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Post by Kim on Dec 7, 2005 11:53:57 GMT -5
Nice to "meet" you, Shelley! It's always great to have a expert on an English town around!
Kim
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Post by dumbdiety on Dec 7, 2005 16:00:23 GMT -5
Nice to "meet" you, Shelley! It's always great to have a expert on an English town around! Kim And another teacher! YAY!  |
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Post by me on Dec 13, 2005 14:56:55 GMT -5
3) Occupation: Trainee primary school teacher Primary school? you're a brave one, Shelly! many of the young kids i've dealt with have been difficult to handle. not the sort to allow the use of all that interesting Piaget developmental theory stuff one leans in teacher training. but, these days, secondary school kids are even worse. - d |
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Post by me on Apr 16, 2006 19:51:41 GMT -5
interesting article at NYTimes.com about these fish: "Does Eating Salmon Lower the Murder Rate?" check it out, Julie! (and any others with an interest) i'd like to help build a house one day... that would be cool! for now its fish hiding under rocks for me!!!! gotta save those salmon if we want to keep eating them!  Julie |
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Post by Jules80 on Apr 16, 2006 23:29:07 GMT -5
odd... thanks david.
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Post by commie on Apr 17, 2006 4:33:49 GMT -5
1) Name: Daniel 2) Height: 185cm or so... 3) Occupation: im selling liquer for a living at the moment.  4) What do you do on Sundays? programming most times...  5) What languages can you speak? de, en 6) Who has had the most influence on you? guess everyone does more or less... 7) What's on your "To Do" list? drive from south america to canada in a 20-30 year old car - because they just dont build good cars anymore! 8) Discribe your living situation: below average i guess, but could be worse... 9) Previous Halloween costumes: not celebrated here! 10) Your dream job: this "you can start between 8 and 10 tomorrow" programmer job in coffs harbour 5 mins away from beach was damm nice, but i also had a lot of fun fixing campervans in perth. |
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Post by jriley04 on May 18, 2006 15:07:41 GMT -5
Just copy and paste the following questions: 1) Name: Jennifer 2) Height: 5'4 3) Occupation: Exec. Assistant 4) What do you do on Sundays? Relax, Recover or Work depending on my Saturday  5) What languages can you speak? English 6) Who has had the most influence on you? George Carlin....just kidding my parents probably 7) What's on your "To Do" list? Backpack through Europe, Sky Diving, Learn a 2nd lang. 8) Discribe your living situation: I live with my roommate who will be leaving in Nov. (sigh) and friendly neighbors. I've got a great apartment, finally away from College Living WHOOHOO 9) Previous Halloween costumes: Pirate, Gypsy 10) Your dream job: Photographer for National Geographics |
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Post by lissurlalunes on May 18, 2006 22:03:01 GMT -5
1) Name: Lis
2) Height: 5'6"
3) Occupation: Student - Web and Graphic Design
4) What do you do on Sundays? - Surf the net, do homework, work on graphics..nothing special since I live on residence and there really isnt a lot to do.
5) What languages can you speak? English, French and Gaelic (but neither of them fluently)
6) Who has had the most influence on you? My mum and Dad, and a social studies teacher in grade 11
7) What's on your "To Do" list? - Finish homework, do laundry, go and visit my family
8) Discribe your living situation: Living in residence
9) Previous Halloween costumes: Havent dressed up for halloween in a long time
10) Your dream job: What I am studying for lol
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Post by me on May 18, 2006 23:10:57 GMT -5
"residence?" is that like a student dorm at a university? 8) Discribe your living situation: Living in residence |
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Post by lissurlalunes on May 18, 2006 23:30:57 GMT -5
Yes. We e live in suites where 12 people share a kitchen, dining room, and a living room. We each get our own room and share a shower and a bathroom with two other people.
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Post by me on May 18, 2006 23:33:13 GMT -5
sounds nicer than the dorms i had in college!
- d
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Post by lissurlalunes on May 19, 2006 10:49:57 GMT -5
What did you have?
And yeah it is nicer, you dont feel so much like a number. More like a member of small group of friends/family. Side back though is that you really dont see other people, unless you go to the periodic get togethers.
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Post by me on May 19, 2006 13:08:16 GMT -5
when i went to College, eons ago, i 1st lived in a big mid 20th century building which was men only. it was 2 per room, 12 or 14 rooms per wing. there was a bathroom in each wing with 6 - 8 shower stalls, about 6 toilet stalls & a few urinals. [women had a similar set-up. probably without the urinals  ] my 2nd year was in a school owned house across the street from campus which was used as a "German House," we were to speak German in common areas & got German course credit for living there. there were 7 men & 5 women, including a "native speaker," a German student who got free tuition, room & board in exchange for maintaining a German Language environment in the house. in both of these, even though there were kitchens in these buildings, all were required to be on a 21 "all you can eat" meal/ week contract at the school cafeteria.
i took my 3rd year off, went to universities in Germany. when i came back from Germany, i was allowed to live in off campus, in private housing.
i understand they are much more flexible now - allow younger students to live off campus.
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Post by Jules80 on May 20, 2006 21:35:48 GMT -5
what do you mean "allow younger students to live off campu"  you were forced to live on campus in uni? what kind of a bizare system is that? sounds very controlling! i've never lived in res and after seeing various university residences i'm glad i didn't! Jules |
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Post by me on May 20, 2006 22:17:27 GMT -5
well, yeah. when i started, they required that all students live in on-campus housing until they could finish grad requirements within one year (had enough credits for senior classification). later, this was changed to junior classification, but i was a senior when they made the change so it didn't effect me. just looked -> www.austincollege.edu/Info.asp?3553they've gone back to requiring senior status to live off campus. AC has a community perspective. it's a residential campus - being a student there involves more than just class work. it seems to work, there are enough applicants for the school to be rather selective, in spite of having tuition fees of US$20,000 + room & board fees. about 5 years ago, after they'd gotten me out their hair i might add , they got a Phi Beta Kappa charter. what do you mean "allow younger students to live off campu" you were forced to live on campus in uni? what kind of a bizare system is that? sounds very controlling! |
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you were forced to live on campus in uni? what kind of a bizare system is that? sounds very controlling!