Today is the first day of the rest of my life…

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My Advent Calendar…

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Important!

Posted by thecrazyteacher on luglio 25, 2020

Sharing:
Professor Maureen Healy is the chair of the history department at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.(https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/152-maureen-healy) She was shot in the head by federal agents on Monday night and is recovering from the injury and the concussion, but shared a statement of her experience, and gave permission to share.

Statement by Maureen Healy, July 22, 2020
For Immediate Release

Since June, I have been attending peaceful protests in Portland neighborhoods in support of Black Lives Matter. I have gone with family and friends.

I am a 52-year-old mother. I am a history professor.

I went downtown yesterday to express my opinion as a citizen of the United States, and as a resident of Portland. Of Oregon. This is my home. I was protesting peacefully. So why did federal troops shoot me in the head Monday night?

I was in a large crowd of ordinary folks. Adults, teens, students. Moms and dads. It looked to me like a cross-section of the City. Black Lives Matter voices led the crowd on a peaceful march from the Justice Center past the murals at the Apple store. The marchers were singing songs. We were chanting. We were saying names of Black people that have been killed by police. We observed a moment of silence in front of the George Floyd mural.

I wanted to, and will continue to, exercise my First Amendment right to speak. Federal troops have been sent to my city to extinguish these peaceful protests. I was not damaging federal property. I was in a crowd with at least a thousand other ordinary people. I was standing in a public space.

In addition to being a Portland resident, I am also a historian. My field is Modern European History, with specialization in the history of Germany and Eastern Europe. I teach my students about the rise of fascism in Europe.

By professional training and long years of teaching, I am knowledgeable about the historical slide by which seemingly vibrant democracies succumbed to authoritarian rule. Militarized federal troops are shooting indiscriminately into crowds of ordinary people in our country. We are on that slide.

It dawned on me when I was in the ER, and had a chance to catch my breath (post tear gas): my government did this to me. My own government. I was not shot by a random person in the street. A federal law enforcement officer pulled a trigger that sent an impact munition into my head.

After being hit I was assisted greatly by several volunteer medics. At least one of them was with Rosehip Medic Collective. To take shelter from the teargas I was hustled into a nearby van. Inside they bandaged my head and drove me several blocks away. From there my family took me to the ER. I am grateful for the assistance, skill, and incredibly kind care of these volunteer medics.

We must take this back to Black Lives Matter. Police brutality against Black people is the real subject of these peaceful protests that have been happening in my city and across the country. What happened to me is nothing. It is nothing compared to what happens to Black citizens at the hands of law enforcement, mostly local police, every day. And that is why we have been marching. That is why I will continue to march.

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Another Advent Calendar

Posted by thecrazyteacher on dicembre 1, 2019

Countries & Nationalities

Posted by thecrazyteacher on novembre 11, 2019

Again about Animal Rights…

Posted by thecrazyteacher on ottobre 15, 2019

About YES!

Posted by thecrazyteacher on settembre 30, 2019

How many other ways of saying ‘yes’ do you know?
If you want to say ‘yes’ but at the same time give a low commitment, you could say:

  • Sure, why not?
  • Sure, I don’t see why not?

If you want to do quite the opposite and say ‘yes’ in a strong way to show a strong commitment, you can use:

  • Absolutely
  • Definitely
  • Of course
  • Without a doubt

Informal ways of saying ‘yes’ in English:

  • Uh-huh
  • Okey-dokey
  • Yup
  • Yeah

And here are some formal ways of saying ‘yes’:

  • By all means
  • Very well
  • Indeed
  • Certainly

And if you want to sound really official and scientific, you can use:

  • Affirmative
  • Positive

Remember, varying your vocabulary is a way to appear more fluent!
(Thanks to https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com)

Great Greta!!!

Posted by thecrazyteacher on settembre 24, 2019

I hate Hunting and Hunters

Posted by thecrazyteacher on agosto 24, 2019

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Summer Holidays…Homework my classes 2A and 2D (part 2)

Posted by thecrazyteacher on giugno 14, 2019

Let’s play!