Linguistic Holiday

My pedagogical experience on basis of general life background has been driving me to one evident idea - the more optimal conditions are, the more effective and pleasant (!) the process is. Let alone results!!! It seems to be so clear - why not to take advantage of that? How can we put this theory into pedagogical practice? The focus of such cooperation - along with high professional and methodological levels - IS PSYCOLOGICAL attraction between the participants, which is reflected on the attitude of the latter to the subject. When a teacher gets the possibility to feel and to understand his student and to create the only one, the most adoptable scheme to this particular individual - a student just has no other alternative than to fly up. And to fly high...And there are no words which could describe my own enjoyment when I see as any of my efforts are in vain, all of them are planted into the fruitful soil. No doubt that such things are available only while studing in the individual environment. That's the situation when "everybody dances". Studying as a mutual joy - isn't it a luxury? = ) However, it's very important to realize that the matter doesn't concern only the most talented potential students. On the contrary, sometimes the most difficult projects seem to be the most interesting. Thus, the only condition, which stimulates success - is such combination of personal sides (neither negative nor positive) of a teacher and a student, which gives them drive. Such drive is unique in each taken separately case. And it brings the element of additional spice to the teacher, keeping him/her in such essential vitality. This mutual search for perfection can last forever, but who says that life perfection is limited? And who dares to say that we should waste our time in less successful projects (or even don't initiate them because of the fear of failure) if there are rich opportunities to make them more effecient? Welcome, associates! = ) - We shall dance!!! = ) P.S. To acquire some key information and not to tell it to those who can need it -can be considered as a crime - so - that's it. My current task is fulfilled. = ).

One observation drew my attention. It's doesn't concern any constructional spheres. More likely it's just about structural analysis of life. In any case, some conclusions can be done. From time to time all of us certainly look back and to go over the life. It's not in our power to re-consider all it's length. So, different events come out from the darkenss of Past in the forms of associations. Which usually go in accordance with life context. But some current floatings of former images can not be explained logically. But if not to go into details and to look back just abstractedly - all our life can be narrowed to the certain ammount of OUR STAR HOURS. By the way, their ammount is limited (for everybody!) as it's impossible to feel many events as STAR HOURS. Sooner of later the perception will become weaker. It is the scale of stars which can differ from perosonality to personality. What am I talking about? All our life accounts just several moments of genuine LIFE. WE live not more than several hours. Hours of total, keen hapiness (if to equalize the notions of happyness and life). Some of us - just minutes. And one more backside. Sometimes such single moments can influence all the life afterwards. That's a really amazing equation - 1 minute of happiness = whole life, full of memories about ephocal events.

The 23d of February is a bit questionable holiday. For many years it has been the day of Soviet Army and Navy. A respectable holiday. Now - no either Red or Soviet Army. The DaY of Motherland Defender? Show me these current defenders. At best they are simple guys from country-side. = (. Though I'm sure that Russian nation is strong enough to consolidate if there is a need. But let's hope that it will be unrequired. Some checks are undesirable. Better to have doubts than disappointments.
But the holiday exists. It even evolved to be state one. Why not? But with one condition. It's just a holiday of and for men. Without military parallels. In order to give them feeling of equility with women's analogues. = )
P.S Disappearance of war parallels can be either dangerous (loss of watchfulness) or hopefull (it symbolizes the disappearance of threat).

As far as I know the ability of self-reflectiveness recommended itself as a very respectable one )). It happened for such simple reason that it’s not available for everybody by itself. Some people are incapable of abstract thinking, directed inside themselves. They just live. Maybe they are happier than the rest part of us. No. Surely – they are. But they’re flying loooow )))
And we tend to fly high. Just tend ))) Then it’s time to think about dangers of uncontrolled self-reflectiveness.
IMHO, it can be called worthwhile, and, therefore, respectable only if theoretical conclusions – results of self-reflectiveness – are put into practice.
Pure self-reflectiveness is not so harmless. It can just make us realize that we go wrong way. It can make us feel frustrated, dissatisfied and – as a final unwanted side effect – disappointed in life at all.
On the contrary, effective self-reflectiveness results in self-discipline. This link unavoidably lead us to non stop self-perfection.
No matter which way is chosen – theoretical or practical – we should be aware of one more danger. As soon as we’ve touched this sphere – cognition of yet incognizable in ourselves – there is no way back. One line is quite suitable here (from the world of Russian author’s songs) – let me give it in Russian in order to keep its peculiar national taste – «В два конца ведёт дорога, но себе не лги. Нам в обратный путь нельзя.»

By pure accident I’ve seen such a bright allegory about HUMAN NATURE on TV (=KVN ))) that it deserves to be fixed.
There was a man with several cookies in his hand. As soon as he started to eat it – two parallel emotions appeared in him. Sometimes one of them prevailed, sometimes they were activated simultaneously.
The first one was expressed verbally – he was screaming HOW TASTY THE COOKIES WERE; the second one was expressed by the movements if not to say convulsions of his body - he felt physical pain and disorder.
He surely was aware of the resultant effect of his ‘eating” as he was slowly falling and losing his conciseness, nevertheless he couldn’t stop eating - for the cookies were tasty enough to sacrifice life for their taste : ).
Finally, when he froze motionless, with a happy smile on his face and even not to the end eaten cookies in his hand – there was a voice in the background - “ they were tasty&poisonous cookies”!!!

How often people tend to play this role… What’s the difference between our world and the world of animals then? )))

The subjects lies within present economic system. I’ll base on my own experience, but I have some suspicions that it concerns the lion’s share of businessmen society.
Its classical motto “Time is money” tends to constrict our spheres of activities to some extent - and sometimes very significantly.
There are two different sides which are available to look at.
№1. If such obsessed people have a choice between work and leisure – they will surely prefer work. And it’s so natural that it isn’t worth discussing. This category is often mentioned as “workaholics”. I just know for sure that’s not in human power to be a businessman and not to become a workaholic. : )
№2. But if there is a choice within leisure… Oh! Strict control of leisure resources is guaranteed. No wonder – if the time appears not regular and rather limited – the desire to select the best one is conditioned.
What do we have as a result? The generation of cynics. I stop myself from leaving the cinema if the film is a failure; I stop myself from leaving the company, which seems not to be prospective for me; I stop myself from interrupting any phone calls or any other ways of communications which are not informative…
But if I stop myself in such way - in order to offend people - I feel terrible irritation, caused by these very people and situation. It doesn't bring advantages to our relations.
Therefore it’s better not to stop myself. To use the criteria of “use” and to have strong nervous system.
What’s that, I wonder? That’s a special from of psychiatric deviation which influence the life and not to the better. It doesn’t leave space for sudden enrichment. Minimum spontaneity is provided : ).
And what is even worse, I can’t see any possibilities to change the direction as soon as it’s been chosen once.

As the time goes by, I pay more and more attention to such “effect” as age. It could really be considered as special effect of life, as it has key influence on whatever is happening with us.
It's just an effect, and the fact as - surely - there is no doubt that biological and psychological ages can differ. So – studying the rules, which determine the amplitude of these variations – we could probably find out the secrets, which will enable us to increase this amplitude as the time goes pass.
But there is one puzzling thing. It seems to me that if the potential ability to keep mind always young shows itself, it happens at the very early age. Some accents are obviously seen even in children, let alone teenagers. In such ages it is somehow connected with the presence of adventurism. There is different degree of it in all people. And probably it would be logical to suppose that the higher is the degree, the richer is the basis for future everlasting feeling of youth inside.
But even if the degree of adventurism was rather high, it’s easy to kill it as soon as people get older and become adults. There is a rich variety of stimulating factors. Material rush is one of the most important. Everyday fuss in order to get better and better set of material comforts is dreadful. If a person gets involved in it completely, there is no shadow of youth in him/her any more.
So, what conclusion can be made? There is no hope if we are not swingers from the childhood. But there IS a hope if we have the sense of life, if we can appreciate its taste. Then, it’s quite important not to be smashed by the violent power of life pressure.
The following quotation seems to be represent such lifestyle. It’s quite touching by itself:
“Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not fling that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. ….This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make one’s self popular with other birds.” Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bah”

It seems to me that I’ve caught the formula of success. Both general life success and specialized )) success. It’s a personal level of energy. I know that it isn’t measured anyhow, but our intuition always suggests, and often accurately, if the person is energetic or no.
When Albert Einstein was asked if he can offer any ways of gambling games (=casino) without losses, he said – “Surely, just steal your playing chips from the table”. ) It’s to the question of energy. Of course, high energy must go with the ability of its proper distribution (=intellect). Otherwise, it could be some kind of “death car” = ).
Actually, I’ve seen many examples. Even speaking about process of learning. The most successful are not the students who are the most intelligent, but those, who are energetic and persistent.
The built-in engine of personal energy is so strong, that people with a higher one survive after catastrophe more often. And re-start their life with a renewed set of required items.
Oh! There is one way to compensate our level of energy if it’s not sufficient. It’s enormous power of will. The way of such people can be successful as well, but more restricted and, I should say – mush less simple. And less happier (((
Is it possible to bring up, to cultivate such level? That’s a difficult question, ‘cause more likely that’s the question of character and temper, therefore any changes are hopeless ).
Anyway, there are no people with total absence of energy. And they understand that they must support what they have by no means. That’s the way how hobbies or tranquilizers appear = ).
And pure success is luck. So these notions do not cross. = )

I’ve found out that such a modern (nowadays) conception of “Copyright observance” means nothing for me.
It’s quite unnatural –BUT WE FORGOT ABOUT IT – to measure knowledge in money. What does it mean? It often means concentration on the point “How to gain more money” rather than on
- 1. “How to improve the current level of knowledge?”
- 2. “How to put it into real practice? Practice, that I want. Not the one, which my overtaker (=the person, who will use my knowledge) would like to base.

Isn’t it ridiculous to suppose that we came to this world in order to get as much money as possible, but not to leave some part of our personality for the benefit of somebody?
One of famous phychologists (Erich Fromm) said once the phrase, which is simple, but – unforgettable (for me) : “The basis of American culture: a successful person is the person who dies with the largest amount of toys.”
So, by no means, the conception of light is closer to me. I mean, all of us should try to find the way, where they can produce, but not only consume LIGHT. For most people this area turns out to be concentrated on children. And that is great. But people, who have certain professions, which suppose deep interrelations with other people, have more chances to bring not only family-limited light. Maybe, it’s their voluntary duty, which they take as soon as they choose these professions.
That’s enough of theory. I need to explain one interesting aspect, which concerned me personally. Some years ago I successfully failed )))) my dissertation. I mean it was practically finished, there was only the lack of experimental data. But I stopped my work over it as 1. scientific work in modern Russia doesn’t suppose any kind of physical survival and I don’t want to depend on anybody (=financial aspects); 2. theoretical work doesn’t catch so much as direct contact with people, when you see how all of your practical (and not theoretical!!) developments really work and help…
No thick book in Leninskaya library is so valuable as that experience… However, there is no guarantee, that I won’t come back to this question years later )).
The only mutual pity can be aroused by the calls of my scientific adviser: “Come back, we will forget you everything, only come back, Russian science bleeds…”
No. Let me have a break. I don’t want to bleed so early.
And! Nothing was in vain. And all the colleagues round me are welcome if they want to borrow some of my ideas and to use them, let us say, in their own scientific reports. And it is here when I remember that “copyright” means nothing to me. Why not have public brains? Why to keep them in a dark corner? I’m happy if the ideas, which I didn’t have enough energy for to use, are suitable under some circumstances ))
And… there is no doubt… I smile ironically … when I notice this word combination – “copyright reserved” – is being used. )) I remember “toys” of Fromm… That’s an arguable issue, I know )

About the conception of Life Journal )) It's quite beyond my understanding )) How it's possible to make our internal world be available for all hands? Sometimes they can be dirty; sometimes - unskilful. What shall I do with my soul after such treatment? You could say, that there is no need to "SEE" these hands...But igoration is possible just for insensitive people. And those ones don't tend towards to such spitirual streams ).
So, I an inclined to consider it just as some kind of educational resourse of new age. At the same time - in some way - it could be also enriching resourse )) If it works ) We shall see )
On the other hand [It's rather amusing - I bring forward some arguements and act as opponent to them = "I'm alpha and omega"))))] - there are such creative people as writers, paintins, partly - actors... Whose lifestyle is to be exposed... They are not confused... How it could be? )