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Has this unit changed your opinion about your body image?

Do you feel that the fashion industry is dictating how you should feel about yourself?

We are researching ways to improve teaching and learning in schools. The ideas will be used to help us make leaflets on the Right to Learn (see online lesson plans).  Read the questions below and then type your answers into a comment box below.

REMEMBER: Only give us your first name and country, i.e. Alex, UK. Your email address will not be displayed on the website. Make sure your phrases are in very good English, not textease. Any inappropriate posts will be deleted before they are posted live. It will take about 24 hours for your post to be moderated and approved.

1. What helps you to learn better?
2. What makes someone a really good teacher?
3. If you could choose, what would you like to learn?

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Is  global warming being caused by our use of oils and the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?  Or is it a natural occurence destined to happen?  Also, what effects may global warming cause?  Will renewable and alternative energy sources be embraced thoroughly and quickly enough to avoid disasters?  Is there anything you can do to aid this issue?

The media has such a large impact on our views of issues in today’s society. Many times the stories in the news are incomplete or have a biased slant. How do these biased stories affect society? Do you feel as if you are well informed about global issues, and what role does media play in the development of your views about the world?

World governments are in place to act on world issues such as AIDS, water scarcity, foreign aid to foster development, and women’s rights in Iraq and other cultures.  To what extent should  national governments be held accountable for making progress in these complex, global issues?

Universal primary education is one of the U.N.’s Millennium goals.  What are your thoughts on the importance of this goal and how can it be achieved?

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

In March 2003 the United States took action in a controversial decision to declare war on Iraq.  Despite the overthrow of the dictatorship and the lack of finding weapons of mass destruction, troops still remain in Iraq.  When weighing the postivites and negatives of war, has going to war in Iraq had a postitive overall global effect?  Has the war really helped the fight against global terror?