Same problems everywhere..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-turner/a-warning-to-young-people_b_3033304.html

ein sehr lesenswerter, langer (3 Seiten) und interessanter Bericht über die Bedeutung und Wirkung der Stolpersteine in Berlin und anderen Städten.

In Berlin, more and more victims of the Nazis are being remembered with Stolpersteine — brass plates, embedded in concrete, in the streets where they lived. Andreas Kluth traces the stories behind the stones.

http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/places/andreas-kluth/stumbling-over-past

Quelle: The Economist

Northern Ethiopia is rugged and poor. It is a place where people mostly get by as subsistence farmers. The government and international organizations like the World Bank have tried and failed for years to improve the well-being of locals. But then, one village went and did it all on its own


http://pri.org/stories/2013-12-12/ethiopian-village-has-gained-wealth-has-bred-hostility

Ein faszinierender Bericht inkl. Hördatei. (5 Min.)

Why I Want To Give Up Teaching

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/hc-op-natale-teacher-ready-to-quit-over-common-cor-20140117,0,6264603.story


Zum besseren Verständnis:

Common Core:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative

Man muss nicht Japaner sein, und auch nicht Amerikaner, um Spaß an dieser Seite zu haben, denn der Text - und vor allem das, was zwischen den Zeilen steht, gibt interessante Einblicke über die USA.
Mindestens so lohnenswert am Ende des Textes die 4 Tipps für USA-Besucher aus Russland

http://mentalfloss.com/article/55140/10-japanese-travel-tips-visiting-america

The most commonly-used swear words reveal more about our medieval past than just attitudes towards sex and body parts.

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/02/swearing-fascinating-history-our-favourite-four-letter-words

At the end of the day, it is tougher than a nickel steak to banish from American popular parlance certain phrases such as "at the end of the day."

The word police at Lake Superior State University in Michigan have been trying to strike the phrase from public discourse since 1999. Here are their Banished Words Lists from then and from 2014.

http://www.4teachers.de/url/5953

das gerade überall im Netz kursiert. Es wurde angeblich von einem 8.Klässler geschrieben:

Our Generation

Our generation will be known for nothing.

Never will anybody say,

We were the peak of mankind.

That is wrong, the truth is

Our generation was a failure.

Thinking that

We actually succeeded

Is a waste. And we know

Living only for money and power

Is the way to go.

Being loving, respectful, and kind

Is a dumb thing to do.

Forgetting about that time,

Will not be easy, but we will try.

Changing our world for the better

Is something we never did.

Giving up

Was how we handled our problems.

Working hard

Was a joke.

We knew that

People thought we couldn’t come back

That might be true,

Unless we turn things around

Und nun lest das Gedicht noch einmal, aber von unten nach oben!

A poem written by Jordan Nichols, an 8th grader from Wilmington, N.C., is different, though. The junior high student had his poem thrust into the spotlight yesterday, when his proud older brother Derek posted an image of the piece on Twitter.
Some critics, according to Elite Daily, say that Nichols cribbed from—or was perhaps inspired by—the poem Lost Generation, which features the same structure. Others say the teen has written something pretty profound.

Lost Generation (auch von oben und unten zu lesen:

http://jyothsnay.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/lost-generation-by-jonathan-reed/

A Startlingly Simple Theory About the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet

There has been a lot of speculation about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Terrorism, hijacking, meteors. I cannot believe the analysis on CNN; it’s almost disturbing. I tend to look for a simpler explanation, and I find it with the 13,000-foot runway at Pulau Langkawi.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/