Last month an article appeared in the Toronto Star about a young man from Ottawa, Matti Tikovt, who joined the Estonian army. The story was written by Liivi Sandy, who is in her final year of studying journalism at Ryerson University. It was a half page story with a photograph and a small map to tell the uninitiated where Estonia is.
"I got the journalism 'bug' from my father," said Sandy, whose father Neil Sandy was a well-known radio reporter at CFRB. "When I was young, it would make me feel good to listen to him on the car radio."
Sandy's mother is Kadri Tamme, daughter of artist Aksel Tamme, whose works grace the homes of many Estonians.
"When I was in my final year at high school, I co-edited the school paper," said Sandy. "There I exposed a scandal and I was written up by the Town Crier, a community newspaper. It was that exposure which probably convinced them to accept me at the Ryerson journalism course."
"At Ryerson, one has to make up one's mind, after the second year, which branch of journalism to go into. I chose 'print'," explains Sandy, adding, "last year I would have liked to change my mind. Our assignments were very boring. It wasn't until I was accepted as an intern with the Baltic Times, in January 2004, that I became more interested."
"My internship lasted for six weeks, this year. Baltic Times is based in Riga, Latvia but I was located in Tallinn where they would send me usually on two to four assignments a week," said Sandy. "Some of the articles were about corruption in the police force, another about Professor and politician Rein Taagepera." Hardly puff pieces.
Now back in Toronto, and Ryerson, Sandy is working on the staff of the school newspaper, the Ryersonian as co-arts editor (the product of mother's genes).
"I love drawing and art ... and travel," said Sandy, adding " I spent 5 weeks and 18 cities travelling in Europe this summer, before arriving in Estonia. I visited my sister, who is 7 years older, and lives in Riomaggiore near Genoa, Italy. I have a large family and they're all very supportive of what I am doing."
Now, if we could only get her to write for Estonian Life…
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You are probably right: most Canadians can't locate Estonia without consulting an atlas. By the same token, you can't identify the countries that border on Bolivia, Cameroon or Kazakstan.
You can be certain, however, that the citizens of all of those countries (head-cases excepted) can speak their native tongue; an ability that has evaded you (so far). You are the world's only illiterate who believes that he's an intellectual, and you wonder why your lectures provoke jeers.
It's time for some language instruction and, indeed, therapy.
You can be certain, however, that the citizens of all of those countries (head-cases excepted) can speak their native tongue; an ability that has evaded you (so far). You are the world's only illiterate who believes that he's an intellectual, and you wonder why your lectures provoke jeers.
It's time for some language instruction and, indeed, therapy.
Do you believe that the criticism you've received for your English has been unjustified? If so, why?
Actually, it is referring to the article that was in the Toronto Star. Yes, a lot of Canadians (and even less Americans, and I bet a lot of people in different parts of the world) don't know where Estonia is, and have probably never even heard of it, and it is very helpful to include a map. Next time they will know where our little country is located.
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