Sunday 18 December 2011
Poland - September 2011
Greek team visits Poland 26/09/2011 to 30/09/2011
We would like to share with you our experience from our visit to Rybnik, Poland.
German and Estonian teams were also there.
We really had a very nice and creative time in
During the visit the students painted posters on the subject of employment/unemployment.
The European Languages Day school event was great. The visit to the Silesian University of Technology and the Teneco company, as well as the tour of Rybnik and the information about the businesses in the region by the school history teacher Mr. Piotr Paszenda were amazing! On the last day we walked in the streets of beautiful Krakow!
We left
Thursday 1 December 2011
ART WORKSHOPS
Art workshops held in G10 Rybnik during the visit of teachers and students from: Städtisches Gymnasium Gevelsberg, GERMANY ,GENIKO LYKEIO SKOPELOY, Skopelos,GREECE and Viluste Põhikool, Viluste, ESTONIA
. Students had to paint a poster. The topic was: Employment / unemployment - my vision. We were discovering the main problems facing our world, what is the situation of the youth in different countries nowadays and then we started to put our ideas onto the paper with the help of brushes and paints. the working was so intense that some of us got painted all over our bodies;-)
Why do we have to study?
In the beginning I would like to describe our educational system in Poland. So let’s start.When You are four years old, you often go to the kindergarten. I said often because it’s not necessary. What is necessary before starting a journey with primary school, is last year of kindergarten called ,, zerówka” which prepares children for studying in primary school.
When you are seven years old, your adventure with primary school begins. Primary school has got six classes. After 3 years of primary school, new subjects are added like a Natural History(geography, physics and chemistry together), History and higher level of Maths, Polish and English. When you pass the last class, you need to write a final exam. After all, you get a certificate of graduation and you’re free…
…Until September comes.
After primary school, middle school comes. It’s similar to primary school: you need to pass only or even three classes. During those years, you repeat all the stuff from primary school, learn new material, and perpetuate it all in memory. After three years you have to take part in final exam. You don’t need to write anything, you just have to participate in it. Most people think that this exam is very important part of their future. You next school’s choice depends on this exam’s result.
After you finish the middle school, you have to pick one of three types of high school: comprehensive secondary school, technical secondary school or vocational school.
Comprehensive secondary school lasts often three years if you don’t screw up anything. It’s job is to repeat, and memorize whole material and prepare you to secondary school’s final exam as well as they can. After you pass it, you can join any college.
Technical secondary school lasts four years, During these years you need to learn and specialize in certain way.
The knowledge you’ll get is targeted for a certain profession. After technical secondary school people often pick the technical university.
Vocational school is similar to technical secondary school but lasts only two years. After it you don’t need to go to college because you got professional degree already. You can start your own business. If you have money to do it.
My dream in childhood was to be a surgeon or other kind of doctor. I wanted to save people’s lives. Then I realized that most people for studying medicine have doctors in their families so it’s easier for them. Now I want to be a building engineer, I want to make construction projects and I want to earn a lot of cash.
I think education in Poland is very good. Most schools and universities are on high lever. I think that getting a good university degree will help me to find a better job because employers in Poland often look at education degree and what school you have finished before they will employ somebody. I think that better option is to go abroad because you won’t earn much in Poland, except you’re a politician
Marek Robak,G10,Rybnik,Poland
What’s so special about learning?
What’s so special about learning?
In my opinion education is necessary to get a well paid job and live in good conditions. When you have a good university degree it is much easier to find job or start your career. If you finish your primary school , gymnasium , secondary school end finally university with good marks it is the best way to your future. Firstly if you get good results in lower secondary school you can choose better education and you achieve good study degree. Secondly, nowadays in Poland every worker needs a good degree because if you are not qualified your employers try to find a better person on your position. Moreover , work success goes together with money – better education is connected with better job and finances. Obviously when you have a good knowledge after studies you don’t have any problems with solving life difficulties and then you can give some advice to other how to handle with it.
In my future I would like to attend Physical Academy in Katowice. I hope I will be a sport teacher one day and salaries will be better then now. I think the importance of education will never disappear because knowledge is always needed for instance to be a manager or a good worker in any company. Now you can see many unemployment people who didn’t care about education and their development in the past. Personally I believe that education always gives you more opportunities then doing nothing and waiting for a miracle.
Sebastian G10 Rybnik,Poland
Friday 9 September 2011
Tuesday 7 June 2011
art workshops
Fit For Jobs in Eu Comenius team: art workshops "Unemployment vs Prosperity"
participants: students and teachers of :
Lycée Générale et Technologique Jean Monnet , La Queue les Yvelines, FRANCE,
Porta Mosana College Porta VWO, Maastricht,the NETHERLANDS,
GIMNAZJUM NR 10 IM.JANA PAWŁA II, RYBNIK,POLAND
Friday 27 May 2011
Fit For Jobs Halfway Point
a short presentation by Mr Piotr Paszenda- History teacher from G10, Rybnik, Poland about our working session in Estonia.
Comenius’ half way point View more presentations from arkadius69
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Tuesday 24 May 2011
Monday 23 May 2011
Skopelos by Silvia and Laia (Spain)
We visited Skopelos from 2nd to 7th April and we would like to show you our experience.
γλωσσιοτισσα (Glossiotissa) by Alba Ruíz (Spain)
When we were in Skopelos, we went to Glossa, a village of the island where we visited the agro-touristic cooperative “Glossiotissa”(γλωσσιοτισσα).
Many women of the municipality of Glossa founded Glossiotissa in 1999.
They wanted to face the unemployment of the area by developing their skills and knowledge. They also wanted to promote the local area products like almonds, plums... which are handmade by the women.
Now, the cooperative has promoted its products at Skiathos, Volos, Athens, Thessaloniki, etc.
In this handmade food factory, the women taught us how to make a tyropita (τυρóπιτα), a Greek cheese pie, and then many students tried to prepare one.
Finally, we ate some typical Greek foods like tyropita and pastitsio (παστίτσιο), a baked pasta dish made with pasta, meat sauce, and a custard or béchamel sauce.
As a souvenir, they gave us a typical Greek sweet
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Opinion article by Cristina Pereira (Spain)
THE SITUATION OF SPAIN NOWADAYS
Imagine you have lost your job, you have children to maintain and it seems impossible for you, your savings are not enough to pay the rest of the expenditure and, moreover, you’re about to be homeless. What would you do?
Maybe you can think all of this is excessive but, unfortunately, I’m not exaggerating. More and more Spanish families are living this case at the moment.
I have to say that it’s possible that there is a big inequality in economical issues within families, because the rich keep on being rich and have no monetary problems. Even so, the situation of Spain is falling increasingly and it’s caused by crisis.
Since the enterprises realized they didn’t have enough money and they had to fire a lot of employees, life seems much more difficult for the population. The unemployed aren’t able to find another job because there are no available jobs. So, is there any possibility to change this? There will be a moment where people won’t have any money to eat and, as it’s happening now, the banks will want to take their homes because they can’t pay the mortgage. And the worst thing is that, as they can’t live anywhere else, they have to keep on paying it!
I don’t know much about politics or economy but, in my opinion, everything could be better if the politicians started to act instead of contradicting themselves. They are always saying they will get over the crisis and they will try to create jobs for the unemployed, but, in the end, everything seems to get worse. Their discourse is just pure demagogy. But of course, the president will never know what living in misery is because he will earn money during all his life. So, what can a person like him say to the population?
Also, the most controversial topic of the moment is the great debt owed by the State and its consequences. As all they want is to cut costs, they are starting to consider the possibility of privatizing the education and health systems. This is the last straw. The government wants to remove a load off, but what about the rest of the people, who don’t have enough money and can’t afford the essential things? Will they have to pay for an operation if they have an illness?
Well, the reason why I’ve just mentioned all of these points is because I think we have to be concerned about our future now that we are young. The economic crisis is increasing; we do have to study hard if we want to be someone in the future. Without studies, we won’t be able to do anything. So, why don’t we use our time in the best way possible now so that we can be more prepared in the future? It’s necessary to save our country.
Cristina Pereira
Imagine you have lost your job, you have children to maintain and it seems impossible for you, your savings are not enough to pay the rest of the expenditure and, moreover, you’re about to be homeless. What would you do?
Maybe you can think all of this is excessive but, unfortunately, I’m not exaggerating. More and more Spanish families are living this case at the moment.
I have to say that it’s possible that there is a big inequality in economical issues within families, because the rich keep on being rich and have no monetary problems. Even so, the situation of Spain is falling increasingly and it’s caused by crisis.
Since the enterprises realized they didn’t have enough money and they had to fire a lot of employees, life seems much more difficult for the population. The unemployed aren’t able to find another job because there are no available jobs. So, is there any possibility to change this? There will be a moment where people won’t have any money to eat and, as it’s happening now, the banks will want to take their homes because they can’t pay the mortgage. And the worst thing is that, as they can’t live anywhere else, they have to keep on paying it!
I don’t know much about politics or economy but, in my opinion, everything could be better if the politicians started to act instead of contradicting themselves. They are always saying they will get over the crisis and they will try to create jobs for the unemployed, but, in the end, everything seems to get worse. Their discourse is just pure demagogy. But of course, the president will never know what living in misery is because he will earn money during all his life. So, what can a person like him say to the population?
Also, the most controversial topic of the moment is the great debt owed by the State and its consequences. As all they want is to cut costs, they are starting to consider the possibility of privatizing the education and health systems. This is the last straw. The government wants to remove a load off, but what about the rest of the people, who don’t have enough money and can’t afford the essential things? Will they have to pay for an operation if they have an illness?
Well, the reason why I’ve just mentioned all of these points is because I think we have to be concerned about our future now that we are young. The economic crisis is increasing; we do have to study hard if we want to be someone in the future. Without studies, we won’t be able to do anything. So, why don’t we use our time in the best way possible now so that we can be more prepared in the future? It’s necessary to save our country.
Cristina Pereira
Comic Stories
Comic stories about job/education created by Kasia Skware, Edyta Mura, Karolina Cyrulik, Magda Sechawer from G10 Rybnik, Poland
Monday 16 May 2011
Saturday 14 May 2011
Job interviews by Greek students
When the Greek students were preparing for the visit in Germany last February, they filmed two short videos pretending they were having job interviews. One video showed the proper way to have an interview and the other what an applicant shouldn't do. It wasn't possible to present it in Germany due to technical reasons and lack of time, but we can do it now through our magazine.
Sunday 8 May 2011
Two points of view by Alba Ruiz (Spain)
TWO POINTS OF VIEW
I wake up, it’s half past six and it’s a sunny day. I have a shower and then I go to prepare some coffee.
I read the newspaper, “There are a lot of unemployed”. It’s my case too.
I look at the clock; it’s a quarter past seven.
I go upstairs and I open the door of my daughter’s room. Marian is sleeping. I try to wake her up, she ignores me. I insist because she has to go to school.
First, she opens one eye, then the other one; she looks at me and she looks angry.
“Why are you annoying me?” she said.
“You have to leave in a quarter, do you remember?” I say seriously.
Finally, she goes to dress up. Maybe she hates me, but I’m her father and these are the cards we were dealt.
I sit down on the sofa. Marian thinks I’m boring, I understand her; but I don’t care.
When I was young I thought the same about my parents. They were always telling me I had to study, “You must study now you can” they told me again and again.
I obeyed them and I did the Journalism degree. Therefore I got job early, but now I have lost everything. So I can’t imagine my daughter’s future. Will she be able to get a job?
Marian doesn’t want to study, she thinks that when she finishes the secondary school, she will find a job, but what kind of job will she find without more studies than the Secondary School Graduate?
I stand up and I go to open the fridge. It’s almost empty but I’m not surprised. I’m going to take a juice but the phone rings. I take it.
Suddenly, the happiness invades me. The call is from a journalism agency. They’ve seen my curriculum and they want to interview me.
Maybe things can start to change...
......
I’m really tired; my father has waken me up. He is so irritating since he is unemployed. After we argue, I dress up and then I go to school.
My father thinks that I’m irresponsible and that I don’t think about my future. He is wrong.
Maybe it isn’t the best idea but I don’t want to spend more money in studies, because I’m not a clever person so the money will be wasted.
My father insists that I must study, but if I keep on studying, what degree will I do? I can’t choose my future if I'm only sixteen years old, I’m too young to decide what I will probably do the rest of my life. Perhaps I can work in a shop or in a supermarket.
The day at school is entertaining. Although I’m not brilliant, I don’t dislike studying.
My teacher talks about the future. It looks as if all the people want to talk about this. But her words make me think and, for the first time in a long of time, I consider again the fact of studying.
The only thing that could stop me is money, so I ask it to my teacher.
The teacher tells me that there are scholarships for people who aren’t able to pay the studies.
I’m so happy, I want to be at home and explain it to my father, he will be joyful.
Now I’m optimist. Maybe things can start to change.
I wake up, it’s half past six and it’s a sunny day. I have a shower and then I go to prepare some coffee.
I read the newspaper, “There are a lot of unemployed”. It’s my case too.
I look at the clock; it’s a quarter past seven.
I go upstairs and I open the door of my daughter’s room. Marian is sleeping. I try to wake her up, she ignores me. I insist because she has to go to school.
First, she opens one eye, then the other one; she looks at me and she looks angry.
“Why are you annoying me?” she said.
“You have to leave in a quarter, do you remember?” I say seriously.
Finally, she goes to dress up. Maybe she hates me, but I’m her father and these are the cards we were dealt.
I sit down on the sofa. Marian thinks I’m boring, I understand her; but I don’t care.
When I was young I thought the same about my parents. They were always telling me I had to study, “You must study now you can” they told me again and again.
I obeyed them and I did the Journalism degree. Therefore I got job early, but now I have lost everything. So I can’t imagine my daughter’s future. Will she be able to get a job?
Marian doesn’t want to study, she thinks that when she finishes the secondary school, she will find a job, but what kind of job will she find without more studies than the Secondary School Graduate?
I stand up and I go to open the fridge. It’s almost empty but I’m not surprised. I’m going to take a juice but the phone rings. I take it.
Suddenly, the happiness invades me. The call is from a journalism agency. They’ve seen my curriculum and they want to interview me.
Maybe things can start to change...
......
I’m really tired; my father has waken me up. He is so irritating since he is unemployed. After we argue, I dress up and then I go to school.
My father thinks that I’m irresponsible and that I don’t think about my future. He is wrong.
Maybe it isn’t the best idea but I don’t want to spend more money in studies, because I’m not a clever person so the money will be wasted.
My father insists that I must study, but if I keep on studying, what degree will I do? I can’t choose my future if I'm only sixteen years old, I’m too young to decide what I will probably do the rest of my life. Perhaps I can work in a shop or in a supermarket.
The day at school is entertaining. Although I’m not brilliant, I don’t dislike studying.
My teacher talks about the future. It looks as if all the people want to talk about this. But her words make me think and, for the first time in a long of time, I consider again the fact of studying.
The only thing that could stop me is money, so I ask it to my teacher.
The teacher tells me that there are scholarships for people who aren’t able to pay the studies.
I’m so happy, I want to be at home and explain it to my father, he will be joyful.
Now I’m optimist. Maybe things can start to change.
Friday 25 March 2011
PROJECT DIARY
Dear friends. i have just started to write our Project Diary. Here is the link:
http://twinblog.etwinning.net/27810/
If you want to add any info aor reports from the visits you participated please send the materials to me. Make your students write some reprts from the visits they participated in.
http://twinblog.etwinning.net/27810/
If you want to add any info aor reports from the visits you participated please send the materials to me. Make your students write some reprts from the visits they participated in.
Thursday 24 March 2011
Tuesday 22 March 2011
Saturday 19 March 2011
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