Most memorable teaching moment?
My first year I taught first grade and I had a wonderful class. I remember the last day of school. I had a surprise for my students. I told my class that I would be teaching second grade the following year and that some of them would be in my class. I remember crying before my kids left because after all it was my first year teaching and I knew some will be in another class. My memorable moment came at the end of that second year because more than half of that class had been with me for 2 whole years, and my first two years of teaching at that. I was going around the class and asking students to share stories about the last two years. Some said they would remember how I always turned red when I laughed, some said they would remember hearing the radio every morning as they walked in (I would sometimes forget to turn it on) some said they would remember the christmas parties and we just shared memories. One particular student, who never displayed any emotions had his head down the whole time. I just figured he was bored by the whole thing since he was like the little typical "macho" kid in the class. When I got to him, I said Frankie, what will you remember. When he finally looked at me he had been crying the whole time because he realized that after two years of being his teacher he would be moving on. I was floored and all I could do was cry too. Then, well needless to say the waterworks started and half of my class was crying. I would never forget that because as he was leaving, Frankie said, you are the best teacher I've ever had. I knew he had meant it.
What is your most memorable moment from senior year of high school?
Saying "good-bye" to the place forever. I've never been back, just as I promised myself.
What makes a story memorable?
It has been argued for some time that there are some basic plots that resonate with basic adaptive problems that we all face; and the archetypal/mythic significance is weaved in the form of basic narrative plots/scripts.Christopher Booker, building on the tradition of Joseph Campbell, has written a very engaging book titled ' The seven basic plots' which lists all the seven hardwired story plots for which we are a sucker. It seems that any story that follows the given plot line is bound to capture our attention and be memorable. This is especially true of the hero's quest as delineated in 'the hero with a thousand faces' by Campbell.I, myself have argued that these basic plots are related to basic adaptive problems that we humans/animals faced during our evolutionary history and thus have a fascination for us, because they lits how those problems were solved historically/mythically. I don't like to plug my blogposts but those who want to know more as to why some basic plots have so much fascination may like to read these two posts: http://the-mouse-trap.com/2008/0... and http://the-mouse-trap.com/2008/0...While the way stories are told, the originality and the ability to identify are all important, the narrative primacy of some basic plots may be an equally strong reason why some stories (say harry potter) are preferred/ remembered more than the others.
What things make life memorable?
Life is made memorable by the struggle when you take up the challenges of life.We all wish to have an easy and comfortable life. We wish to flow with life and enjoy life to the fullest. However, there are times in your life, when this cozy relationship with life is shaken and you can’t allow the things to be as they are because tolerating them become too intolerable.When you take up a fight and challenge the life, it becomes memorable because only under such challenging situation, you give your best and you discover yourself.You may be familiar with the historical incident of 1893, when Gandhi was thrown out of the train while travelling to Pretoria in South Africa inspite of carrying a first class ticket. He would have surely felt humiliated. He could have submitted to the injustice which was so prevalent during those days in South Africa. Yet he decided to fight the injustice. He stayed back - for 21 years to fight for rights of the Indians in South Africa. He converted a challenge to an opportunity and changed not only his own life but the course of history as well.If I have to remember a few memorable incidents of my life, they all came when I took up the challenges and sailed against the tide of the public opinion.My decision to leave my job in in 1987 to join M Tech to prepare for CSE or join Academics was a difficult decision resisted by most people. Yet I am glad that I did so since it made me what I am today.In my twenty five years of career as an IRS officers, I made many cases against many big shots. I was always scared before making the case since any failure would have costed me dearly. Yet all good cases made by me are still imprinted in my mind and I feel glad that I did them.Your difficult moments test you and let you discover yourself deeply and honestly.You create your memorable moments by struggling with life to follow your ideals and accomplish your goals.Source: Biography : Gandhi in South Africa
When in history was the concept of the twinblade created?Or moments when a twin blade was used.?
Not that recently I'd say somewhere in 70's or 80's fantasy where it began, having a double-bladed sword, which would be like a hybrid of a polearm and sword, because it's staff-like but is a sword. It's not practical at all and was never used historically, it would take a great deal of skill to use and would still put the use at a disadvantage compared to a regular polearm or sword. And as such it only appears in fiction. Star Wars had the double-bladed lightsabers, also called saberstaves. Final Fantasy 9 had double-edged swords, but did not have their own name and were classes under thief swords. Dark Souls 2 has the twinblades And there's some other appearances of these I've seen but they are a bit more obscure/(not mainstream or well known by many)