Colegio San Patricio 2nd Year Secondary School Global Studies SMALLVILLE Season 1 Episode 1 and 2 2010 Preview: Smallville tells the story of a teenage Clark Kent in the days b efore he wasSuperman. Smallville is the town where he came from, where very s trangethings started to happen with his arrival in a spaceship in the midd le of ameteorite storm of green rocks. Every episode Clark must deal with avariety of individuals who were affected by the meteorite rocks and thus weregiven supernatural powers which turn them into evil villains. On the otherhand, Clark is learning to use his supernatural powers keeping them secretand try to live a normal teenage life with friends and school. Review: 1.Watch episode 1 and describe the main character s of this series : Clark Kent Lana Lane Chloe Lionel Luthor Lex Luthor Pete Whitney2.Make questions to these answers:
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Return of Real Heroes by Phil Ware http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200109/20010924_heroes.html
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransomfor many.” (Mark 10:45)
“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13)
How can words describe the honor and character of men and women who run into aburning skyscraper while thousands run away from it? How can hearts appropriately
value the sacrifice of hundreds of good men and women who died trying to help others?We have a word. It’s been on the shelf a long time. That word is HERO. These people
are heroes! Real heroes!
Despite all the heartache and horror of the previous two weeks, we can give thanksfor the return of real heroes to our world experience.
For decades we’ve been afflicted with debates about whether sports personalities,music superstars, and movie celebrities are supposed to be role models. We’ve viewed
them as near gods and goddesses. We’ve poured obscene amounts of money in theirdirection. We’ve let them be spokespeople for all sorts of causes despite their obvious
ignorance or bias. We’ve let them hijack the morals and values of our culture. Why?Because we made them our heroes.
Please don’t get me wrong; many of these folks are wonderful people. It’s not them
that is at fault as much as it is circumstance and our own tilted perspective. Longing for
someone to respect and admire, we appointed celebrities and sports personalities to beour heroes by default — not because they did something valiant or noble or sacrificial,
but because we enjoyed what they did to entertain us.
Over the last two weeks, we’ve repeatedly heard the declaration that our world haschanged. I’m not really all that sure THE WORLD has changed. Our world has always
been a hostile and dangerous place. Our history is littered with brutality, conflict,violence, and war. On the other hand, I am sure OUR PERCEPTION of that world has
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In the more distant past, what ransomed families,villages, nations, and cultures from obliteration was thevoluntary sacrifice of their heroes. In that sense, our world
has changed. We have real heroes now. Not just pretend
heroes who win a game on a last second shot, surpass a world record with a spectacularperformance, or eclipse some cherished mark for hits, homers, or games played. Wehave real heroes now. Not just pretend heroes who can shake, gyrate, and prance. We
have real heroes now. Not just pretend heroes who can croon, wail, rap, or scream. Asmuch as I may enjoy most of these things, I won’t be tempted to call those who do
them heroes. They’re talented. They’re personalities. They’re celebrities. They’re not
heroes.
I’ve seen real heroes. So have you! They worked for hours digging through tons of dangerous rubble. They’ve worked till their hands bled and their bodies gave out.
They’ve stood over broken and bloodied patients doing what they could to heal; andwhen healing wouldn’t happen, they did all they could comfort. They’ve waded through
lunar-like landscapes of debris and breathed down dusty soot to reach the terrified andbroken. They’ve propped up the wobbling and injured. They’ve carried the dead. They’ve
run up hundreds of stairs, crowded with the fearful, trying to find the dying. They’veeven wrestled down their own plane to avert a worse tragedy. They’ve given up their
lives to save others.
I don’t know about you, but I will not cheapen their sacrifice or deface their legacy by
settling for the imitation glitter of cinematic pretenders or the overblown ego of adultsplaying children’s games. Yes, I will still go to the movies, buy CD’s, and watch sports —
these are great entertainment. However, I will remember that these are only players,pretenders, and entertainers. (To their credit, they have repeatedly reminded us of thisfact!) I now know where to look for heroes. While I hate the horror and the cost thatcame with their re-birth on September 11, I thank the LORD for the return of real
heroes. I will not forget their birthday or the awful cost of their sacrifice.
I thank you God for the return of real heroes and ask you to please bless their families
and their friends in this time of great loss. Please help them know that I will not forgettheir loss and that I will always value their loved one who gave the gift of life to save so
many unknown friends.
7. Read this article and choose one of the topics below to write an article of your own. They will bestuck on the walls of your classroom for everybody to see, so give your best. In order to give it a
newspaper layout you can surf this site and print a newspaper-like article: