Sam Dobin, who is reading economics at Trinity, has beaten the record for the now traditional ‘Chariots of Fire’ 367 metres race. Today the 19 year-old student completed the course in 42.77 seconds, 0.83 seconds faster than Lord Burghley, who first set the record in 1927. To succeed, competitors must run round Trinity College's Great Court in the 43.6 seconds it takes for the college's clock to strike 12.
Looking in the Cambridge University website to make the link, I found instead a more interesting and deeply moving report: the Recorded video message from Professor Stephen Hawking to mark the opening of the Stephen Hawking Building for Gonville and Caius College.
Whether you have been graced by legs faster than the wind or by a mathematical mind, the lesson is clear, one must do more than merely taking a waiting attitude!
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
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Marina Velez
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Marina Velez
Cambridge, United Kingdom
I am a qualified teacher of Spanish as a foreign language having studied at Universidad Nebrija, Madrid and I hold a Cambridge Certificate English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). I have taken Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge. I have taught English and Spanish as foreign languages extensively on a private basis, at primary schools, in companies and at institutes of adult education (e.g. Volksuniversiteit in Utrecht, The Netherlands, where I taught English Literature). I have trained teachers of foreign languages and given TEFL seminars to local teachers in Nepal. I am also an artist, a mother of three, a coordinator for the NGO INFONepal, have travelled extensively and lived in different countries (Argentina, Spain, USA, The Netherlands and UK) all of which has given me the patience, creativity, socio-cultural awareness and sense of humour I employ in my lessons. I also enjoy English Literature, archery, jazz and medieval music and flamenco dancing.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
I am a qualified teacher of Spanish as a foreign language having studied at Universidad Nebrija, Madrid and I hold a Cambridge Certificate English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). I have taken Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge. I have taught English and Spanish as foreign languages extensively on a private basis, at primary schools, in companies and at institutes of adult education (e.g. Volksuniversiteit in Utrecht, The Netherlands, where I taught English Literature). I have trained teachers of foreign languages and given TEFL seminars to local teachers in Nepal. I am also an artist, a mother of three, a coordinator for the NGO INFONepal, have travelled extensively and lived in different countries (Argentina, Spain, USA, The Netherlands and UK) all of which has given me the patience, creativity, socio-cultural awareness and sense of humour I employ in my lessons. I also enjoy English Literature, archery, jazz and medieval music and flamenco dancing.
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