Motivational Monday!

Here are some inspirational quotes to start your week off right!
Carpe Diem, guys! 

- Juline Hall [Co-Editor]

The Faces Behind the Blog..

Wish to find out more about the authors of The Lockerbie Bloggers Club? 

Juline Hall is 16 years old; she attends Lockerbie College and is an aspiring Environmental Lawyer. She enjoys travelling to the US and one day hopes to explore Italy and France. She loves the beach and goes horseback riding in her free time. Being an only child, she is very family oriented and enjoys the company of great people – especially her dad. She LOVES brownies and thinks they are 'a way of life!' Going to Lockerbie College has expanded her horizons in many ways - not to mention, has given her the opportunity to interact with a variety of interesting people. The teachers at Lockerbie College are interactive and try their best to ensure their students succeed! Although growing up in Barbados has been incredible, she yearns to experience winter - and play in snow for the first time.

“In the end we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” -Anonymous

~ Co-Editor of The Lockerbie Blog

Meghan Pace is someone who loves travelling and seeing new places. Having lived in four countries and being to all but one Continent, experiencing different cultures is her forteo. She desires to learn as many languages as she can - now at 14, she can speak: French, Spanish and Arabic. Originally born in the United States, and moving to Trinidad at the age of one until she was four; she then moved to Abu Dhabi, in the Middle East, where she lived until the age of twelve. Now in Barbados, she loves Lockerbie College because learning has become fun and easy! 

"XOXO" - Gossip Girl

~ Co-Editor of The Lockerbie Blog

Rebecca Eames lives in Barbados. Her favourite hobby is ariel silks. Later on in life she would like to be in the fashion industry. She enjoys going to Lockerbie because of the one-on-one attention.

“Its okay to be a glow stick, sometimes you have to break before you can shine.” 

~ Principal writer of The Lockerbie Blog

Olive Stevenson-Clarke is a student at Lockerbie College. She is 17 years old. She yearns to experience different cultures and different ways of life. She has lived in Swansea, Wales and wants to return one day. Olive’s academic goal is to study culinary arts and business at university.  In her free time, she enjoys listening to music and relishes the diversity of musicians and music genres, especially the sub-genre grunge. Olive began attending Lockerbie College in October of 2014 and loves the school and teachers because the school tailors the syllabus to her specific needs.

"If you can dream it, you can do it”- Walt Disney.

Revée O'Neal-Allamby was born in Croydon, England and moved to Barbados when she was 8 years old. She began playing piano at age 5 and subsequently started playing saxophone and clarinet at age 11. Revée began attending Lockerbie College in 2014 and really enjoys it because she gets to learn all the subjects she loves. She's currently studying Korean and French and plans to live in either South Korea or France in the future. Revée's ambition in life is to travel to at least one country in every continent and learn something about each culture. 

"Miracle is another name for hard work" - 강태준(Kang Tae Joon) 

Maggie Beehler 

16 years young. 
Canada --> Barbados. 
Enjoys learning new things, eating, travelling and meeting new people. Lockerbie College has been a life changing experience and continues to shape and mend her into a better person everyday.

“The best things in life are free, the second best are very expensive”  - Coco Chanel

Beth Eames is a twelve year old student in Barbados who goes to Lockerbie College and loves to draw and sing. Beth enjoys going for walks and listening to loud music. One of her favorite things to do in her spare time is to go to the beach with her friends - where she almost always dives into the water to collect sand dollars. Beth has three siblings, two sisters and a brother - whom she adores. She has been to a few places around the world but her favorite place is Canada because she loves the snow. One thing Beth loves about Lockerbie College is that the classes are small which means you get the attention you need! A 'fun fact' about Beth is that her favorite movie is "Divergent" because it is an interesting commentary on society.

“Those who criticise our generation, forget who raised it."

Callum Vaughan is 16 years old. His hobbies revolve mostly around sports: Rugby, Tennis, Football, Hockey and Paddle Boarding. He's originally from Gloucester, England but moved to Barbados in September last year! His icon is non other than Steven Gerrard.. [LEGEND..] He really likes Lockerbie College because everyone's schedules are specifically tailored to suit your individual needs - and every class is small!

Raine Wood is a student at Lockerbie College who is an aspiring ballet and ballroom dancer in Barbados. Raine loves lockerbie college because all of the students are beyond nice!

Justin Brookes lives in Barbados and goes to Lockerbie College. He likes Lockerbie College because the teachers are very nice and caring. Justin's favourite hobby is riding bikes and in his spare time he enjoys going to the beach and boogie boarding; he finds it relaxing. 

Joyce-Elena Browne is a student at Lockerbie College and has been since she was fifteen years old. Now seventeen, she enjoys playing tennis and making (and selling) various things. She loves Spanish and one day hopes to speak it fluently. She enjoys going to Lockerbie College because they have an unparalleled style of teaching and the classes are small.

"Porque la vida es una. 

PURA VIDA."

What is going to happen when 2050 arrives? By: Stefany Noguera Lopera

The future. We pretty much have all at least once thought of what the future will be like. I know I do, and a lot. When I think of the future, I see it in many different ways. One way I think of the future, is when I think of Halo, or something futuristic, but will it really be like that? Unprovidentially, it will not in my opinion. The way the world is now, and all that is going on, all of the wars occurring. If it continues, there may be no future, but thats what I want to know. Will there be such a future, and if so, what do you think it will be like?

Technology in 2050 will rely telepathic forms of communication and become personalized. Holograms will replace screens and devices. The world's borders will become more and more fragile as immigration climbs steadily. Climate not just war will become the primary reason for immigration. China will become the new super power. I see mobile technology taking huge leaps forward just like we have seen in the past. 30 years ago a computer the (SZE ) of a room was doing the same thing I'm doing now on something as big as a stack of paper.

College education will be delivered almost entirely on the Internet, as virtual reality and improved Internet speed and connectivity will make most face-to-face classes unnecessary and uneconomical.

We will be able to make just about any physical object invisible. Artificial organs will be widely available and affordable for many, though perhaps not for all. Genetic therapy will enable us to slow down the aging process by at least 50%.

Amputated and otherwise severed limbs will be regrown. We are going to expand beyond our terrestrial boundries. I see the year 2050 to be the beginning of affordable space tourism. Perhaps in 100 years we may even see civilians permanently living in space, whether it's for the thrill of having a view of the world below everyday or just a way of escaping the problems.

Life in 2050

Life in 2050 It's funny and something interesting to think how will be the life and the world in 2050. What do I think? I believe that in 2050 the life will be very different. I think many things will change and the life will be better. For example, the transportation will be totally different and the pollution by cars and motorcycles will decrease. Cars and motorcycles will not need gasoline. They will be electric. The means of transportation such as airplanes, subways and cars will have spectacular designs. In addition, there will be new means of transportation as skateboards or bikes that will be able to fly. The streets will be full of flying vehicles. Cities will be extended and will be huge. Cities will be formed by large buildings and modern highways. I think technology will greatly influence and this world will change completely. In many homes the housework will be done by robots, not only at home, too many jobs that we currently do, in the future they will be done by robots and machines. I think many things will change in homes and companies. The keys will disappear and the entry will be to many places with passwords, fingerprint detection or voice commands. The windows and doors will opened and closed by pressing a button or automatically. Some appliances will work with voice commands. People will be communicated only through advanced movil phones. The internet will be everywhere. The internet will be accessible for all. Education will be very advanced and complete, there will be no books, no pens, everything will be digital and systematized, even, people will not need to go to college or universities every day. They may receive their classes virtually and they will learn through advanced computers or robots. I think medicine will advanced very much. We will have medicines for every kind of diseases. Cancer and AIDS will have the cure. They will create medical equipment that will be able to detect diseases and health problems. There will products that help us to stay healthy. People will look physically as they wish. People will be able to have their hair as they want. They will have the desired weight. They will have their face as they wish and things like that. I think the clothes will not change a lot, at least in its composition. The clothes are going to change in the designs. I imagine people wearing different technological accessories on their bodies. They will use chips, electronic glasses, bracelets with different functions. In conclusion I think the world will be better in 2050. We will be able to transport ourselves easier and quicker. The man will not wear away so much in the work. There will be better communication and the technology will make us a more comfortable life. Alban Chavarría

How I imagine life in 2050

By Sara Gómez Lenis

Course 8

Technology will be better than today. We will probably use computers all the time at school, for homework, for bay, etc. Children are not going to go to school. They are going to to learn at home, TVs and robots will teach lessons. We'll be able to have friends all over the world and there might be flying cars.

I'm sure technology will improve and scientist will be find opportunities to cure diseases. We'll wear clothes specially designed for medical purposes keeping us into a therapy all day long. We'll eliminate cancer, heart diseases and AIDS.

Maybe people will be lazier because robots will do our work. We'll be able to have an easier and faster life. In 2050, we will travel to other planets instead of foreign countries.

People will build more modern hoses and different buildings. Many parts of the forest will die because there will be less land. There will  be lots of robots that will do the work for people, so everyone will get fatter.

The Earth might be destroyed because of pollution and we will live on another planet. Water get scarce and countries might start to fight for it. Another problem will be the global warming. Lots of glaciers will disappear, so the sea level will rise and this will cause more natural disasters than we have today.

There will be no black people, white people or Asian people. All the ethnic differences will disappear. Similary, we will learn about churches, synagogues and mosques only from story books. All the religions will be eliminated.

Our clothes are going to be different. You are not going to buy them. If you want to wear something, you will just close your eyes and think about it. When you open your eyes, you will wear the dress that you thought about.

Year 2050: Will it be an amazing year?

By Yuly Madrid Ortega

Course 8

Nowadays, we have a modern world with fantastic technological advances. We live in comfortable e-houses with access to Internet, cell phones and computers, and all types of communication devices.

How is the world that we know today going to be in the year 2050? To answer this question, it is necessary to think about some aspects like communication, healthy habits, and transportation.

Communication and technology

It will be a wonderful part of life. We are going to have faster cell phones with apps to control every electronic machine at home. Every year, communication is going to be faster and impersonal. Everybody is going to be alone, with little time for real relationships. People are going to have “bubble worlds”: you and your virtual space. Technology is going to be “The Queen”.

Healthy habits: Food, exercise and pollution

Food is going to be more artificial and light than it is now. The Modern world is going to require another type of diet.

Our present environment and lifestyles let us see how we’re going to live in 2050 and beyond. Nowadays we do little effort to communicate and even to run our daily errands. If we keep living at this pace, we’ll be fat people paying our bills and going to work from our homes. The Queen we’ll control us in the form of laptops and cell phones (not so different from these days –scary!–).

Global warming will make agriculture and everyday life tougher. We might go through food shortages due to the increase in UV rays. We’ll hide from the sun and eventually our lives will happen indoors. This combination of selected food and lack of sun, combined with little exercise will contribute to changes in our appearance.

We might act now, making small changes to prevent this possible future, but here’s the truth: humanity will never learn.

How the world is going to be in 2050? By: Laura Rivera Salazar

    

As everybody knows, the future is uncertain but we can make an idea about how  the world is going to be in 36 years.

I think that everything is going to be automatic. If you need something just a click will be enough to get whatever you want. Thanks to the advanced comunication, everybody will be able to work and study from their homes. All the cars will be electric, reducing the pollution (noise, gas) being friendly to the nature; unfortunately not always people are going to have ecological ideals that make that all those good ideas will come true.

I guess that the most of people will have overweigt, except the rich peolpe, they will have the opportunity to undergo cosmetic surgery and once more like nowadays the gap between rich pople and poor people is going to be bigger and bigger.

In the workplace peolpe will progress studying undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral looking to expand their knowledge. Poeple will want learn new languages to connect in a fast way with other peolple in other countries. The new technologies will help people to communicate in a easier way, like video chats and holograms calls.

In the health area the advanced technologies will help to the different researches about the cure of different terminally ill and to facilitate and innovate various process existing now.

In the social area maybe the things will be worse. If we don’t change our ideals, the  rulers will be doing the same: looking for themself interests. There will be wars between countries for natural resources, under discussion about who have the power over those resources.

To finish, maybe the world in 2050 is going to be apocalyptic, devastation everywhere, people dying, drouhts, water scarcity, but we can’t lose the hope that for some kind of a posible miracle maybe the human being will make a better place to live.