Oct 11, 2011

the addition to my classes

it is already my third week at the university and I feel the need to share with you ( is there someone reading this?)  about my new teacher. He is the Political System of Spain professor. On the first day of his class he came in a blazer with a red star pin on it and said that today's class was canceled, so he can invite us to the conference on The Fight against Capitalism, that is taking place in the university.
Okaaay. . . Again, that is way too different from my Prague classes. There teachers are hiding their preferences - with some of them, even after 4 years I have no clue whether they are to the right or left. It takes great intelligence to talk about political issues without siding with any particular ideology or thought.
However my first disappointment vanished during the next class, when my teacher managed to include all ERASMUS students in the discussion, by being very patient (with all the little Spanish some of us speak) and charismatic. It was visible at times about his preferences when he called Franco - cabron (Royal Academy of Spanish language explains it as a person or an animal which does wrong things; or as googletranslator does it -asshole). Most of the time during other classes, our questions are shoved to the "manana o la proxima semana" (tomorrow or the next week to-do-list).
Other idea he through out there, was that terrorists who accomplish the independence for its region (Palestian Jamas, per se) are/ will be viewed as the liberators. It depends on three factors whether you are considered terrorist or a liberator: 1. the amount support you have from the people, 2. on which side you are, 3. if you lose it or win it. It is one of the typical political science problems: there are so many factors, that it is very hard to invent a crystal clear and more importantly correct theory that will fit them all. You just have, at this time, to take it to the case study. Sometimes it feels, as if you are walking in a dark with no map reference whatsoever.
Talking about case studies, I have the task due in 2 next weeks to write a paper on the South Sudan and Sudan internal conflict. The paper is to be about 40 000 characters long. 6 hours of sleep daily is my new mantra :)
If I will be procrastinating, more post will come soon.

beso,D

1 comment:

  1. I agree with google translator! :-) Enjoy your experience Dasha!

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