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I haven't experienced this. During my education the least intelligent and the academically unsuccessful were the nice ones. It was the more intelligent "alpha boys" from "good homes" and liked by teachers who were the biggest bullies and a$$holes.

And, btw, it was in secondary school when kids misbehaved the most in my experience. Most of them - even the girls (I mean talking in class - stuff like that). Our biology teacher ended up with mental breakdown ;O High school was a heaven in comparison lol


No bingo here. During my time it was the "retards" who were suffering. Noone was adapting to them.


Hehe... Oh, men are welcome to try the teaching profession - but why don't they? :D
Again, my experience - at my primary and secondary school 99% of teachers were women. At high school - math, physics, history and most of art subjects were taught by men.

University was the most balanced - I'd say it was 50/50.

Conclusion? Men don't want to work with younger kids... "Surprise, surprise"... 🙄


Haha... You f*cking lazy, selfish a$$holes... As usual you want to leave the worse for women.

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How do you know that? Can you imagine what would be happening in the countryside, for example?


Nonsense. I went through all the stages of compulsory and non-compulsory education and the fact of it being compulsory for others was in no way "detrimental" to my education lol

Another thing you seem to be forgetting about is that education has yet another purpose - not only preparing future employees. It's also preparing future voters... and future parents... and just future adults in general.


Provide a link to a poll conducted among teachers or you're talking out of your ass :)


No, I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy :)

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In reality though it is not kids who decide about that. It's their parents.

And that leads us to Lenka's point number 1:


And that's enough of a reason to make education compulsory. Anyone who doesn't understand this is an idiot for me - sorry.


Really? I didn't notice anyone calling Novichok "vulgar" for calling people "morons" all the time :)))

Again, sorry for being blunt, but that's what I think - your take on compulsory education is idiotic for me. And especially concerning considering that you're a teacher. You'd rather I pretended otherwise? Or should I put it more "nicely"? :)))

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You could say the same thing about Hitler, Stalin or child rapists, so I think you know where you can shove this "brilliant" comment of yours.


No, I'm not. I'm simply not blindly RuSSophilic like you and I get my moral priorities right.


I do notice good things. Once or twice I even enumerated all the characteristics of Bobko that make people overlook what a f-ed up, lying Putinist sociopath he is :) But since I'm a moral person I can't overlook this.

I don't know about you, but for me being evil outweighs having good manners and being "pleasant", for example. I won't overlook evil just because the evil person is nice to me lol 🤦

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I didn't ignore it - I pointed out to you that East Asians are hard-working and crazy about education "by default". It doesn't have anything to do with "Russian" or "Western" education systems lol


So is India and Japan lol


You know, I'm honestly wondering whether you're really so ignorant about the world or whether you're so nationalistic and arrogant that it makes you stupid or are you consciously manipulating? o_O

Because according to your logic Japan is full of "engineering talent", because they were occupied by the US lol 🤦

And are you going to tell me that the Chinese invented paper and gun powder thanks to "Russian education system"? ;D

Btw, from what I know communism didn't make the Chinese famous for inventing stuff... They're known for copying Western stuff, actually.


I agree with this and all of your 5 points. Torq is a messed up idiot on yet another front o_O

Off-Topic / Random movies (not Polish) proposed by forum users [95]

One of the comments under the trailer on YouTube for "3 Body Problem" series (but don't watch the trailer... even though it's cool! ;D):

"RickyMagnus87
I found this show at around 12:30am. Did not, could not stop watching till almost 6am lol. So good!!!"

So I'm not alone in this ;D
I hope Netflix will make season 2! :O

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From another thread:


I recommend watching it to anyone, really :) I binge-watched all episodes on Easter Monday ;O Just don't watch any trailers or read reviews - I had no idea what it's all about and that made it more interesting to watch :) And don't be put off by the beginning (it's kind of depressing).

It's based on a Chinese novel, btw (but don't google it before watching! ;D)

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@Torq, you must be living in some kind of alternate reality... lol (or what are you taking? It must be some strong stuff... lol)


No, he isn't o_O He's a lying sociopath. Bobko, ConstantineK and Velund are messed up in their own unique ways, but at the end of the day - they are all sociopathic Putinists.





How is making money in capitalist New York working out for you, btw? :))) Why not China or Vietnam?

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Bobko, are you kidding me? lol The reason is cheap labour that can be easily exploited.


Which ones are you talking about? East Asians are hard-working peoples and crazy about education usually no matter whether they live in communist or capitalist/democratic countries and what "instruction" they got... 🤨


Defenitely not RuSSians. Lying seems to be part of your nature :/

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You mean those millions killed during Holodomor in Ukraine?
Or during the Great Chinese Famine?:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine


Bobko, have you seen TV series titled "The Three-Body Problem" on Netflix (interesting series, btw)? I recommend you watch the beginning of the first episode - I think it will give you an idea about some of the things that communism brought to other countries...


LOL
RuSSia is the protector of its own interests - nothing more than that :)))


As a Pole knowing history I can only laugh at it :)

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@Bobko, you made the world suffer.

But I know that sociopaths like you don't care.

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And that's RuSSia for you, unfortunately...


The "Whites" were those who were in power in the first place - they were fighting to keep that power.


But BB... That "oppressive brutality and the decades long bloody mass murder" was done by RuSSians... They did it to each other... It wasn't done by some aliens from space :) And that's my point.


BB... :) RuSSians did this to each other. Noone else did. And I blame them for that.

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@Novichok, there are no RuSSians living in my intelligent Polish head :))) They do reside in RuSSia however, together with a minority of decent Russians :)

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Um...What "two, three" people are you talking about? You think I've discussed with only two, three Russians/RuSSians for 7 years? :)))


Tell that to RuSSians lol


It was RuSSians who created such conditions for themselves in their own country. Noone forced Putin on them. And other countries won't topple Putin from power and so he will stay in power. And after he won't be able to rule anymore he will likely be replaced by someone similar. That's what I meant, among others, when I wrote that German experience differs from Russian experience. Nazis were removed from power by other countries by force - Nazi Germany was invaded, occupied and denazified by others. And communism was imposed on Eastern Germany by foreign power.

Neither communism nor Putin were forced upon RuSSia by foreign countries. And both weren't and won't be toppled forcibly by foreign powers. So, we are going to be stuck with this reality for quite some time most probably.

And resistance is dangerous in RuSSia only because the majority supports Putin. And that's the problem - the majority supports Putin. And those who don't are too afraid or too few to change anything.

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@Bratwurst Boy, but we're discussing reality now, not stereotypes. I wasn't discussing with "stereotypes" for 7 years - I was discussing with real people. Ukraine also isn't being invaded by "stereotypes", but by real people - RuSSians.

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That doesn't depend on numbers though... 🤨 You can have fruitless discussions with one individual too...


But it's not about equality. Your German experience is different than Russian experience.

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@Miloslaw, you sound like a Nazi "genius" on the other hand... 🥴 🤦

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@Bratwurst Boy, I think you disagree, because you're projecting your German experience on RuSSians. The problem is that nations differ from each other (for whatever reasons, but they do differ). I've come to such realisation after 7 years of discussing with RuSSians. I think you simply don't know them like I do. I'd like to be wrong about this, but it doesn't look like I am, unfortunately... And Bobko is a living proof of this.

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That's because you didn't give them a chance.


No, you're not "stuck" with him. He's where he is, because he's loyal to Putin. So that's a choice of the Kremlin.


It's "OK" for evil people and psychopaths. In other words - for RuSSians - yes, clearly.


And here's something I hope BB will read and I wish Western people (and some naive Poles) would understand - it's not Putin or Kadyrov that are the main problem. It's many, many RuSSians like Bobko that are the real problem. This guy was educated in the US, he lives and works there and has access to all the free media in the world. So you can't justify him by claiming that he is being brainwashed by the RuSSian state media.

😔

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;D


On Putin's birthday :))))


Sorry, but considering how things have been going over the years in RuSSia being the main opposition leader going against Putin is pretty obviously the main reason to get you killed in RuSSia and Kadyrov seems to be an easy mental scapegoat for RuSSians.

Btw, even IF we assume that Kadyrov is responsible for those murders - that means it was accepted/approved by Putin or, at the very least, not disapproved by Putin.


"Ah, those wild, savage Chechens - poor Putin has no control over his puppy Ramzan, what can you do..." ;D :))))

🤦🙄

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Says who? :))) And even if - by who's order? :)

🤦🙄

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Anna Politkovskaya, Boris Nemtsov, Aleksey Navalny, to name a few that we know about.


This shouldn't get you killed in a normal country.


You are lying (not the first time and not the last one, I'm sure).


Bobko, like many other RuSSians, doesn't care.

Off-Topic / What's your hobby? [191]

@Atch, OMG, not long ago I stumbled upon one of your older posts and it was so well written and so fun to read (even though it was just about some ladies and cakes, I think) that I thought you could write a book! :D


Awesome! :O I would so read them!!

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1. "The Bone Carver" (from "A Court of Mist and Fury")
2. "Manon" (from "Throne of Glass" series)
3. "Wings and Ruin" (montage of characters from "A Court of Wings and Ruin")
4. "The Inner Circle" ("A Court of Mist and Fury") - inspired by Alfons Mucha:

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The artist is Charlie Bowater (she's British, btw :)) and she makes art for book covers, among others.

And this is her fan art of Sarah J. Maas characters:

1. "Fireheart" (Aelin from "Throne of Glass")
2. "The Court of Dreams" (Rhys and Feyre from "A Court of Mist and Fury")
3. "Feyre the Fox" ("A Court of Mist and Fury")
4. "The Court of Dreams" ("A Court of Mist and Fury") - I even remember this scene from the book.

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So that's why I had problems with finding their brushes on Polish on-line stores with art materials... :)


When my best friend and her boyfriend moved abroad for some time we started exchanging e-mail messages to keep in touch and that's how I found out that she has a very fun style of writing - she made reading about ordinary stuff funny and enjoyable :) I think I even tried to talk her into writing a blog or something, but to no avail, unfortunately...


And that's how I ended up buying fantasy books by Sarah J. Maas :) One of my favourite digital artists is a fan of her books and she made some fan art with characters from her books and that artwork sparked my interest :) And I ended up binge- reading those books :))) They are an enjoyable and fast read (I think I read one of them in two days ;D). I especially recommend them to female readers - the main protagonist in both sagas is a female and not the "damsel in distress" type, so that's refreshing :) And in "A Court of Thorns and Roses" she's also into making art, so I could relate to that character :))

I don't have this one yet and it would be great to get this version, because I like the cover:

bookxcess.com/products/a-court-of-frost-and-starlight-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses-bk-4

These are the physical copies I got so far - those are two sagas - "A Court of Thorns and Roses" and "Throne of Glass":

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The same... I love reading and I love art, so that's an amazing combo for me :D And clever too!


But you are! :) That fantasy dragonfly would look great as a fore-edge painting, imho... or drawing... because I'm wondering if one could use fineliners for this... hmm... 🤔 I do have two black Pigma Micron fineliners that don't bleed through, so maybe I could try them out on some book that I don't care about anymore... 🤔 Maybe something simple for a start, like some patterns...


I definitely would have to get more experience with watercolours to try it... I've found a tutorial by a French lady on YouTube and in general it doesn't seem so terribly difficult and complicated as I thought (you can buy heat activated gold foil on the internet and everybody has an iron :)):



From what I've noticed people on Etsy seem to be also using gouache, not only watercolours. 🤔


Yup... :( Although I found some people selling such books on Etsy, so hopefully this craft won't die out completely...

Some are even doing that hidden type of fore-edge painting:

etsy.com/de-en/listing/1681299923/hidden-fore-edge-painting-six-crimson

There seem to be more of the non-hidden type though (and they look cool too!):

etsy.com/de-en/listing/1649183550/custom-fore-edge-painting

etsy.com/de-en/listing/1299354391/foreedge-painting-famous-book-set-art

etsy.com/de-en/listing/1285343390/jrr-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-with

etsy.com/de-en/listing/1692054664/custom-fore-edge-book-painting-info


I've never had one and the last time I saw one in real life was when I was at highschool - our classmate brought a Bible that her mum bought for her as a birthday present - it had gilded edges and was filled with reproductions of religious paintings of old masters - it looked great and it was an awesome gift for someone interested in art :)

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I'm guessing that this guy - Martin Frost - is one of them:




I actually find this part cool - that in one type of fore-edge painting those paintings disappear hidden by gold... That's fascinating :D

From the comments under the video:

"JustinY.
This is why people used to believe in magic"

:)))

🪄

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@Lenka, I don't know - imagine what it's like to be a confectioner who's making some elaborate decorations on a birthday cake that people will admire for a few minutes and then eat it in an hour maybe... 🤔

Books are often much more long-lived than that... :)

I'm guessing it's a difficult craft though.

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@Lenka, yeah, me too ;D