I
particularly like to talk to the students about HOLIDAYS. All
holidays have a story behind them and are part of the culture of
a country. I can give you a hand in my Blog as the following
holidays come up in 2012.
January16th Martin Luther King Day
February 14th Valentine’s
Day
February 20th Presidents’
Day
March 17th St.
Patrick’s Day
April 8th Easter
May 13th 2nd Sunday
of the month….Mother’s Day
May 28th Memorial Day
June 17th 3rd Sunday
of the month….Father’s Day
July 4th
Independence Day
September 3rd 1st Monday of
the month….Labor Day
October 31st
Halloween
November 22nd 4th Thursday of the
month, Thanksgiving
December 25th Christmas
Of
course, I’m more knowledgeable in American holidays but you
don’t have to neglect the British holidays. You can easily look
them up in Internet.
Here is a
poem I particularly like.
The Perfect Year
It was not a perfect year
but has there ever been
a perfect year?
Has there ever been a year
with all the love, and health
and fame
we wished for, ever came true?
Yet, despite the disappointments
of these our complex lives
we learn to make do
make better
make believe
that better days will come.
And
if we do continue to believe
who is to say the perfect year
will not yet be here?
A
Nice Thought
“All
holidays can be good times.”