Unemployment

Unemployment

 

Nowadays the world is facing ‘the global’ crisis and I guess the problem of ‘unemployment’ occurs  in every country. It is social phenomenon that concerns  people who aren’t employed. We can distinguish two types of unemployment:  long-term (being unemployed for a year or more) and short-term (being out of work for three months). Being unemployed  for more than a couple of months can be very dangerous because chances of getting a job decrease.
Unfortunately, unemployment is one of the biggest problems in Poland. Polish unemployment rate grows rapidly – now around 13% . At the end of January 2012 there were 2121,5  thousand unemployed people in the labour offices. Almost 30% of these people are between 20 and 24 years old and they are with primary or lower secondary level of education.  The largest number of unemployed people can be specified in agricultural regions. The main causes of this problem in our country are: liquidation of some branches of industry, production restrictions, demand for various goods or services decreased, transferring factories or companies to other regions, etc. According to statistics form the end of 2011, the average duration of job search is one year.
Unemployment in Poland concerns especially young people. Employers are looking for people with professional training and experience. Students often do not have relevant qualifications and they are not experienced enough.
Not only does the problem concern young people. There are more women than men who are unemployed, especially in the country or small town. This sad thing is that even though they have higher education than men, still they have no job.
What is more, unemployment is the cause of low self-esteem, helplessness and isolation from people. The problem of getting a job is the reason of weakness and as a result a lot of people suffer from nervous breakdown or neurosis.  It is very hard to cope with  situation of being unemployed. 
To sum up, unemployment is a very serious problem and  in my opinion the government must decide what should be done to solve this problem.
                                       
Dominika- G10 Rybnik,Poland

Viluste was visited by a fashion designer

During the two-year period of Comenius project, we have invited the parents of our pupils and our former students to come to our school in order to introduce the requirements and everyday life of their professions. We have had lots of interesting people visiting us, such as police officers, municipality staff, local farmers etc visiting us, but the most interesting experience was when we had a fashion designer, Ragne Kikas, based in Hamburg, Germany coming to our school and speaking about her career choices. Ragne is a young Estonian knitwear designer, awarded with several prizes abroad. She was born in Estonia, went to Viluste Basic School , but then decided to live and work in Germany. She has graduated from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.

When visiting our school, she pointed out to our students that something very traditional to us as having handicraft lessons regularly is not that natural in other countries. She herself learned how to knit at the age of five. So far, she has created five collection. In her last collection, she was inspired by the 15^th and 16^th century armour, whose inflexible and angular shapes she adores and translates into intriguing knitted fabrics. However, she also said that inspiration is only a starting point, more important for her is the choice of techniques. Her biggest achievement so far was the nomination for Festival Hyeres 2012 where she was among the ten finalists and won two awards – the Premiere Vision and the festival' s public prizes. Ragne is invited to New York and Paris to present her work to the press and the fashion professionals.

Our students and teachers were really amazed by the fact that it is possible to go and conquer the world despite of the fact that you originally come from a tiny village situated in a small country.

Our students and teachers were really amazed by the fact that it is possible to go and conquer the world despite of the fact that you originally come from a tiny village situated in a small country.

Trip to France November 2011

The Spanish students have made a PowerPoint presentation explaining what they have done during their trip to France. There they met Dutch and Polish students. A great experience!

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