ORAL PRESENTATION SEASON !!!

As from today, you have started the difficult task of speaking in front of an audience, and Adalberto was the first presenter of our class. Congratulations, Adalberto!!! I'm very proud of you because I do know what it means to pluck up courage to do what you've done today. Don't take the cartoon too seriously,please! You seemed to be so interested in the topic and you spoke so passionately tonight that I couldn't help imagining you could have been a hippie, too. (Just kidding!)
We all left the classroom today having learned something new, and that was thanks to the careful study and preparation that you devoted to your presentation on the HIPPIE COUNTERCULTURE.
I'm absolutely sure ALL OF YOU will benefit from these oral presentations since you will be polishing your reading and speaking skills and you will learn not only about the topic of your interest, which is taking you time and tons of effort ( I know that, believe me!), but also from the topics presented by your classmates, which might eventually arouse lots of personal queries and further interest in the topic.

I think it will be rewarding to receive comments on your own presentations from your classmates. Don't you think so? Don't hesitate to leave your comments and a friendly word here.

O me! O life!
O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring.Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the foolish.Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew'd.Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me, Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,The question, O me! so sad, recurring -- What good amid these, O me, O life?Answer That you are here--that life exists and identity,That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
-WALT WHITMAN-1819-1892