2.+2+-+Leaders+-+Reality+or+Myth?

__**LEADERS - REALITY OR MYTH?** __  **I.A.We've discussed this topic in class by using the following worksheet. Any personal comments/appreciations on it?** **B. I've got to compliment you again on your roleplays. Class 12th E brought to class Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama. **  **Class 12th F, on the other hand, chose 4 completely different leaders, namely Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and António Salazar. ** How did you like the roleplays? **C. Time to answer some personal questions:)) ****1. What's your opinion about one of them? ****2. Would you like to share with us any specific information about him? ****3. Do you remember any of his quotes that made an impression on you? ** **II. Time to establish the link between "Freedom Writers", "I Have a Dream" by Common and "I Have a Dream", byMartin Luther King, Jr. Refresh your memories by going over the worksheet again, will you?** //** Out of the night that covers me, **// //** Black as the pit from pole to pole, **// //** I thank whatever gods may be **// ** For my unconquerable soul. ** //** In the fell clutch of circumstance **// //** I have not winced nor cried aloud. **// //** Under the bludgeonings of chance **// //** My head is bloody, but unbowed. **// //** Beyond this place of wrath and tears **// //** Looms but the Horror of the shade, **// //** And yet the menace of the years **// //** Finds and shall find me unafraid. **// //** It matters not how strait the gate, **// //** How charged with punishments the scroll, **// //** I am the master of my fate: **// ** I am the captain of my soul. **

** Nelson Mandela **

[]** Teresa Silva 12ºE ****I really love the film "Invictus" (1 of my favourite ones) and this poem also impressed me a lot:)) Pity that sometimes it's too hard to be "the master of our fate, the captain of our soul"! ANA ** Obama ROCKS, just saying! He is the modern example of a leader. In the future he will be compared to the supposed great leaders like Mandela or Luther King, at least I hope so. Here's the proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFdAJRVm94 For those who had the pleasure to assist my presentation, you dont need more proofs.
 * This poem appeared in the movie Invictus. **

** Octávio Cardoso, 12ºE **
**YEAH! It was definitely a pleasure to see you in action:)) As for the rest of you, come on and join us. I'll lock the page in a week, th 17th November. Hurry up! ANA **

===Well, I dressed those funny “Gandhi” clothes and wore those characterizing glasses. In the end, it was kind of a priviledge to me and made me discover so much things about his life that I had never had access to.===

Here's something that I guess you have never heard about this spiritual leader.
===For exemple : " When Gandhi was 16 his father became very ill. Being very devoted to his parents, he attended to his father at all times during his illness. However, one night, Gandhi's uncle came to relieve Gandhi for a while. Gandhi retired to his bedroom and had sex with his wife. Shortly afterward a servant came to report that Gandhi's father had just died."===

===This is very curious, some of you might laugh the first time you read this but if we try to picture ourselves in Gandhi's shoes, it is legitimate to feel how he did feel. This particular situation had an obvious influence in Gandhi becoming celibate, since he claimed that he couldn't forgive himself.===

Emilia Mota
==== Hitler was definitely a great leader! Not because what he did, but the way he did it. He had an enormous persusive power, and that's why he managed to make the world become the way he wanted, against everything and everyone. But the bizarre fact about him is that his first love was jewish and he never had enough courage to express his love to her! Is that the reason for his hatred of the jews an unhappy love affair ? We'll never know! ====

Margarida 12ºF

"My concern is not the cry of the poor . <span class="hps" style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It is the silence of the good <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.", Martin Luther King. In my opinion Martin Luther king was a great leader despite is tragic ending. He was a great leader because he believe we could change the situation of a entire race that was neglected by all. And so we did it, never stopped believing and despite didn't see his dream becoming true. Today racism dicreased significantly and the world is more united. In my opinion the fact of alway believe in their ideals it's something that makes a strong leader. Rita Pinto

= = ==In my opinion another fascinating leader was Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna commonly known as Che Guevarra. He studied medicine but before finishing graduation he travelled trough Latin America and in that journey he witnessed misery and poverty in the first person but he didn´t close his eyes and fought side by side with Fidel Castro and the rebels to take down Fulgencio Batista that was supported by the United States of America. It is easy to embrace conformity and settle with what we have but the real challenge is to evolve has a person and to rise to the occasion to transform the world in a better place. The path to evolution is the revolution when needed of course. La revolucion o la muerte? The choice is yours, you can leave the world as you know it or you can evolve it into the world you want to know. ==

Pedro Ferreira / 12ºE


**Karol Józef Wojtyła reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and chose the name of John Paul II. He was the second longest Pope serving the catholic church for over 26 years and also one of the most travelled leaders int the history of the world visiting more then 100 countries.He once survived to an attempt of assassination in Portugal :O claimming that was the Virgin Mary that saved him. Furtermore he visited the man who tried to kill him and forgave him for his sins. Pope John Paul II was a great leader because he unified not only spiritualy but also physicaly part of the mankind.**

**Filipe Borges, 12ºE** <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">SORRY :(( Page locked now. Thanks to those who participated.:))