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The School Times
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Vol. 20 Nr. 1
SNOWDEN
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OBAMA ON RACE
JUSTICE STRUGGLE
ROYAL MUGS
August 2013
JUNIOR ST
Struggle for Justice
(Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
Washington DC August 1963. Half a century ago this was the scene as 250,000 people gathered
on a civil rights march for jobs and freedom. Fifty years on the struggle continues.
For more, see pages 7 & 8
Also
in
this
issue
Royal Mugs — Britain’s baby George is about
to be celebrated on a sea of royal souvenirs
President Speaks Out on Race — Trayvon Martin
case verdict sees Obama break silence on race
Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor? — American
whistleblower faces exile for revealing truth
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WHISTLEBLOWERS & FREEDOM OF SPEECH
The End of Democracy?
‘America has no functioning democracy at this moment,’ says Jimmy Carter
MP3 AUDIO TEXT
F
OR Americans the
US constitution is
very important. It
contains the basic laws
by which the nation is
ruled, and at its heart is
the protection of basic
freedoms. Two of the most
important of these are
freedom of speech and the
protection of privacy. In
fact, the US itself was
founded by people who
fled from countries with
very little liberty. Over the
years, America became a
(Photo: Andrew Bossi )
The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the
United States Congress — America’s federal government
refuge for persecuted and
oppressed peoples.
However, in the past few
months, the US system of
government has been
called into question. This
is because the very basic
freedoms that Americans
love and cherish have been
abused. The person who
has revealed this abuse is
Edward Snowden, a young
man in his late 20s who
worked for an American
spy organisation. One day
in May 2013 he packed his
suitcase, some laptop
computers, and fled to
Hong Kong. Edward
Snowden had decided to
become a ‘whistleblower’
— to reveal secret
activities that he believed
were illegal and morally
wrong.
Later, Snowden told
journalists from The
Guardian newspaper that
the US government has a
massive programme for
spying on private
individuals. This spying is
done through monitoring
telephone records, online
data, social media
information, and emails.
What Snowden has
revealed is a George
Orwell ‘1984-like’ system,
that is being used to watch
everyone. Google,
Facebook, Apple, Yahoo,
Microsoft and some other
major companies have all
been linked to this ‘big
brother’ spying operation.
And it seems that special
programmes are also in
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place to spy on friendly
countries — both their
governments and their
peoples. In other words,
you and me.
Snowden is now a refugee,
fleeing what he fears will
be persecution and
oppression by his own
government. But is he a
traitor or a hero? The US
government believes he is a
traitor, and that he has
‘broken the law’. The
question is, if your
government is breaking the
law and deceiving its
people, do the people not
have a right to know?
Edward Snowden, like
Julian Assange of
WikiLeaks and Bradley
Manning — the young
soldier who revealed US
secrets and wrongdoing in
Iraq — thinks people do
have a right to know. They
are all whistleblowers, and
all three are being treated as
criminals.
However, Snowden, like
other whistleblowers, has
also received backing for
what he has done. In fact,
none other than former US
president, Jimmy Carter,
has said that Snowden’s
leaks of secret information
have been a good thing for
the United States. There is
no doubt that he also feels
that America’s huge spy
agencies are too powerful.
Speaking recently in
Germany, Carter made the
shocking statement that,
‘America has no
functioning democracy at
this moment’. There is no
doubt that a democratic
state is undermined when
secret organisations can
gather private information
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The Freedom of Speech Puzzle
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16
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Clues
1 Someone who leaks
secret information for the
public good
2 Second name of wellknown British author
mentioned in the text
7 Snowden first spoke to
journalists from the British ... The Guardian
8 Past tense of the word
’decide’
9 In November 1976, …
Carter was elected as US
president
3 Snowden ’packed his ...,
some laptop computers,
and fled to Hong Kong.’
10 In the text, Snowden is
described as a … fleeing
persecution and oppression
4 Word in the text which
means ’freedom’. The US
has a famous statue bearing this word
11 Country which has now
allowed Edward Snowden
to stay for one year
5 To say that America has
no functioning democracy is
a ’… statement’
6 Snowden believes
that the secret activities he’s
revealed are ‘… and morally
wrong’
those who tell the truth into
jail?’
14 His passport was … by
the US government!
15 What do you think? Is
Edward Snowden a traitor
or a …?
Key words (16 Down)
______________________
______________________
(Two very important things)
12 Things usually kept
hidden or that only a few
people know
13 Isn’t it only ‘... regimes
that have secretive government control of all information; that spy on their own
people; and that throw
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on anyone for no good
reason. It is, of course,
understandable to want to
‘spy’ on a criminal or
terrorist. But to spy on
everyone, everywhere?
Apart from being wrong
and illegal, it is also very
sinister.
President Jimmy Carter
In the meantime, Edward
Snowden faces an
uncertain future. At
present, he could be in the
plot of a nightmarish spy
thriller. He has no
passport — it has been
cancelled by the US
government — and he is
now more or less
‘stateless’. This makes
travel almost impossible.
But help has come from
an unlikely source —
Russia. Snowden has been
given permission to stay
in that country for one
year, which means that
he no longer needs to live
out of a suitcase in an
airport departure lounge.
Snowden’s father has
publicly thanked President
Putin for helping his son.
But what happens next is
still anyone’s guess.
But although the US
government sees him
as an enemy, he does
seem to have plenty of
support among average
Americans. Of course, a
state that acts illegally,
and that secretly watches
everyone may well want
to paint a person like
Snowden as a traitor. On
the other hand, anyone
who sacrifices his job and
his own freedom to reveal
the truth could also be
described as a hero. If
President Carter is correct,
about the country ‘having
(Photo: Library of Congress)
Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) served as president from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981.
During his time in the White House he worked to improve human rights throughout the world.
He was portrayed in the press as a ’weak’ president beacuse of the 1979 hostage crisis in
Iran. These days though, Carter is respected at home and abroad as a champion of justice
and freedom for his work through ‘The Carter Center’ (see The School Times, October 2008)
no functioning democracy’
America is on a very
dangerous path. Its very
constitution is being
undermined. After all,
isn’t it only tyrannical
regimes that have secretive
government control of all
information; that spy on
their own people; and that
throw those who tell the
truth into jail? If America
has ‘no functioning
democracy’ at present,
then what does it have?
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3,639 characters
(2½ DK normalsider)
For more on this subject see
The School Times, October
2008 (Jimmy Carter: The
Greatest Living American);
March 2011 (Daniel Ellsberg:
The Patriotic Whistleblower)
and November 2010
(WikiLeaks: Truth Will Out)
WORDS
abuse – misuse; wrongful use
cherish – value; treasure
fleeing – escaping; running away
George Orwell – British
journalist and writer (1903-50)
who wrote two of the most
famous books of the 20th century
‘Animal Farm’ and ‘1984’. The
novel ‘1984’, which is referred to
in the text, is set in the future
where all information and
knowledge is controlled by the
state. One of the most famous
phrases in the book is,
‘Big brother is watching you’
oppressed – in the text, people
who suffer from unjust conditions
in society
persecuted – treated badly
refuge – place of safety; safe
haven
refugee – person in exile (usually
because they have been forced
to flee their homeland due to war
or persecution)
(to) sacrifice – give up; lose (of
one’s own free will)
traitor – person who betrays or
who is ‘disloyal’ to his or her
own country
tyrannical – cruel; oppressive
undermined – damaged;
weakened
unlikely source – in the text,
unexpected place
whistleblower – someone who
speaks up and tells the truth,
often at great danger to himself
or herself
For more, see Worksheet 1
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RACE & CIVIL RIGHTS
The Struggle for Justice
(Photo: Nordisk Film)
The 1963 march on Washington: with President Kennedy in the White House there was great hope and optimism in society
MP3 AUDIO TEXT
T
HE singer Beyoncé and her husband Jay Z have
added their voices in support of the shooting
victim, Trayvon Martin. The surprising verdict
in the case against George Zimmerman, the man who
shot 17-year-old Martin [on 26 February 2012], allowed
him to walk from the court a free man.
On her website Beyoncé wrote this statement: ‘We are
still struggling with the issue of inequality and the lack
of value for a black man’s life. Trayvon Martin’s most
basic civil right, the right to live, was violated.’
In late July, the singer attended a rally in New York
City to honour the young man who was gunned down
by the armed neighbourhood watchman. Although
neither Beyoncé nor her husband, Jay Z, spoke to the
crowd, speaker Al Sharpton mentioned them in his
speech. ‘Jay Z told me, “I’m a father. Beyoncé is a
mother”. We all feel the pain and apprehension,’
said Sharpton to the crowd. ‘The law must protect
everybody, or it doesn’t protect anybody. We do not
come from hate, we come from love of children.’
The fatal shooting of a young black man and the ‘not
guilty’ verdict on his killer have awakened memories of
1955. That year, Emmett Till, a young 14-year-old
Negro boy from Chicago, travelled to visit his
grandfather in Mississippi. He was with some other
young boys and had ‘flirted’ innocently with a white
woman. Later, Till was kidnapped, brutally tortured,
and murdered. The two men who stood trial for the
crime walked from the courtroom as free men — after
an all-white jury found them not guilty. Although, they
had confessed to the crime they never spent a single day
in prison.
On her website Beyoncé refers to the case of Emmett
Till. She writes: ‘We must fight for Trayvon the same
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way the generation
before us fought for
Emmett Till.’ And she is
not the first singer to refer
to this crime. In the 1960s,
Bob Dylan wrote a song
called ‘The Death of
Emmett Till’:
the NAACP clearly feels
that Florida’s southern
justice is no justice. By
appealing to the federal
government it is hoped
that Zimmerman may yet
be found guilty in a court
of law.
‘Two brothers they
confessed
That they had killed poor
Emmett Till’,
All of these events fall on
the anniversary of a very
famous civil rights event.
On 28 August 2013 it
will be 50 years since
hundreds of thousands of
men, women and children
gathered in Washington
DC for the greatest
demonstration in US
history. People from every
corner of the nation came
together to share a
message about civil
liberty, civil rights, and
freedom and opportunity
for all — black or white.
This August the NAACP
is once again organising
a meeting in Washington
to mark the historic 1963
event. And the one name
on everyone’s lips is
likely to be Trayvon
Martin. Fifty years on, the
struggle for justice and
equality for all people
still continues.
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wrote Dylan, and he went
on to sing about there
being men on the jury
who helped the brothers
commit this awful crime,
and how the trial was a
mockery, ‘But nobody
seemed to mind.’ And in
the next verse, he sang:
‘I saw the morning papers
But I could not bear to see
The smiling brothers
walkin’ down the
courthouse stairs,
For the jury found ‘
them innocent
And the brothers they
went free.’
The major injustice in
the case of Emmett Till
caused a huge reaction at
the time. It also spurred on
the civil rights movement.
And now, as a result of
the Trayvon Martin case,
the NAACP [National
Association for the
Advancement of Coloured
People] has started a
petition. The goal is to ask
the Department of Justice
for ‘federal charges’,
including civil rights
charges, to be filed against
George Zimmerman.
Within days the petition
had received more than
one and a half million
signatures! Zimmerman’s
trial was at state level and
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pages 9 & 10 of this issue
(Obama Speaks Out on Race)
For more, see Worksheet 1
WORDS
anniversary – birthday; date of
an event that has happened in
an earlier year
apprehension – in the text,
worry or anxiety about the safety
of one’s children
inequality – unfairness; injustice
mockery – disgrace; sham
rally – large public gathering or
meeting
spurred on – encouraged; drove
forward
violated – abused; dishonoured
The Justice Puzzle
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Clues
1 After the verdict Zimmerman walked from the court
a … man
10 ’The law must protect
everybody, or it doesn’t
protect …’
2 The courtroom was
11 Word in the text for a
hushed and … as the verdict large public gathering of
was read out
people
3 Trayvon Martin was shot
and killed on 26 … 2012
12 Short for ’National
Association for the Advancement of Coloured People’
4 Is there a ‘lack of value’
for a … man’s life in the US? 13 A type of ’rights’ mentioned in the text
5 This case reminds people
of the case of Emmett Till
14 The petition seeking
whose … were not punished justice for Trayvon Martin
for the crime
has now reached more than
one and a half … signatures!
6 ‘The case of Emmett Till
caused a huge ... at the
time’
Key words (15 Down)
7 Past tense of ’fight’
_______________________
8 Singer mentioned in the
text
_______________________
9 Number of years since
the historic march on
Washington DC
(What the struggle is all about)
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RACE & CIVIL RIGHTS
Obama Speaks
Out on Race
buy some sweets,
Zimmerman followed
him. After a scuffle
between the two, he shot
Martin dead.
On the night of the
shooting Zimmerman
had called the police to
report a young black man
‘acting suspiciously’. The
police had told the armed
watchman not to follow
him and to wait until
they arrived. However,
Zimmerman followed
‘Trayvon
Martin
could have
been me —
35 years
ago.’
Barack Obama
(Photo: Center for American Progress Action Fund)
The Trayvon Martin case has caused President Obama to openly discuss the subject of race
MP3 AUDIO TEXT
B
ARACK Obama
is now well into
his second term
as US President.
However, in spite of
being America’s first
black president, he has
spoken very little on the
subject of ‘race’. Those
people who work for civil
rights, especially at the
NAACP — the
National Association
for the Advancement
of Coloured People —
had been hoping that
America’s first black
president would say
more. Yet during his
years in the White House
Obama has remained
rather quiet on the
sensitive issues of race
relations and civil rights.
The President’s silence
on the subject, however,
has now been broken.
This happened after the
verdict in the trial of
George Zimmerman.
In February 2012,
Zimmerman, a white
neighbourhood
watchman shot and killed
17-year-old Trayvon
Martin, who was black
(for more on this story
see The School Times
Online, April 2012).
Even though the young
man was unarmed and
had merely been out to
anyway, and it seems
Martin became frightened
because he thought a
suspicious person was
stalking him!
The verdict in the trial of
George Zimmerman
came in Florida this July.
A jury cleared him of all
charges in the February
2012 shooting. He
walked from the court
a free man.
At an unusual White
House press conference,
the President said, ‘When
Trayvon Martin was shot
I said he could have been
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my son ... another way of
saying that is, “Trayvon
Martin could have been
me — 35 years ago”.’
The President went on
to describe how a sense
of discrimination still
exists among members
of America’s black
community. He said
that black people were
all too aware that there
is a history of racial
‘disparities’ [differences]
in the way criminal laws
are applied to AfricanAmericans compared to
others. In other words,
Obama was saying that a
black man is more likely
to face imprisonment or
the death penalty than a
white man.
This very personal speech
by Obama was given
without a script. He did
look at a few notes on a
piece of paper, but he
more or less spoke from
the heart. His message was
that the tragic death of
Trayvon Martin reminded
black men and women of
the sense of racial injustice
that they have felt
throughout their history.
There was also an
underlying criticism by the
President of ‘stand your
ground’ laws that give
people the right to use a
gun in certain situations.
‘I just ask people to
consider,’ Obama said,
‘if Trayvon Martin was
of age and armed, could
he have stood his ground
on that sidewalk? And
do we actually think that
he would have been
justified in shooting Mr
Zimmerman, who had
followed him in a car,
because he [Martin] felt
threatened?
What Obama was
really asking was: If
Trayvon Martin had shot
Zimmerman, would he
have walked from the
court a free man? The
answer to that is probably,
‘No, he wouldn’t have’.
But the fight for justice
is not over. According to
The Huffington Post well
over one million people
have signed a petition
calling for the Justice
Department to file a ‘civil
rights suit’ against George
Zimmerman. This petition
was started by the NAACP
on the basis that Trayvon
Martin’s civil rights
had been ‘violated’ or
disrespected. In this case,
they are referring to the
most basic civil right of
all — the right to life.
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WORDS
discrimination – treating a
person or a group of people
differently because of their race
or their gender. Discrimination
usually means that one group is
treated badly compared to
another group
neighbourhood watchman – a
civilian (usually unarmed) who
keeps an eye on the local area
racial – having to do with ‘race’
or ethnic background
script – in the text, a prepared
speech
scuffle – fight or close struggle
second term – a second fouryear period (one presidential
‘term’ lasts four years)
sensitive issues – in the text,
subjects that need to be spoken
about and handled with care
stalking – following (in an
annoying or aggressive way)
suspiciously – causing distrust
or ‘suspicion’
sweets – confectionery; things
made of sugar and syrup
(American English: candy)
verdict – judgement; legal
decision
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Find these words in the word grid above:
ARMED, CIVIL, COURT, JURY, PETITION,
PRESIDENT, RACIAL, SCUFFLE, TRAYVON,
VERDICT, WATCHMAN
Questions on the text
become worried while walking
home?
1 What issues has President
Obama remained ‘quiet’ on
during his years in the White
House?
4 What did Obama say about
Martin? Who could he have
been?
2 What had the police told
Zimmerman not to do?
5 What did Obama say black
people were ‘all too aware’ of
in US society?
3 Why did Trayvon Martin
Unjumble the Jumbled Words
They warned him not to follow: L I P E O C
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 Something for a watchman to watch: O D O H B O E I N R H G U
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Following aggressively: G I T N L A K S
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American English ‘sweets’: Y A D N C
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BRITISH NEWS
ROYALTY & BRITISH CULTURE
Royal Mugs
Emma Bridgewater, who
started the company with
her husband in 1985, says:
‘The Staffordshire
potteries have been
marking royal events in
earthenware [pottery] for
four centuries and we
have been part of the
tradition since I started
the business. In my first
collection was a mug
celebrating the wedding
of Prince Andrew and
Sarah Ferguson in 1986
and we are delighted to
be producing a
commemorative mug
for Prince George of
Cambridge in 2013.’
MP3 AUDIO TEXT
W
ITH the birth
of Britain's
latest royal
baby — His Royal
Highness Prince George
Alexander Louis of
Cambridge — we can
expect to see a new wave
of regal souvenirs. And
there's no more popular
souvenir than the royal
mug. Whether it's an
anniversary, a birth, or a
wedding — Britain has a
history of producing great
royal mugs — the ones
made of pottery, of
course!
(Photo: Emma Bridgewater)
So the good family
news for the Duke and
Duchess — or Wills
and Kate, as they are
popularly known — is
also excellent news for
the pottery business in
Stoke-on-Trent!
In fact, a well-known
Mugshot: this is what the Emma Bridgewater royal souvenir mug
business already has
looks like. However, royal trinkets include everything from tea towels
one on offer. The
to toilet seat covers, royal beer and even condoms!
Emma Bridgewater
pottery company has
created an earthenware
‘Britain has a history of
mug, in a cream colour,
to celebrate the birth of
producing great royal mugs Although royal souvenirs may
like a modern gimmick, or
the newest member of
— the ones made of pottery, seem
just ‘naff’ tourist gifts, they’ve
the Royal Family.
actually been popular for
The half-pint
of course!’
hundreds of years. According to
mug is hand-decorated
the BBC History website, coins
with lavender blue ‘curls
and medals to mark great emperors or other events
and swirls’. These decorations frame the words
were made at the time of the Roman Empire.
‘Hooray for George’ — as well as the birth date of
Even religious pilgrims in the Middle Ages could buy
the young prince, who, incidentally,
medals and other mementos of their long journeys to
is third in line to the throne.
places like Rome and Jerusalem.
The ‘Hooray for George’ mug is on sale in shops,
and online at emmabridgewater.co.uk.
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SOCIAL ISSUES
It was in the early 18th century though that British
companies first began decorating teapots, tankards, and
even fabrics with British symbols. This was around the
time of the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain, who
reigned from 1714 until 1727, His name, incidentally,
was George, and as the first British king to bear that
name he was known as George I. And now, as another
future King George is born — he will one day become
George VII — the possibilities for royal trinkets, tea
towels and toast racks is endless. Hooray for George!
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The Royal Puzzle
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Questions on the text
4
The School Times, April 2011
(Royal Wedding)
WORDS
anniversary – birthday; date of
an event that has happened in an
earlier year (often celebrated as
a special event)
commemorative – in memory of
or in honour of something
curls and swirls – in the text,
type of artistic decoration
naff – word used to describe
something as cheap, unstylish or
of poor quality
earthenware – pottery;
stoneware
fabrics – cloth or textiles
gimmick – something clever
designed to attract attention or to
sell something
hooray – hurrah; congratulations
incidentally – by the way
memento – reminder; souvenir
mug – in the text, an earthenware
cup. However, ‘mug’ is also used
in English as a slang word for
‘face’ or a ‘foolish’ person. That is
why our reader says: ‘Britain has
a history of producing great royal
mugs — the ones made of
pottery, of course!’
pottery – ‘china’ or earthenware
regal – noble; royal
souvenir – gift; reminder (of a
particular time, person or place)
tankard – large drinking cup
often made of metal, glass or
earthenware
tea towel – a small cloth used to
dry dishes or cutlery
trinkets – small charms or
inexpensive pieces of jewellery
1 With this latest royal
birth, what can we expect
to see?
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2 What does Britain have
a great history of?
3 How is the new mug
from Emma Bridgewater
decorated? What can you
see on it?
4 Where is the new Prince
George in the ‘line of
succession’ to the throne?
5 What have the Staffordshire potteries been doing
for centuries?
6 Are royal souvenirs just
a modern gimmick?
7 How far back in history
does the tradition go of
making mementos to
celebrate great events?
8 When did British
companies first get into the
business of decorating
objects with royal
symbols?
9 Which king reigned in
Britain between 1714 and
1727?
10 What is your view of
royalty? Are you a royalist
or a republican? Do you
believe royal families play
an important role or do you
see them as irrelevant in a
modern society?
Clues
1 Emma started the
company together with
her …
2 The new mug has a …
colour
3 Her first royal mug
celebrated the … of
Prince Andrew and
Sarah Ferguson
4 A word in the text
that means the same as
‘earthenware’
British companies first
began decorating teapots,
tankards, and even ... with
British symbols’
9 Slang word used in
the text for ‘cheap or
unstylish’
10 Trinkets, mementos or
keepsakes, often bought
when on holiday!
Key word (1 Across)
____________________
(To do with Germany)
5 The ’curls and swirls’
have this blue colour
6 Baby George is the … of
this famous university city
7 The mug is described as
being ‘hand …’
8 ‘It was in the early
18th century though that
Page 13
August 2013
The School Times
JUNIOR SCHOOL TIMES
The School Cats
Miaow from Felix!
Do you have a special
place? Somewhere that
you go to relax? Or
somewhere where you
feel safe and happy?
I have a place like that.
It’s a secret place, of
course. We cats don’t
tell just anyone where
we are! But I can tell
you that it’s a corner
of my garden. It’s cool
in the daytime and
warm in the evening.
Sometimes it smells of
flowers. And even when
it rains I don’t get wet! In other words, it’s a really nice
place for a furry animal like me.
Even though it’s ‘my’ special place I do meet others
there. The humans sometimes come down when they are
doing garden things. Sheba, The School Times dog, also
comes here but I usually ask her to go away. One of my
good friends is a hedgehog. He likes my special place too.
He passes by from time to time when he’s doing his hedgehog things. To be honest, I don’t know what hedgehogs do.
When I try to ask him he rolls into a ball and falls asleep.
I sometimes think that I could stay in my special place
forever. However, a cat has things to do. I have very busy
days and even busier nights! But when I am tired, or
scared (foxes scare me a bit), I always go back to my
special place. I hope you too have a place where you can go,
a place that is special for you, indoors or outdoors. We all
need a little corner of the world just for ourselves.
See you (but not in my special place), Felix
Questions & Answers
1. Where is Felix’s special place?
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5
4
6
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3
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Puzzle clues
1 Somewhere to feel ‘safe and …’
2 His special place is in a … of his garden
3 Sheba is not a cat, she’s a …
4 Felix has busy days and even busier …
5 These animals scare Felix a bit
6 ‘… is your special place?’
7 Special places can be indoors or …
8 Even when it rains Felix doesn’t … wet!
Key word (1 Across)
_______________________________________
(A good friend who passes by, from time to time)
Jumbled Words

Something that you don’t tell everyone: C R E S T E
____________________________________________________
2. What does he say about it in the daytime and evening?
____________________________________________________
Back at school? Then this must be over:
LYHIODA
3. Who does he ask to go away from his special place?
____________________________________________________
A square (or rectangle) has four:
RENSORC
4. What does the hedgehog do when Felix talks to him?
____________________________________________________
Word used by Felix meaning ‘take it easy’:
5. What does Felix say that we all need?
____________________________________________________
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Word for ‘frightened’:
ARECDS
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August 2013
The School Times Audio
August ~ December 2013
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The Struggle for Justice
Obama Speaks Out on Race
The End of Democracy?
Royal Mugs
The Boy from Dunblane
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Guns for All
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Fergie: A Living Legend
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