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Hey @Historylover

@Kyle1 Yes raised RC, but today UCA, but tentative ...

Probably why I felt I had to turn over every stone ... searching for answers.

Re psychoanalysis:

In my early studies Freud and Lacan ruled, Jung was slightly off mainstream, then we heard about Janet plus ... last year ... into equity ... the UN and all that ... but not convinced so let it go. Trying out living life without structures of education. Still learning heaps.

@Appleblossom yes. Organic learning. 🙂

So can I ask: what does this day mean to you?..

Hey yourself, @Appleblossom. How are you?

I've been looking for those elusive answers and understandings too, @Appleblossom. I thought I had found the answers, but recently another realization has overturned everything. I guess we weren't supposed to rest on our laurels. 😕

@Historylover I am constantly learning and am changing. I am starting to embrace ...

old and silly ... as in trying to treasure any good moments possible. A young man looked at me as I was going to church and then said to reassure me ... that he wanted his wife to look like me ... that was nice and we had a laugh across the road. I was wearing browns.

@Kyle1

For me, I reflected on the push to masochism within my family and how destructive that was. I respect Good Friday as a day of mourning and deep respect for suffering of divine or human quality. There is an aspect of grieving for my own family. I did not feel inclined to go on to the stations of the cross, another event, which others were attending. I responded to a request for volunteer and set up a little musical addition which went well. I have a lot of experience in Holy Week music so it is seems a shame to let it go to waste.

@Appleblossom that was a lovely compliment you received today!

Yes - OWN IT 🙂

Brava! @Appleblossom. You certainly have an interesting life. Pleased you had such a varied, enjoyable day.

Thanks @Kyle1 @Historylover

Never worn this outfit before, just the combo of old things and new cardi, seemed good enuff for church but not too dull.

Its a pretty simple life, but trying to live it with style and dignity.

I'm sure they will go into it rather more deeply than we have done to date, @Kyle1. It's still very early days, and we only do one topic per semester. Two would be too much pressure for me at this stage.

Can I ask @Historylover what the topic was this semester?

Intercultural communication, this semester, @Kyle1. It's showing how culture is more than ethnic groups, and how we adapt our style of communication depending on the person or group with whom we are interacting. Like here, we use one style of communication, and in another situation, we would be more or less forthcoming. It's failing to grab my attention, and when that happens, I just immerse myself in the assessments. It fills the requirements, but I don't know if it will come back to bite me later on. I don't think it will, because, as I've mentioned, I don't expect to complete the course. It is interesting though, and I would not have dreamed, in my earlier life, that I could have attended university. It just goes to show how schooling can be so unsuited to our required learning style. I have found outstanding teachers on YouTube, but so far, in these courses, a number have left me astounded by their inadequacies. Perhaps online courses get the left overs.