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Soundtrack: Forrest Gump
Title: For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
Title: For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
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I heard the song this morning. As the rhythm was catchy, It was played over and over in my head. So, I 'googled' the internet for the lyrics. It may be a very easy song but the it has a profound meaning. I thought this would be a good piece to be put on my blog to share with everyone else. However as i was looking for a right picture for this post, I stumbled onto a another blog that has written about this song. I even got the picture from the blog. It is stated in there that "With so much social unrest going on just about everywhere, this song still holds its own. For many this song went on to symbolize worldwide turbulence and confrontational feelings arising from events during the 1960's. Even today it's lyrics are still relevant." I agree with the statement. We still have so many on going war that use deadly weapons such as nuclear bombs and improvised multi killing weapons all meant for others' destructions.
How would this song be used as the material in the classroom? What impact would the song give to the students? The answers to these questions would determine the techniques I would choose as well the objectives I would set to carry out the lesson. I could ask the students to sing along with the song, a typical beginning of a lesson but its thrill never runs out. I could ask the students to analyse the meaning or the theme of the song, it would be an ideal material for group discussions as well as presentations. The students can be asked to identify words in the lyrics that relates to the theme they have chosen this would improve the students' contextual learning where they learn that words can be manipulated according to the meaning intended to be delivered in a writing. Values such as peace, friendship, toleration, and unity can be indirectly instilled in students during the teaching and learning period. Materials such as this can transform students' negative perception into a positive one towards learning of English Language as it includes interactive learning among the students using interesting materials.
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