Students from all over the world who are enrolled in a course at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia - just talking!
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Friday, October 25, 2002
Hello everyone!
Well, we have tried about a hundred times to get Tony on the blogsite! I really don't know what it is - I guess that the blog just doesn't like him! Does anyone have any suggestions? (I think that we might have to invent a new yahoo address for him, as well - and, have any of you got any ideas as to how we can make it REALLY easy to remember?
See you all on Monday - and it was a good BBQ - but it was very cold out there!
from Jane
10/25/2002 02:33:00 PM
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Hi everyone!
You know, I feel so proud of all of you! You have really made this blogsite your own, and you are making such excellent contributions! Sometimes they are very sad, though - your comment to Lubov about your mother, Cherent, made me want to cry: we take so much for granted in our lives, but your love for your mother is a wonderful thing, and you are obviously a very loving son. She must be so proud of you. When we move to another country, there is so much that we leave behind: places, customs - but, most of all, the people that we love.
Congratulations to Papaito and to Karim for doing so well on the "sentences" link! Have you tried all the activities yet? What do the rest of you think of that site? You are obviously all reading the papers - and it great to hear you comments. Karim, please remind me because I have some newspaper articles about Africa that I think you would be interested in reading. Boris, I was struck by your compassion for Borislav - and I just wanted to tell you that I am looking into this problem of IELTS and Certificate 4 - English for Academic Purposes. And, I would encourage all of you to read Boris's note on Cherent's question of inteeligence and money (that's back on 22/10/02). It is such a wise and sensitive reply - and it reminds me of how important it is to see the sun set, Nenad!
from Jane.
10/24/2002 03:21:00 PM
Sunday, October 20, 2002
This is a quick post - because I wanted to send you all a new link. This is an excellent site for checking your sentence structure - not just punctuation, but also work on what makes a complete sentence. Try it! There is a "factsheet" which you can print out, and several games - you can play against the clock to see how good you are! There is also an interesting exercise in which you can listen to an item of news being read aloud, and then you put in the fullstops and capital letters. Let me know what you think of it:sentences
from Jane.
10/20/2002 10:44:00 PM
Hi!
It's getting really interesting, because now you all have so much to say on the blogsite! It's especially good that you are joining in the conversation from home, Boris and Lubov - it's just like having you in the classroom! Especially with your difficult questions, Boris!! I think I know what you mean - because, in some languages, the combination of "c" and "h" gives a hard "k" sound. As you know, "c" alone can give a hard "k" sound - but I honestly can't think of any combination of letters (excpt for "ck") which gives that hard sound you are looking for. This is a good puzzle! Has anyone else got any ideas?
from Jane.
10/20/2002 06:31:00 PM
Thursday, October 17, 2002
Hi everyone!
It's so interesting to read what you have to say - and it seems that everyone has a lot of questions. You must all be thinking very hard! Cherent, this problem of needles is a very important one - the young son of a friend of mine found one in the playground at his school. He was only five - so he started playing with it. Luckily, he did not injure himself badly and he did not get infected.
And your question about which is more important - money or intelligence. I know that I would definitely say intelligence. Money can buy power, but it can't buy the ability to think and to discriminate about which is the best, or the right, thing to do. What do the rest of you think about this?
Boris, you have given me another difficult question - only this time I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you give me an example?
from Jane.
10/17/2002 03:39:00 PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Hi everyone!
I thought I would just tell you, before your session with Megan, that the link to "The Age" is working perfectly well now - so you can just click on it and go! It is really interesting now to read your comments here. It is a bit like a continuation of the conversations this morning - and I was impressed by your 3C's work today.
I am interested in the newspaper article Nenad was looking at online, where a young girl who had cancer said: "If anything bad happens just keep a positive attitude." I guess that many of us had bad things happen to us - do you think that being positive helps?
I also like the way that you were thinking about the drought problem so clearly online, Kerim - this is a very good way to use the blogsite, and many of you will see how Papaito has been doing it for some time.
Lubov - it's good to see you back online again, and I'm sure that Papaito appreciates your compliments! You should reply, Papaito!
from Jane.
10/15/2002 03:32:00 PM
Friday, October 11, 2002
LOOKING AT THE NEWS: here are some links to Australian newspaper sites. You may find it useful to look at all the papers when you are preparing your 3 C's Presentation. Just click on the text for the newspaper you want to search. If you'd like to look at "The Age" click on theage.com.au
"The Australian" can be found at the australian.news.com.au
and for "The Herald Sun" click on heraldsun.news.com.au
Good luck!
from Jane
10/11/2002 12:58:00 AM
Thursday, October 10, 2002
Lubov - I am so sorry: because your entry on the site had "doubled up" I deleted one of the messages, and the other one seems to have disappeared, too. Please put your nice message to Cherent in again for us!
from Jane.
10/10/2002 06:59:00 PM
Wednesday, October 09, 2002
Hi everyone. I think this is a surprise for everybody to read my message on the computer. Over the holidays I made a lot of things. I had to work to pay a bill. I was doing something boring, process work. What did you do over your holidays?
from Cherent.
10/09/2002 02:33:00 PM
Thursday, October 03, 2002
Hi Everyone!
Papaito, it's so good to see that you are getting on the web even though we're on holiday! I'm glad you tried the internet site - and I'm sorry you didn't win. I hope that some more of you will try it soon. Looking forward to seeing you all again on Monday - and I hope you've all had a good holiday.
From Jane.
10/03/2002 08:58:00 PM
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