Monday, July 5, 2010

The End & The Return

经过多年亲身验证,已经确实了所谓的好学校和所谓的坏学校其实并没有什么差别。

教出来的学生没有学习态度优略的分差,在毕业后也没有本质大转变的现象。

至少九层以上的都是如此。

昨天大胆炒了学生鱿鱼,不是因为他是坏学生或是来自烂学校,当然也不是因为我是自豪的新一代草莓牌老师。他几乎每一个科目都有补习老师在协助,自己的智商不低,中二的时候就已经是数学奥林匹克比赛的选手。学校的名声虽然没有比cluster里其他的名校有声望,但也是比中上更优秀的学府。我不像其他补习中心的老师,学生只要有要求,自创讲义(其实很多时候是从课外资料影印得来的)马上送到。我也不相信完成学校作业是学习中至上的目标。我会把学生拉出让他有机会懒散的房间,把他放到一个安静的图书馆里亲自督促,有冷气,有桌椅,有其他积极的学生一起努力。随时有不懂的可以打电话,不然可以上网电邮解惑,还聆听委屈抱怨。

可惜咯。又另外一个人亲手把钻石丢下悬崖。

最让我不知应该笑或哭的,就是得知他的姐姐竟然申请了四个月的无薪假期,为了就是在家里督促管教弟弟直到大考完毕。

不是他不自爱,而是家长把他宠坏了。再加上认为每个人都在victimize他,自然就变得自怜多过自信。不是我不帮忙,是他把我推开。不只是我,还有那些为了皇上着急的太监们。我不当太监了,就算要装上假鸡鸡我也不要再为了皇上耍莲花指。

在说别人自以为是之前,先看看自己有没有资格这样高傲指责有心也有能力帮助自己的人。

这是我学到的。


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Sorry, the addiction came back XD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA



"Ievan Polkka" or "Ievan Polokka", (Savo Finnish for "Eva's Polka") is a popular Finnish song with lyrics written in the early 1930s by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The name is commonly misspelled Levan polkka, due to the similarity of lower-case L and upper-case i in sans-serif fonts. It is also known as "Loituma's Polka" (or "Loituma's Polkka").

Origin

The melody of "Ievan Polkka" is very similar to Savitaipaleen polkka, and in South Karelia the Ievan Polkka is also known as "Savitaipaleen polkka". The melody is also very similar to a folk dance from the area of Smolensk in Western Russia, which is known as Smolenski gusatšok ("смоленский гусачок"/"Small Gander in Smolensk").
The polka can be traced back to the Viipuri Province in the 18th century when the border with the Kingdom of Sweden ran west of the province. The number of Russian soldiers stationed in the border area outnumbered the locals for many decades. At the beginning of the 19th century collectors of Finnish folk dances and folk songs all mention that the dances in the area of Luumäki-Savitaipale were Russian dances only and didn't write them down. Locals who are well-versed in folk music agree the melody is very old and likely to have been known back in the early 19th century and therefore probably of even older origin.

Description

The song takes the point of view of a young man. He wants to dance with Ieva (Eva or Eeva in Savo), but her mother won't let him. They sneak away to someone else's house, where everyone is dancing to a polka, and dance all night. When he follows her home, her angry mother is waiting for them, but he tells her straight out that Ieva and he will be together no matter what.

Language

The song is sung in Eastern Savonian dialects spoken in North Karelia (see Savonian dialects).

The Loituma version of the song includes an intermezzo of phonetically inspired gibberish containing only a few Finnish words; it is not part of the original song written by Eino Kettunen. The content of the intermezzo varies from one performance to another and is not listed on most lyrics. It is similar to scat in jazz.

Popularity

This song is best known from an a cappella performance by the Finnish quartet Loituma, first released on their debut album, Loituma, in 1995. The album was released in the United States as Things of Beauty in 1998.

The song acquired greater popularity via the Internet in the spring of 2006 because of the flash animation "Loituma Girl," which starred the character Orihime Inoue from the popular Japanese anime Bleach, apparently twirling a leek and singing along to the song. For the cartoon, only the second half of the fifth stanza (four lines) and the complete sixth stanza (eight lines) are used.

The song has also been sung by Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, whose version is more popular among her fans. In the music video she has a leek, just like the leek spin. Insted of spinning it she waves it up and down.

Furthermore, mobile ringtones based on various mixes of "Ievan Polkka" gained a wide popularity among Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States mobile subscribers in late 2006 The tune is also the theme song to the Internet sitcom Break a Leg. it was remixed by DJ Basshunter of Sweden, DJ Sharpnel of Japan, and Beatnick of Poland; and a version of the song was part of a Ready Brek television advert aired in the United Kingdom. Also, some videos show a Farfetch'd spinning a leek.

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