TFF - Teacher From Finland on Youtube!

It sure took some time! I picked the handle "TFF - Teacher From Finland" for my YT channel some years ago, but only with the last few days I've been able to finally make videos for the channel. 

I made a page for the channel on my website as well (https://jounivilkka.fi/tff.htm). There I show my plans for the channel: to create "courses" or lecture series about all the six subjects that I am qualified to teach at Finnish (senior high) schools (and also some other things). 

I've made two videos by now. One is just my first attempt at making a video, where I just introduce the channel. That one I have now deleted, because the audio and video were so badly out of sync.

The other begins a series I intend to make based on things (mostly essays) I wrote as a university student (https://youtu.be/-ACCa41oYZE).

I have quickly learned that especially editing is time consuming, and when you don't know anything about it, it can really be mindbogglingly difficult. I am learning, and trying out different software. Things are moving on. 

I plan to first work on my "old papers" -series, and then move on to making lecture videos for the high school level courses. I should have learned how everything works by then.

If you find this sort of thing interesting, please watch the clips, Subscribe, click Like, and comment. :-)

And if you don't like it, just fuck off already! ;-)

'Bright' = 'Valoisa'?

This one I have to write in both languages, but that's not a big problem, because what I've said doesn't take long to say (or write) and I've already written the main point in the title.

The term of the movement (one of the movements) for increasing awareness, acceptance, and political influence of the non-religious known commonly as the Brights' Movements has been subjected to criticism because of the well-intentioned but perhaps a bit failed choice of name. "Bright" is not intented to be understood to mean "smart", but rather something positive to do with light (due to the connection with the Enlightenment), such as "bright sunny day".

But there's a significant difficulty in translating that term to Finnish. My suggestion is to use the term "Valoisa", as in "valoisa huone", or better yet "valoisa mieli". It has none of the connotation of Välkky (Smart), and all the connotation of niceness, happiness, and optimism.

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Tähän mennessä suomenkieliset lukijani (jos heitä on) ovat jo ymmärtäneet sanomani, sikäli kuin tietävät mistä on kyse. "Bright" voitaisiin kääntää "Valoisa", koska toisin kuin "Välkky", tuolla sanalla ei ole ylimielisen kuuloista, älykkyyteen viittaavaa konnotaatiota, vaan siitä tulee mieleen lähinnä optimistinen mieli, onnellisuus, sekä muuta mukavaa.

Tällä termillä siis viitattaisiin henkilöihin, jotka kuuluvat uskonnottomien Bright-liikkeeseen. Tämän liikkeen tavoite on parantaa uskonnottomista vallitsevaa mielikuvaa ja sitä kautta heidän yhteiskunnallista asemaansa.