Beginner’s Mind

Hi Janet

I have just begun tuition with a teacher who is both Polish and a qualified teacher of the language. Rather than give out her details in a public forum, can
I ask you to email me on alan@coady0.fsnet.co.uk and I'll forward you the details. In the meantime, here are a few websites worth exploring.

http://golem.umcs.lublin.pl/users/ppikuta/lessons/infor0.htm

http://onestoppolish.com/useful_polish_phrases.htm

http://www.polish-dictionary.com/

http://www.meetpoland.com/

http://home.unilang.org/main/forum/viewtopic.php?t=566

Best wishes.

Do widzenia.

Alan

I am trying to find someone to teach me Polish. Do you have any contacts?

IT is another rich source for anyone wanting to be unable to see the underlying structure of a subject. I've been working with this kind of thing today, for example:

RewriteRule ^(.*)?/?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

One of the gurus of sense-making, Karl Weick, uses the term "cosmology episode" to describe a more extreme situation:
"Basically, a cosmology episode happens when people suddenly feel that the universe is no longer a rational, orderly system. What makes such an episode so shattering is that people suffer from the event and, at the same time, lose the means to recover from it. In this sense, a cosmology episode is the opposite of a déjà vu experience.In moments of déjà vu, everything suddenly feels familiar, recognizable. By contrast, in a cosmology episode, everything seems strange. A person feels like he has never been here before, has no idea of where he is, and has no idea who can help him. An inevitable state of panic ensues, and the individual becomes more and more anxious until he finds it almost impossible to make sense of what is happening to him."
http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/interesting_terms_sensemaking_and_cosmology_episode/

Maybe there are parallels with the situation of a new learner jumping in the deep end?

Sounds interesting Alan - with our new Polish students this could be very useful!

This is 'Double Dutch' not Polish....sorry!
Jak zyczyc ogolnie szczescia (with imaginary accents).

Jak życzyć ogólnie szczęścia