A Semantic Malfunction

In my Gr. 9 English, I made my students write a song which retells the story of Beowulf.  Kindly watch the video below and see the beautiful rendition  of one of the groups in my class. Beowulf Yo Mama! Beowulf is a great man Hall of Heorot is like heaven But a monster came there He killed all people: it's unfair But one day Beowulf defeated Grendel He put his hand in a cell Then there is another monster It is Grendel's mother (yeah, yeah, c'mon) Chorus: Monster killin' people dyin' People hurt and hear them cryin' Can you call Beowulf to reach And would you let Grendel to be teach Beowulf, Beowulf, Beowulf help us Send some guidance from other guys Then Beowulf killed by the dragon's fire Where is the arm (repeat) Meet the stars: L-R: Andre A., Lauren C., Justine P., & Dominic S.

The Kesy Gang, Vanguards and Guardians of the Rules! As I make my students stand straight when lining up, pray loud and clear, and have a proper haircut, I sometimes ask myself as to why am I so keen on enforcing these rules? As we all the more enforce rules to students, some tend to be more rebellious and resistant, and it gets so frustrating on the part of the teacher. Pondering upon all of these, I remembered a wise old college professor of mine telling us that we must not follow the rules blindly, but rather, we should know the spirit behind these rules because this will free us from being slaves of the rules. So, to the Kesy Gang, remember this: You are being made to pray loud and clear during common prayers so that you'll learn to value praising and worshipping God together with his church. You are being made to stand straight during assemblies and when lining up so that you will learn to focus more to whoever is speaking in front. Proper haircut is being enforc...