Lucy Parsonson
Passchendaele Commemoration
A couple of weeks ago on the 17th of October I had the privilege of being invited to the Battle of Passchendaele 97th Anniversary Ceremony, by the Passchendaele Society. It was a very large event held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and was attended by various dignitaries from a Belgian Ambassador to Trelise Cooper. There was a heavenly performance from the Auckland City Choir (video here - apologies for the bad quality!) and some very moving speeches and poetry readings
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When the...
Ruminations
Fresh crêpes, cobbled streets, photo booths and Parisiens smoking with cool refinement. Polished marble floors with a glassy sheen, wrought-iron lattices and metro stations flashing by in lights of dull grey. These are the things I remember about Paris. As soon as the Young Ambassadors touched down on French soil, we entered a place where history and modernity walk alive in the streets.
Our first week of the tour was a whirlwind of tourist attractions and grand military parades along with...
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Literature and War!
Bonjour!
Who is this man? The dusty kaki coloured shirt framing a tanned face and the blanched periwinkle blue of the sky in behind the camel brown tent all suggest a war. But, which one? Perhaps it doesn’t matter as much as we might think...
This man is novelist, Tim O’Brien, during his service in Vietnam, lasting from 1969-70. I am currently in the midst of reading his most critically acclaimed novel, “The Things They Carried,” which, like this photograph, presents an aspect of...
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- new zealand
- project
- language
- france
- kiwi
- french
- francais
- intercultural
- international
- people
- ww1
- learning
- letters
- discovery
- feelings
- war
- soldiers
- courage
- remember
- remembrance
- commemorate
- history
- ambassador
- participate
- collaborate
- think
- compare
- story
- personal
- relate
- empathise
- analyse
- share
- trip
- visit
- museum
- exchange
- interview
- meeting
- family
- inquiry
- media
- perception
- fundraising
- school
- women
- video
- video, mind
- objectors
- se souvenir
- Evolution
- anticonscription
- pacifism
- punishment
- Conscience
- Book
- post war
- let's present our country
- video of our visit
Life before the Great War
Welcome to my second Ambassadors Blog!
Here's the transcript:
Bonjour !
Il a été un mois très occupé non ? Alors, un couple des choses que j'ai faits depuis mon blog dernier ... Dimanche, je suis allée voir la production de mon école, 'the wizard of oz' c'était formidable et hier, mes bagues ont été retire après quatre ans ! Et pendant 'International Day' à mon école, j'ai vendu de la nourriture française avec mes copines pour collecter des fonds pour le voyage en juillet - c'est...
Would I die for my country?
Transcript:
"Bonjour à tous ! Mon nom est Lucy Parsonson et je suis un jeune ambassadeur ! OK, pour me présenter d'abord, voici quelques choses à propos de moi : alors, j'ai dix-sept ans, je vais au Birkenhead College, je suis un quart Ecossais, et je suis née en Nouvelle Zélande mais j'étais déjà allée à l'étranger, à Rarotonga.
Comme loisir j'aime regarder les gens dans les lieux public, comme dans la rue et sur le transport public. Je m'amuse devenir qu'est-ce qui passe dans les vies des...
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