Hello, this is Paloma Barrancos, English Teacher at IES García Morato in Madrid, Spain. I have created a especial blog for a especial day: hello 29th February 2008, and good bye. We'll see you soon, and hope our students return to see us too!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
"The Office" Steve Carell, brilliantly hilarious, just take a break.
All the actors together:
Every "That's What She Said" from The Office
Funny scene from The Office
The Office - I declare bankruptcy! Michael Scott
Great Michael Scott moment.
Michael Scott's Words of Wisdom
Monday, May 24, 2010
Nina Simone "Feelings" (Montreux Jazz Festival)
(Minute 8:36):
"Here in my heart you'll always stay
Here in my heart, no matter what the words may say
You will stay in my heart
No matter what the day
You will stay here in my heart
No matter what they say...
I will always have my feelings for you"
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Mucha suerte para todos de parte de Mr. Durán
Como este blog teóricamente es en inglés y gracias a mi "perfecto" conocimiento del idioma (los que me conocéis ya lo sabéis de sobra, ya que estudié en la Academia Brian, la de "La vida de Brian"), me despido con una de mis frases favoritas y que me ha recordado Alejandro durante la cena, eso sí mediante traducción libre:
You shit, little parrot.
Un saludo afectuoso para tod@s.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
No me podía resistir a escribiros unas lineas :)
En definitiva, personalmente me ha encantado teneros a todos, unos me he llevado mejor que con otros, pero en resumen, gracias por estos dias de Clase, excursiones que me habéis dado durante dos años que he estado con vosotros, y los tres que he estado en el Morato(Y espero terminar, por dios.. jeje), y que aunque viva muy lejos para siempre ha sido un placer cogerme a las 8.20 todos los días el 39, para poder veros a todos y disfrutar un poco de vosotros mismos compartiendo pupitre. Y por supuesto, a TODOS os deseo un grandioso futuro y estoy seguro que muchos de vosotros llegaréis muy lejos académicamente y profesionalmente hablando y algunos espero seguir viendos. MUCHAS GRACIAS A TODOS, espero seguir siendo (con permiso de Guille) El yayo de 2ºA jajaja
DAY LIGHT AGAIN...
Hugs and love for ever from Ms Barrancos.
MY WAY...
Para los STUDENTS del 2010, con todo mi cariño.
Yo ya me marcho a dormir que son las 4:55 am y ya no veo lo que hago...
¿Dónde estareis vosotros ahora? Espero que os encontreis todos bien y mañana llegueis enteros.
Good night dear ones!
Lo mejor de todo, COMPARTIR...
Bellezones imponentes.
Los más COOL
Muchos Profesores.....Muchos buenos momentos pasados juntos...
Este año ha sido uno de los que mayor afluencia ha tenido, por lo que puedo recordar. Debe ser por algo. Habeis dejado huella en muchos de ellos, y se nota. También sabemos que otros querrian haber estado pero les ha sido imposible. Todos lo hemos pasado estupendo, y estamos orgullosos de como os habeis comportado. Gracias.
Cena Despedida 2010
Bueno, es muy tarde pero tengo que escribiros. El tsunami de afecto que me ha envuelto esta noche ha sido muy impactante. Me ha dejado tan perpleja que aún estoy en una nube. No os podeis imaginar lo que esto supone para mí. Por lo pronto ya estais todos en mi casa en un sitio especial (ver foto) y en mi corazón ya os habeis hecho un hueco FOR EVER... Ahora mismo vosotros estareis disfrutando precisamente de esa ola de alegria que se debe tener en esta noche tan especial...Cuando venga el dia y tomemos todos tierra otra vez, quisiera que recordarais una cosa...Habeis crecido mucho este curso, y habeis aprendido no solo cuestiones académicas. Seguid luchando que aún queda mucho camino por andar...No os desanimeis nunca y seguid creyendo en que vuestra voluntad lo puede lograr todo.
Estais en un momento crucial de vuestras vidas que siempre vais a recordar, y los afectos encontrados os van a marcar permanentemente. Mantenedlos si podeis. Yo desde aquí os ofrezco un pequeño espacio para ello. Pero también espero que vengais a verme al Morato siempre que me necesiteis . No me pienso marchar, porque este Instituto no deja de darme alegrias. Como me puedo poner demasiado melancólica, más me vale acabar aquí.
Feliz noche, mejor dia, fuerza para todos.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
Ms Barrancos, with love!!!
Friday, May 14, 2010
And now the end is near...
MY WAY
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
SOMEBODY TO LOVE
I'M A ROCK
CRAZY
Yo añadiría una más, porque me parece que les va a gustar tanto a Adrián/Germán Gijón Blanco y a Cesar/Oscar Rodríguez Palomo....
Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Pilar Marín, your English Teacher wrote:
Thank you for this year, for all your love and details and don’t forget us. We will miss you a lot. Tell us about you and your things. We will be waiting for you.
A kiss for everyone
Pilar Marín
Paloma Gómez wrote:
I think we all will write in this blog, because it's a great idea and because we are friends since we were 3 years old, and we don't want to stop talking after high school.
We are working hard to get good marks in selectividad, so I want to think we will get them!
Thank you for this year of learning and good songs! (we are sometimes singing 'dancing queen' or 'mamma mia' together!)
ByeByeMorato (Laura González García 2ºB, 2008-09)
I will always remember one day students went out playing with the snow.
And I will never forget teachers that taught us how to be good persons. I admire them.
I am very pleased with this school because here I met my best friends. I feel sas I have to leave because I feel very comfortable here.
Now teachers tell us "you are ready to go to University", but I am scared. I am not scared to go to university, I am scared to miss the contact with my friends. Although I know that if they are my friends, I'll meet them frequently. My friend Paloma Gómez, always tells me that we will meet at a Chinesse restaurant, and we start to laugh...
I am happy to have been in this high school because here there are very nice people.
Bye Bye Morato!"
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Hello Rocio Ponce and family! (Senior Year 1996)

I met Rocio and her beautiful family yesterday at the Fiestas del Amorós. Many of you will remember the days when this place belonged to all the neighbourhood, at least to those of us living in the surroundings of this school. Visit this blog if you'd like to know... ByeByeAmoros.blogspot.com
I had already met Rocio at Aguacate while visiting doctors, and she was pregnant and aleady a busy mom of twins!. Then she told me to say hello to ALL THE TEACHERS back at García Morato. She keeps a very good memory of all of us.
Thank you Rocio, we also remember you dearly!
Friday, May 22, 2009
"Bookends" 2009
Time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories; They're all that's left you
Old Friends 2009
Old friends
Old friends
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends
A newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
Of the high shoes
Of the old friends
Old friends
Winter companions
The old men
Lost in their overcoats
Waiting for the sunset
The sounds of the city
Sifting through the trees
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends
Can you imagine us years from today
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange to be seventy
Old friends
Memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fear...
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories; They're all that's left you
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Surprise, Surprise! ...... Old Morato Students!
What a wonderful coincidence!
Daniel Ballesteros and Francisco Javier Toro
were at the same restaurant while we were having dinner.
They promised to come to the High School again and have a coffee. Hope they do, and tell us about how they remember us after all these years, more than ten....(I will have to check my files!)