I've decided that I'm going to write these in English now. To prep my skills. //Jos suomalaisilla on kysyttävää, niin suaapi kyssyy. :) Ett' silleen... //
So life consists mostly of school nowadays. It's fun. Not sure this whole public health nurse thing is really what I'm going to do in 40 years from now but it's most likely something I'm doing in 5 years from now. Injecting others is so much fun!
Oh, but how much more fun can English lessons be! The students' skills are very versatile so the lessons are quite versatile. The nursing language is all new to me since I don't use words like "stools" or "pass wind" or "A&E" in my everyday vocabulary. But then to balance these strange words we actually do learn some grammar as well:
Situation #1 (yesterday): "Ok, class, let's take a look at these words beginning with 'im-' or in-' (impatient, inconsiderable, impossible, ...). Now, how do you turn them into their opposites?"
- Excellent, you just take the 'im' or 'in' off.
Situation #2 (today): "They usually use the 12-hour clock in the UK. Can any of you tell me how they tell 5 in the morning and 5 in the evening apart?"
- Exactly, by adding a.m. or p.m.
Does anyone else ever get a feeling when you just know you are wasting your time..?!
Just tried on new ski boots since I couldn't fit a woollen sock in the old ones. These (I'm wearing them indoors now) are way better. Going skiing with dad tomorrow! Dad used up all his energy today with 6 km. Tomorrow we'll do 10 km. We'll see how it goes... :D The 10 km route is less hilly so it should be alright.
Weighing my exchange options at school these days. First internship I could do overseas is coming up next January but the applications should be done this spring. They offer UK, India, Kenya, Nepal, ... Any advice?
