Quotes about "father"

"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again." -- Enid Bagnold

"It is a wise father that knows his own child." -- William Shakespeare

"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." -- Anne Sexton

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -- English Proverb

Father's Day History

The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.
Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father's Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father's Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother's Day.

I like to see cultural programs :P like BBC on TV because I learn much about the world. I like to see enterteinment programs like talk shows,TV series,for example CSI,Dr.House,The Lost,Prision Break and novellas, principally "Strawberry with sugar".I like them because I'm never borend, I have fun and learn a little bit.
The films that I like to see are horror films but Saw I, II, III and IV, they are amazing.I like horror films because I love films with suspense, mysterious and that make us feel afraid.

I like all most everything but I mentioned my favourites Tv Programmes and films. :)

Saw IV Trailer

Easter Bunny

What is the origin of the Easter bunny?

Like the origin of Easter, the origin of the Easter Bunny has roots that go back to pre-Christian, Anglo-Saxon history. The holiday was originally a pagan celebration that worshipped the goddess Eastre. She was the goddess of fertility and springtime and her earthly symbol was the rabbit.

Thus the pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons worshipped the rabbit believing it to be Eastre's earthly incarnation.

When the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity, the pagan holiday, which occurred around the same time as the Christian memorial of Jesus' resurrection from the dead, was combined with the Christian celebration and given the name Easter.

Originally, there were some very pagan practices that went along with the Easter celebration. Today, Easter is often commercialized, with all the focus on eggs, the Easter bunny, etc.

Because of this, many churches are starting to refer to it as Resurrection Day.

Easter's History

Easter's History
The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The spring festival has its roots in the Jewish Passover, which commemorates Israel's deliverance from the bondage of Egypt, and in the Christian reinterpretation of its meaning after the crucifixion of Jesus during the Passover of AD c.30 and the proclamation of his resurrection three days later.

Early Christians observed Easter on the same day as Passover (14-15 Nisan, a date governed by a lunar calendar). In the 2d century, the Christian celebration was transferred to the Sunday following the 14-15 Nisan, if that day fell on a weekday. Originally, the Christian Easter was a unitive celebration, but in the 4th century Good Friday became a separate commemoration of the death of Christ, and Easter was thereafter devoted exclusively to the resurrection. According to the Venerable Bede, the name Easter is derived from the pagan spring festival of the Anglo- Saxon goddess Eostre, and many folk customs associated with Easter (for example, Easter eggs) are of pagan origin.

Easter Day is currently determined as the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21. The Eastern Orthodox churches, however, follow the Julian rather than the Gregorian calendar, so their celebration usually falls several weeks later than the Western Easter. Easter is preceded by the period of preparation called Lent.

Reginald H. Fuller Bibliography: Torvend, Samuel, ed., Passage to the Paschal Feast (1993); Williams, Rowan, Resurrection: Interpreting the Easter Gospel (1994).

My favourite movie is "Saw". It is a horror movie about dangerous games which put human lifes in danger. The "evil-shadow" character is Jigsaw who creates and manipulates all the games. The interesting part of the film is to see what a person is capable of doing to stay alive.


Now, my favourite TV series is Dr. House. It is about my dream, being a doctor, and the wonderful world of medicine. The main character is Gregory House, a cynical character but the smartest one. He is my hero, like a "Sherlock Holmes" of medicine.


Finally, I have to say that to me, no electricity, no life.... a kind of that!! ;)




This music inspires me....






GAME OVER!!!! xD

My favourite TV programmes and films

I love watching TV.I see series and novels.My favourite series are "Supernatural" and "D.House" and I do not have any film in special consideration.I like music TV programmes.I like music,Kizomba...I like to see series and novels because they help us in our lives.They are very important...I like acton and love films but my mother doesn't like action films and that's why I don't see them.



Vanessa Alves no 16 10ºO

I Wanna be a Star

I do not want to be a star, I want to be a happy person with life! I would like to have my own profession: veterinary or Crime scene investigator. I know...it’s very difficult to achieve any of the two goals but I can’t give up my dreams so soon, I’m too young for that.
I do not usually listen to music on the radio, I listen to several CD’s, internet, television programmes…I love listening to music, mainly Kizomba…I prefer watching TV than listening to the radio, I usually listen to music on the internet…I prefer it a thousand times…As I said, I love music and listening to music on the radio or on television, it is exactly the same thing… We should always do what we like when it comes to our free time.
I always see several progammes but between drama and soap operas series I prefer the series…I love Supernatural, D.House…Television is addictive… I spend up hours I front of it.
I do not have a favourite movie but I love action movies and novels, of course…What woman doesn’t like it? I have no film in particular consideration…


Vanessa Alves no 16 10ºO

My favourite film

My favourite film, until the present moment, is Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street because it’s not like any other film. First it’s a musical with “chats” but not often. Second, it’s a film by Jim Burton, with Johnny Depp as the main actor. The story of the film is cool, it’s a revenge story and at the end the destiny that he gives to everybody, he has it too. The music is awesome in the story context. And it’s always dark, it’s not sunny in the story probably for accentuating how sad and how the revenge of the barber is strong and perverse.
On TV, I like the series “Friends” because it’s very cool and funny the story of those friends.

I Wanna be a Star

I like to watch TV, and I like many programmes, I like to see “The Simpsons” on “FOX”, because I think these cartoons are cool. I like to see the novella “Morangos com Açúcar” on “TVI”, but I only see that when I have time, because I’m very occupied with the school work. I don’t have a favourite programme, I like to see all programmes. In my life I see various films, but the film I like the most is “Call Girl”, because the film I has a sexy girl and I like that. The film has scenes only for adults and I like that too. Because of that, “Call Girl” is my favourite film.

Daniel dos Santos Azevedo nº 3 10º O