Originally Posted by OrphanPip
Congratulations to all, keep the peddle down papayahed.
Congratulations to all, keep the peddle down papayahed.
Excellent!
This calls for Margaritas - as I am sure it is 5 o'clock somewhere!
PS: Admittedly, I know very few things that would not call for Margaritas...
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Tasty!
Sadly it's time to put down the margaritas and go back to class. I start back tomorrow.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
How did the first day back go?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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awful! Class started on monday and we have a test in two weeks. This weekend is the annual work banquest then I have to go out of town until monday night then I have to move on thursday. I'm going to have to fit studying in there somewhere. Why must everything happen all at once.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Anyone studying this term?
I am taking Italian for Beginners but all very casual.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I'm doing an elementary course on Spanish discourse.
Well I've spent a year teaching English to primary school children in Chinese school in Malaysia and it's been an unusual experience. I enjoy teaching the kids, though the little ones are exhausting and the few secondary school students I've taught are largely indifferent. I'll soon be back in Canada and maybe I'll return back to teaching at the college level, but I'm considering whether to pursue teaching certification to teach in the public schools in Canada. I enjoyed it more than I thought I ever would. I enjoyed teaching literature in colleges much more, but sadly the jobs are just not available. Oh well.
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
I will get my MA next spring if all goes as planned. I have started work on my thesis and for the month or so left of this semester I have 9 deadlines and three of them are big essays. My search for evil is not a priority at the moment but evil lurks everywhere so I fit it in where I can. I have a workspace at school now so most of my days are spent there ticking away at the computer.
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
So great to hear from both of you, Pip and Helga.
Pip ~ You might consider teaching ESOL or EFL maybe, which offers different challenges and the learners are usually quite different from the usual crowd.
Helga ~ What is your thesis on?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Well I decided long ago to write about Shakespeare, I know there is so much on him out there already, but I am sticking with my man. It is about how men's honour is tied to the female body. I am going to look at "The Rape of Lucrece", "Much Ado About Nothing" and Titus Andronicus maybe. I chose the poem cause it doesn't get a lot of attention and it the theme I am thinking of is clear. MAAN is just one of my favourite comedies and the theme is in that one too, the song "sigh no more" in part and of course the way Hero is treated. My teacher mentioned Titus too and I think it would be fun to add it into the mix, just been years since I read it.
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
That sounds interesting, Helga. Honour and female body would make an interesting coupling and, as you mentioned, there are many examples in Shakespeare's work. Good luck with it all and do keep us updated.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Finished bachelor in June. Was doing an internship as a market researcher for last four months and now offered contract in the same company. Work starts on Monday and I feel like school bells as they expect us to do a lot of self-learning/self-education...
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
Sounds exciting Pen!!
I am about to start another semester, only 6 more classes to go.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
I graduated yesterday so I have formally gotten my MA degree now. Will study translations next fall... and hopefully translate my thesis
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
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