Clip joint: tearjerkers

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This blog is simply giving a Top 5 of films that makes people cry, the so called tearjerkers. It also gives the reader the opportunity to watch clips from the films the writer chose as her favourite tearjerkers. The blog lists: Ghost with the late Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial where , The Green Mile, What’s eating Gilbert Grape and Leon: The Professional. With each clip, the writer of the blog explains what happened in that particular scene that makes it is so sad and why the tissues have to be brought out. 

Opinion:

I absolutely love tearjerkers and I almost agree with the writer’s Top 5. Ghost is definitely one of my favourite films and it makes me cry again and again and again. E.T. is a childhood memory, so that one always makes me cry as well. I do not think  I will be able to make a Top 5 of tearjerkers, so I will just give you a few titles when you also like to have a good cry every once in a while: Ghost, Dirty Dancing, The Lion King, E.T., Annie, Love Actually, Notting Hill, Brother Bear, Finding Neverland, The boy in the striped pyjamas, Schindler’s List, Edward Scissorhands, Forrest Gump and Meet Joe Black. Just to name a few….

Bad luck cost Arsenal the title insists Van Persie

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Robin van Persie claims that Arsenal did not win the title due to bad luck. He thinks the team have been robbed of winning some games for having been denied two pure penalties and a goal that was rejected, which in fact was a goal. He says is not hiding behind this excuse and he also admits that you have to earn luck, but this season, luck has not been on Arsenal’s side.  Though van Persie understands why the supporters are not that happy with Arsenal, at the same time he insisted “that Wenger’s men are the new incarnation of the great Dutch side under Rinus Michels that should have won the 1974 World Cup”.

Opionion:

Though van Persie claims not to be hiding behind the fact that they lost the title due to bad luck, I think he is a poor loser. Sure a referee can deny a team pure penalties or pure goals, but in the end, it is up to the players to win a game. If van Persie thinks they have a team equal to the Dutch team in the 1974 World Cup (which I think is a bit exaggerated), they do not even need luck, they will be able to win the title with their own talent and strength. GO ARSENAL!!!

Incredible Holk

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North Norfolk Coast is supposed to be one of the UK’s hidden gems. In this article, Pete Bell takes the reader on a small journey to Wells-next-the-Sea and lives a short fantasy life. He stays in a holiday cottage and from there on he shows us how beautiful and peaceful life is while staying there. He tells the reader where one can go for a good meal or which sights are well-worth visiting. For instance, there is a restaurant called the Globe where you can eat a three course meal for a ‘pub price’. You can visit award-winning Holkham Beach, which is part of nature reserve and there are properties to visit such as Holkham Estate and Holkham Hall and its gardens. All in all a good place to take a rest from our busy daily lives.

Opinion:

Eventhough it is a short article about the North Norfolk Coast, the writer -Pete Bell- tells about his stay at Wells-next-the-sea and Holkham in such a way I would be interested to go there myself. He speaks vividly about the surroundings, the restaurants, the nature reserves, the sights one can visit and the way you must be feeling when you are there. As an ‘England-lover’ myself, I am always interested in stories about different parts of the country. And after having read this article about Wells-next-the-Sea and all its surrounding beauty, there is another part of England which is now on my ‘to-visit-list’.

Mother claims cafe owner branded her 'disgusting woman' for breastfeeding in public

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Lisa Willis is planning to sue the owner of The White Coffee House in Harwich, Essex. The cafe owner allegedly ordered Lisa “to leave the cafe and go to a public toilet”, because she had been breast feeding her 10-month-old daughter in public. When the owner ordered Lisa to leave the cafe, she followed her out of the cafe and threw the remains of the table into the Lisa’s car and called her a “disgusting woman”. According to the co-owner of the cafe, male customers complained that they did not want to drink their coffee with a woman breast feeding a child there and that Lisa was not ordered to leave, but asked to cover herself up whilst breast feeding.

Opinion:

If Lisa is telling the truth, I obviously do not agree with the way she was ordered to leave the cafe. But eventhough women should have the freedom and opportunity to breast feed their child, I have to admit I do not like seeing women nursing in a public place. I will probably antagonize some people by saying this, but although breast feeding is a natural thing, I do not like to see women breast feeding their child, just as much as I do not like to see couples French kissing and feeling each other up in a public place. Some things should just be kept private.

Many parents 'oppose school sex education for children'

 

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After The Sex Eduction Bill was passed, a survey amongst 1,700 parents of children between the ages of 5 and 11 was held and the outcome shows that 59% of these parents are against sex education. The reasons for being against sex eduction vary from “it is inappropriate to teach children about sex” to “it should be the parent’s choice to teach their own child.

Athough sex education is not compulsory in English schools, it is in the curriculum. But often people do not know what sex education really is and what is taught at certain ages. Sex education is also not sufficient, due to embarrassment and lack of knowledge of the teachers.

Opinion:

I think sex education in schools is highly important. Children should be taught what sex actually is, what the dangers can be of having sex at an early age and also as is stated in the article, girls should know how to say no against someone who is pressuring them into having sex. Proper sex education might reduce the amount of teenage pregnancies and might make children aware of sexual transmitted diseases, such as AIDS, syphilis and chlamydial disease. But I also think that eventhough sex education in schools is important, parents should also take their responsibility and educate their children about sex.

British embassies on high alert, says Hague

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After the death of Osama Bin Laden, Foreign Secretary Mr William Hague, stated British embassies around the world are put on high security alert. Even though the death of the leader means an enormous blow to al-Qa’ida, it does not mean that terrorism is over and all the problems are solved. In fact, we should be cautious to celebratie his death, because the days following his death might even be more dangerous than the last years have been, because al-Qa’ida and its followers might want to prove to the world that even though Osama Bin Laden is dead, al-Qa’ida is still there.

Opinion:

I believe Mr Hague is absolutely right about being cautious and to put the embassies on higher security alert and about not celebrating the death of terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden just yet. After all, the British are American allies, hence an enemy to al-Qa'ida. And in my opinion al-Qa’ida would love to retaliate and probably will. And what I am even more afraid of, is that Bin Laden’s henchmen might be even more agressive and radical than the man himself. So by killing Bin Laden, an even greater terror might be unleashed. Therefore we should not let our guard down now that Bin Laden is dead, but even put up an even higher security alert, like Mr Hague did, for the Western Civilisation will probably be punished for what we did….