English Reading Club

NEVER use the word retarded (offensive) Downs syndrome that life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life and the conditions it comes with; and that if this person decides to renounce the gift no one asks for, it is a moral and human duty to act on the consequences of that decision.

from Margaret ‘No,’ she said. ‘I left you because of us.’ ‘I don’t think the worse of you. I don’t even think the worse of the Fruitcake, though admittedly my estimation of her has always been below sea level.’ Fruitcake: nickname for Voronica Why did Margaret check the bill? Margaret checked the bill, running the corner of her credit card down the items.

Q1: Why did Tony met his ex-wife(Magarate)? Voranica, Brother Jack Fragment from Andrian And as the poet pointed out, there is a difference between addition and increase. ‘He took his own life’ is the phrase; but Adrian also took charge of his own life, he took command of it, he took it in his hands – and then out of them. Graph x-axis: y-axis: Boundary

Mar 10 Tony get divorced, and felt lonely Platonic girlfriends Received a letter from a lawyer Tony & Veronica Veronica’s mother Adrian: committed suicide we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense. Did I think Adrian’s action an implied criticism of the rest of us? Memory differs from the old facts/reality cowardice / peaceable keeping diary

Mar 3 Briefing about 20 to 40 page: Tony visited Veronica’s home for one weekend Veronica met Tony’s friend, including Adrian Tony slept with Veronica and split with her Veronica’s mother wrote a letter to Tony, didn’t blame Tony at all Adrian wrote letter to Tony ask for permission to go out with Veronica What is Veronica’s family’s opinion on Tony? The father making jokes on Tony, a lot of negative words to describe, for example “lower-class scum”, shows that Tony didn’t like father; The brother “He behaved towards me as if I were an object of …”, looks like both the father and the brother are looking down upon Tony; The mother looks very different; One evidence by the author “This is my principal factual memory…” that the memory might be very different with the fact.

Until page 20 Background The author is famous: Julian Barnes Questions Genre: old man remembering novel, Campus: Main character: Tony First part Jeff: A lot of the novel is about how memory is fallible Collage Expressions If I can’t be sure of the actual events any more, I can at least be true to the impressions those facts left. That’s the best I can manage.

Teams 1: SAP Certification team Leader: Shuuka Main goal: Get the certifications! Measure: At least one cert during the 90 days Two parts Learning: OpenSAP, Learning Hub Review: Estimate efforts Free learning Recite 100 question? Monitor each other, 0.5 hour per working day Outcomes Add to your profile, LinkedIn Coverage Azure, SAP … Design thinking, time management Choices C4C Service BW Customer Service Design thinking (certified coach) Teams 2: Chinese Poem team Leader: Hongyan Dream big, start small Finish reciting 27 poems in 90 days Slides from Mia This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office.