We're a Band!

We're a Band

by Audio Adrenaline

Freak! Is what the world calls me

They don't understand

so they try to stop me

Hide! I can't hide

so I stand up straight with Christ by my side

No no no no need to be tongue tied

so I say it loud and I say it with pride

Died He died

Christ gave it all

but He's coming back to life

Now I've got a reason to saying the things I say

and you know I've gotta reasons to be doing the things I do

Because soon very soon

God's coming back and I want to be playing His tune

So, here we go

[CHORUS]

We're a band

We're a band

With guitars in our hands

we're crossing the land

We're a band

We're a band

For the Son of man

we will take a stand

You can make a plan

He'll be back again

We're a band

We're a band

We're a band

We're a band

Hey! Please remove your hand from my mouth

it's been long enough so

please do it now

uuh uuh uuh uuh uuh uuh uuh

you know you can't censor me

When wall flowers start to bloom

four more voices fill the room

Say, you better get out of the way

[REPEAT CHORUS]

REFLECTION

Our class, 11th grade “B”, had heard this song since we met our Literature/spelling and Writing professor, Miss Raquel de Escobar. It has become an important song for our generation, and we have felt really identified with it. Since we have heard it many times, everybody knows the lyrics and enjoy singing it every time our teacher allows it. It is a shame that we could not sing it enough with everyone enough times, because of the lack of time. We enjoyed it while it lasted, but we will never forget it.

The Analects by Confucius

The Analects
by Confucius

In all his writing, Confucius stresses the importance of living a moral life. He urges ordinary citizens to respect authority figures, such as parents, indoors, or older people and political leaders, outdoors. He teaches leaders that they have to rule the people kindly and wisely and not with hard punishments or by chastisements, to win their obedience and respect. He says that by demanding much from themselves and little from others, rulers could establish a peaceful and content nation. They must be always humble, modest and gentlemen above all things.

I think these teachings are the basis of a good government, but shamefully they are not respected now-a-days. That is why there is so much corruption in every country altogether with all the poverty and misery of the population. It is a shame that Confucius never got involved in the government directly, because he could have been a good ruler. And it would be a real blessing if a person who thinks like him gets it the power. Especially in Guatemala, he could do some real changes and improvements in our society. I hope someone like him appears soon enough, and helps everyone.

I liked the reading because it left so many valuable lessons that should be analyzed and learned in school, slowly and properly to create good and exceptional citizens of our country. What I did not like was the fact that it was a little hard to read or to understand because of the complicated sentences. It definitely gives more lessons than Panchatantra, meaning Confucius was wiser.

I think we should keep on reading similar stories in our futures. And I hope everyone have learned from this and applies these teachings in their lives. I hope that everyone have enjoyed reading these stories and doing the blog as much as I did.

Numskull and the Rabbit

“Numskull and the Rabbit” is an Indian fable from the Panchatantra. A fable is said to teach a lesson about conduct called moral. It features animal characters (like Numskull the lion, the Rabbit and the other animals in the forest) that behave like humans.

“Numskull and the Rabbit” tells the story of a cruel and proud lion king, named Numskull, and a clever rabbit. Numskull wants to eat all the animals in the forest, so the animals come up with a plan. The plan is that each day one of them will go to the lion to be eaten. But when the rabbit’s turn comes, he does not want to be eaten, so he has an idea to outsmart Numskull. He gets late to the lion’s cave and tells him that he is late because of another lion that ate his supposed companions rabbits and wants to claim Numskull’s territory as his. The lion in his anger follows the rabbit to the well where he sees his reflection in the water. And thinking the reflection is the other lion; he falls down and dies there.

I think the story has two important morals for me. The first one is that a king or leader should be responsible and kind with his subordinates, because they are many and might want to outsmart him. And the second one is that a person full of pride could be victim of his anger and feelings in a decisive moment and can be easily outsmarted and treated or being seen like a fool.

I like the story because it is easy to understand and entertaining because of the animal characters. It also takes an unexpected development at the end. And besides all that, it gives you valuable lessons altogether with good rhymes.

Numskull and the Rabbit