FRANCE » Uncategorized http://expo2008france.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 23 May 2008 07:01:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 The Bull of France http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/the-bull-of-france/ http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/the-bull-of-france/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 06:23:41 +0000 joshuaarifin http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/the-bull-of-france/ “I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.” This statement was made by Zizou. His real name is Zinedine Yazid Zidane or simply Zidane. Zidane is a genius and an incredible and legendary soccer player. He was born on June 23, 1972 in Marseille, France. In reality, he’s actually an immigrant from Algeria. Zizou’s parents, Ismail and Malika, immigrated to France before he was born. Nevertheless, he grew up in France and became a French citizen. He is the youngest of 5 children. Zidane married to Veronique Zidane, a French Dancer of Spanish origin. Currently, they have 4 sons: Enzo, Luca, Theo, and Elyaz.
To be a soccer player, was his dream since he was 16 years old. Later then, this ambition became a passion that turned this 17 year old Zidane into an accomplished famous soccer player. He believes that everyone can do something to make a better world. Zizou’s father was one of the keys to his success. His father once taught him to respect everyone so he would earn respect from others.
Zizou has been active since then, and he played for several clubs in various countries. He started his career by joining Cannes. Next, he was transferred to Bordeaux. Tired playing for French soccer clubs, he finally moved to Italy. There, he played as a playmaker for a well known Italian club, which was Juventus. At the FIFA World Cup 1998, he attracted numerous teams by scoring two goals for France which brought fame and success to the French soccer team. In 2001, he became the most expensive player when Real Madrid acquired him for 46 pounds. Likewise, this amazing soccer player certainly won many awards and honors for his loyalty as well as for his contribution to the world of soccer. He received World Soccer Player of the Year 1998 award, Golden Ball in 2006 and many more. Zidane’s name is also listed in Pele’s list as one of the 125 Greatest Living Soccer Players. He is now considered as one of the greatest soccer players of all time, and to be the best soccer player of his generation.
Quick temper is one of the biggest problems that Zidane has. He was sent off 14 times. The last incident that he got into trouble was in the FIFA World Cup 2006. Zidane was given a red card after giving a head butt to Matterazzi, an Italian soccer player. In fact, that was not the first time. He head butted Jochen Kients as well while playing for Juventus. Probably, his short temper comes from his unfortunate childhood. Zizou was raised in a tough district in Marseilles. He often endured racism and hostility from local inhabitants during that time. Even now, he keeps struggling to secure widespread acceptance form the French public.
Zizou has risen to shine and fame. He is a man with a generous heart. He donates his money to the unlucky people in several ways. He has played many game and given the proceeds to charities. As such, Zizou played a match for the Keuydaroon charity for the children with HIV/ AIDS.
On May 7, 2006, Zidane played his last game for Real Madrid. He was given a warm farewell by millions of fans, who waved him good bye with tears and fond memories. Zidane encountered his very last game in the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals against Italy. From a simple and unknown Algerian immigrant, to a national hero of France. This is Zinedine Yazid Zidane’s career, the career of a maestro in the soccer field.

Bibliography:

An Online Encyclopedia Article:
Encyclopedia Britannica. “Zinedine Zidane.” School Ebonline

Magazine Article-One Author:
D.J., Wilson. “The Beautiful Sport.” August 2005

World Wide Web Sites (WWW):
Garcia, Fernando. “Zinedine Zidane.”
May 2008

World Wide Web Sites (WWW):
Lee, Mike. “Zinedine Zidane – It’s All About Respect.”
2008

World Wide Web Sites (WWW):
Wright, Simon. “Biography Zinedine Zidane”
2002

World Wide Web Sites (WWW):
Famous Muslims. “Zinedine Zidane”
http://www.famousmuslims.com/zidane.htm 2003

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BBC.co.uk
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]]> http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/the-bull-of-france/feed/ 0 Human Rights Pamflet for Global Citizenship http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/human-rights-pamflet-for-global-citizenship/ http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/human-rights-pamflet-for-global-citizenship/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 00:17:29 +0000 harriskieran http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/human-rights-pamflet-for-global-citizenship/ http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/human-rights-pamflet-for-global-citizenship/feed/ 0 Analysis of Article for Language Arts by Kieran Harris http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/analysis-of-article-for-language-arts-by-kieran-harris/ http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/analysis-of-article-for-language-arts-by-kieran-harris/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 00:07:17 +0000 harriskieran http://expo2008france.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/analysis-of-article-for-language-arts-by-kieran-harris/ May 7th, 2008 by Kieran Harris in
The informational text I chose to analyze, “Napoleon Still Haunts France,” is a news article published on the online edition of BBC news. The author is a BBC journalist, Caroline Wyatt, works as a journalist inside Paris, France. Wyatt works inside Paris so she is able to get the information she needs on the history of Napoleon Bonaparte. She is physically in the country but she is not an insider. The significance of her being in Paris is that she gets to hear from other people’s perspective and how they fell about Bonaparte. The places intended to read this are history museums and other places involved with or involved in French history. She also wrote it for any of the public to read so they are knowledgeable about Bonaparte.
This text was written for the purpose of people knowing more about Napoleon Bonaparte and how he was so successful in his time, she also explains a brief summary of his history. The writer is trying to be objective because she is explaining how great he was and the history of him. The writer does not have strong emotions, but she does explain in great detail how his reign was great and how wonderful he was as an emperor.
The point of view of the author is that she is a knowledgeable about him and she has spoken to museums that have explained to her details about Napoleon. She has got information from people about how much they know of him. She quotes Peter Hicks from the Napoleon Foundation, who said, “There’s enough genius to go around, we don’t have to talk him up.” The article was written Thursday, 2 December 2004. This date is significant because she wrote this on the 200th anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4061461.stm

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