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My students are graduating from secondary school this week. We �ll have our last lesson on Thursday and I �d like to give them a small present as a keepsake. Maybe a poem, a bookmark or a funny cartoon. Have you got any ideas?
I burned a dvd of all the video clips of all the songs we did in class and gave it as a parting gift (last lesson we saw all of the clips together), maybe that �s an idea? My students really appreciated it.
I did the same as Marion, but my DVD was clips of all the special outings or events that we did in class.
In another class I had everyone write something. I then took a picture of the class and made a little booklet with the class picture on the front page and the writing on the adjoining pages.
If you are familiar with recording, you could have your class sing their favourite song, record it and give them a copy.
The book marks are a good idea as well. There are several on this site.
I gave my students a apecial present last year. We watched a video of a wonderful speach of Steve Jobs. You can watch it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc I also gave them a copy of the speach. Please, have a look at it. My students found it relly motivating.
Here is what I gave mine, in beautiful print on beautiful cardboard, with a ribbon round it, signed by me, with a couple of hand-written wishes for a deeply fulfilled life.
I love the deep meaning of these sentences, the intellectual challenge they present, and as an English teacher I love the way the ideas are put into language ...
Focus
Obstacles are
those frightful things you see when you fail to focus on your goals.
Competition
Whoever said �It �s
not whether you win or lose that counts�, probably lost.
Perseverance
The difference
between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack
of knowledge, but a matter of will.
Passion
There are many
things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart
... pursue those.
Risk
You can �t reach
your goals without occasionally taking some long shots.
Success
Some people
dream of success ... while others wake up and work hard at it
Opportunity
There is an
island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty.
Desire
Some people
want it to happen, some wish it to happen ... others make it happen.
Commitment
Commitment is a
line you cross ... it is the difference between dreaming and doing.
Diversity
Diversity is
the one true thing we all have in common ... celebrate it every day.
Imagination
A mind once
stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Courage
Do not follow
where the path may lead ... go instead where there is no path and leave a
trail.
Believe/Succeed
The key to
happiness is having dreams ... the key to success is making dreams come true.
