Great individuals

I'm interested in comics. There are a few fantastic comics artists whom I admire.

Art Spiegelman is an American Jew with Polish roots. His parents came from Southern Poland, they found themselves in the States after the WW 2. Spiegelman is a Pulitzer Prize winner for his incredible comics entitled 'MAUS'. The comics tells the story of Spiegalman's father, Władek Spiegelman, former Aushwitz prisoner. The comics is a masterpiece as it presents Holocaust in the most extraordinary and moving way ever. It is quite controversial at the same time; Spiegelman portrays the Jewish as mice, the Polish as pigs, or the German as cats. He doesn't idolize Jews, quite the opposite, Władek is distrustful and mean as hell;]

Spiegelman accomplished something exceptional. He presented his controversial vision of Holocaust regardless obstacles.

http://www.maus.com.pl/autor.html

Marianne Satrapi is another distinguished comics artist. Her unbelievable 'PERSEPOLIS' stunned me. She's Iranian and therefore she's gone through a series of tough experiences. Still, she seems a great charismatic woman. She has her ups and downs, about which she's piercingly frank, which is really impressive.

 

Monday, 2014

Five years from now...
I'm 28!! My God. I guess I'm married and perhaps I'm pregnant. Around 30 would be a good time for a baby, I presume. It might sound stupid but if I am to be honest this is what my vision is. As far as my professional life, I won't invent anything but hopefully it'll be something challenging pleasant and well-paid at the same time. I believe in an optimistic life scenario, there are no reasons to think otherwise. I imagine myself in a cosy flat somewhere in the city, still close to my family. It would be great to lead active and interesting life, full of friends, animals, and adventures.

teaching practice

To be or not to be a teacher?: this is the question. And, frankly speaking, I still haven't made up my mind. The life will show, I guess. Still, I believe that this profession might give you considerable amount of satisfaction. There are so many institutions you can choose from, so many places where they do need English teachers...

Anyway, I'm supposed to say a few words concerning my experiences with teaching. For a few years now I've been a private tutor, I've met lots of nice people and I've got to know Poznan pretty well. These meetings at other people's places are an effective way of earning a little bit and practising your own English. I was a teaching assistant in a little Spanish pueblo;) called Alcala la Real, which hasn't made me neither rich in new useful experiences nor wiser. Still, it provided me with some Euro banknotes at the end of the month;) Then my Polish classes came. The children I met were really cooperative and enthusiastic. There were, obviously, some technical problems: too little time, too many activities, tasks that were too difficult etc.

This is it. Hopefully, some more interesting experiences await me in the future. Otherwise, I would commit suicide. Cya.

Childhood stuff

Hi everyone!

Hope your Xmas as well as New Year's Eve were great.


The picture on the left shows me and my best friend. I'm the one in the back. I don't know what this crooked smile means;] We're best friends still, although, as it happens between people, we've had our ups and downs. Nevertheless, we love each other very much.