Tomáš Koffer by https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla padlet en-us 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC 2023-03-14 02:16:12 UTC hello@padlet.com His daughter Eva stops him as he enters the dining room. She informs him of the news he already knew, subconsciously. tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333048 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333048 When he goes downstairs, he finds the doors barricaded and the children counting silver tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333049 They tell him that the house is too big and they are moving him out of it. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333049 Convinced by his own lie, Alexei decides to win Elena back from her lover tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333050 He packs some suitcases, and prepares to go into town. He plans to buy her a necklace and a new wedding ring. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333050 The children are not happy. tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333051 They do not want to ruin their good memories of their mother and besides, there's no evidence of such behavior. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333051 Once the family is gathered, Alexei elaborates that Elena has not only gone shopping, but that she has taken a lover tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333052 He's very pleased with her for doing so. It seems to ease the guilt about his own infidelities. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333052 Alexei's four children, Arianne, Ilya, Eva, and Katya then come to pay him a house visit tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333053 Alexei is indifferent, but he goes out to buy a cake for the occasion. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333053 He calls his eldest daughter Arianne to tell her that Elena has "gone shopping." tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333054 Arianne is concerned that her father is in denial and tells her siblings. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333054 Alexei refuses to cope with his grief over the loss of his wife tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333055 Instead, he distracts himself with stories he makes up about her.]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333055 His grown children resent him tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333056 He wasn't present at the births of most of them. He was out with his mistresses. The one exception is his eldest daughter Arianna, who shares many of his interests - like heavy drinking. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333056 Too bad, because Elena dies two days later tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333057 Alexei has many regrets, since he was unfaithful to her. He thinks back on her devotion to charity, and the way she left shoes where he could trip on them. They had been married forty-five years. He feels numb. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333057 UN-SCHOOLING COUNSELOR tomas_koffer https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333059 The concept of education as a four-year box-ticking exercise will be over. The future will be more diverse. People will plug in a year of education here and there, a month now and again, and un-schooling counselors will guide them the whole way. “We’re seeing the evolution of the traditional counselor to someone who can hack your life together so it’s unique,” he says.]]> 2017-11-15 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tomas_koffer/gvwl7lb3cfla/wish/207333059