The year in review

This was a quieter year for English@Cidenai. There were no major movie productions or big trips to foreign countries. And if last year our subject was focused on the Environment and Health, this year the focus was on Society, the World around us and Consumerism.
The year was off to a great start when our year 12 classes travelled to Braga, to celebrate the European Day of Languages: our students tried Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish and Greek. It was a great day and on the bus ride home all we could ear was wunderbar, konichiwa, among all the other new words that we learned. It was a meeting of sounds and cultures that everyone will surely benefit from. Then, in December, with Christmas approaching was time to think of those less fortunate than us. Solidarity and love were in everyone’s hearts when we paid a visit to ASAS, to try and help to make the ASAS’ kids happier during the holidays. Our Management Class embodied Santa and gave the kids presents and holiday greetings. It was good for everyone, we now all appreciate what we have much more!
With the new year around the corner, and after the sounds of music from our Christmas Party (Mariah eat your heart out!), it was time for our yearly exhibition of Advertising: this time for vintage products with a modern twist. It was another great success. It was almost time for Valentine’s, and this time Cupid was played by our Computer Technicians… not so tough after all, distributing poems and cards by all the lovers or lovers-to-be in our school. Love was totally in the air so when March came Poetry came naturally with it. After paying a visit to the performances at the Old Jailhouse, our year 11 students were inspired to write beautiful love poems. And who could forget the Environmental Awareness week with Commerce’s pamphlets? We should always care about our Planet!
We ended the year like we started it, around the world. Our Municipality Celebrations included an ethnographic parade and Cidenai was of course represented by what is our Trademark: Culture and Travel. Our float was a mix of nationalities and cultures, all surrounding the icing on the cake, our beautiful globe. It was the living proof that we always save the best for last!
To read everything about our activities in detail, please visit English-at-cidenai.blogspot.com. There you will find poems, reviews… and an open invitation to participate! See you next year, everyone!!

Cidenai around the World

Last Sunday, July 12th, It was Parade Day in Santo Tirso and of course, Cidenai and the Institute were there. With our students and some teachers we showed to city our creativity and pzaz with our revolving globe and starred float. It was a great day and we all had loads of fun!

Review of a Movie - I Robot

In 2035 the existence of Robots is needed and they are used constantly as employees and assistants to humans. The Robots have a programming code called “Law of Robotics” (First Law: A robot way not injure a human; Second Law: A Robot must obey the orders, unless they conflict with the first law; Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first and second Law), which prevents that they hurt humans. This law seems to be broken in a crime committed precisely by robot Sonny. Sonny is the real culprit. There is a possibility that Robots have found a way to break the laws of robotics and this can allow them to dominate, the planet, since nothing could prevent them from subduing humans. To investigate the case detective Del Sponner is called, who with the help of Dr. Susan Calvin will uncover what really happened.

Del Spooner didn’t like robots, because one day he had an accident with a 12 year-old girl. In this accident she had 11% to survive and he had 35%. What happened is that the robots were also planned to save people with a bigger percentage of surviving.

Dr. Susan Calvin likes robots a lot. She depended on robots in addiction to being scientist in this area she was also the robot psychologist, so she understood them.

Robot Sonny was a robot with a completely different programme. He could dream and feel and he was the only robot with that type of programming.

I think this film was made on the basis of showing people how our future may be, full of new technologies. It has enough action and shows that almost all the robots are not in the life of human.

Can this be Reality?

Yes, I think so, because increasingly the technologies are progressing day by day, what might happen in the future is that robots are a reality.

Is Vicky Right: “Do you need to eliminate some humans to save thankind?”

Yes and No, because this world was made for humans not for robots. This is my no. But same people should be tortured for being big “criminals” that hurt our planet.

by Tiago Queiros 10th Management

World Poetry Day

Last Friday, the 13th of March, the classes of Secretariate and Management walked down to the old jailhouse, where they were presented with a poetic and sensorial feast, courtesy of or City Hall, as part of the World Poetry Day. For a couple of hours, students went from cell to cell and saw different performances and art installations; little girls dancing to fado and hip-hop, prisioners longing for kind words to shorten their time and for messengers for their love, a woman dresses in quilts and living among quilts, all beautifully presented and with an appropiate soundtrack. It was a day for sharp sensitivities and poetic inspiration for all.

RoboParty 2009

Congratulations to our Students António Moreira, Roberto Pereira, Rui Abreu and Tiago Ferreira for their great participation in Minho University's Roboparty this year. They were second amongst over 100 teams, showing that coming from a professional school doesn't interfere with anything. Next year we want gold! Great job you guys!