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First, I have to say that I'm not a big fan of technology. I respect it and use it, but I'm not keen on it. In fact, it tends to make me nervous. Actually, I don't feel very comfortable using any mechanical things--I'm usually nervous that I'll "do it wrong" or break it... Second, a lot of different technology has an important role in my life: the computer, smartphone, refrigerator, washing machine, elevators...electricity... Some I could live without, others, such as the refrigerator or electric light are essential to me. If I had to choose one piece of technology, I'd choose the Kindle. This is an e-reader. I can buy and download books onto it, and read them anywhere. It's very convenient. The screen, or the light it produces, makes it seem very natural, like a book, and the whole experience is similar to reading a book--though not exactly the same. Looking at illustrations or flipping between pages is easier in a book. A big benefit of the Kin...

Write about: - your dream jobs when you were a child - other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university - what made you decide in the end - your experience at university until now - the kind of job you would like to have  > word count: 130 words  > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts and on your teacher's post as well.

Originally I had studied International Relations--in which I got a Bachelor's Degree. I liked it, and it was interesting, but as time went on I had increasing doubts about working in that area. At least it was general enough that there were various employment opportunities. Language was a part of that major, and I always really loved that. I studied Polish (and 2 years of Russian were obligatory), and then also worked as a translator and transcriber in the Polish Section of "Voice of America" radio station, so I had a very strong connection with language. Besides, I had grown up bilingually with German. Therefore, as a consequence, linguistic issues were always sort of present. Actually, I had been interested in the science and study of Linguistics from the start. I was provisionally accepted to the MA program in Linguistics at George Mason University in 1989. I say provisionally because I had not actually studied it at the BA level, and they had doubts about me. I wa...

Hi, my name is Eric Hamilton. I was born on February 8, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. I lived there for a short time, and eventually moved to San Diego, California--a city on the Mexican border. Growing up in the late 60s and early 70s, I can remember the landing on the moon, lots of hippies, and bell bottom pants...However, I was too young to participate. As a child and teen, I went to school, rode a skateboard, played the cello for two years, learned to type, ran track and field, and did some other stuff-- I graduated from high school from a school called Holy Angels...with that name you can probably imagine the type of school it was. There were old nuns wandering around in the halls. My mom was from Germany, so I spent a lot of time with my grandparents there, who partly raised me. As a consequence, I spoke better German than English until I was about 6 years old. Kids used to say I had an accent when I spoke English. Don't worry, now my accent sounds very American, I thin...