Hi!
My name’s Patrycja. I’m Polish. I’m a volunteer and I take care of emigrants’ children.
They came to Poland from Chechnya. They are between 8 and 15 years old. They came here because in their country there is a war conflict. I help them with lessons and I teach Polish. I want them feel here like at home. I take part in meetings of Polish and Chechnyan children onSaturdays. Then, they play and do homework together. During holidays I organise excursions, fun and sport activities. I’m glad that I do this volunteer work.
Friday 29 November 2013
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Try not to judge a nation by its one or two representatives' misbehaviour
People who leave their
countries should take responsibility for themselves, the way they
behave. For example, a Lithuanian who arrived in Poland doesn’t
only represent himself, but the society he derives from. If he
does something wrong, Poles will think that all Lithuanians are
impolite or dishonest, etc. We know that we shouldn’t evaluate
bigger group based on one person's deeds, but we do it. Why? Because
that’s human nature, but it works both ways. If we Poles make
mistakes abroad, native people from these places will say unpleasant
things about us too. That’s why every immigrant should behave
worthily not to bring shame on their homeland.
Marta, 14
Marta, 14
Thursday 14 November 2013
Refugees in Polish school
Currently
in centers for foreigners
there
are about 650 children in age from 6 to 18 years.
They
have the same rights as polish children.
Children
of
foreigners
who live in centers for foreigners are going to schools near their
home. The biggest ones are in Warsaw (about 236 children), Łuków
(about 96 children) and Bialystok (about 60 children).
Now
in every centre for foreigners there are at least one employee
(in
most cases it's a teacher) whose duty is to teach Polish language and
showing them our culture. There is also Multimedia Learning Lab. In
some centers there are also working intercultural assistants and
their job is to help in communicating between parents and their
children.
Number
of children that lives in those centers
was
succesively raising over the years.
Starting
from the 43 kids in school year 2001/2002 to 658 kids in the school
year 2013/2014
Marcin,14
Learning more about immigrants from Geography activities
On
the 8th November, our first class students had the meeting with the
special guest- the Geography teacher and teacher trainer working in
the Middle East. Except geography features, we also learnt about
immigrants
of Catarrh, Dubai and Oman
Immigrants
in Dubai, Catarrh and Oman come from the south–east of Asia.
Immigration to the United Arab Emirates is very large. In many cities
there are now more workers from
India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan and China than indigenous poeple of the country.
For example, in Dubai there are more immigrants then residents. In
Oman, most immigrants come from Indie and Phillippines. In Quatar
there is nearly 2 million people and 90% of them are immigrants. They
work on construction sites and have only 600 dirhams per month. In
shops everything is expensive. The water is paid 20 times more than
in Poland (about 20 dirhams).
Most
immigrants prefere Dubai as a destination.
Jacek(13),
Emilka(13)
Monday 28 October 2013
I. The Poles abroad
Poles emigrate,
because they are looking for a good paid or even any job. Some of
them overbroad to Ireland and they are happy when they wash up
because in Poland they were unemployed. I think that’s the most
common reason why Poles leave our beautiful country. But there are
people who don’t change their place of living because of a job.
Some of them do it because of desire to explore the world, learn
about other cultures or places. Other group leave Poland when they
meet old friends who are foreigners, they fell in love in newly
understood country and stay there permanently.
Sometimes they can
miss family, friends from Poland or simply living in Poland, but in
general, they feel at home.
They don’t have
friends only among other Poles. It could be said that they have only
several friend from Poland, most of their mates are foreigners from
different countries. Also immigrants from other nations.
I think foreigners
want to know something about our culture. Of course not in details as
important events in our history, but for example our traditional
dishes, dances or music can interest them.
This what keeps the
Poles together is awareness that there is someone with who other Pole
can talk about abandoned country.
II. The immigrants
in Poland
Poland is a good
place to live in if you are foreigners. I can’t say that about
every city, but Poland have many ‘green cities’ where industry is
not highly developed. Poland is an attractive place for academics
from Western Europe because our universities are cheaper wherein
their levels of educations aren’t lower. Poles are really
friendly and helpful people. They accept new people very fast. After
few years or even months, foreigners can feel at home.
I’ve learned
something from a person considered as immigrant. It was recipe for
some Bulgarian traditional dishesL: cheese stuffed peppers, dish
called ‘musaka’, snack called ‘banica and soup ‘tarator’.
We
more and more often meet with the problem of the polish emigration.
The most important reason why Polish people leave their native
country is the lack of employing in Poland and desire for increase
their existence at leaving parts. There are people, who work abroad,
because their financial situation is very difficult. Other people
leave Poland pursuing profession about high recognition and medium
status. But most important reason of their escapes, is the difference
in earnings between Poland and other countries.
The
phenomenon of the emigration is nothing new – it lasts from many
years. Almost all of us have someone from the family who lives and
works abroad. My aunt was leaving in United States for 11 years. She
experienced it by herself , what does it mean to leave as an
emigrant. We say there’s no place like home. Is it true? Can we
feel like one hundred percent Pole leaving abroad? I think, opinions
are divided. Some of emigrants settle in very quickly and they feel
very good in new environment. They feel like a fish in water and are
satisfied with
their
lives. Unfortunately
there
are also people for who, it is very hard to get used to the new
situation. Sometimes they feel alone, because of the language
barrier. Everyday situations can became quite a big problem, e.g.
visit at the pharmacy. This contributes to the low amount of friends
from other nationalities. We keep in touch only with Polish people.
Very often, when somebody leaves country, after few months, invites
members of his/ her family or friends and offer a job at the same
company if there is such an opportunity. Emigrants with great
language abilities and good qualifications get work in big offices,
restaurants or shop, where they meet many people from other
countries. This
helps
to
socialize
the
relationships, friendships between with other nationalities.
Is
it hard to say, whether foreigners what to know anything about our
culture. I think that there are many people who are fascinated by our
customs and traditions, especially connected with food. There are
many typical polish dishes, which taste for our friends abroad. In my
opinion, culture is one of the most important things, which connects
people together, but not only with foreigners, but between Poles too,
especially during such holidays, like Christmas or Easter.
All
of us has the desire to travel around the world. We settle in various
places around the world, but we cannot forget about our roots. We can
feel very good everywhere, but sometimes we miss our friends and
family. To sum up, I think there no better place like home.
Magda 14
I.
Most
of Polish immigrants in the UK feel at home when they have their
family there. It is because home is not just a place but people who
we are with. Some immigrants get homesick. They miss their friends,
their family or a place where they grew up and they feel lonely. When
they start new life, get married and have children, they make the
place where they live their new home. If immigrants decide to stay in
a different country only for several months just to earn money, they
do not try hard and do not feel at home. If people plan to stay there
for few years, they do their best to feel good and thanks to that
they feel at home. Usually immigrants decide whether they want to
feel at home or not. Sometimes it may be hard when climate, food and
lifestyles are very different, but in case of Polish people in the UK
it is possible to feel at home.
When
Polish people don’t know the language of a country they migrate to,
they have friends only among Poles. When they know the language, they
do not only have Polish friends, but also foreign ones, because they
can communicate with each other. Poles always have Polish friends
when they move abroad while number of international friends depends
on language skills of the immigrants.
Majority
of people do not care about other cultures and are not really
interested in Polish customs and traditions. Sometimes people may be
curious and try to get to know more about the immigrants who live in
their country. As many Polish immigrants do not speak English very
well, they do not socialise with other people who do not have a
chance to learn more about Polish culture.
Language
barrier, similar traditions and same culture are what keeps the Poles
together. Other immigrants also feel very comfortable with people of
same nationality for example Chinese people living in Chinatown.
II.
Thanks to my Chechenyan friend I know about the situation in his country at the moment and why his family had to move to Poland. My Colombian teacher Dayan taught me Latin American Spanish and presented Colombian customs and traditional dishes for example Bandeja paisa and customs.
Gabrysia, 14
Immigrants
in Europe: the current problems
Recently,
we can hear a lot about African immigrants to Europe.
We
watched the film about them, read some articles in Polish magazines
and searched on the internet. The most popular ways they were coming
to Europe were: first, Canary Islands,than, Strait of Gibraltar and
recently- Lampedusa Island. Not all European countries are willing
to accept them. Almost 70000 immigrants were recieved by only few
countries:. France, the UK, Belgium, Germany and Sweden. We also
learned that outside Europe(for example in Saudi Arabia) the entry
law is much more strict than in Europe.
When the Mediterranean is calmer, vessels carrying migrants from Africa and the Middle East land on Italy's southern shores almost every day. The UN said that in recent months most migrants were escaping the conflicts in Syria and the Horn of Africa, rather than coming from sub-Saharan Africa.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees
said that more than 1,500 people drowned or went missing while
attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 2011.
The UN also said that almost 500 people
were reported dead or missing at sea during 2012 in attempts to reach
Europe and the number of those arriving by sea to Italy this year
(2013) until 30 September stood at 30,100,According to Eurostat, the
EU statistics agency, Germany had more than 77,000 asylum seekers
last year while Italy had under 16,000.
After the debate in Britain about
asylum seekers and immigrants as "benefit scroungers", some
politicians said that most of those trying to cross the Mediterranean
were "economic" migrants rather than political refugees and
that they were seeking better social security than they would receive
at home.
The main point of the meeting in
Luxembourg was to stop the flow rather than liberalising entry rules,
by discussing further aid to, for example, Lebanon or Turkey, which
are struggling under the burden of hundreds of thousands of refugees
from Syria.
Magda 14, Kornelia 14, Gabiela 14, Wiktoria 14, Marcin 14
Project work concerning immigrants
I.
The Poles abroad
Almost
all of us have someone from the family who lives and works abroad.
These people are immigrants there.
Get
know some factcs about their lives there:
-Do
they feel at home?
-Do
they have friends only among other Poles or also among foreigners?
-Do
the foreigners want to know anything about our culture?
-What
keeps the Poles together?
-Did
you learn anything from a person considered as immigrant (about his
country and culture), if so what was it?
II.
The immmigrants in Białystok/at school (findings from the internet,
own experience)
III.
The immmigrants in Poland/in Europe
14 our students have already answered
questions I. and II.
Wednesday 12 June 2013
And, here is the link to the page for the German students!
http://unterrichtsdokumentation.com/projekt-gruppe-a/
Enjoy your work!
http://unterrichtsdokumentation.com/projekt-gruppe-a/
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