This picture was taken on the first year of my faculty. I was sitting with my friends at a coffee bar. Till this moment, I didn't know that I had so many thoughts on my mind. Someone would say :''You look very confused and worried, probably you had a very bad day''. But I didn't. I had just passed my exam ad I looked like a lunatic. This strange look has been following me since the day I was born.
I always have some questions on my mind like : ''What's going to happen tomorrow''?How am I going to finish my faculty?Is this the right choice? The more I try, the more I'm desperate in attempt to get rid of these thoughts. But it is impossible, because it is a part of my personality. It is easier for me to look like this, the person who has no self-esteem. I am hiding behind this shadow and it is the only way for me to function in this world.
To write about my pictures and myself is like reading depressive book with strange characters, full of confusion and concerns. So, this the best possible way reason to stop writing.

evaluation

I totally agree with his statement: ''And I eventually would conclude that I was a good teacher, that it wasn't me who was the problem but a culture of young people who were born and bred to sit back and enjoy the spectacle that engulfed them''. Most of people or students are not interested in anything. They find that professors can't be amusing because of their profession. It is a kind of disease for the most of students in Bosnia and Herzegowina to find more fun in places where you can't learn anything. It is easier to play some video games or watch TV than to read a good book. That's why our vocabulary is on a very low level.

I think his most powerful argument is :''What's more, they were conditioned by an overly nurturing, hand-holding educational system not to take responsability for their own actions.''
Many students think they have some kind of ''nanny'' who will take care of them, hold their hand and carry them through their lives.That's why professors need to give more challenges to the students and to awake their research spirit.

Sometimes,my colleagues and I have funny statements about some lessons we have to learn.We are expecting to have all prepared for our exams and we are not trying to find new literature , some new information.We are constantly talking about the improvement of our educational system,but we are doing nothing to change it.Definitely, we are passive creatures like the generation X.

''I would learn that this was a classic case of people who could dish it out, but who couldn't take it...'' Some people are giving more advices,but actually they can't get the fact that they're the ones who desperately need advice. Those people are convinced that their choice is the best possible one and they can't admit that we all do mistakes, or have some troubles.The best way to face our problem is to admit it.

homework for monday

I think that Lamott is quite confused person and her sentences aren't in an order.I agree with most of her arguments especially those that are compared with something.

''The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time.''

This sentence is all about inspiration, and it is often connected with writer's feelings because the writer is not always ready to write and express his thoughts.He needs a little time to concentrate or he just needs a new environment.Students are having big problems with inspiration, e.g they have two hours to write an essay and they are under a big pressure to finish it.My favourite part in her essay is:

''...and the critics would be sitting on my shoulders, commenting like cartoon characters.They'd be pretending to snore or rolling their eyes.''

I have already said on lecture that they are like audience and they are just telling you that you aren't capable to write or even to think.You are another stupid creature and maybe writing is not for you.Sometimes students have this problem on their lectures because most of their colleagues are nervous when they have to say something.They find you aren't intelligent enough to speak about some problems or you aren't modern enough.Some questions are taboo for you.

I have some doubts about her statement:''Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts.''Sometimes it is not true.E.g. the writer has an idea to write a new book,he has a remarkable thought that is going through his head and he just wants to share it with others.
Maybe the first sentence of the book is the best possible one for someone.

I can just congratulate her on metaphors.Her essay is much more powerful by comparing one thing with another.