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The cat                   Another sleepless night, a sad, endless river of guilty sad tears rolling down his pale tired cheeks every night; he is drowning in a sea of grief and sorrow. Tirelessly, his chest creaks every night letting his broken heart leak out in quest of his dead beloved wife ’ s forgiveness. Her spirit and shadow appear in every corner of his sorrowful flat.                She died two years ago when they both had a deadly road accident; he was trying to tickle her left cheek and ear when a deer out of the blue crashed into their car. He lost control of the car wheel and everything was dark. Anna, his pregnant wife, died instantly in a lake of her own blood. It was impossible to rescue either her or the baby in her womb. Her husband, Steve, from then emerged in a prison of grief, guilt,  depression, and insanity. Alone in his flat, he cut off all sorts of connections ...

Another indication of the unprecedented impact of MLP on Moroccan students

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Kaoutar Lakhr :   Rooted Everyday MedStory Winner ( Group 14 – 18 ) Another indication of the unprecedented impact of MLP on Moroccan students Kaoutar and her father happily receiving the first prize  1. Talents Need Support                 I’ve been teaching English in Moroccan high schools since 2007. 12 years of day-to-day instruction and interaction with different types of students from different parts of Morocco and my close everyday observation has confirmed to me more than ever before that our Moroccan students are bestowed with true talent and exceptional intelligence . My guests and visitors from both England and the US have also genuinely stated the same thing when they visited some of my classes. However, unluckily these smart poor students are not given the slightest opportunities to further improve their skills, enhance their creativity and broaden their imagination. The proof is whenever they are appropr...

5 indications of *MLP’s positive imapct on my students

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Introduction            The results of the Arab Reading Index, released during the Knowledge Summit in December 2016 in Dubai, revealed that, on average, the Arab citizen reads around 17 books and 35 hours per year. For Northeast Africa, Egypt led the pack with 89% (64 hours and 27 books per individual per year), followed by Sudan with 43% (33 hours and 14 books), and Libya with 23% (18 hours and 10 books). Morocco, meanwhile, led the Maghreb region countries with a score of 87% (57 hours and 27 books), followed by Tunisia with 70% (47 hours and 22 books), and Algeria with 51% (36 hours and 17 books).   https://www.prnewswire.com . Yet , despite the aforementioned reassuring results, I can personally state that people including students and teachers do not read. In this article, I would like to shudder the gloomy black attitude of some people who   work day and night to persuade us that it is useless to try to make Moroccans take up the ...

Bac exams matter, but ...

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Bac exams matter, but …         “It matters to us that our children in our school achieve their very best academically, and it matters to their parents. However, we firmly believe that other things also matter; knowing how to be kind and respectful, being able to show consideration to one another, confidence, team work, charitable deeds and much more.” Lincoln Minster school head teacher. A secondary school library in England        Indeed, while most teachers and parents alike are more likely to be  interested in their children’s school achievement, their immediate communities and society are more worried about whether they  are appropriately taught how to show empathy, appreciate others’ interests, show up on time, be honest, respect environment …  . Make no mistake, these noble ends will never  be met  via merely doing scientific experiments, maths, physics  or studying languages...

Little Things Matter

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A couple of months ago, I was driving to Agadir, a beautiful city in the south of Morocco, while a neighbor of mine was in the passenger seat devouring a sandwich and drinking lemonade. When he ate up everything, he proudly opened his window  and shamelessly threw away his leftovers, a lemonade can and a plastic bag. I immediately pulled over. ·       Shocked, I said “what have you done? Are you crazy?" ·       He was baffled and instantly replied " Are you ok? What's going on? What’s wrong?" ·       I said " Nothing, just get in the car. Forget about it" I could try to help him see what he did, but instead I decided to turn the other cheek. If I told you he was illiterate, you would surely recognize the reason why.   At that moment I learnt that protecting environment cannot be done unless we teach people how to read and write first. I think it perfectly makes sense; priority should be g...