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Dominika Trčková

Our student 2015 - 2019

University

London School of Economics, Faculty of Arts Charles University

Field of study

English and American Studies

Contact

dominikatrckova@gmail.com

Open Gate graduate in 2015

I was born in Prostějov, a small Moravian town, in which I attended both primary and grammar school. Besides that, I competed in modern dancing for several years in TŠ Hubený dancing school. When I was 14 I started studying at the bilingual Open Gate Grammar School, all with the kind help of the Educa Foundation, today known as The Kellner Family Foundation. At Open Gate I finally found a way to use my potential as I learned plenty not only in academic terms, but also discovered formative leisure time activities such as volunteering, diplomatic simulations or organisation of events of that kind.

I have always been an ardent humanities fan which is why I favoured subjects such as English Literature or World History as I neared my senior year at Open Gate. As much as I would enjoy studying these at university level, I opted for Law at first. However, I chose to interrupt and then withdraw completely from the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science due to health problems. In autumn 2016 I will therefore start studying English and American Studies at Charles University in Prague; the programme consists of what I enjoyed while at Open Gate. In the following three years I plan to relax and finish my BA peacefully. I still don’t know what will come after but I am sure I will be fine, especially with the kind help of The Kellner Family Foundation.

Secondary

Jiří Wolker Grammar School in Prostějov, the Czech Republic
Open Gate Grammar School in Babice near Říčany, the Czech Republic, graduated in 2015

Tertiary

English and American Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague (beginning 2016)

Email:

dominikatrckova@gmail.com

Goals

Considering the recent changes in both my personal and academic life I have decided not to dwell too much on any long-term goals; instead, I focus on the near future. I would like to learn to relax and pursue my studies calmly, to recognize my own limits and think of my health. Last but not least, my primary goal is to enjoy my BA and finish it successfully.

Interests

I love literature. Besides reading I like to spend my leisure time singing, travelling and pampering my pets.

My articles and what has been written about me

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07/19/2019

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

Freedom at last! – that is how I would describe the feeling that flooded my mind right afer being told I had succesfully graduated. And with straight A’s at that! But instead of a wild party, which the adults around me (a category which keeps shifting further and further the older I myself get) for some reason expected, I celebrated my new title by shutting the world out and falling asleep for a few days.

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03/02/2019

Almost There

Alright, I might be cutting it too close with the word “almost,” but it is impossible to leave the excitement out with the sweet image of my graduation day in mind. However, the three months ahead of me will surely feel too short when it comes to the preparation for my final state exams, which are lurking around the corner. The new semester has barely begun, but they are already calling for attention.

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11/18/2018

In Brief

It seems that my previous post practically foretold the future: I am all about books in the moment. I have started a new part-time job in a bookstore at the end of September. For sure, in this way I have sarificed the few remaining afternoons I had left, but those precious hours are definitely worth it. The time spent amongst bookshelves, trying to fit in an infinite amount of books and searching for titles whose names are often creatively altered by customers, offers a huge advantage: I can afford not to think of my other duties for at least a few hours a week. My colleagues are great people, the books make one smile all the time and customers are (usually) fun to work with. The only exception would possibly be those looking for “that one with the blue covers” or any primary school textbook. Reason? There are way too many candidates.

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07/27/2018

Summer Reading

Summer is already in its full swing and, like many other students, I try to make the best of the time it offers me. Every year I walk into the holidays naively thinking my days will be filled with incessant activity – to be honest, who does not? – and every year, once I have been relaxing for a few week already, I realize I disappointed my expectations again. For now, though, it seems that this year I might come close to my goals: my travels along Zadar, Madrid, Barcelona and Coruña have been fruitful. My initial plans were quite different. I was supposed to spend most of my time in Madrid working on my thesis, but a change of plans brought about a different kind of study – that of the wonderous Galician cuisine and culture. Having come home, I have plenty of work ahead of me but memories from the Spanish north keep me positive.

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03/06/2018

It Is All about Phonetics

The summer term of the second year having just begun, one would say there is still plenty of time before I finish my BA studies. The opposite seems to be true – although I am only halfway through, my studies are narrowing day by day in their focus. English and American Studies is a bachelor’s programme set up in such a way that students may try the taste of literature, linguistics and comparative studies. Naturally, one’s inclination starts showing after a few months. In my case, it turned out be linguistics; surprisingly, linguistics with focus on phonetics and its practical implications. After all, it is hardly shocking that as an ex-law student I am more of a pragmatic to whom theoretical linguistics simply does not fill in the need to see a real impact of my work.

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11/16/2017

On Airports and Freddie

Half the term is gone already and while the shop windows are being decorated with everything that is red and green and screams Christmas, for us students the time has come to start working on term papers and to revise for winter exams. But considering that my university work is what has been on my mind constantly the past few days, I decided to write this piece on something more relaxing.

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09/11/2017

Athens to Al-Qaeda

While the majority of my friends and classmates celebrated the end of exam period and the whole academic year by enjoying the sudden amount of leisure time, I – and this will not surprise you, dear reader – took off for London. Seventeen hours later I got off the bus at Victoria Green Line Station and headed to Islington where my dormitory was. Having met my future group of friends, together we went to central London as there was only a single item remaining on our to-do-lists: LSE Summer School registration.

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03/02/2017

From London to Prague

Time is passing by and I find myself in the second term of my second first year as a university student. It has been a little over a year since I left the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science.

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11/15/2016

A Change worth a life

Change. Change. c h a n g e. Change. CHANGE.

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03/07/2016

Mind the gap!

Let's play a game. Where does your mind wander upon reading the word London? Let me guess – Big Ben? The Queen Elizabeth II. or William and Kate? BBC? Sherlock Holmes or even Oliver Twist? Wait, and what about all the universities there? It is incredibly hard to find anything not connected to London in some way.

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11/09/2015

A Legal Avalanche

The first half of Michaelmas term has gone and it is time for me to contribute to the panoply of experiences lived by grantees supported by the Kellner Family Foundation.
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