A LIFE IN SIX WORDS

El escritor norteamericano Ernest Hemingway apostó 10 dólares a que sería capaz de escribir una historia en sólo seis palabras. Ganó la apuesta. Su historia fue la siguiente: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Una revista americana aprovechó esta anécdota para animar a sus lectores a escribir, en seis palabras, las historias de sus vidas. Recibieron miles de ellas entre las que hicieron una selección para publicar en un libro: Not Quite What I Was Planning

También nosotros hemos utilizado esta idea en clase con un resultado realmente notable. A continuación compartimos las historias (en seis palabras y en inglés) de alumnos y alumnas de 2ºA y 2ºC de Bachillerato y de 1ºBachillerato Internacional. Esperamos que os gusten, os animamos a votar vuestra favorita y a enviarnos la historia de vuestra vida en seis palabras a través de comentarios.

1. A perfect graveyard of buried hopes.
2. Currently running on friends and caffeine.
3. Trust yourself and enjoy the game.
4. Wish to be in another place.
5. Music can help, lyrics can hurt.
6. Shouldn’t have grown up so fast.
7. To win you have to fight.
8. Whatever happens, it will be OK.
9. Life is all effort and perseverance.
10. All my dreams will come true.
11. I go with my own flow.
12. Life teaches us lessons, learn them.
13. It was an undeserved true love.
14. Learning to laugh and also cry.
15. Without self-esteem but with much ego.
16. Turn off your mind and live.
17. You only have yourself in life.
18. Learning to learn by making mistakes.
19. I should not have said that.
20. Whatever you do, do it right.
21. Life is a gamble, enjoy it.
22. Come back when you are happy.
23. Be happy, no matter what happens.
24. Currently depending on what I like.
25. Fighting today, to be happier tomorrow.
26. We’ll meet again, don’t know where.
27. I would love to go back.
28. Worry about yourself, not about them.
29. Any possibility to hug you again?
30. Hope to stay always with you.