hablar inglés, o el 87 % de los holandeses, el 86% de los daneses, el 48% de los griegos o el 32% de los portugueses. Únicamente los húngaros y checos están por debajo de nosotros.

¿Cuáles piensas que podrían ser las causas? Tal vez la peninsularidad de nuestro territorio que nos hace estar algo más aislados del resto de Europa. O Quizá sea el tradicionalismo cultural de España...

Pueden ser múltiples las causas. ¡Expresad vuertra opinión al respecto!