Thanks for all the congratulations.
I was in China when it was bestowed upon me, so I've had it a little while
... Did I not brag before? How restrained of me!
It is remarkable people's new perception of you, people who have known you
for sometime, and still they treat you differently after such a moment.
Strange. I take people as they come - my favourite philosopher was the
garden tidy man when I was broke, unemployed and depressed in my mid-forties
(and he _really_ knew some philosphy, as well as having some down-to-earth
life theories); my favourite poets include a bush poet in New South Wales
(not Les Murray, you cynics) ... so I aimed at a PhD for the extra wages it
would bring. And it has, in the small amount of work I have had since. I
neglected the age factor because "I was so much older then / I'm younger
than that now', as His Bobship sang sometime back. So, any uni posts out
there in the universe that need filling, just call for the Doctor - and I'll
come running ...
Andrew
On 25/02/2008, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Congratulations on becoming a doc, Doc. What's up?
>
> Roger
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > Well, my track record would show a certain leaning to your argument in
> other
> > subjects (PhD at 62, for instance), but I believe language patterning
> is
> > retained best by young fertile brains. Be that as it may, I suppose
> > generalisations aren't productive - I was originally egging Kasper on
> not to
> > make choices but to study them all - his three choices. Of course,
> > universities being what they are, this may be impossible in his course,
> but
> > if possible, worth looking at.
> >
> > Andrew the Elder
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 25/02/2008, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > don't take it personally Andrew, but I do not agree with you. As a
> matter
> > > of
> > > fact it is easier to learn thanks to the experience you have
> accumulated.
> > > Motivations change and they play a great role in the learning
> process. In
> > > languages also a certain bold attitude (typical of youth) is an
> advantage,
> > > see: who cares the way I say it, important is that I say it and they
> > > understand me. Such attitude might interfere with the expectations an
> > > adult
> > > has from himself, from his daily performance.
> > >
> > > It is an old topic, I remember arguing with an elderly professor when
> I
> > > was
> > > 18 in the same terms, and I haven't changed my position.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:24 AM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 60+, I tried learning Japanese with my 20+ daughter - she
> bounded
> > > > ahead,
> > > > with other young ones, while a copuple of us seniors wilted and
> retired,
> > > > hurt.
> > > >
> > > > In China I learnt a little Mandarin, simply because I was there and
> had
> > > > to.
> > > > It is rapidly disappearing ...
> > > >
> > > > That's why I urge Kasper to learn while he is young - it is just so
> much
> > > > easier then!
> > > >
> > > > Andrew
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 25/02/2008, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Out of one year course of Russian I could not even put together a
> > > > > sentence,
> > > > > the entire group could not even put together a sentence. It is a
> tough
> > > > > language and you have to be into it a lot.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Kenneth Wolman <
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Roger Day wrote:
> > > > > > > Italian, German, Russian ... so many languages to learn, so
> little
> > > > > time.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Wanted to learn Russian once
> > > > > > wanted to read Pushkin and Turgenev
> > > > > > looked at the grammar book and
> > > > > > saw the alphabet
> > > > > > returned the book to the library
> > > > > > bought a copy of
> > > > > > El Diario.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > kw
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > ------------------
> > > > > > Kenneth Wolman bestiaire.typepad.com
> > > > > > Abuse of power comes as no surprise--Jenny Holzer
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Anny Ballardini
> > > > > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > > > > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > > > > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > > > > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a
> > > dancing
> > > > > star!
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Andrew
> > > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Anny Ballardini
> > > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a
> dancing
> > > star!
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> >
>
>
>
> --
> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> "She went out with her paint box, paints the chapel blue
> She went out with her matches, torched the car-wash too"
> The Go-Betweens
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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