“Never try to determine what’s good and what’s bad, because as soon as you differ them, these both automatically replace!”

I devote this post to all girls who believe they love their boyfriend so deeply that they could bare anything, I dovete it to Lyd , with who we have recently discussed the need for surprizes in a relationship, and I also devote it to everyone who loves the film “White Oleander” or the flower appreciators.

How much do we need surprizes in a relationship? Can’t really say? Yeah, sure it’s a difficult question to answer, for it has two possible understandings – do we need bad surprizes or do we need good ones? Then many people would say they’d prefer the good surprizes. However those who are smart and like to use their brain(such as Lyd) would ask – What do you mean? What is a good surprize and what is a bad surprize? How can we differ them? Aren’t they the same – surprizes?!Good questions! Yeah, i agree with you, however I’m one of those who would not be able to answer this question at all! I have a tenet not to define what’s good and what’s bad. I have been persuaded in that principle during many many years while watching all kinds of people and situations one could meet. However once I broke that tenet, and that brought me a lot of unpleasant feelings!  I fall in love. You know what’ s the beginning like – flowers and fairy tales, everything’s perfect, a new harmony surrounds your heart, you feel useful and you find sense in everything you do, untill….

until you meet the reality! The reality is full of reasons, and acts followed by their consequenses. You should always be aware of anything, you should always use your brain and never allow the emotions and feelings lead you! The best relationships are based on a whole lot of efforts by the both mates, that’s true! And what about the surprizes? Two days ago, it was after our course, when my ex-boyfriend surprized me in a very unpleasant way. He was on a party, he was drunk, so he gave his mobile phone to some other drunks to shit whith me. However I’m not so blonde! It took me just 15 minutes to find out who are those drunks and who appears to have caused this. I put all of them four in their places and they didnt try to shit with me again! However the surprize was very unpleasant. I didn’t expect my ex-boyfriend to do such a thing, I believed he is a nice friend, I even was starting to sorry that I broke up with him. So such a bad surprize shows how I made a mistake while ignoring one of my own rules! How much do we need such surprizes? Do we need such bad surprizes at all?! And what about the good surprizes – do we need them? Can you generally say we need surprizes? Hmm, some may think I’m speaking like a relativist, but good and bad are always soo close to each other that as soon as you believe you have distinguished them, they replace right at the tmoment! I thought it is different with love, unfortunately it is not! You should accept the strong and the weak points of your mate, because they can mix anytime! Really, ANYTIME! You should be aware and thinking, not led by emotions and feelings. Try to follow this advice, and you’ll see how easier life could be!

 

What do you know about fire safety, huh?!

 

World History

I’ve started to read the book about SAT2: World History and I found out something very interesting about it. The authors of the book want to make you think as a historician. They give you some evidences, and a list of events, you should just choose the correct event according to the evidences. They rely on making you think as a historician. There are also many facts, but a small part of these facts is presented in a lesson, the other thing is analyzing these facts. That is a way to start understanding History, not only learning facts. It is very different from the Bulgarian educational system, where facts are listed one after another and you should just train your memory and nothing more! Some historitians in Bulgaria have made presentations and lectures about historical events(for example about King Kaloyan’s corespondation with Pope Inocentie 3), and after reading them I’ve realized the events are actually not so boring!!! The same event I initially believed aren’t worth studying. So what’s the difference between a sweet hamster and an ugly mouse? – the way each of them is presented!   This book is written in English, which makes it a little more difficult for me to read it, and it is about History(the subject I believed I hate) and still I find it interesting!   Geez, this is something like making first steps – very difficult, but very exciting too! I hope I succed taking my SAT2:World History exam, or at least learn something about history

 

A UK college?

UK colleges are not the same as the USA colleges. UK colleges are a form of education that is a step foreward than a high-school education. If you want to prepare for a future career in the UK you should rely on a University! Universities in UK are known to prepare their students for their future career very well. Unlike the Liberal Arts Colleges, in a UK Universitie you start preparing for a specific career just from the beginning of your education there. 

• It is a fact that UK educational system, especially the English one, is known in the world as one of the best!
• It is a fact that about 93% of students graduated in the UK are able to find a job straight after they graduate(the statistic is from a magazine about studying abroad), which is a bigger number, compared to the Liberal Arts Colleges
• It is a fact that in teh UK higher education is cheaper, and you can take a loan for your education taxes and a loan for your cost of living. The both loans are united in a one , and they do not demand you to repay the loan untill you graduate and untill you get a sellary over 15,000 Pounds. Then you pay just 9% of your sellary, and if again you ae recieving less than  15,000 the repayment stops untill you fidn a better job. For more information see this  and this
• Another fact is that the Applyment in a UK college or a university is more difficult, and the SAT exams are not available there, but lately there was a reform about attracting more foreign students
• It is a fact that the best UK universities prepare students for a primary sellary of at least 15,000 Pounds, which is not so much in an expensive country as England, for example, however this is the lowest sellary the best colleges prepare you for getting.
• It is a fact that UK is not as rich country as the USA, but the cost of living there is also not as higher as in  the USA —>>  See this statistic 
• There aren’t Liberal Arts Colleges in the UK
• It is a fact that the UK is a very prospering country too, and their querry is the most expenssive in Europe and in the World, and such a prospering country relies on a specific career education.

The USA and the UK are two different countries, with very different points of view about higher education. Both of them have their weak and strong points. It is just a matter of comparing the lifestyle in these two countries in order to deside which kind of education is better for you. And another fact that should be considered is which country would be more pleasant for you to live in. Quite confusing, isn’t it 

 

Liberal Arts?

What is a Liberal Arts College?

A liberal arts college is a “college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum.”  Liberal Arts Colleges are considered ones that “change life”, for their ability to create thinking people, able to non-stop develop their characters and prosper in everything they find interesting. A liberal Arts College doesn’t prepare students for a specific career at the beginning of one’s education there. Instead, people obtain some skills and habbits that are very useful in searching a job, being a nice worker, and a prospering person. The specific knowledge is taught during the last two years, but their purpose is to involve you into a science branch, not to prepare a genius. The point is that if you’re interested in something, and have the requisite skills to find a job, you would not stop prosper and you would make your life well.

• It is a fact that “Liberal Arts College” is a form of higher education that is used in the USA.
• It is a fact that the USA is the Third Richest country in the world. The richest one is Luxemburg with $55,000 GDP, then are both Norway and USA with $37,800 GDP  You can see the statistics here  —>>>   The Richiest Countries In The World
• It is also a fact that such a prospering country hopefully relies on “Liberal Arts” form of education. 
• Another fact is that this kind of education in the USA is very expensive and not all students can afford it. Only the best recieve a schollarship, and the richest are able to pay their entire education.
• One also very important fact is that not all students find a job stright after they graduate a Liberal Arts College.
• However, another fact is that as you probably know, The USA is called “The country of the many opportunities” There are opportunities to work, and take loans(but the loan you take and the money you get from working are still not enough to pay the entire education).

Are Liberal Arts Colleges the best form of education? I don’t know, I have never studied in a one. I just post some facts about them, that are necessary to be considered when making a choice about whether to study in the USA.

 

What the bleep down the rabbit hole

This is a very confusing movie, because it cointains many ideas which are not constructed into a plan and presented with a relation between one another – it’s just that some people speak in a chaotic way. However these people are not so stupid, and if you put your mind into their words you can understand one or two ideas, which are actually very interesting…

One of this ideas is that everything in the Universe is related. This has been spoken for many years and many scientists(physicists and others) have been trying to prove that. It is starting to turn into a new religion. Why is everything in the Universe related? , well I’ll try to explain how I myself understand this concept. Everything you think leads to some specific action. Every action you take leads to some specific consequence. This consequence then is turning into a circumstance. When many people create different circumstances, a web of circumstances is created and we live in this web

For example You think you are very good at Mathematics. That leads to an action – you start studying that science. Then that leads to a circumstance – you go to an olympiad and beat someone who also believes is good at Maths. Then that leads the consequence – one of the two people either starts to believe he is not good enough and starts to study some other sciense, or he or she motivates and becomes a better matematician. These are two possible ways. So here is how one circumstance brings another two circumstances. Then they bring more and more circumstances after them, which are related and we all live in this web with the ability to ctahnge it. So in short – everything you think, you act, you believe is a part of this web we all live in This is how you are related to practically… everything

And how can we change this web of circumstances? Well every circumstance brings two or more others with it – you just have to deside which way to go and your desision is a part of this unity of everything This is how bad and good thoughts are realised Have you heard the saying “Life is just like a mirror – if you smile to it, it will smile to you too” – truly

 

I just wanted to say…

Long Ago, there was a bird to sang just once in its life. From the moment it left its nest, it searched for a thorn tree. and it never rested until it found one. Then it began to sing more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. And singing, it impaled its breast on the longest, sharpest thorn. But as it was dying, it rose above its own agony to out-sing the lark and the nightingale. The thornbird pays its life for that one song and the whole world stills to listen and God, in His heaven~smiles. As its best was bought only at the cost of great pain. Driven to the thorn, with no knowledge of the dying to come. But when we press the thorn to our breast, We know…….. We understand….. And still……we do it.

Is The Love Pain?

 

The “simple” things

 

“Lion King” is one of my favourite movies and this is not because I like watching beautiful animated and speaking drawings. As Einstein says “The most difficult things should be explained in a simple way, but not made simplier” That’s exactly what we can see in “Lion King”

There are many topics about life which are revieled in the cartoon. For example the most problematic question about a person is the personal growing up. In the movie we can see a little kid, who had a very bad luck, but after that learns how to face the problems and not just running away from them. We can also meet the problem about love – Simba and Nalla. Does love conquer everything? Does love exist? We can just watch the relationship between the two lions and see how they face problems about being apreciated and having at least someone to rely on. Love appears in a moment you feel you don’t need it right now, it destroys your harmony and it builds a new better harmony of your heart. Another important topic is about being a parent and how parents always give everything for their children who give everything for theirs too. It doesn’t mean to sacrifice for ones kids, just it is exactly un “all-conquering-real-love”! Another topic is about braveness – it is not the lack of fear but the ability to realise that something is more importnant than the fact you are now scared! There are also problems about honour, about blood lines – that they’re not always so important(Simba & Scar). And another problem is about the real friendship – friends appear always just at the moment you most need them and they never leave you when you are in a difficulty. They walk with you trough life and a friend can be called the one with who you’ve spent a whole lot of moments, problems and situations together.

Isn’t it strange how such topics are revieled in a cartoon that is watched by little kids? And hasn’t somebody said that kids are wiser than the adults? As Luis Armstorng sings “I see babies cry, I watch them grow, They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know, and I think to myself, what a wonderful World!” No, I’m not out of my mind, I’m just talking about the circle of life! everyone learns how to live by living! It is actualy the fact that Einstein was right – the wisest and meaningful things are hidden in the simpliest things of life – the simple details that we often neglect when we say “Now I’m going to apply for college(or smth elese, also very important)  and everything that stands in my way will be removed!” But aren’t these impediments what teaches us how to live? And if we’re so hurried that we neglect them then may I quote a very famous writer Aleko Konstantinov who asks “And when are we going to live?!”

 

What I have learnt from Lyd’s classes:

 

As you know I’m a little sick right now and I have a low voice so I couldn’t speak anything I’d like. Here’s what I’ve learnt from Lyd:

I learnt that we often follow rules without thinking, and that we often are too lazy even for the smallest things. I was shown how really important is to use your brain in everything you do. One just has to think a little deeper before doing something as a robot without even knowing why. There are many useful things that are very simple but we are so lazy and so afraid of teh change that we hardly cope even with these small things – like writing two essays for example. I also learnt to believe in myself. This is something I’ve mostly learnt from Lyd’s classes and it is one of the most useful things I’v ever learnt!!!! Well, I have always believed that I can acheive much but only if I almost sacrifice. Lyd showed me that even some of the best jobs I can think of are very reachable if you just try to work a little hard for acheiving your goals. It is not impossible to go to Harvard and to have a wonderful job and a wonderful life – you just have to be braver, to try and to be persistant and to believe in yourself. I also learnt how important is to read and write – to communicate. Since I’ve started Cooledge classes I’ve met many people from other countries and cultures and some of them were even creating their own campaignes. I have never believed a person could lead a succesful campaigne, an ordinary person I mean – but I just see it with my eyes!! So this is what I’ve learnt since the beginning of Cooledge – that everything is possible if you just try to do it and put your mind in it but also learn how to have fun     Of course I have learnt some words and I’ve got used to making readings, but believeing in myself is the best thing I’ve learnt. I’m not sayng that just to praise Lyd or to try to make a good impression - I never try to do that and it is the thing I most hate! I’m really grateful about the things I have learnt since October and now I can’t make up my mind of any notes or recomendations – just keep doing what you believe is right – it is definately helpful!

 

With great power comes the great responsibility!

I was made to think about a phrase of Dostoevsky which says “Nothing has ever been more unbearable for the people than freedom!” At first I was a little confused, because… Oh come onnn, who finds freedom unbearable??!!! That’s stupid! However I decided that anyway Dostoevsky is a little smarter than me   and I decided to think better what had made him say such a thing! You know – now I agree with him!!! You’re asking why? Here’s what – perhaps you think that freedom is the right to do what you want – who dislikes this idea? However freedom is something different… It is the right to make your personal choice! We make many decisions every day and these decisions best describes us as what kind of people we are. If a person is a free one they must do these decisions on their own! Everyone has goals, values, dreams and the power to choose what to be and to fight for his values. That’s why freedom is a power, but “With great power comes the great responsibility” – says Peter Parker’s grandfather. Is he right? I think he is, because as a fox says to The Little Prince  “You are responsible for what you’ve tamed”. We are all responsible for what we fight for or look after, and we are responsible for our lives and our deeds. But this responsibility for many people is so unbearable that they’d rather choose to be dependable on a greater authority which to rule them and free them from that responsibility.

A typical example for that are the religions – all of them. They have strict rules and if you follow them you’ll have a good life and an absolution of your sins. The search of absolution shows that people can not bear the consequences of their deeds, that’s why they like to believe that someone has sacrificed in order for them to be free of responsibility and go to heaven stright after death.  For example if a serial killer wants to have an absolution of his sins he would just sorry and then he would expect to have no punishment for what he had done!
Even the most bold and brave people in world’s history have feared the freedom.

A typical example is Alexander Macedonsky. He had ruled almost the whole world, he set a NEW ERA in human history and still he was very religious! He never fought on Monday(was he free?), he always made gifts to the gods and followed a lot of other rules. It is a historical fact that most of his fights are won after he had recieved a special sign from the gods. He had the power to do great things but still he wanted to be sure that a great authority stands by him, so that he didn’t have to be entirely responsible for his deeds. Do you know how he died – he died of fever, when he got scared of a few “bad signs” (read chronichles by Plutarh ). Aint it funny how scared we are by taking the responsibility of our own deeds, even the bravest of us?

Freedom means to be free to do what you want, yeah, but also to bear the consequences of what you  have done! And that responsibility is so terrifying for the people that they have found it much easier to create religions, to make fantastic theories for explaining something that just doesn’t exist, and even to kill one another for those religions! How many people who believe in God would contradict to some rules of the (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism) huh? They would rather die, than to contradict to such a great authority as God. But hey ohhh we are talking about their own life!!! Unfortunately that proves Dostoevsky’s words that “nothing has ever been more unbearable for the people than freedom!”