Like every year the Forbes magazine has published the ranking of the highest paid models. For the second year in a row Kendall Jenner, with his 22.5 million dollars, won the gold medal for the highest paid model of 2018. Already last year he had beaten the competition stealing the scepter to the wonderful Gisele Bündchen, on the podium for over 15 years.
Out of the podium, we find the super Gisele Bündchen, who shares the fifth position with colleague Cara Delevigne. Both this year, they earned 10 million dollars. The sisters Hadid, Gigi, and Bella receive respectively the seventh and the eighth position. The first with 9.5 million dollars earned, the second 8.5 million. Also, the Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls has received 8.5 million dollars this year.
100 YEARS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR 1
As the grade 10 history class, we decided it would be fitting to, in some way, commemorate the 100 years since the end of world war one. We wanted to not let this date go by unnoticed as it is an important landmark of the last century, and therefore we opted in making a board for it in the MYP corridor.
This seemed like an important task to carry out, and so we dedicated two of our class lessons to work collaboratively and extra time at home if it was needed.
Writing on my behalf, I’d like to say that it was an important experience and that I’m glad our work has been hung up on the board. I’ve surely understood the great war in more depth while still being able to commemorate the lives we unfortunately lost.
Memory is such an important concept, I believe it is overlooked too many times. To be able to achieve the goal of war peace, we must first acknowledge the mistakes of the past, and to understand them in a humane way, and then we must make sure that in our intent we support others, who may have lost family and friends. Very importantly, I believe that as it is part of our legacy we must remind others of the wrongs of the past, in order to peacefully live in the present and avoid these mistakes in the future.
Grade nine certainly helped us by cutting out many poppies and sticking them onto the board, alongside our work.
I was in charge of selecting war poems and writing one. It was a hard process. Choosing the topic, writing the rhymes… but I’m glad that it turned out the way it did. We have all worked hard on different sections of memory and of the war. I’m honored to be writing this for the newsletter, and may I ask whoever is currently reading it that they reflect on the past and plan out a better future because it’s ours to live and cherish.
A brief summary of the war by Edoardo Pani
My job in this commemoration was to write a short summary of the war.
I think that the knowledge of an important event before judging it is fundamental so I think that my work was the most important.
To write the summary I based everything on my knowledge to create a less aseptic and warmer approach to the facts.
WWI was a war that wasted lives. This war is infamous for the trench warfare on the Western Front. This was a war in which generals ordered men to engage in what were essentially suicidal attacks. It was a war in which constant shelling plagued men’s minds. It was a war in which armies used chemical weapons against one another. All wars are brutal and wasteful, but this one was worse than usual.
Poppy recognition By Leonardo and Thomas
We have decided to present the difference of poppy’s to the school because everybody remembers the war in their own way. Since many people did not know the official meaning of the red poppy which is the poppy that most people wear. WW1 as any other war no matter the size that occurred in history is a terrible memory for mankind, therefore each person should have the right to remember the war in their way concerning to how it affected their life or their relative's life. Since there are three different types of ways you can show respect to the fallen of the First World War. Leo and I decided to describe the specific meanings of the two poppy’s and the ‘no poppy’.
The meaning of the Red Poppy is ( in England ) “I fully support the work of the Royal British( or your country’s army) Legion, and deeply respect the servicemen and women serving us abroad. Most people wear the red poppy but everyone has the right to choose what poppy to wear, the important thing is that you respect and remember the fallen soldiers of WW1.”The meaning of the White Poppy is (in England)
“I remember the deaths of military fallen with deep sadness and respect. But I believe we should be fighting for peace, not supporting more wars. This is a more individualistic poppy but also is very common.” And finally, the meaning of not wearing a poppy ( according to personal beliefs and the gravity of the situation ) is “ I’d rather remember those who have died in my own way. I don’t feel a need to share my grief. Many people might have different memories of the war and might want to keep their thoughts to themselves rather them sharing them to everyone.”