Eduard Michalko
Minh-Hoang Nguyen
Eduard:
"Knowledge is something I believe we learn the whole life, Knowledge is a Familiarity, Awareness, or Understanding of someone or something, Such as facts (descriptive knowledge), skills (procedural knowledge), or objects (acquaintance knowledge). It is said that knowledge it can be found in every day situations, every day is a new chance to get or learn something new. Knowledge for me is not just what people consider as the true primary knowledge as we can find in science, technique, medicine, laboratories but also their own life experience.
I personally get a lot of knowledge by observing, I try to watch and observe my whole life life in fact I know my eyesight vision is worse and worse by each day, so sometimes I focus to see what I want to see and take it out of it as much as possible. More and more I think a good teacher is the main bridge for a pupil that starts his way across the life, world. Unfortunately, I think the pedagogue's position has fallen down a little in society. I remember the times when I joined school and students had respect to the teacher, they took them as their smaller patterns and as axes from which they can learn something and stay so hungry in life. A few years ago, when I worked as a teacher in one private school, parental approach toward children and teacher were completely opposite. The teacher was just someone who is responsible primarily for the medical state of the pupil at time of teaching, a person who succeeds on the pupils to avoid accidents and mainly this approach was like "I pay school, you do your job", which is a completely bad parent's approach to pedagogical chorus. Whatever I feel like this world where we are living nor is there a real yet, I will achieve a chance every day and get something new, learn to work and gradually walk through where in the end I hope I will be happy with myself as a person, man and the best version of me."
"Knowledge is something I believe we learn the whole life, Knowledge is a Familiarity, Awareness, or Understanding of someone or something, Such as facts (descriptive knowledge), skills (procedural knowledge), or objects (acquaintance knowledge). It is said that knowledge it can be found in every day situations, every day is a new chance to get or learn something new. Knowledge for me is not just what people consider as the true primary knowledge as we can find in science, technique, medicine, laboratories but also their own life experience.
I personally get a lot of knowledge by observing, I try to watch and observe my whole life life in fact I know my eyesight vision is worse and worse by each day, so sometimes I focus to see what I want to see and take it out of it as much as possible. More and more I think a good teacher is the main bridge for a pupil that starts his way across the life, world. Unfortunately, I think the pedagogue's position has fallen down a little in society. I remember the times when I joined school and students had respect to the teacher, they took them as their smaller patterns and as axes from which they can learn something and stay so hungry in life. A few years ago, when I worked as a teacher in one private school, parental approach toward children and teacher were completely opposite. The teacher was just someone who is responsible primarily for the medical state of the pupil at time of teaching, a person who succeeds on the pupils to avoid accidents and mainly this approach was like "I pay school, you do your job", which is a completely bad parent's approach to pedagogical chorus. Whatever I feel like this world where we are living nor is there a real yet, I will achieve a chance every day and get something new, learn to work and gradually walk through where in the end I hope I will be happy with myself as a person, man and the best version of me."
Hoang:
"I'm sorry to hear that your eyesight is deteriorating. It is heartening, and empowering because and despite such fact, you're trying to look even more deeply into the essential. I share the same view that there is no conclusive scientific truth. In fact, the truth of the matter is sometimes contradictory, and whole in its very paradoxical existence. For example, a seemingly brave person may in fact be a counter-phobia type: they dive straight into challenges in order to quell their fears. As such, it's because they are so afraid that they act bravely. Another example would be close to both of us: black and white, seemingly irreconcilable, can be seen as just different shades of gray.
My idea of knowledge similarly holds some contradictions. Knowledge is, for me, both an escape and defense against the world. My personality is centered around my fundamental fear of incapability. I'm afraid of not being capable enough to communicate, to connect, to relate, to solve. Everything in my life could be understood in that way. In order to quell such fear, my primary strategy is to acquire the knowledge, the understanding, not only of things but also of people, in order to feel equipped enough to deal with others. When I'm stressed, defeated, sad, moody, I come to books or other sources for consolation and a sense of control. In March 2020, after a particularly hard breakup, I bought many books concerning love and personal growth and shut myself in my room for a month until I felt truly transformed and ready to face the world again. Books, and knowledge, are therefore immensely important in my life.
The picture I shot for this assignment reflects this defensive stance regarding knowledge. Books are my sword and shield, the space in which I read is my sanctuary, and I feel safe with them."
My idea of knowledge similarly holds some contradictions. Knowledge is, for me, both an escape and defense against the world. My personality is centered around my fundamental fear of incapability. I'm afraid of not being capable enough to communicate, to connect, to relate, to solve. Everything in my life could be understood in that way. In order to quell such fear, my primary strategy is to acquire the knowledge, the understanding, not only of things but also of people, in order to feel equipped enough to deal with others. When I'm stressed, defeated, sad, moody, I come to books or other sources for consolation and a sense of control. In March 2020, after a particularly hard breakup, I bought many books concerning love and personal growth and shut myself in my room for a month until I felt truly transformed and ready to face the world again. Books, and knowledge, are therefore immensely important in my life.
The picture I shot for this assignment reflects this defensive stance regarding knowledge. Books are my sword and shield, the space in which I read is my sanctuary, and I feel safe with them."