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[avrelia]

I decided that I need to post some pictures I've made in the last month - mostly just Toronto here and there.

The first bunch would be from our trip to Toronto Islands on October 9th.

Here they are:










And this bunch is The Others club: I and the students' wives who understand Spanish (one of one them is Romanian, and one is Brazilian)




To add something to say, I am reading now The Time Traveler's Wife, and the only qualm I have about it is that it is too heavy and inconvenient to take with me everywhere.

I also don't like much my College English class, because I have to write essays there - and not just essays, but rigidly structured essays on silly topics. I found myself incapable of constucting a proper thesis statement.

I also found that I am leaving my work every day thinking: "One more day that I wasn't fired." So much for happy squee. /sigh

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[gobi-rex.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the pictures are just so... lush.

I disliked my Intro to Writing (aka College English) class as well. It was a required intro course, basically centered on essay writing. In this type of course so much depends on the instructor and I didn't particularly get along with the grad.student teaching our class. Mostly I hated having to write about things I didn't know much about. I wanted to research the subject first, damn it, not construct arguments out of thin air. Plus, the instructor spent a lot of time explaining proper apostrophe use, something I can never resist jeering about.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

It depends on a teacher very much, but I also always hated writing compositions at school - even though I love writing by itself, something about writing on a given topic, in a given time turns my brains off.

I wanted to research the subject first, damn it, not construct arguments out of thin air.

I think it is an existential difference between finding an objective truth and finding the best arguments.

[gobi-rex.livejournal.com]

I think it is an existential difference between finding an objective truth and finding the best arguments.

Ahh, thank you. I think this was the rift between my instructor and me. I couldn't communicate what my exact problem was.

Both are valuable skills. Looking back, I did learn to pick the best way to argue certain things.... of course, the best arguments only reveal themselves in hindsight, at least to me. And now for the ignorant question of the day: is this one of the skills you learn in law school?

[molly_may]

Those are lovely pictures, especially the one of the water.

I really liked The Time Traveler's Wife a lot. It was one of those books that I didn't want to put down until I was finished.

I also found that I am leaving my work every day thinking: "One more day that I wasn't fired."

Gah. I've had jobs like that too. I hope things get better there for you!

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

It is not really the job's fault, it's me not-clicking with it. Absolutely nobody but me to blame, but also serves to remind me how important to me is atmosphere vs. money at the workplace.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

It is not a skill I learn really in law school, but this difference I did learn there - as difference between types of civil and criminal procedure - in Russia now, at least.

Skill... Learning it is more for practice, and I don't have as much practice.

[the-royal-anna.livejournal.com]

Oh! Water! Water pictures! ::dances:: I knew I could rely on you. :) And what a magnificent sky. Just glorious.

People are always telling me I should read The Time Traveller's Wife, and your reminder has made me doubly determined to do so.

I'm sorry work isn't as happy as it might be for you. I do hope you start to feel more comfortable and settled there, or that something else comes along that suits you better.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

You will love The Time Traveller's Wife, it is an absolutely incredible book, very carefully structured and lovingly written.

About the work: I am still happy to have it – after years of unsuccessful jobhunting I want a reprieve and stability, and I really need the money. But at the same time, I realized just how much I value the atmosphere and the purpose I can enjoy more than that. I cannot fault my job or my boss of not providing me with it, but here is the case when personalities and work styles clashed. “Clashed” seems a wrong word, too violent, when in fact we just keep miscommunicating. I guess I was incredibly lucky to have my job in Russia, because we were a group of like minded people who really enjoyed working together.