When I was in the civil service I sometimes violated the rules of the road. I repent. I exceeded the speed limit, forgot to turn on the lights on the track. It really happened.
But I never thought of avoiding the responsibility for my violations, by the help …
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Everyone knows the difference between our Soviet educational system and the American one. In our country, pupils and students received more knowledge about everything, and consequently were famous for the whole world by general erudition. The average Soviet student equally know and understand the poetry of the early Byron and in tangents with cotangents, in verbal nouns …
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Probably everyone has a friend who earns respect through touchiness and vindictiveness?
In relation to these people you can often hear something like “We must invite him to the birthday party, or he will be offended.”
And then at the party everyone …
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In the Italian legislation there is an interesting nuance. If you have violated the traffic rules and you have been fined, but you do not agree, you can appeal this decision. But… if you lose the process, the amount of the fine will double.
Such a rule makes you think carefully before challenging the …
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Two drivers quarreled in the center of the city. Most likely, one of them cut off the second one. The drivers get out of the cars and begin to figure out the relationship on the fists. One beats the second and leaves contented. The second remains to lie on the asphalt.
A …
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Strange metamorphosis occurs with some words.
For example, here is the harmless scientific word “Negro”. It always denoted the people of the Negroid race. This is not an insult or a compliment. Just a statement of fact. But some people thought that this word contains hidden discrimination, and …
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Often, in conversations about the need to learn Kazakh language, I hear a hackneyed phrase: there are no good textbooks in Kazakhstan, there are no methodologies, there are no training centers, no teachers.
I never listened to such arguments, because I was sure that whoever is looking for – will always find it.
But …
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In sport, as in any extreme situation, the human essence is revealed. If you want to find out what a person is, look at him on the football field or on the hockey court.
If he surreptitiously puts the bandwagon, does not admit his violation of the rules, argues with the judge for a long time, accuses …
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Not long ago I remembered my time in the army, when I was young.
I served in the outback of Russia in the Soviet (back then) Army (spring 1986 – spring 1988).
Hazing and communities based on the areas were very common at that time.
In my military unit there were two squadrons. In one commander was a seasoned captain, …
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Here, in Kazakhstan there is such phenomenon, as “agashki” and “bratishki”.
“Agashka” is not an “elder brother” or an “uncle” from the word “aga”. “Agashka” is a patron, protector.
“Bratishka” is not a “younger brother”. It is a protégé, guarded.
I have nothing against such relationship. They exist …
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