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The day has come,

The teacher and her students

have finished and won

Exams have been passed,

school is a thing of the past,

but we will all remember

school is fun.

It was a long year

but do not fear

it has all been for your own good.

Lessons have been learnt,

and will not be forgotten.

I know some moments were rotten,

but it was worth it:

remember it,

treasure it,

enjoy the memories.

The teacher is happy,

she will start with new students next year,

but make sure you hear:

She will not forget you.

She believes in you,

You are ready to face the world now.

Go and explore,

learn and make mistakes.

School is never over.

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There'll come one day

when everything will go away

A change will start

and is in our hands,

teachers will make students

change their mind and way of life

but to make it,

we need other people's aid

and it's not so easy

just thinking of what

we've got around us

so, let's work on that.

We can be a great influence

and sure they will see it

once they grow up.

As Aristotle once said:

"Those who educate children well are

more to be honored than they who produce them;

for these only gave them life,

those the art of living well".

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Listening to people,

Drinking this culture,

Sharing it with our people,

We all are part of a great planet.

What would we do without hope?

Hope in human race.

Hope in great men and women.

Hope in our students.

Change is starting with strenght,

Future is awaiting for our next generation.

We owe our kids to grow in peace,

in a sustainable and enjoyable land.

That's a hard task for us,

But as necessary as breathing.

Teachers enjoying teaching,

To send the message with illusion.

We'll see what's next,

If we have the chance to see,

The fruit of our passion:

To make a better world to live.

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How much hero in here!

How much fun out there!

But we seem to be worried all!

Finally we can't change reality

Although think it is our goal.

Here I see myself more like Don Quixote

facing giants more than sirens.

As we are just teachers

confronting big problems

our arms are innocent tools.

Politically correct

forms and manners can’t

help out real intentions.

Maybe if only we’d

share the spirit we’ve got

most of us could learn loads from others.

The latter are heroes today:

common people laughing,

singing, prompting and heartening.

Positivity based on old stories

is what lead them towards their future.

If we could learn from them

how to live some nights

along day we would think a bit clearer.

Culture is what we live, also how we live;

sometimes we scoffer at people

with no seriousness.

At last we can love them

but would change a part of them.
Might they do it only to please us?

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In the direction of hope, faith and love,

With more information, will and reaction,

Spain in pain will find it way.

Gladly or sadly we have to accept,

Our lovely sunny country has to change.

We can’t ignore, overlook or snub,

Spain needs more culture and fewer nightclubs,

We have to think, in all the lovely things,

Spain has to offer,

So we shouldn’t scoffer,

With all the potential,

That now is essential.

Now is the time,

Now is the moment,

To make the world really discover,

How we really are and all that we can offer.

You and me as the neighbor over there,

Are the heroes who will make the great change.

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Time for our own reflection

Time to make a change of direction

Spain in is pain, struggles in vain

But we will not become insane

They tried to wash our brains

But we will sustain

Dishonesty, animosity, atrocity

Honesty, generosity, felicity

Time for our own reflection

Time to make a change of direction

Enough is enough

We are in the buff

But getting undoubtedly tough

Let’s release our handcuffs

Cruelty, superfluity, irresponsibility

Beauty, loyalty, responsibility

Time for our own reflection

Time to make a change of direction

In the direction of EMPATHY

In the direction of HOPE

Spain will grow

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With no doubt I would say, Spain is a great country to stay.

Plenty of great and healthy food, desirable weather and dreamy beaches as well.

But, other things matter of course because: Man does not live by bread alone.

We need to keep walking indeed ! And start developping education and other serious things.

I am quite sick and tired about dishonest behaviours, with the only purpose to cheat good people. Politics, business men...and many more, taking adantage of our kindness and lack of maturity, took away our money and dignity. In a nutshell, not only good weather and sandy beaches are here but also they took our dignity, our social justice and let behing a lost generation.

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But, in spite all the bad things

come on! welcome to Spain.

You will be lavished with sun, beaches

and many beautiful places to be in.

In the North of Spain you can find

many enchanted places to enjoy

In the South, you will always have sun,

beaches and relax.

Once you crossed the Strait of Gibraltar

you can find a little but very beautiful place,

for many people, unknown

and this place is called Ceuta.

The moment you are going into Ceuta,

you can see the statue of Hercules

separating the two countries: Spain and Africa.

But Ceuta is not only the TV series "El Príncipe",

here you can eat fresh local fish, go to the beach,

enjoy good weather almost the whole year and of course,

meet wonderful people.

Photo by Pepe Gutiérrez

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The days goes by
And gives entrance to the night Where souls are tempted And even heroes can be perverted
How can we stand this fight alone?
Against laziness and ignorance
A crusade we have started
Where our spirit might break But our determination is great
Strength we need to find
From the bottom of our hearts As our future lays ahead And it’s in our hands To build it in Spain
Teachers we are

And heroes we make
And we’ll free of ignorance As villains is all they got We’ll work hard Night and day To keep ignorance at bay

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So, looking through the window

we see the nice Spanish

sunny and rainy day.

Our land of anonymous

heroes and heroines.

Our land where the new heroes

arise

One of us? Why not?

We are Ulysses or Don Quixote

We are teachers

We are students

We want to teach

We want to learn

We are learning and teaching

Teaching , what?

Words

Why words

To show the worldwide

words are the way

The way in which all of us

as anonymous heroes and heroines

can be confident again

And looking through the window

we could see the nice Spanish

sunny and rainy day .

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Looking through the window

Feel the fresh air in the mountain

and the fresh air at the beach

Look Outside, see the trees

Watch the flowers in the breeze.

Things won't be like this

in a year, two or three

if polluting is all we do.

Take pleasure the night

take pleasure the day

things won't always be this way.

Thousands of animals are dying

thousands of them are extinguised

while we all are singing.

Let's stop the world

and let's just think in it

the world can't help itself

who cares about your wealth

Help me to help us

Show the world what we can do.

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Beautiful weather,

That nobody loses

Lovely food

Filled water sources ,

Here is my heart

My brain and my soul

But thanks to those idiots

Looks like black coal

All the love

For a great lover

All In Our Reach

But nothing in our power

I miss  old days

When we had all

We were in the crest

from grave to cradle

Victims of elegant offenders

We are like many others

But soon we will laugh

Becoming so stronger

The knight will rise

Against our enemies

We will regain our land

burned to ashes

that day is coming

and night is,too

won’t sleep with frighten

the force is with you

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As time goes by,

stars are shining

in the dark sky.

We are nothing,

and we are all.

Justice is a fragile thing,

a decision after all.

The new hero is not still affected

by corruption and meanness.

Just learning how to be hopeless.

The point is about hope.

that gives you a shelter,

even though you are walking in a tightrope,

you never know your fate. Later,

the die is cast.

The young hero

walks alone, meditating,

like Ulysses over the sea.

Spaniards are expecting

a new Northen breeze.

It is the right time,

or maybe not.

Just a reflect on the sea

in the middle of the night

will be the key.

Image: La luna & su reflejo en el mar de Camitivanrfk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beautiful-things/3241632448/

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But who lived above their needs?

All the Spaniards?? Not indeed.

Most Spaniards lived deceived,

They lived inside a concrete dream.

A concrete dream made of lies...

And this hero will arise and will finish with those lies

and this hero will come to destroy

the lie, the sadness and the hunger of many boys...

And this hero will achieve

what we just now can't believe

And this hero will bring back

hope, sun and that lovely clean rain

that stays mainly in the plain.

Is that hero one of us?

Is that hero able enough?

I want to say . YES, I want to trust

and this nightmare

will finish at last!!!

Image: www.imagenessincopyright.com/2013/07/hombre-mirando-el-horizonte-con-brazos

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And then

from the mists of the indifference

A new hero will arise

Cause every act has a consequence

And maybe

this hero will make every dawn darker

For those who deserve it

Mean and vile they even don't hide

Some of them

thought that stealing was the rule

some of them

thought that they were legitimated

But

All of them

whether they saw and did not tell

or they took and tell not to see

they all are the same

The new hero

only has to ask one thing

why they needed so much to live

why they lived above their needs

Image: The dawn of freedom - digital-art (https://www.flickr.com/photos/balt-arts/4746927209/)

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But this is also a land of heroes and heroines.

People who fought for their family and land.

Remember the people who defended Zaragoza

Against the armies of Napoleon, Agustina, Casta,

Tío Jorge, Boggiero, and all the unknown.

They did not have a king to show their way,

But they did what they had to do.

They were brave, they were honest, they were heroes.

Like before when El Cid had to make their own way,

Always on his own, always without direction.

As we can hear in the Poema of Mio Cid,

“He would be a good vassal if he had a good lord”.

These are also our times, Spaniards are still heroes,

Waiting just to be led by decent rulers in the end.

Image: Agustina de Aragon, female defender of the city of Zaragoza against Napoleon

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The rain in Spain is hardly ever seen

as it stays mainly in the plain.

What Bernard Shaw failed to foresee

is that we´d better save for our rainy days

in the light of the unfortunate present situation

when our country is plagued by corruption.

Money laundering, tax fraud and bribery

are the order of the day

but the funny thing is that they all manage to get away.

However, calm as our society might seem

when politicians go on sailing in calm waters

there´s something bubbling under the surface:

“the people united will  never be defeated”

they won´t get away with it….

You just wait and see...

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The poem starts here!

Welcome to Spain and have a sunny and a rainy day.

Keep happy and enjoy your stay.

Image: Pecado Venial by Paco CT seen at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paco_calvino/509970213/

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