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IM steht für ‘instant messaging’ (SMS)’, kling aber fast genau wie ‘I am’ wenn ausgesprochen.

Descartes hat geschrieben, ‘Ich denke, deshalb bin ich.’

Vielleicht würde die Aktualisierung dieses Gedankens lauten: ‘Ich schreibe SMSs, deshalb bin ich.’

Hier ein Auszug:

I M,

I am,

IM,

I am,

I M,

I am,

IM,

I am,

IM,

that’s me,

instant messaging constantly.

SMS-tippen kann krank und süchtig machen. Insofern ist es ein ernstes Problem, das auch als Thema in der Schule behandelt werden sollte. SMS Blues Rap wäre ein guter Einstieg in die Problematik.

Hier ein Auszug:

Texting is fun,

it’s hit and run,

I pick and choose

the messages

I can use.

Pick out the best,

ignore the rest,

that’s the way,

only 24 hours

in a day.

Friends?

They’re not far away,

right here on my display

Ein Nachsinnen darüber, was es bedeutet ein ‘Human’ zu sein (ab Klasse 9).

Hier ein Auszug:

1

Hey you, man!

I said You Man!

Are you looking for a life,

a human life?

I mean a really human life?

2

Many roads lead to Rome,

lead you home,

the question is

what is home,

what is human?

Does anybody know?

Der Rap beschreibt die verschiedenen Standpunkte zum Thema Erderwärmung. Geschrieben kurz vor der Internationalen Klimakonferenz in Kopenhagen, 2009.

Zweckmäßiger Rap: damit die Schüler sich die Namen der 50 US-Bundesstaaten merken können.

Hier ein Auszug:

The USA has 50 states,

21 end with the letter ‘a’!

Say:

Alabama,

Alaska,

Arizona,

California!

Florida,

Georgia,

Indiana,

Iowa!

Louisiana,

Minnesota,

Montana,

Nebraska!

North Carolina,

South Carolina,

North Dakota,

South Dakota!

Nevada,

Oklahoma,

Pennsylvania,

Virginia!

And – last but not least -                West Virginia!

This is the true story of Aron Ralston, the young American mountaineer who was stuck fast in a canyon when, in a bizarre accident, a boulder fell on his hand.

Ralson weaves the breathtaking account of the five days he remained a captive of the rock into the story of what came before and led up to that fateful incident, interspersing the hour-by-hour account of his captivity with flashbacks about his life and career as a mountaineer and explorer.

Another brilliant strand of his story is his reconstruction of the reaction of his family and friends to the news that he was missing. He traces that reaction from initial shock to the selfless efforts made to find him.

But most of all, the story concentrates on the inner journey of a man overwhelmed  by a seemingly superior power – the ninety kilograms of rock – and forced to experience the slow but sure loss of his physical strength. With very little water and almost no food, Ralson gradually succumbs to a trancelike state in which vivid hallucinations increasingly take over his mind. Although his will to survive is incredibly strong, he reaches a point where he realizes that he will soon die, and resigns himself to his fate.

What happens after that is the stuff of heroism, a mind-blowing story of what the human spirit is capable of achieving in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

Ralston, Aron, Between a Rock and a hard Place. New York, Atria Books, 2004.

Deutsche  Version: Ralston, Aron, 127 Hours im Canyon. Berlin: Ullstein, 2005.

Dieser Rap setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, ob Extremsport sinnvoll ist.

Hier ein Auszug:

No risk, no fun,

so the saying goes,

Ha! What a dumb saying!

I get my kicks with my feet

on the ground,

safe and sound.

4000 feet high,

ten below zero,

freezing my ass off

on the side of a mountain

is not my idea of fun,

no way, man.

No ice axe,

no karabiner for me.

No thanks,

I’ll stay right here!

Does that make me a wimp?

I don’t think so,

do you?

Es handelt sich um eine Einsicht Einsteins zum Thema Begeisterung.

Hier das Zitat und ein Auszug:

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” Alfred Einstein

Right on, Einstein,

too true,

The key to happiness

is enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is inspiration, ecstasy,

walking with your feet at least

ten feet off the ground,

you got wings,

stronger than Red Bull’s,

you’re flying, man.

Nicht nur Politiker sollten eine Vision haben. Jede(r) sollte eine persönliche Vision haben, eine möglichst klare Vorstellung dessen, wie man sein könnte.

Dieser Rap handelt davon, wie wichtig eine persönliche Vision ist, was eine persönliche Vision gefährdet, und wie man solche Gefährdungen überwinden kann.

Gotta have a vision,

open your eyes, wide, wide,

look and see

what you can be.

Don’t wanna drift,

don’t wanna slide,

along for the ride,

life’s no joy ride.

Take the driver’s seat,

grip the wheel,

steer this ve-hic-cle,

eyes on the highway,

it’s my way, dude,

it’s your way, too.

Run for your Life

Run for your Life is the story of how a girl struggles against all odds to achieve her dream. Cassie Straydeer, a Navajo Indian, lives with her mother and brother in a trailer on a reservation in New Mexico. She is happy with her couch-potato lifestyle until the day she happens to see a good-looking girl win a race on TV. From that moment on, Cassie turns her life around. Her goal is to become a champion long-distance runner like that girl! She knows it won’t be easy. Besides minor obstacles like being overweight and not having money for running shoes, there are other, more serious obstacles, like the wild animals in the countryside where she trains. Then there are her classmates. They like Cassie – as she is. They don’t like the Cassie-who-wants-to-become-a- long-distance-runner. They turn against her and begin bullying her. But the greatest obstacle of all is her own brother! Wild with jealousy, he will do almost anything to stop his sister from achieving her goal!

Cyber Nightmare

Neil Green is a popular student at Caribou Middle High School. He likes his school and his school likes him. So he thinks. Until he begins getting hateful text messages. His best friend Darby tells him to ignore them, but then a nasty website appears, presenting Neil and Darby in a false light, and turning Caribou Middle High into their own personal chamber of horrors. They have to do something to defend themselves. But what? How do you defend yourself against an invisible enemy?

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