catamari

@catamari (127)

Romania • Age 52

Joined myLot 13 years ago

If music be the food of love, then literature must be the food for the soul.

www.catacharisma.blogspot.com

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Is it a good or a bad idea to learn a foreign language from the first grade?

Porcospino @Porcospino (31366) • Denmark 8 Apr 12

In my country some children learn English from the first grade. English from the first grade is not compulsory, but some schools have chosen to start the English lessons very early. In the 1980's when I went to school we learned...

first grade

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catamari Hello Porcospino. I like your question. Yes, my opinion is that is a very good idea to learn more languages from very early age. We like adults lost our abilities to listen to others like very young people. All the time we try to judge, to think about a...

9 Apr 12

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What do you do when you are bored?

Aja103654 @Aja103654 (5646) • Philippines 8 Apr 12

Okay, it's been a whole week without work. It's the lenten season here in the Philippines and I'm stuck at home, very bored. I try to do many things like clean the house, sort out my plans for the following week, talk to my...

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catamari Hello Aja103654. I finished to read all responses for this question. Is a good question. Unfortunatelly I have not enough time to do how much I have to do. I need a 48 hours day ;). I am never bored using internet. There are billions of people online. I prefer...

9 Apr 12

Ebook vs Real book

deaconroyal @deaconroyal (43) 24 Mar 12

I have been looking at buying e-books over traditional text books this coming semester. The gentlemen at the book store on campus told me it was a bad idea because I can't return the e-book when classes are over. When looking at...

ebook

text book

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catamari Hello deaconroyal and everyone. I believe that ebooks and tablets are very useful for study, to learn, so on. But... I prefer to read paper books. Is more relaxing. I know that on the screen most of the people have problems with eyes. I have not. I can read...

26 Mar 12

My handwriting sucks, and i think it is to late tovchange it.

deodavid @deodavid (4150) • Philippines 16 Mar 12

Hi there guys, I just found another flaw that i think i need to work on. My handwriting. My handwriting is so terrible that my grade3 niece said it was ugly, and her hand writings sucks too, but it was a wake up call...

bad

handwritting

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catamari Hello deodavid. I really mis to write by hand. From today I'll start again to write by hand. I believe is important to do it because there in ourselvs character, personality, so on. My handwriting is so ugly but if I write slowly I can write something in very...

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I really want to practice my English!!

Lisa_lam @Lisa_lam (8) • China 25 Sep 11

I'm college student in China and I'm not very good at English. But I really want to make a change. The best way I think is to communicate with local speakers. Maybe you can help me to improve...

learn english

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catamari Hi Lisa. I believe listening real English is very important too. There are online a lot of online platforms where you can find people talking in English. Usually I love to read in voice. I believe by reading we can improve our vocabulary. All the time we can...

9 Mar 12

College kids

keasling @keasling (723) • United States 8 Mar 12

I am a 34 year old college student. I am going to school full time and I am having a hard time with some of my younger classmates. Some of these children just get on my last nerve. Come into class late, are not prepared, they talk...

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catamari Hi Keasling. I believe we have to understand them very well and to try to be like them. Everytime will be a conflict between generations. Me too I wish to go in college at my age, 40 years. I think is not easy being together with this young peoples. Try to...

9 Mar 12

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How Do You Handle Difficult Customers?

NailTech @NailTech (6874) • United States 3 Feb 12

I work in retail and have been having a hard time dealing with customers from hell so to speak. I always end up getting stressed, and such. Is there an easier way? :( Luckily it doesn't happen too often but to me, the customer is...

customers from hell

difficult

retail

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catamari Hello NailTech! I am not so good in sales but I worked like call center operator in a big company and there only angry people called me. So I believe is a challenge to speak with people who are not polite, who don't respect you. Anybody can talk with kind...

4 Feb 12

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What do you usually do on your free time?

aicasalinks @aicasalinks (303) • Philippines 25 Jan 12

Being a stay home mom with two kids, I just usually do almost just the same things everyday. I would do my usual house chores from cooking to cleaning the house. During my free time in the afternoon, while my eldest is in the...

what relaxes you

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catamari Hello aicasalinks! On my free time I like to read online with voice. I believe on voice we have something in plus to communicate than by writting. I use that to improve my spoken English too. I found even more native English speakers who really enjoy to read...

26 Jan 12

What do you do when people don't listen to you?

squallming @squallming (1775) • Malaysia 19 Jan 12

Another difficult thing to do in life. At times, you wish others to listen, to do what is good for them. Problem is, they just don't listen. They either ignore what you say or argue with you. So as the discussion subject says,...

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catamari hello squallming! Maybe if someone doesn't listen to me I'll be quiet. You can't force anyone to listen to you. If they don't feel what do you want to say is better to stay quite. I was asking many ears a very good friend to explain me something very important...

21 Jan 12

Creating a team of writers, how do I go with it?

boyuancy @boyuancy (1708) • India 18 Jan 12

I'm thinking of making a team of a good 5-7 writers. None of my friends are interested, and none can write too, so finding them online is my best bet. What do you suggest I do? I mean how do I go with it?

freelance writing

online writing

writers

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catamari hello boyuancy! I look for making groups of readers online. I believe if you can have this kind of group with writers will be nice to listen what they write. I belive we must to return at reading with voice, online will be great, to listen to each other. I...

20 Jan 12

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Headphones can kill you?

agmamayo @agmamayo (804) • Philippines 17 Jan 12

Music has been around us for centuries now and has been a part of everyone's life activities. You switch on your favorite music when you take a nap, driving your car, eating your dinner, taking a bath, jogging and almost all human...

death toll pedestrian teenagers music headphones

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catamari Hello agmamayo! I believe headpones can't kill anybody. If you use a knife to cut bread it is not a weapon and it can't kill you. You can kill with it. So, for sure headphones can't kill anybody. There is just a bad habit who can kill you. So, if you jogging...

19 Jan 12

Do you ever regret posting a discussion you made here?

enelym001 @enelym001 (8322) • Philippines 17 Jan 12

Yes I did regret one or two discussions I’ve posted here. Written on the spur of the moment. Out of impulse. I was just hurt maybe. And to release my emotion I wrote it here as a discussion, maybe to get opinions from others too....

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catamari Hello enelym001. We are all humans and humans make mistakes. So, I don't regret any post from myself. If I wrote something wrong we can correct, apologize, explain. And I believe we change all the time. We have different feelings in different times. Same words...

18 Jan 12

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Regular school or Home Schooling?

boyuancy @boyuancy (1708) • India 11 Jan 12

I was thinking about the kids who act in soap operas and start kids and how they deal with their studies. I had heard somewhere that most of them are home schooled. I know most of you have gone to regular schools. If given a...

home schooling

regular school

schools

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catamari Hello boyuancy. I strongly believe on homeschooling. Our kids can socialize in many different ways than going to the school. If you wish that your kids to learn "the street lives" and to feel the danger very soon you are right. But if you wish the best things...

13 Jan 12

Writing goals I have set for 2012

sirnose @sirnose (2436) • United States 27 Oct 11

Hello, fellow mylotters hope you are having a nice day.Some say that 2012 maybe the end of the universe as we know it. But I have decided that I would make my new year’s resolutions early. I write for several writing sites and...

writing contests

writing course

writing goals

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catamari Hello sirnose. I like to write a lot too. I am intermediate in using English. This is the first reason why I stoped to write for magazines, sites, e-zines so on. But I read a lot. So if you write I want to give you an idea. Try to read aloud, with voice your...

28 Oct 11

Disagreements... What do you do?

mr_pearl @mr_pearl (5018) • India 27 Oct 11

Hello Dear Fellows... The myLot family has grown quite big. All of us keep posting things, sharing opinions, views etc... Let us suppose, some other user has disagreed with your views and reponded with his/her views which are...

disagreement

mylot

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catamari Hi mr_pearl. I believe is better for all of us to respond. Then we can have debates and elaborate our opinions. There can be more people who agree with one part and other with oposite part. I think is better for all of us to debate, to respond. First of all we...

28 Oct 11

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I really want to practice my English!!

Lisa_lam @Lisa_lam (8) • China 25 Sep 11

I'm college student in China and I'm not very good at English. But I really want to make a change. The best way I think is to communicate with local speakers. Maybe you can help me to improve...

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catamari Hi Lisa. There are just three secret words which can help you very much to improve your English: practice, practice and of course practice. Now by internet you can find a lot of ways to practice English: talking, reading, listening, all the oportunities are...

28 Sep 11

What would you do

indahfth @indahfth (11161) • Indonesia 20 Sep 11

What would you do if your family, and family of your husband, make a different event, at the same time. You can not come up in both places at once. Your family really hope you come. Your husband's family, also very much hope, your...

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catamari Hello indahfth. I believe that people can communicate each others. For example on my live never happened that because we all communicate each others and we know when will be an event in my familly and when on my wife's family. I believe even there will happen...

25 Sep 11

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How do you like to learn?

JosephP @JosephP (1116) • Jamaica 23 Sep 11

School is a place of learning and I truly believe that learning can be fun for everyone. However, many people hate school. I myself hate school. I do not like the lack of freedom. There I am forced to learn what I am not...

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catamari Hello JosephP. You are right. The school is sometime so boring. Me to I hated to go there. Now I want to study everyday. Nobody will recognise ourselves studies. This is first reason why wee need to go there, in schools. To be recognised, to have papers, to be...

25 Sep 11