I have readTove Jansson, Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen |The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945)
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I am at odds with Finland since they rejected my last project proposal in Turku. But perhaps I should include it in the file under the title of "REJECTED FOR MY OWN GOOD". What would I would do in Turku, at the end of the road, and so far in the north, in a country whose language I would be probably unable to learn?
This is what I used to say to those PhD students that never used to take my pieces of advice seriously. Mind the grants proposals you submit, because, if accepted, they can make you very unhappy indeed.
Can they?
Should I swallow the unpleasantness and try to see Finland on any forthcoming academic occasion? Get interested in their language that, although beyond comprehension, might be seen as melodious and strangely extravagant? Shortly speaking, is there still anything to do for me in Finland?
This is what I used to say to those PhD students that never used to take my pieces of advice seriously. Mind the grants proposals you submit, because, if accepted, they can make you very unhappy indeed.
Can they?
Should I swallow the unpleasantness and try to see Finland on any forthcoming academic occasion? Get interested in their language that, although beyond comprehension, might be seen as melodious and strangely extravagant? Shortly speaking, is there still anything to do for me in Finland?