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2013

Art

Education

Facts

Current Events

Interviews

Living Abroud

Music

Sports

Welcome to Princeton

Editorial

General Designer:

Jimena Bernal Ibarra

Web Designer:

Marco Antonio Tenopala

Head Editor:

Mariana Abigail Padilla

Coordinator: Ariana López de Llergo A. Head of High School

and Language Department.

Journalism Teacher Elizabeth Garcia Romero.

Administrador de Tecnologías:

Héctor Lazcano Hernández

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ROMERO BRITTO

Born in Recife, Brazil on October 6, 1963, an artist who is in-

spired by color and optimism, combines elements of cubism,

pop art, graffiti painting, attractive themes and compositions and

leaves jaw-dropping works of art. He is one of the newest and

best exponents of Pop Art.

Despite the lack of resources in his infancy, Britto always knew

how to use his creativity to surprise with his colorful creations.

At 14 years old he held his first Exposition he published and

sold his first painting to the OAS, visited several European

countries and fixed his residence in Miami where he exhibited

his art in the streets.

Their advertisements appeared in major U.S. magazines and

were seen by thousands of people, he was also hired by com-

panies like Pepsi, Grand Marnier, Disney, IBM and Royal Carib-

bean among other firms interested in popular culture .He was

responsible for the cover art of the simple "What More Can I

Give" and "All for You" by Michael Jackson . His work has, so

By Jimena Pérez

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We are delighted that you have accepted our invitation to join us for The Friendship journey 2013 and we look forward to the opportunity to be together here in Cin-cinnati. We have planned a variety of projects that we believe your students will find engag-ing.

Art (3 students per country)

An international team of students will create a work of art that will be the legacy of FJ 2013

Music (3 students per country) A multi-national choir will share songs of friendship. It doesn’t take a great voice; all you need is a big heart.

Technology (1 student per country) Students will document this week through a web page, I-movie, and social media

Engineering (2 students per country) Which international team will design a bridge that holds the most weight?

Design (2 students per country) Which multi-national team will build the tallest tower?

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This I believe (1 student per country)

Students from each nation will share a short inspiring talk (2 to 3 minutes) on what they believe young people can do to impact the future. We’ll send more details later. The web page www.thisibelieve.org will give you an idea of what this project is about.

Throughout the week your students will have the opportunity to visit each of our classes and to share information about your country, your traditions, your culture and your school with the Nativity Student Body. There will be 8 classroom visits, one for each grade Kindergarten to Grade 7.

Kindergarten (age 5), Grade 1 (age 6), Grade 2 (age 7), Grade 3 (age 8), Grade 4 (age 9), Grade 5 (age 10)

Grade 6 (age 11), Grade 7 (age 12). Each grade at Nativity will be divided into two groups. Because your students will visit all the students in a par-ticular grade at the same time, your delegation will need to be divided into two groups.

In order for planning to proceed we need the following information from you.

1. Student’s name, date of birth, age, and gender

2. Shirt size

3. Preference for the Projects listed above. Please provide 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice.

4. Passport Number

Please fill out the attached form and forward it to Nativity. If you don’t have the passport numbers at this time, they can be added later.

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Model United Nations (also Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to

educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations

agenda.

The participants role-play as diplomats representing a nation or NGO in a simulated session of an (committee)

of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Participants research a country,

take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solu-

tions to world problems. More recently, simulation of other deliberative bodies, such as the United Nations Se-

curity Council, has been included in Model United Nations, even if they are completely unrelated to the UN or

international affairs as a whole. In general, the participants that the executive panel considers to be most con-

tributing are given awards, such as 'Best Delegate award'.

However, school delegation formats vary from region to region .participants are elementary, secondary, un-

dergraduate, graduate and doctoral students. Recently even university alumni and professionals have taken

part. Participants come from public and private schools and universities, and they live in city, suburban and ru-

ral areas.

Some simulations are small, including members of only a single class. For example, 20 students can do a one-

hour simulation of the (15-member) United Nations Security Council in their classroom. Other simulations can

be very large, involving many committees and taking place over the span of several days. The majority of con-

ferences generally involve anywhere from 50 to several hundred delegates, with most students living around

that one region. The largest conferences can have thousands of participants from many different countries.

Each simulation and conference varies greatly in number of participants and their involvement.

History

Model and civic simulation education are older than the United Nations. Records indicate that as early as the

1920s students in the United States of America were participating in collegiate simulations of the League of

Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations. The modern day National Model United Nations in New York

City and Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN) both began as simulations of the League of Nations in the

1920s. Though Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN), having been founded in 1955, often claims

to be the world's oldest continuous College Model UN conference, the oldest continuous Collegiate Model UN

conference is actually Model United Nations of the Far West, running annually since April 1951. The world's

oldest continuous High School Model UN conferences are the Indianapolis Model United Nations and the Ber-

keley Model United Nations, both founded in 1952. The National Model United Nations is one of the world's lar-

gest conferences with over 5,000 participants and is most unique with a part of the conference held at the Uni-

ted Nations in New York City.

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As the League of Nations was dismantled and the United Nations was born in

1945, simulations of the League of Nations were transformed into Model Uni-

ted Nations. Some conferences still perform historical simulations, however,

including League of Nations crisis situations. These simulations now have

grown to over 2000 annual participants.

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As of September 2013, the iPhone alone outsells Coca-Cola and McDonald's

combined.

The record for visiting all 270 London Underground stations is 16 hours, 20

minutes and 27 seconds.

The most liked brand on Facebook in the US is Wal-Mart followed by Target,

Amazon, Samsung mobile, Subway and Starbucks.

NASA's launch pad has a hidden 200 foot slide ending in a rubber room. This

was to evacuate staff in case of explosion.

On average, long distance runners live 5.7 years longer than non athletes.

Scientists have calculated the 'best' animals in the world. The top 5 are

5:Elephant 4:Otter 3:Giraffe 2:Goat and 1:Platypus.

Killer whales are actually dolphins.

Nike is the Greek goddess of strength, speed, and victory.

The towers holding up the Humber suspension bridge in the UK lean out by

3.6cm to allow for the curvature of the earth.

By Daniela Trejo, Melissa Gómez.

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None of the Beatles knew how to read music.

The can opener was invented 48

years after the can. Power-naps can improve stamina, boost reactivity, reduce stress, increase productiv-

ity, decision making ability and much more.

6% of people can speak 3 or more languages.

Miley Cyrus real name is Destiny Hope. She smiled a lot as a baby and was nick-

named "Smiley". and later shortened to Miley.

People with blue eyes tend to be more intelligent, and perform better in their aca-

demic careers than people with brown eyes.

Bill Clinton was taught a jujitsu move by his aides to prevent Yassar Arafat hugging

him for the cameras.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. He was

born with one but it was later removed.

In 2012, there were over 160 babies named "Khaleesi" in

the United States - this was inspired by the TV show

"Game of Thrones".

In English, a dog goes "woof". In South Korean it's

"Meong". In Albania it's "Ham" and Ireland it's "Amh".

And by David Esteban,

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As part of the library Project we are now offering a link to INEGI’s new site. People from

INEGI will be visiting us shortly to explain interesting new changes. Also we remind you that

the Foundation Library Javier Barros Sierra is now open during the hours of 9am to 2 pm,

Monday to Friday.

www.inegi.org.mx

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PRINCETON SCHOOL AN OUTSTANDING PLACE

FOR EDUCATION AND FELLOWSHIP By Miss Ariana López de Llergo Arakelian

Almost everyone who has known Princeton School well over a long period has been touched at one time or another by a notable paradox. On one hand, the school has undergone many great changes: physically, academically, in the diversity, interests and activities of its student’s body, and teaching staff. Yet, in many other ways, Princeton has always been able to retain and extent its warmth and close personal attention to everyone who has been a part of its community.

Princeton School was originally founded by Miss Katia Arakelian de Álvarez during the 1980´s, and from its earliest beginnings, it has always focused its energy and aspirations towards teaching children to a higher academic standard than that of its contemporary´s. Miss Katia´s goal for Princeton was simple : “ To make children feel happy, at ease and comfort-able at school”, as well as to provide a carefully planned, stimulating, caring environment, which will enable students develop an academic foundation, installing core values, confidence, and positive attitudes, all of which are priceless assets for becoming responsible global citizens. Furthermore, the future of our country and our planet will in time, become our children´s responsibility. We are proud to say that Princeton has maintained it-self as a personalized school, without losing the character of one of the best schools in Mexico. One of Princeton`s greatest strengths has been its ability to balance research and education, whilst instil-ling positive values, social skills, enhanced self-esteem and a greater sense of personal responsibility. Princeton School is conveniently situated in an urban setting in a nice neighborhood located in the south-east of Mexico City, and it has attracted a succession of exceptional teachers who have been teaching there for many years. After celebrating 33 years of its history, from the tiny beginnings in Av. de las Fuentes # 218, through the growth of High School at Princeton School, Campus Ajusco, up to the great and successful events happening academically and socially speaking. Where does Princeton School go from here? What then, about the future? Despite the new communications technology that has wired up the world outside, Princeton School has been able to change with time in its own terms, without compromising its purposes or its standards with which to face the future, and does not envisage the community of students being replaced by dispersed Princetonians “hanging out on the Internet”. If some of the Princeton School´s students come back in a certain amount of years, they will know that it

is not precisely the same Princeton they left and knew, but they will still feel at home in a context that is

perfectly recognizable. Yes, for the school there is respect, affection, loyalty and pride. For many Prince-

ton graduates, ties with classmates are among the strongest and most enduring friendships of their lives,

as well, they will be able to say proudly that their parents, friends, or someone they might know studied at

Princeton School, and that upcoming generations are currently thriving towards a promising and success-

ful future.

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Andrea González is a 2nd grader student at Princeton

School and is a great Hockey Player. She began play-

ing Will be changing to the new ice skating arena at

the UIC University. Andrea smiles and mentions she

played the NTR in Ontario, Toronto, Can.,.. this sum-

mer. Might join the world´s sub- 15th selection. Andy

as her friends call her has suffered two broken arms,

four leg sprains but her nose is intact.

Princeton School is going to maintain its position of leadership in education where intellectual and personal growth interact and are intertwined like twisted pairs of wires. In order to be able to fulfill this goal, school staff members have made sure that the programs are well de-fined and have executed this in a way that in some sense is unique, in the sense that no one will be able to copy its own pattern. The essence of Princeton`s uniqueness, flowing out of its past and present is to be, “The outstanding place for education and fellowship. Conscious that the new era we are living demands of some new strategies for the immediate fu-ture such as: expanding, improving and maintaining the quality of teaching, community and ecol-ogy commitment, sustaining the capacity for excellence and leadership, and a stronger sense of core values, we can proudly say that Princeton School is an institution with a strong sense of shared purpose, where teaching, learning and research are not separate activities, but different aspects of the all-encompassing search to know. Princeton School has been able to adjust to the contemporary era while remaining true to its be-liefs and it has changed with time on its own terms, without compromising its purposes or its standards. There has been no revolutionary break with the past, but a successful evolution, bearing the indelible imprint of its history even while marching into the future.

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My change was very abrupt, went where I was from, where I was born, to a completely different place.

Although I had previously lived in Mexico, Spain is my home. In Barcelona I could walk quietly alone

and go to and from school by myself, I felt I was freer, I felt at home. I met lots of good and friendly

people, and I met most of my friends at school. All the classes were in Catalan and at the beginning it

was a bit of a problem for me, because I didn’t understand anything, but I learned very fast. I thought

that it would be very difficult to learn the language, now I can speak , understand and write it, but still

grammar is not my strong suit. Now, the truth is I have already lost a little bit of practice.

By Trexa Ainoa Villanueva y Mejía de Za-

Life in Barcelona Spain is very different compared to life

in Mexico City. Barcelona is a city with a beach and is

highly cosmopolitan. There are many people who speak

other languages and also the other kind of Spanish which

is Catalan. Barcelona has more security than Mexico, in

Spain don’t consume as much as in Mexico City, people

in Barcelona all fulfill their own goals and they socialize

less than in Mexico. Every day you went to school at 8 or

9 in the morning, and could go out at 1:30 to go to eat,

then at 3 you return to the school and finally exit at 5 pm.

In restaurants the kitchen staff left work at 4 pm.

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1-Angelica: She was the first who spoke to me when I walked to

school, taught me and helped a little with my catalan and some-

times she translated what I said to our teachers, she is my best

friend because we have many things in common, and I can also

trust in her. She taught me that you must always smile despite the

problems you have. She is a very happy person, who always knew

how to get me a smile when I was sad.

2-Albert: He and Angelica were friends, so he was also one

of the first people to speak to me. This guy is very empa-

thetic, if he saw me upset he knew immediately how to

cheer me up a little. He made me drawings because he

loves to draw. I laugh so much with him, he is a good

friend.

3-Carla: I met her further on, we share many things in common, but

what we shared most was our insanity together. She is very compre-

hending and proud. Best of all we lived in the same community

(apartments), only that she was in the other room, I was in apartment B

and she was in A. We went together to and from school , we did our

chores and homework together, and we also went to the GYM togeth-

er. She helped me a lot, but sometimes she was very distant when

something was wrong.

As you can see the number of students per generation is more, we were 20 or 21 students per

class, sometimes it was too overwhelming. As I said before, they were all very nice, but in truth I

only had five real friends...

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4-Alberto: He reminds me of a guy in my class now, he is always laugh-

ing, a bit of a troublemaker and always making jokes with everyone,.

He’s always smiling.

We help each other a lot, his girlfriend was in the same generation as

my brother, and whenever we were wrong my brother helped him and

5.Manu: We met at school, he was in the my brother’s

year, at first I had no desire to know him. Not even a mini-

mum interest, he gave me a bad impression. However,

when my brother invited him home and I got to know him

more we gradually we became best friends. He is crazy,

but he knows how to listen and also knows how to get a

smile out of me, to many people it’s just nonsense. We

even spent a whole summer together.

This was my school, where I met all my friends and

where lived many emotions.

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Barcelona was the best to me in the past and the best experience of my life, I hope

to return at the end of high school, I made many memories and can't wait for every-

thing waiting for me there.

He is mostly everyone's best friend, this is my brother Aitor, he always knows

how to make me feel good, we did a lot of crazy things together in Barcelona,

some of his friends are also my friends, but my brother is unique and I always

love him as he is. We learned many new things together in Barcelona along

with my mother, we united more as a family while we were there.

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Join the BandJoin the BandJoin the Band

Noren Luna Noren Luna Noren Luna ---vocalista vocalista vocalista

Tian Varela Tian Varela Tian Varela ---guitarristaguitarristaguitarrista

Luis Ortiz Luis Ortiz Luis Ortiz ---guitarristaguitarristaguitarrista

Jose Manuel SanzJose Manuel SanzJose Manuel Sanz--- bateristabateristabaterista

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The first Formula One World Championship

was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his

Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his

Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio.

However Fangio won the title in 1951,

1954, 1955, 1956 & 1957.

By Jorge Delgado.

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According to Lamborghini, ''Aventador'' was the name of a bull that entered into a battle at the Saragossa Arena in Spain, earning much acclaim for its exceptional courage. Courage, however, is not merely confined to the “Aventador”; it is the name of the game for Afzal Kahn. The principal British designer's obsession with turning some of the most iconic cars on the road into fashion statements is nothing new. He has found a happy medium between customization, luxury, and design. Having transformed the look of this vehicle into an imposing Lambor-ghini Rosso red beauty, (the only one of its kind) Afzal Kahn decided to strip the entire vehicle – with the objective of showcasing optimum interior and exterior equilibrium – unrivaled in the worldwide super sports car arena.

By Andrés Bernal and Artu-

ro Mena.

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El domingo 8 de diciembre 6 alumnos de 4to hicieron la primer visi-

ta exploratoria al Hospital Psiquiátrico Fray Bernardino Álvarez,

otro proyecto esta lidereado por DiConstanzo en un orfanatorio (La Quinta Carmelita http://www.laquinta.org.mx/ , mientras que otro más se está gestando con asuntos de respeto a la vida.

Les comparto la narración y reflexión de Cesar y de como una ex-

periencia de servicio es una experiencia de acción y de aprendizaje

para una consciencia más amplia del entorno, más global. Todos

contaron con autorización de sus padres.

Reflexión:

By César de la Garza

Para mi el haber podido visitar el hospital Fray Bernardino

fue una experiencia que me gustó bastante.

Después de que el profesor nos invitara a ir me puse de

acuerdo con varios amigos para ir todos juntos.

Ese día en la mañana llegamos a casa de Diego Artime y de

ahí nos fuimos a la entrada del hospital en donde tuvimos

que ingresar con bata.

Dentro de las instalaciones del hospital el profesor Romo

nos llevó al séptimo piso en donde se hospedaban los pa-

cientes miembros del ISSSTE.

La diferencia con las habitaciones de los pacientes de otros

pisos es que en el piso siete las habitaciones eran individua-

les y en los otros pisos en un cuarto podían haber hasta 4

pacientes.

Dentro de las habitaciones los pacientes tenían una cama,

su propio baño, ventana y hubo pacientes que nos platicaron

que incluso tenían televisión.

Después de conocer los cuartos vimos el comedor de cada

piso y nos explicaron que los pisos están divididos de un la-

do los hombres y del otro las mujeres.

Después el profesor nos llevó a una especie de auditorio en

donde había varios de los pacientes del piso 7 y algunos

doctores.

Nos pidió el profesor que nos presentáramos con los pacien-

tes, fui el primero en presentarme y dije mi nombre y la es-

cuela, cuando acabamos de presentarnos fué el turno de los

pacientes quienes fueron abiertos y nos platicaron sus ex-

periencias en el hospital y sus padecimientos.

Me llamó mucho la atención de 2 de las pacientes una de

ellas dijo estar casada desde hace 13 años y en su casa en

cocoyoc, un ataque bipolar lo cual la hizo ingresar por ini-

ciativa propia al hospital .

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La segunda paciente nos dijo que era química

fármaco bióloga y nos comentó que padecía de

un tipo de afición que le hace tener miedo a casi

todo.

Noté que la mayoría de los pacientes que ahí se

encontraban era gente preparada que no nació

con estas enfermedades sino que a una edad

media la desarrollaron hasta que les fué imposi-

ble evitarla.

Al salir del auditorio platiqué con uno de los pa-

cientes que me llamó la atención por ser muy

tímido su nombre era Mario, me platicó que in-

gresó ahí por su familia y que la causa había

sido un intento de suicido y paranoia esquizofré-

nica, también noté al terminar mi conversación

con él que tenía un catéter colgando de su pan-

talón con una bolsa con su orina.

En ese momento me dí cuenta de la gran dife-

rencia que podía haber entre pacientes, la ma-

yoría de los pacientes que ahí había no se les

notaba de ninguna forma su padecimiento pero

en el caso de este joven era evidente.

Entendí que la única diferencia que había entre

pacientes y doctores era la bata y que cualquier

paciente con bata podría pasar como un doctor.

Observé que dentro de las instalaciones todos

utilizaban el mismo tipo de calzado y que no im-

portaba la posición económica de la familia o de

ellos mismo, adentro todos, eran iguales y nin-

guno tenía preferencias.

Cuando nos llevaron al patio nos dijo el profesor

que nos dispersáramos, María y yo decidimos ir

a jugar basquet y formamos equipos de cuatro,

Bernardo, Rosa, Angélica y yo éramos un equi-

po y María y otros 3 pacientes eran el otro. Pa-

samos un rato jugando hasta que el equipo de

María nos ganó por una canasta, después juga-

mos fútbol con otros pacientes y platiqué con

otros más que estaban sentados en las bancas,

en el patio había pacientes de todos los pisos y

convivían juntos, siempre noté que había mu-

chos doctores y policías.

Al terminar de jugar fútbol el profesor nos presentó a

otro de los pacientes que era profesor de matemáticas

quien me pareció una persona brillante, le hicimos pre-

guntas de química y podía identificar cada elemento

sin la necesidad de una tabla periódica y recuerdo que

siempre llevaba un cuaderno y pluma para hacer ano-

taciones personales o cálculos.

Me di cuenta que la mayoría de los pacientes te pi-

den cigarros porque los doctores son prácticamente la

única forma de conseguirlos y la cantidad de pacientes

que nos los pidieron era impresionante.

Al final de mi visita doné un balón de fútbol para los

pacientes.

La visita me encantó, cambió mi perspectiva de lo que

es un hospital siquiátrico y aprendí que todos estamos

expuestos a algún tipo de desorden mental a cualquier

edad, bajo cualquier situación y que desde mi perspec-

tiva la gente se olvida de estas comunidades al hacer

obras de caridad o servicio social y se concentran más

en asilos u orfanatos cuando este tipo de lugares re-

quieren atención también.

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Occupation: President of South Africa and Activist

Born: July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa

Died: December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa

Best known for: Serving 27 years in prison as a protest against apartheid

Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa. He fought

against apartheid, a system where non-white citizens were segregated from whites and did not have equal

rights. He served a good portion of his life in prison for his protests, but

became a symbol for his people. Later he would become president of

South Africa.

Where did Nelson Mandela grow up?

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa. His birth name is Rolihlahla. He got the nickname Nelson from a teacher in school. Nelson was a member of Thimbu royalty and his father was chief of the city of Mvezo. He attended school and later college at the College of Fort Hare and the Universi-ty of Witwatersrand. At Witwatersrand, Mandela got his law degree and would meet some of his fellow ac-tivists against apartheid. What did Nelson Mandela do? Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC). At first he pushed hard for the congress and the protesters to follow Mohandas Gandhi's non-violence approach. At one point he started to doubt that this approach would work and started up an armed branch of the ANC. He planned to bomb cer-tain buildings, but only the buildings. He wanted to make sure than no one would be hurt. He was classified as a terrorist by the South African government and sent to prison. Mandela would spend the next 27 years in prison. His prison sentence brought international visibility to the anti-apartheid movement. He was finally released through international pressure in 1990. Once released from prison, Nelson continued his campaign to end apartheid. His hard work and life long effort paid off when all races were allowed to vote in the 1994 election. Nelson Mandela won the election and became president of South Africa. There were several times during the process where violence threat-ened to break out. Nelson was a strong force in keeping the calm and preventing a major civil war. How long was Nelson Mandela in prison? He spent 27 years in prison. He refused to bend on his principals in order to be released and stated that he would die for his ideals. He wanted all people of all races to have equal rights in South Africa. Fun facts about Nelson Mandela

Nelson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

July 18th is Nelson Mandela day. People are asked to devote 67 minutes to helping others. The 67

minutes represents the 67 years Mandela spent serving his country.

Invictus was a 2009 movie about Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team. He had six children and twenty grandchildren.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"Let the strivings of us all prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that human-

ity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war. Let the efforts of us all

prove that he was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace

being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold. Let a new age dawn."

--December 1993, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

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