Dr. Claus Volko

Ich habe mir auf www.begabtenzentrum.at einige Modelle zur Begabungsförderung kurz angesehen; mein Eindruck: Manche dieser Modelle enthalten eine noch stärkere Strukturierung der Zeit, welche die Schüler täglich an der Schule verbringen müssen. Genau das halte ich für falsch, weil Menschen nicht unbedingt so funktionieren, dass sie mit einem extern vorgegebenen Zeitplan glücklich werden. Ich bin der Meinung, man solle den begabten Kindern einfach Lesen, Schreiben, Rechnen und grundlegende Allgemeinbildung vermitteln und sie ansonsten das tun lassen, was ihnen Freude bereitet, und sie dabei, wenn sie es wollen, unterstützen (z.B. durch Anschaffen von Fachliteratur oder von Werkzeugen, durch das Ermöglichen von Kontakten zu Experten usw.).

Yesterday's psychiatry lecture has awakened an emotional state which I haven't felt for years: It's hard to describe, it's kind of like that there's your destiny and that it's good. I recall that state from school, where it was clear that I was a good student, would remain such until graduating, and then I'd study at university. It's like identifying with what society expects you to do. I haven't had that for a long time since I never felt like a future doctor or so. But psychiatry is a subject that interests me and I could imagine becoming and working as a psychiatrist at least for some time. Now I suddenly felt the teacher speak to me about things that interest me because they will concern my future. And I realized how close I'm already to completing my studies! It's not really that much any more until the doctorate degree. With that degree, I'd have managed the most noble aim of "educated citizens", the highest academic degre

I had a dream: I invented a new video game during this dream. And at the end of my dream, the background story appeared in my head, which will be displayed in the intro: "For thousands of years, Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu have been fighting for the rule of the world. So say the Zoroastrians. If Ahura Mazda wins, there will be eternal life for everybody. In order to make Ahura Mazda win, Dr. Claus D. Volko has revived Sigmund Freud, the explorer of the unconscious, to fight the dark creatures of unconsciousness." The title of the game: "Sigmund Freud and The Power of the Unconscious". The game (as I dreamt it) is a mix of beat-'em-up and jump'n'run. Combat scenes and platform scenes alternate. I dreamt the protagonist changing shapes many times, and I saw virtually all sorts of knight-like sprites which I remembered from video games (Castle of Illusion, Wizards and Warriors etc.). The fact that an interesting game concept has been born in a dream of min

Yesterday I watched Borat the movie. It's good, but I still think that Afghanistan is superior to Kazakhstan.

I've read Wikipedia pages about Saxony. It seems to be a nice landscape with great cities. Some of the photos of Zwickau and Leipzig at Wikipedia are amazing, check them out - I doubt you'll regret it.

A new Polish diskmag has been released. It uses the same engine as Hugi (Panorama). TAC 09h: http://woodmann.com/bart/download.php?id=tac09h.zip (26,5 MB)

Some people have already received the first issue of "Diskussion" which was edited by me. I had already finished the magazine in the first October week, but as the magazine was so large this time, it took the printing company quite long... (I shall visit them one day, it would be interesting to see what equipment they have; I guess it's a rather small one. But it offers Mensa Austria good conditions, and that's what counts.) The print-run is less than half the number of people who regularly download an issue of Hugi... so it's a nice mag, a nice additional platform to publish articles in, but Hugi is still far more effective in reaching a fair number of people. *eyes burning, gotta shut off my computer*