HAPPY XMAS...

We will host our "Posada Party" on Tuesday December 21st. after 4pm. Come to enjoy with us! There will be music, food and special prizes. Students, guests, and community members are welcome! Though some traditional holiday food will be provided, guests are encouraged to either bring a food/drink contribution or a $25 donation for this special event!

Merry Christmas around the world

Afrikaner (Afrikaans) ~ "Een Plesierige Kerfees"

Argentine ~ "Felices Pascuas"

Bohemian ~ "Vesele Vanoce"Brazilian ~ "Boas Festas"

Chinese (Cantonese) ~ "Saint Dan Fai Lok"

Danish ~ "Glædelig Jul"

Dutch ~ "Vrolijk Kerstfeest" - Gezellige kerst

English ~ "Merry Christmas"

Filipino ~ "Maligayang Pasko"

Finnish ~ "Hyvaa Joulua"

French ~ "Joyeux Noël"

German ~ "Froehliche Weihnachten"

Greek ~ "Kala Christouyenna"


Hawaiian ~ "Mele Kalikimaka"

Hebrew ~ "Mo'adim Lesimkha"

Icelandic ~ "Gledileg Jol"

Indonesian ~ "Selamat Hari Natal"

Irish ~ "Nollaig Shona Dhuit"

Italian ~ "Buone Feste Natalizie" - Natale italiano

Japanese ~ "Kurisumasu Omedeto"

Korean ~ "Sung Tan Chuk Ha"

Lithuanian ~ "Linksmu Kaledu"

Malay ~ "Selamat Hari Natal"

Maori ~ "Meri Kirihimete"

Norwegian ~ "God Jul" - Norsk Jul

Romanian ~ "Craciun Fericit"

Peruvian ~ "Felices Fiestas"

Portugese ~ "Boas Festas"

Slovakian ~ "Vesele Vianoce"

Spanish ~ "Feliz Navidad"

Swedish ~ "God Jul" - Jul i Sverige

Welsh ~ "Nadolig Llawen"



























Christmas Facts
Every year more than 400 million people celebrate Xmas around the world -- that makes Xmas one of the world’s biggest religious and commercial festivities. In approximately year 300 A.D., the birthday of Jesus was determined to be on December 25, the day that has been celebrated from then till this very day. The celebration on the 25th of December starts with Christmas Eve, the evening of December 24.

The religious festival is originally a blend of pagan customs. The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, i.e. "the birthday of the unconquered sun.". Pagan Scandinavia celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in late December to early January. However, it is uncertain exactly why December 25 became associated with the birth of Jesus since the Old Testament doesn’t mention a specific date of the event.

Christmas around the world:







In Italy, children receive gifts from the good witch La Befana, old, bent and dressed in black. La Befana was a widowed, childless woman when the Three Kings passed on their way to see the Christ child. When they asked her the way to Bethlehem she was busy cleaning and sent them away. Realizing her mistake, she left to search for the Baby Jesus. To this day she is still searching going from house to house on Epiphany, January 6, leaving a gift for good children.

Russian children await gifts from Babouska, a farmer's wife who offered food and shelter to the Three Wise men on their journey to Bethlehem, Baboushka declined their offer of travelling with them to visit the Christ child. Realizing her error on the eve of Epiphany, she tried unsuccessfully to find them, but handed the presents she had intended for the infant Jesus to children she passed along the way.



In Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America, the Three Kings or Wise Men bring Christmas gifts to children, while in France children eagerly await the coming of Father Christmas or Pere Noel who brings their gifts.



In some cultures, Saint Nicholas travels with an assistant. The old bishop Sinterklass arrives in Holland on December 6 in his red bishop's costume astride a white horse. In many port towns, he is said to have sailed in on a ship from Spain. Beside him walks Black Peter with a black sack and a book recording each Dutch child's behavior through the year. Good children receive a gift from the bishop while bad children may be carried away in Black Peter's sack.

In Germany Saint Nicholas also travels with a helper, known as Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus, or Pelzebock, and comes with a sack on his back and a rod or switches in his hand. Saint Nicholas gives gifts to good children, while those who have been bad are punished by the assistant with a few hits of a switch.

Swedish children wait for the gnome Jultomten, also called Julemanden or Julenisse, who dresses in red and carries a sack of gifts on his back. He flies in his sleigh pulled by the Julbocker, the goats of Thor, the god of thunder. Elves, called the Juul Nisse, hide in the attics of families throughout the year, eagerly waiting to help him. Children leave bowls of milk or rice pudding in the attic for the elves, hoping they will be empty in the morning.

In Austria and Switzerland it is Christkindl or the Christ Child who arrives bearing gifts. In some towns children await the Holy Child and in others Christkindl is a beautiful girl-angel who comes down from heaven bearing gifts.

And in England a thinner version of Santa Claus known as Father Christmas, wearing long red robes with sprigs of holly in his hair, delivers gifts to children.

Actividades Celebración del 30 Aniversario de Instituto de Inglés América

Thanks to all our friends, collaborators, and contributors who made possible to perform the different activities we did to Celebrate the 30th. Anniversary of Instituto de Inglés América, once again, Thanks you who makes it possible, so we can continue Empowering Our People!!!

DAY OF DEAD

Halloween and The Day of Dead

Halloween

Halloween, or Hallowe'en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe'en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day", also which is now known as All Saints' Day. Some modern Halloween traditions developed out of older pagan traditions, especially surrounding the Irish holiday Samhain, a day associated both with the harvest and otherworldly spirits. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is now celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Many European cultural traditions, in particular Celtic cultures, hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world, and when magic is most potent (according to, for example, Catalan mythology about witches and Scottish and Irish tales of the Sídhe).

History
The modern holiday of Halloween has its origins in the ancient Gaelic festival known as Samhain (pronounced /ˈsˠaunʲ/ from the Old Irish samain). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes erroneously regarded as the "Celtic New Year". Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, where the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them. When the Romans occupied Celtic territory, several Roman traditions were also incorporated into the festivals. Feralia, a day celebrated in late October by the Romans for the passing of the dead as well as a festival which celebrated the Roman Goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit were incorporated into the celebrations. The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which is a proposed origin for the tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.

History of name
The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe'en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day", also which is now known as All Saints' Day. It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1. In the ninth century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although All Saints' Day is now considered to occur one day after Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day. Liturgically, the Church traditionally celebrated that day as the Vigil of All Saints, and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils, it was celebrated on the previous day if it fell on a Sunday, although secular celebrations of the holiday remained on the 31st. The Vigil was suppressed in 1955, but was later restored in the post-Vatican II calendar.


Symbols

Jack-o'-lanterns are often carved into silly or scary faces.The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols. This is a Scottish and Irish tradition of carving a lantern which goes back centuries. These lanterns are usually carved from a turnip or swede (or more uncommonly a mangelwurzel). The carving of pumpkins was first associated with Halloween in North America, where the pumpkin was available, and much larger and easier to carve. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their home's doorstep after dark.

The jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard drinking old farmer who tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and trapped him by carving a cross into the trunk of the tree. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack which dooms him to forever wander the earth at night. For centuries, the bedtime parable was told by Irish parents to their children. But in America the tradition of carving pumpkins is known to have preceded the Great Famine period of Irish immigration, and the tradition of carving vegetable lanterns may also have been brought over by the Scottish or English; documentation is unavailable to establish when or by whom. The carved pumpkin was associated generally with harvest time in America, and did not become specifically associated with Halloween until the mid to late 19th century.

The imagery surrounding Halloween is largely an amalgamation of the Halloween season itself, nearly a century of work from American filmmakers and graphic artists, and a rather commercialized take on the dark and mysterious. Halloween imagery tends to involve death, magic, or mythical monsters. Common Halloween characters include ghosts, ghouls, witches, vampires, bats, owls, crows, vultures, haunted houses, pumpkinmen, black cats, aliens, spiders, goblins, zombies, mummies, skeletons, and demons. Particularly in America, symbolism is inspired by classic horror films, which contain fictional figures like Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and The Mummy. More modern horror antagonists like Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, and the Jigsaw Killer have also become associated with the holiday. Homes are often decorated with these symbols around Halloween.

Black and orange are the traditional colors of Halloween.

Taken from Wikipidia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

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The Day of Dead

Day of The DeadMexico celebrates a yearly tradition called Day of the Dead during the last days of October and the first days of November. Due to the duration of this festivity and the way people get involved it has been called “The Cult of Death.”

As in many Latin American countries, Mexico commemorates the Day of the Dead or All Souls’ Day on November 2nd. The legacy of past civilizations is graphically manifested on this occasion through people’s beliefs that death is a transition from one life to another in different levels where communication exists between the living and the dead. This communication takes place once a year throughout the country.


Differing from the Roman Catholic imposed ritual to commemorate All Souls’ Day, which is observed in many countries, the custom established by pre-colonial Mexican civilizations become a ceremony where indigenous beliefs blended with Catholic beliefs. Therefore, the Day of the Dead in Mexico is not a mournful commemoration but a happy and colorful celebration where death takes a lively, friendly expression.


Indigenous people believed that souls did not die, that they continued living in Mictlan, a special place to rest. In this place, the spirits rest until the day they could return to their homes to visit their relatives. Before the Spaniards arrived, they celebrated the return of the souls between the months of July and August. Once arrived, the Spaniards changed the festivities to November 2nd to coincide with All Souls’ Day of the Catholic Church.

Presently, two celebrations honoring the memory of loved ones who have died take place: On November 1st, the souls of the children are honored with special designs in the altars, using color white on flowers and candles. On November 2nd the souls of the adults are remembered with a variety of rituals, according to the different states of the Mexican republic.


The celebrations of Day of the Dead or All Souls Day are referred to differently in some of the states. For example in Yucatan it is known as Hanal Pixan which means “The path of the soul through the essence of food;” in the highlands of Michoacan it is known as Jimbanqua or the party honoring with flowers the people who died that year; in San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo and in the southern part of Oaxaca it is known as Xantolo and Day of the Dead in the majority of Mexico. Whatever name is given, this is an ancestral tradition that blended with Catholicism to create a special time and space to remember and honor the loved ones by offering them an ofrenda, the fragrance of the flowers, the light of the candles, the aroma of special foods and the solemnity of prayers.
It is also a time to joke and make fun of death through “calaveras”, poetry allusive to a particular person, generally politicians; sugar, chocolate and amaranth skulls which are given to one another with their friend’s name so “they can eat their own death” and special crafts allusive to different aspects of the living, with skeletons representing daily activities.

People start getting ready for the celebration on the third week of October with the harvesting of the cempasuchitl flower, also known as the flower of the twenty petals or the flower of the dead which is sold in the market place or Tianguis, where the family goes to buy everything that they will need to put on the altar. On the altar they will place the ofrendas of fruits, vegetables and the special dishes prepared for the soul to enjoy the essence of the aroma of the food. This altar will also have items that once belonged to the deceased.

On November 1st in many towns the ritual of the Vigil of the Little Angels takes place in the cemeteries, particularly in the islands of Janitzio and La Pacanda in Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan. Little girls dressed in satin blouses and colored skirts, white stockings and shiny shoes are the center of this ceremony. Wearing the white pinafore, an important piece of the Tarascan feminine attire, the girls calmly comply with the tradition while they are observed from a certain distance by their parents. This is the way the tradition is passed down from generation to generation.

On November 2nd, the souls of the adults are honored in their homes with beautifully decorated altars. Each state has different styles but all of them represent a place where the ofrenda becomes a spiritual communion between life and death. Again, in each state the making of the altar and the rituals are different.

The celebration concludes in many towns with the vigil in the cemetery. In some places the vigil is done during the whole night of November 1st to November 2nd. In other towns the vigil is done during the day. Mysticism is the rule in the cemeteries, but in many of them music is also part of the ritual that combines religious prayers with the sounds of the trumpet playing a tune by a Mariachi band. In others it is a trio that sings a song by the tomb or in some cases even a band plays danzones at the entrance of the cemetery. Ritualistic dances are also part of the celebrations in many places honoring the deceased.

Whichever way is celebrated, Day of the Dead is a time of reflection about the meaning of life and the mission that one needs to fulfill. Death in many situations imparts a feeling of pain and loss, particularly for those who do not know the purpose of their path on this earthly plane. For others, death is transcendence, transformation and resurrection. During the celebration of Day of the Dead all those feelings and beliefs come together in a season that brings to life the memory of the loved ones.


Taken from Day of Dead Blog at:
http://www.dayofthedeadblog.com/

By Mary J. Andrade.

CBS 5 Interview with Mary Andrade
Mary Andrade shares her knowledge about the Day of the Dead Celebration in Mexico with CBS 5 / KPIX TV in San Francisco, CA. This interview is part of the “Hispanic Heritage Month” and featured by CBS 5.
To view the interview please follow this link (note that it starts with a short commercial)

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=39318@kpix.dayport.com
To view the “Hispanic Heritage Month” spot trailer please follow this url:
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=74203@kpix.dayport.com
To learn how Hispanic Heritage Diversity is being celebrated in the San Francisco Bay Area please follow these two links:
http://cbs5.com/community/Celebrate.Hispanic.Heritage.2.816365.html
http://cwbayarea.com/community/kbcw.community.hispanic.2.810161.html


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CULTURAL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15th: OBSERVATORIO CIUDADANO

Actividades de Celebración 30 Aniversario de

Instituto de Inglés "América"

en Plantel La Paz Centro

Viernes Cultural “Cultural Friday”

Viernes Octubre 15 a las 5:30 p.m.: “OBSERVATORIO CIUDADANO”

Chat by Bio. Liliana Gutierrez Mariscal

From NOS, Noroeste Sustentable A. C.

Viernes Cultural “Cultural Friday” 5:30 P.M.

OBSERVATORIO CIUDADANO

A iniciativa de la agrupación Plataforma Bahía de La Paz, conformada por ONG´s, pescadores, empresarios y autoridades, surge el Observatorio Ciudadano mediante el cual se pretende realizar recorridos semanales para observar, monitorear y denunciar ilícitos en la Bahía.

La agrupación inició en 2006 como el grupo Bahía de La Paz, el que surgió de la preocupación por los ilícitos que se cometían en el mar, problemas que observamos se salió de las manos de todos: autoridades, pescadores y grupos, los que coincidíamos en la necesidad de hacer algo, llegando todos a coincidir en la necesidad de mayor vigilancia en la Bahía en un desarrollo sustentable.

30 Years Empowering Our People!

Let´s start the Celebration!!!

La Paz Baja California Sur. A 24 de Septiembre de 2010.

Asunto: Invitación.

ALUMNADO EN GENERAL

PADRES DE FAMILIA
PERSONAL DE INSTITUTOS DE INGLÉS AMÉRICA
SOCIEDAD SUDCALIFORNIANA

P R E S E N T E S:

SEIS LUSTROS DE ESFUERZO DE INSTITUTO DE INGLÉS AMÉRICA

Por este conducto invitamos a usted y su familia a participar en las actividades de Celebración del 30 Aniversario del Instituto de Inglés “América”, las cuales se llevaran a cabo durante el mes de Octubre (se anexa copia del calendario de actividades), en especial en el Festival Cultural de Aniversario que se realizará el próximo Viernes 29 de Octubre a partir de las 18 hrs. En las instalaciones de nuestro Plantel Centro, sito en Héroes de Independencia 1935 e/ N. Bravo y a. Rosales. Actividad en la cual nos gustaría contar con su presencia, y de ser posible con su apoyo para la realización de dicho evento.

Agradecemos de antemano su atención a la presente y el apoyo que nos brinden, esperamos contar con su presencia.

ATENTAMENTE:

LANGUAGE IS CULTURE

Comité Organizador

30 Years Empowering Our People!

Actividades de Celebración en Plantel La Paz Centro

Viernes 01: Exposición Fotográfica “Our Graphic History”

Viernes de Octubre: Viernes Cultural “Cultural Friday”

Viernes 08: Tradicional “Mural Drawing Contest” concurso de dibujo.


Viernes15: Conferencia por Noroeste Sustentable NOS

Viernes 22: Exposición de Mascotas “Pet Show” de 17:00a 19:00 hrs.

Todos los días de Octubre: Acopio de víveres para instituciones de beneficencia como el Asilo de Ancianos y la Ciudad de los niños y niñas.

Viernes 29: Festival de Aniversario a partir de las 6:00 P.M. en Plantel Centro, Convivencia Artística, Cultural y Académica, Encuentro de Egresados, Ceremonia de Graduación de nuestra 41ª. Generación y Clausura de las actividades de aniversario.

Importante: Esta es una celebración de todos y para todos, estas actividades programadas son solo algunas de las que llevaremos a cabo durante este mes de Octubre, por lo que esperamos recibir sus sugerencias para hacer de esta celebración la mejor de todas. Puede hacer sus sugerencias a la Dirección a través de la Recepción del Plantel o a través de sus maestros. Felicidades a Todos.

30 Years Empowering Our People!

What is El Grito the Mexican Holiday?

What is El Grito the Mexican Holiday?

September 16th, “El Grito”, the Shout or Cry for independence, is one of the most celebrated national holidays in Mexico. This year, 2010 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. There will be special events in Mexico City as well as in every Ciudad y pueblo around Mexico. Come join in the fun!
Yes, that means the biggest fiestas or parties in just about every part of Mexico on this day. While this is not when the Mexicans actually realized their independence from the Spaniards it is celebrated more than the famous 5 de Mayo (5th of May, when the Mexicans won the battle of Puebla but that’s another story) celebration that many northerners are so familiar with.

In the dawn hours actually on the 15th of September, Hidalgo and other conspirators such as Ignacio Allende rang the bell of the little church in Dolores and the ten year revolution began. In the following days the masses were able to take the cities of San Miguel, Celya and Guanajuato and almost entered Mexico City but Hidalgo ordered a retreat. The small band of loyal followers he had started with had grown rapidly into a mob of more than 10,000 over a period of days. It is said that Hidalgo feared what the angry mob would do to the capital city of his country.

Unfortunately for him, he was not able to really see the fruit of the seed he planted, as he was executed in July of 1811 after having been tried by the Inquisition. Hidalgo will always be known as the Father of Mexico’s Independence because his original “Grito” is what caused the revolution, to help Mexicans finally gain their independence from Spain.

President Pofirio Diaz on September 16th 1910 reenacted the ringing of the actual bell that Hidalgo had used one hundred years before to begin the social revolution that lead to Mexico’s Independence. The actual date of the “El Grito” is said to be the 15th of September but that was already Saint Pofirio Day which was President Pofirio’s birthday.

It is from that time, that the 16th of September has become one of the greatest fiestas every year where everyone gathers in the town square (zócalo) and is celebrated with the President of Mexico ringing of the same bell Hidalgo rang, which is presently at the government Palace in Mexico City, at 11:00 pm during the generally all night party and all shout
Viva Mexico!

Jaime

Taken from Baja Insider at: http://www.bajainsider.com/baja-life/holidays/inside_el_grito.htm

6, SEIS LUSTROS DE ESFUERZO

6, SEIS LUSTROS DE ESFUERZO

A todos los que han contribuido con su granito de arena para lograr lo que fuimos, hemos sido y lo que queremos seguir siendo, un Instituto de Inglés América mas comprometido con sus estudiantes, padres de familia, familiares, amigos, etc. Aquí en La Paz, Todos Santos Pescadero, Cabo San Lucas, San José, y próximamente Loreto, Santa Rosalía, Baja California Norte, Cd. Juárez y Zihuatanejo Gro. Muchas pero muchísimas gracias, porque sin todos ustedes esto seria imposible. Han transcurrido 10950 días como hoy, es decir 30 años, trabajando esforzadamente con una sola meta, entregar a nuestra tierra hombres y mujeres bilingües que con el conocimiento del Ingles forjan el futuro propio así como el de nuestro pueblo, son , ya casi 50 generaciones que hablan en carne propia de lo que aquí escribo, mismas que hoy se encuentran en su gran mayoría concentradas en B, C, S. Además del resto del país, Estados Unidos de Norte América, Canadá, Centro y Sudamérica y también en algunos países europeos.


Hoy celebramos este gran trayecto que seguro estoy habrá de llevarnos por nuevos senderos, siempre en busca de mejorar lo que hace ya 30 años empezamos. Por supuesto que no fue, no ha sido, ni será nada fácil, pero estamos acostumbrados a luchar contra corriente, no nos amedrentan las dificultades de ningún tipo, si nos tumban nos levantamos sin que la gran mayoría se de cuenta seguimos trabajando por continuar con nuestro sueño que aun no es realidad plena, pues faltan aun muchas cosas por venir, que seguro estoy tocara a nuevas generaciones continuar.


Considero mas que oportuno este aniversario para hacer un publico y merecido reconocimiento a todos aquellos que han trabajado incansablemente por lograr lo que hasta hoy somos, seguro que ya se estarán dando cuenta que me refiero a todos los que les venga tan merecido reconocimiento, quienes siendo honesto no son muchos por eso les pido que me acompañen en este pronunciamiento a nombre de toda la gran familia América para que brindemos un profundo agradecimiento al MAESTRO DE INGLES Y LIC. EN ECONOMIA José Antonio Avilés Cosio, por todos estos años en que con su tesón ha contribuido enormemente hasta hoy y su enseñanza seguro estoy serán las firmes bases de nuestro futuro, gracias Tony por haber entregado su vida al Instituto de Inglés América-.


Finalmente por el momento exhorto a egresados, estudiantes, padres de familia, compañeros de trabajo en todas las áreas a que sigamos haciendo mas Institutos de Inglés América, pues con ello seguimos plantando semillas fértiles en el hostil desierto de nuestro México, lleven pues muy en alto el nombre de nuestro instituto y sobre todo guárdenlo siempre en lo mas sagrado de su ser, porque así, sin lugar a dudas los guardo yo a todos, todos, en mi corazón. Muchas pero muchísimas gracias.


Atentamente:

 Profr. Joel Antonio Estamates Arroyo.
Director General

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

Nuestros Servicios

aviso vaciones verano

La Paz Baja California. Sur. Agosto de 2010.
Señores Padres de familia y
Alumnos de Instituto de Inglés América
Por este conducto notificamos a ustedes que de acuerdo a nuestro Calendario Escolar el Periodo Vacacional Verano 2010 será del 08 al 15 de Agosto de 2010. Reanudando actividades el día Lunes 16 de Agosto. Si usted necesita un periodo mayor o fechas diferentes a las establecidas en nuestro calendario, lo invitamos a ponerse en contacto con el maestro de clase para analizar las opciones que brinda la institución en estos casos (Permiso) y sus implicaciones.
De igual manera se les recuerda que el pago de colegiatura correspondiente al mes de Agosto y/o adeudos anteriores deberá realizarse antes de iniciar el periodo vacacional, les reiteramos la importancia de la puntualidad en sus pagos y el aprovechamiento de sus clases.
Para cualquier aclaración o comentario respecto a la presente, favor de contactarse con nosotros; de igual manera aprovechamos la oportunidad para desearles unas felices y merecidas vacaciones.
A T E N T A M E N T E :
LA DIRECCIÓN 30 Years Empowering People!

Profr. José Antonio Avilés Cosio Subdirector Instituto de Inglés "América" Héroes de Independencia No. 1935 La Paz, Baja California Sur Tel. (612)122-43-87   C.P. 23000 México http://www.inglesamerica.blogspot.com/ iameryk@yahoo.com1980 OCTOBER 2010
30 Years Empowering our People!

Inglés América te ha invitado al evento "Cursos de Verano "Inglés y algo más" Principiantes y Avanza...

Inglés te ha invitado a asistir mañana a "Cursos de Verano "Inglés y algo más" Principiantes y Avanzados".

Inglés dice: ""Curso de Verano Inglés Para Niños, Jovenes y Adultos. Principiantes y Avanzados (Certificación y Actualización).
p.s. Ex-alumnos de Inglés América que no recibieron su Diploma final por falta de entrega de trabajos, ésta es la oportunidad de optenerlo!!".

Evento: Cursos de Verano "Inglés y algo más" Principiantes y Avanzados
Inicio: Mañana, 05 de julio a las 10:00
Finalización: Viernes, 06 de agosto a las 21:00
Dónde: Instituto de Inglés América Plantel La Paz Centro

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Father's Day, Congratulations!

The Importance of Fathers


By Rexanne Mancini


There is no doubt that mothers play an all-important leading role in the lives of their children. They are the obvious heroes of child rearing. But what about a father's role? Just how important are the dads of the world compared to the almighty image of mother? My belief is that fathers play just as important a role as mothers. Different, yes. Possibly not as nurturing, not as all-sacrificing but just as important in the developmental and emotional well being of a child.

Dads are the solid foundation of our lives. They are the shore we swim to when our arms and legs feel increasingly tired. They are the strength we rely on as we take our first tentative steps into the world. Dads can be tender, tough, fragile or powerful but they are probably the most uncomplicated love we will ever know.

For daughters, Daddy is the first man they adore ... the first man whose eyes shine with overwhelming amazement when they look at us. He is the first man to fall in love with us.

For sons, Daddy is the idol they first aspire to emulate ... their mirror image of what will be and possibly the only man they will ever feel comfortable loving.

Daddy is the first man who held us, as a loving parent, with a lump in his throat so huge, only the joy of that love could erase the overwhelming pain of choking on unexpected raw emotion. I think when a father holds his newborn baby, he is touched by pure vulnerability for the first time in his adult life, leaving him forever humbled by the unexplained miracles of life.

For mothers, the father of our children is the one person we can trust to watch over our babies as closely as we would. We are secure in the knowledge of their love for our precious offspring. Dad is the only other person in the world as fascinated with every nuance and murmur of our babies. He is the one person on the planet with whom we can indulge our need to brag and carry on about our kid's accomplishments and heartaches ad nauseum ... one who will be just as interested and never yawn in the face of our devotion.

Without dads, we wouldn't be moms. I would like to take the liberty of thanking them from all our hearts for this honor and for being our partners in this business of raising children.

Know how much you are loved and revered, guys! You are our trusted soldiers and we need you more than you will ever realize.

Copyright – 2000-2004- Rexanne Mancini
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Rexanne Mancini is the mother of two daughters, Justice and Liberty. She is a novelist, freelance writer and maintains an extensive yet informal parenting and family web site, Rexanne.com – http://www.rexanne.com -Visit her site for good advice, award-winning Internet holiday pages and some humor to help you cope. Subscribe to her free newsletter, Rexanne’s Web Review, for a monthly dose of Rexanne: http://www.rexanne.com/rwr-archives.html
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"A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child."

- Knights of Pythagoras



Whether you're a daddy-to-be or a seasoned granddad, Father's Day is a wonderful opportunity to bask in the glow of your family's affection and appreciation. This year, you can also make Father's Day an opportunity for self-reflection and personal growth. Ask yourself: Are you the father you always wanted to be? Are you the father your children deserve?






The History of Father's Day

Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards.

In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards!


Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.


The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington.

At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day.".

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.


Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father's Day.

Taken from: http://www.holidays.net/father/

Jokes about Dad



One evening a little girl and her parents were sitting around the table eating supper. The little girl said, "Daddy, you're the boss, aren't you?" Her Daddy smiled, pleased, and said yes. The little girl continued "That's because Mummy put you in charge, right?"

What Makes A Dad Author is unknown


God took the strength of a mountain,

The majesty of a tree,


The warmth of a summer sun,


The calm of a quiet sea,


The generous soul of nature,


The comforting arm of night,


The wisdom of the ages,


The power of the eagle's flight,


The joy of a morning in spring,


The faith of a mustard seed,


The patience of eternity,


The depth of a family need,


Then God combined these qualities,


When there was nothing more to add,


He knew His masterpiece was complete,


And so, He called it ... Dad





Taken from: http://www.morning-glow.com/holidays/father/father.html

Parents: Teen sailor healthy after 3 days adrift - Yahoo! News

Parents: Teen sailor healthy after 3 days adrift

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press Writer Christopher Weber, Associated Press Writer Sat Jun 12, 1:53 pm ET

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Weary but healthy despite bumps and bruises, teen sailor Abby Sunderland was cheerful in a phone call home after being rescued Saturday from her crippled boat in the southern Indian Ocean, her parents said.
"She sounded tired, a little bit small in her voice, but she was able to make jokes and she was looking forward to getting some sleep," her mother, Marianne Sunderland, told reporters outside the family home in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
The 16-year-old had to abandon her sailboat, Wild Eyes, when a French fishing vessel rescued her more than 2,000 miles from the western Australia coast, two days after she lost communication with her family and sent out distress signals. She will spend more than a week traveling to Reunion Island, a French territory east of Madagascar.
"Crazy is the word that really describes everything that has happened best," Abby Sunderland wrote Saturday morning in a blog post from "a great big fishing boat headed I am not exactly sure where."
"The long and the short of it is, well, one long wave, and one short mast," she wrote.
Sunderland had been stranded in heavy seas since Thursday, when she set off a distress signal after the mast collapsed. Laurence Sunderland said the family was not going to elaborate on the problems that led to the emergency, and Abby Sunderland didn't provide details in her blog post.

Video courtesy of ABC News. For more visit ABC News.com

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the French ship Ile De La Reunion brought Sunderland on board from her stricken craft Saturday afternoon at the site (about 2:45 a.m. PDT).
French authorities called it a "delicate operation," and said at one point the fishing boat's captain fell into the ocean and had to be rescued. Laurence Sunderland said the crew used its dinghy in the transfer.
Australian authorities were broadcasting a message to boats crossing through the area warning them that Sunderland's sailboat is still adrift.
Sunderland will leave the French fishing boat in about two days to board a maritime patrol boat that will take her to Reunion Island, according to a statement from the office of the French Indian Ocean island's top official. The transfer will take place off the Kerguelen Islands, with the exact timing depending on weather and ocean conditions.
Authorities said Sunderland likely would not arrive in Reunion for at least a week.
Despite a lag in getting to see her, Laurence Sunderland said the family is "just ecstatic that she is alive and well and survived the ordeal."
Sunderland set out from Los Angeles County's Marina del Rey on Jan. 23, trying to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo and nonstop.
Soon after starting her trip, Sunderland ran into equipment problems and had to stop for repairs. She gave up the goal of setting the record in April, but continued, hoping to complete the journey.
Zac Sunderland, her brother, held the record for a little more than a month last year until Briton Mike Perham completed his own journey. The record changed hands again last month, when 16-year-old Australian Jessica Watson completed her own around-the-world voyage.
Outside the family home early Saturday, eight pink balloons were tethered to the white picket fence in front of the single-story house and beneath them was placed a large, hand-painted sign that read: "Thank God Abby's alive."
She had been keeping in contact with her parents through satellite communications and had made several broken calls to them, reporting her yacht was being tossed by 30-foot (9-meter) waves — as tall as a 3-story building. An hour after her last call ended Thursday, her emergency beacons began signaling.
Rescuers in a chartered jet flew from Perth on Australia's west coast and spotted Sunderland's boat on Thursday. She was able to radio to the plane to say she was in good health and had plenty of food supplies.
Her parents have come under criticism from some observers for allowing the high-risk adventure.
Veteran sailors questioned the wisdom of sending a teenager off alone in a small boat, knowing it would be tossed about for 30 or more hours at a time by the giant waves that rake the Southern Hemisphere's oceans this time of year.
Her father defended the voyage, and Abby Sunderland said it seemed everybody was "eager to pounce on my story now that something bad has happened."
"As for age, since when does age create gigantic waves and storms?" she wrote Saturday.
The Australian maritime authority did not say how much the rescue mission would cost but said it would not be seeking compensation for the search, which initially fell just outside of Australia's search and rescue region. It was not immediately clear if the French vessel would seek compensation.
Family spokesman Jeff Casher said Sunderland's vessel was so badly damaged, her attempt to circle the globe was over.
"This is the end of the dream. There's no boat to sail," he said.
For Sunderland, that reality was still sinking in.
"I keep hitting the wrong keys and am still trying to get over the fact that I will never see my Wild Eyes again," she wrote on the Saturday morning blog posting. "So I'll write more later."
Her father said he had no doubt she'll be back on the water soon.
"Abby has been raised on the ocean," Laurence Sunderland said. "This was like second nature. She'll be back."
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Associated Press Writer Thomas Watkins contributed to this report.
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Online:
Abby's Blog: http://soloround.blogspot.com/

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Idiomas para salir de la crisis laboral

Idiomas para salir de la crisis laboral

 (Fuente: Diario El Economista)

La demanda de formación siempre aumenta en tiempos de crisis ante la dificultad para acceder a un empleo. Los idiomas no son una excepción. Este año, las aulas se han llenado de jóvenes y adultos que buscan en la lengua extranjera una oportunidad para acceder, mantener o reincorporarse a un empleo. Pero no todos los idiomas presentan las mismas oportunidades. Todo depende de los objetivos profesionales que se tengan. Lo único claro es que sin inglés es imposible. La lengua anglosajona es la que manda en el mercado de trabajo.

Prácticamente, en la mayoría de las ofertas de empleo se requiere el conocimiento de algún idioma extranjero.

Incentivo ante la crisis económica

Un factor por el que muchas personas deciden aprender alguna lengua diferente a la materna, tendencia que se acentúa en tiempos de crisis económica porque es más difícil poder encontrar un empleo o mantenerlo.

Esta situación ha originado que no sólo los adolescentes y jóvenes llenen las aulas de los centros de formación, bien sean públicos o privados, para estudiar y mejorar su currículum, sino que los adultos y jóvenes que ya dejaron la universidad hace unos años hayan tenido que volver a asistir a clase.

A falta de las cifras oficiales definitivas, los centros tanto públicos como privados, han experimentado este año un aumento de la demanda de idiomas , aunque este incremento se debe también a otros factores como el hecho de que los estudiantes de masters y grados tengan que certificar su conocimiento de idiomas , la entrada del Plan Bolonia que facilita la realización de estudios en centros universitarios extranjeros y la nueva selectividad, que incluye una prueba oral de idioma extranjero.

La demanda para aprender idiomas se ha percibido, sobre todo, en relación al inglés. "Hemos notado un aumento de entre el 10 y el 15 por ciento", según explica Carmelo López, director del Centro de Lenguas Modernas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, quien señala que "con la crisis teníamos previsto este incremento porque la gente aprovecha para formarse".

La demanda de idiomas también se ha notado en los centros privados. En este caso, según datos de Aseproce, se ha registrado un aumento del 10 por ciento. El incremento no afecta por igual a todas las lenguas y "el inglés es la estrella.

El inglés, el idioma más valorado en las entrevistas

Y es que no hay duda de que el inglés es la lengua más importante y la que se ha convertido en el idioma internacional por excelencia, además de ser la más valorada en los procesos de selección. De hecho, según la Guía de las Empresas que ofrecen empleo, elaborada por la Cámara de Madrid y la Fundación Universidad Empresa, el aspecto más valorado por las compañías a la hora de elegir al mejor candidato es el conocimiento de inglés.

La demanda de empleados que sepan inglés hace que la lengua anglosajona sea la prioridad para cualquier estudiante y trabajador, con independencia de su actividad profesional, y que se convierta en imprescindible en determinadas profesiones relacionadas con áreas como la ingeniería, la economía, la ciencia y tecnología.


A partir de ahí, hay que decantarse por estudiar más idiomas, porque "en el Consejo de Europa se está hablando de crear ciudadanos plurilingües que conozcan, además de la lengua materna, otra lengua con un buen nivel y que tengan conocimientos bastante buenos de otro idioma más". Eso sí, no hay que olvidarse bajo ningún concepto del inglés porque para encontrar trabajo es el más importante y sin conocimientos de este idioma es prácticamente imposible acceder a un empleo. Luego, es cuestión de elegir y de ser conscientes que los idiomas abren más puertas profesionales que otras materias y asignaturas, porque con el conocimiento de lenguas extranjeras se encuentra más fácilmente un trabajo, aunque sea temporal y en lugares como la costa.


Extracto del artículo 'Idiomas para salir de la crisis laboral' - 7 de abril de 2010 por Eva Sereno en Ecoaula


Fuente: Diario "El Economista"

To be a Student, Student´s Day in Mexico, May 23rd.

"Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and the profit of the community to which your later work belongs." ~Albert Einstein 

Happy Student´s Day 2010



To be a student

          It is easy to find a definition of what it is to be a student. All we have to do is open a dictionary in the right place and it will give us the answer. But that is not the kind of definition we want. We want to investigate it; we want to find out what a real student is. A true student is not one who approves exams, gets a job and then closes all the books. Being a student means to study the life, not just read the few books required by the curriculum; it implies to observe everything along the life, not just a few things in a given period. A student certainly is not only that who reads, but that who is capable of observing all movements of life, the external and internal, without saying: "This is good, that is bad." If we condemn something, then we don’t observe it. To observe it, we have to study it without condemning, without comparing. If the teacher compares a student with any other, he is not studying him. If he compares him with his younger brother or elder sister, his brother or his sister are the important, then he is not studying him.

          But all our education consists of comparing. We are perpetually comparing ourselves with someone or other: with the guru, with our ideal, our father who is so smart, a great politician... This process of comparison and condemnation prevents us from observing, studying. So the real student is the one who observes everything in life, both externally and internally, without compare, approve or condemn. Not only is capable of investigating scientific issues, but he can also observe the operations of his own mind, of his own feelings, which is much harder than to observe a scientific fact. To understand all the working of the own mind itself requires a great deal of discernment, a lot of research exempt of condemnation.

Ser estudiante.

Es muy fácil encontrar una definición de lo que es ser estudiante. Todo lo que tenemos que hacer es abrir un diccionario en el lugar apropiado y se nos dará la respuesta. Pero ésa no es la clase de definición que queremos. Deseamos investigar sobre ello, queremos averiguar qué es un verdadero estudiante. Un verdadero estudiante no es aquél que aprueba exámenes, consigue un empleo y después cierra todos los libros. Ser un estudiante significa estudiar la vida, no sólo leer los pocos libros requeridos por el programa de estudios; implica observarlo todo a lo largo de la vida, no sólo unas cuantas cosas en un período determinado. Un estudiante, ciertamente, no es sólo el que lee, sino el que es capaz de observar todos los movimientos de la vida, los externos y los internos, sin decir: "esto es bueno, aquello es malo". Si condenamos algo no lo observamos. Para observarlo tenemos que estudiarlo sin condenar, sin comparar. Si el maestro compara un estudiante con algún otro, no le está estudiando. Si le compara con su hermano menor o su hermana mayor, los importantes son su hermano o su hermana; por lo tanto, no le está estudiando.

Pero toda nuestra educación consiste en comparar. Nos estamos comparando perpetuamente a nosotros mismos o a otros con alguien: con el gurú, con nuestro ideal, con nuestro padre que es tan inteligente, un gran político... Este proceso de comparación y condena nos impide observar, estudiar. De manera que el verdadero estudiante es aquél que lo observa todo en la vida, tanto externa como internamente, sin comparar, aprobar ni condenar. No sólo es capaz de investigar cuestiones científicas, sino que también puede observar las operaciones de su propia mente, de sus propios sentimientos, lo cual es mucho más difícil que observar un hecho científico. Comprender todo el funcionamiento de la propia mente requiere una gran dosis de discernimiento, muchísima investigación exenta de condena.

Taken from: Pagina de la vida

http://www.proyectopv.org/1-verdad/105marcospdagogia.htm