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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
Peppermint tea. I'm off to read a bit and then go to sleep - I just picked up "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Haruki Murakami) in the Croatian translation today (I have the English translation, but it has been expurgated, and I've always meant to get myself another translation) as a gift to myself for passing two exams today. It's been a habit of mine for a while to get myself little gifts - mostly books - as an incentive for my school work when I get a particularly nasty bit of school work out of the way.
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Congrats !
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Originally Posted by beppe
Watch out kid. Train friendships are precious. Train affairs are not. They just oblige you to a different time schedule, and it takes a long long time to build a nice friendly ambient again.
your friendly 20 years of train commuting unasked for advisor.
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Originally Posted by beppe
Yeah. Well, I hope she takes it well. One learns only through his/her own mistakes, and gets his/her own satisfactions through the same path. Sometime it is a very pleasant path, perfect for bare feet, sometime is full of thorns and spines.
After this show of wisdom I go back to crying on my own sorrows, or to strut in my good luck. Dealer choice.
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No worries, I don't mind a bit of advice from people who are wiser than me every now and then. But like you said, everyone should learn from their own mistakes
In my experience, every relationship obliges you to change your schedule a bit. I haven't experience the 'friendly ambient' on the train yet
I guess it has a lot to do with the fact that it's only 7AM when I take the train, so everyone is pretty much asleep.
Anyway, this guy and me have been taking the same train and bus for nearly a year (yep, he caught my eye before I met my now-ex-boyfriend). I'm considering talking to him, but knowing me it will take a loooong time before I actually do anything about it.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I too like that system. It gives each student a chance to show just what they are willing and able to do. But I think they should be required to maintain a 'B' or better average all through the university years. After all, they are there (in most countries) to prepare for a real working life. Employers expect them (again, in most countries,) to actually be prepared when they graduate. If I were an employer I wouldn't want to hire a student who just coasted through classes. I'd want someone who put in some real effort.
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Our system says you have to have a B (10 out of 20) to pass a course. But we do have a lot of 'ndividual learning plans'. I'm not sure that's what they're called, but it basically means that people who fail a course advance to the second year but have to redo that particular course (or several courses). The problem is that universities in Belgium get money for the number of people that pass each year, and not for the number of students that attend that university. You can see how that affects that quality of our educational system
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
I am contemplating what to put into my cup this morning .... mmmmmmmm
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How about some coffee ?
My morning started bad, it turned out public transportation in Ghent is on a strike today. So I had to wait 45 minutes for a tram to show up, and arrived late at work. Let's hope I can get home tonight, I'm not looking forward to a 40 minute walk in high heels ...
Cup of pure peppermint and some mobileread to calm down a bit, and then to work (last day of the week, yippie !!).