So, my dear fellow artist friends, I would like to ask you for an advice in terms of cameras... It really seems like my camera is in its last dying days, though it wasn't 3 years old. Does not turn on, does not take photos, goes dark, flashes and also developed battery problems, I think it would not be really worth to get it repaired for a horrendous prize, I'd rather get myself a DSLR one, maybe it would help me to become a better photographer, and there are also more opportunities. My current, dying camera is a Nikon Coolpix L810 (Is it normal for them to only survive 2.5 years?), and the camera I aim to get for my high school graduation is a Nikon d3200. Does anyone over here have a mode of this type? If you could share your experiences, I'd be really-really grateful! Also, does it survive long? I mean, I'm not rich, maybe it's my only opportunity to get a DSLR. Shall I go for it, or do you advise another cameras? What lenses do you use, what go well with Nikon d3200? I'm curious about everything DSLR!
And please, don't be afraid to leave constructive criticism on my page. Sometimes I feel my photos are not good enough and I'd really like to better myself. Thank you all in advanced!
And to have a little good part. Maybe some of you know that I work as a private teacher to earn some pocket money, I give extra lessons in English to 4 third graders and one sixth grader. And luckily, I freaking love my job, I'm also determined to do this in the future.
There was an example that before a lesson I wanted to die, then I tried to pull myself together for them, and I left full of life due to their wisecracks...
I'm trying to discipline of course, but not the psychopath way my teachers do (
), but still, world needs cheeky students. Usually they belong to 3 students, I'll differentiate them with numbers...
Here are some of their wisecracks:
Student1: Are you married?
Me: No, I'm not.
Student1: But you are an adult!
Me: Yes, but that doesn't make me married.
Student2: I thought you were only 16.
Me: No, I'm 18.
Student2: Wooow, so you can smoke now!
(This does not work like this, kiddos. I've always been and will be a non smoker, and as for relationship... Well... Please God don't make me die alone!
)
Student1: And my little brother's wife should be Miss Éva... Or no, Miss Edit (my mother)!
Me: If you mean your form teacher Miss Edit, she is taken.
Student2 (all naturally): She can still get divorced though.
(The fabulous moment when I laugh at this in spite of the bad relationship of my parents, lol
)
And also, they call one of their teacher "The bulldog of destiny #1". Luckily it's not me.
Student1: Turkish people are really bad at fights.
Student2: I don't know, I don't really thnk so.
Student1: Well, they f***ed it up at
Câmpul Pâinii pretty much.
(Like if events happened centuries ago would have to do anything with today's Turkish people. And definitely the 150 year-long rule of the Ottoman Empire in Hungary was because of their weakness (feel the irony)... So dear Turkish friends, I don't approve, and thanks for letting us win at Câmpul Pâinii. 
)
Student3: In the confectionery usually pretty girls give big scoops. Once we were given ice cream by a new girl there. She wasn't pretty. And we got scoops as small as this.
Me: Oh dear.
Student3: My brother only goes to the confectionery to look at pretty girls (the awkward - I mean awesome moment when I'm really good friends with the mentioned brother and I learn secrets about him ).
Me: So you go look at pretty girls in the confectionery together?
Student3: No, I look at the scoops.
Me: I meant it that way.
One of that student's brothers is doing a voluntary year in the UK, he lives in the household with two kids, and they sent my student a video where they told how old they were, and what their name was. We did a response video, we planned the text like "Hello, my name is Lili, and I'm nine years old." The result was (as I grasp stuff learning German (nein=no)): "Hi, my name is Lili. NEIN!"
Of course, I'm trying to discipline them, but sometimes they just can't control themselves. My mother as a teacher thinks I should be strict, but good thing, that my Grandpa as a teacher wants e to stay the same. He's been teaching for 58 years and told me a story about a student of his... In their school there was blood donation every year, that my Grandpa used to organize. To encourage students and another village-dwellers to come, students had to list people who they called to give blood, and the ones with the longest lists got some awards. Now, one student of my grandfather walked out to the cemetery and listed names on tombstones as blood donors... Considering that my Grandma worked as a doctor's secretary and probably the family knew who died and when it was a bad idea, but still... That ultimate troll! As a future teacher, let's hope that cheeky students always existed and will exist!
Love, Amy
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Little update about me + children's funny sayingsHello dear everyone! 
On Thursday I went to a hospital in the Capital city to inquire whether I can have a laser eye surgery or not. Fortunately the investigations showed that everything's alright with my eye, what's more, my cornea is so thick that it would be able to endure more surgeries as well. I had to be there for 6 hours altogether (but no matter, I got to know some really nice people over there), and with the professor's blessings I'll have my eyes done on the 28th of July! I can't wait to get rid of my glasses, it is so disturbing that I can see nothing without them!
The professor will do the surgery, he seems to be a very nice gentleman and a great expert. We looked into his praxis, he's been doing laser eye corrections since 1992, and has had more than 25000 patients so far. So there is a little chance of probability that he would spoil mine! The process will only last 10 minutes - 5 minutes per eye, though I'll be awake during it. It's n
Kids sayings. Kids sayings everywhere.Hello! I'm making a short report from the camp, that'll end tomorrow! It's both amusing and exhausting, tomorrow after the whole voluntary thing will finish, I'll try to slowly catch up with everything in dA! And I've a friend over, who is also volunteering, so we're trying to spend as much time together as possible. But there are minutes when she is a bit away, like now, so let's make a journal... I've been missing you all! Talk to you tomorrow, until then have some wisecracks! (important to know: my parents organize the whole camp)
Dad: Tomorrow when we'll go to the zoo and the adventure park, you should bring money for yourselves, if you want to buy some extra things, for example when dining in McDonald's.
Boy: I have lots of money! *some minutes later* We are broke! We are very broke! (some years later hopefully he'll not be boasting about either of them)
*at a red lamp, in busy traffic, behind a crossing*
Boy: Couldn't we go faster?
Car driver girl: No, we're
