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Education matters

     

  Once Oscar Wilde said: “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” I subscribe to this theory because people live while they're studying. In modern society to get an education is not a problem. 

    Mostly everyone has an access to education and can get it not only in a childhood, but also can return to education at any age. However, nowadays we can notice substantial problems in educational system. Honestly think, nevertheless is it a primary education, higher or private education, most of the standards of education are from the old school. For instance, children are taught to be straight A students, so in pursuit of good marks they start have their nose in a book, burn the midnight oil, cram and learn everything by heart. Other becomes a teacher's pet in order to get a place on a Honor Roll. Those who are not such eager beavers, bookworms or just do not have unusual intelligence and mental agility start drop out of school or play truant. It is my firm conviction, modern educational institutions need significant changes. Moreover, such distinguished scholars as Sugata Mitra and Ken Robinson support the idea of new education system and suggest some rough ideas of breaking this problem. 

First of all, Ken Robinson think that a progress in studying depends on curiosity of a child and individual studying. It seems as easy as ABC, if a person is interested in a subject, he cracks a book and hits the book, but if he just force to studying something he will get down, goof off and play hooky. So teachers should encourage curiosity of children, but an idea of individualized teaching is quite provoking. For example, in some subjects are things, which a student can't learn individually and as a result, he lose an opportunity to pass something with flying colours. 

 Secondly, Sugata Mitra's idea of self-organized learning environment, where children can educate themselves by using the Internet seems to be interesting, but it just for first glance. To illustrate, we couldn't rely on cutting-edge technologies, because some students still do not have an access to the web. Therefore, gifted children need real practice in order not to fall behind. 

To summarize, I hope that leading educational authorities will grasp the importance of making new methods of education and do everything in order to change it successfully. Maybe in few years we will see a new generation of students, which will get a degree by using brand-new technologies. Also I'd like to add some ideas how to improve Ukrainian educational system, you can see them in a mindmap below.

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November, 23, 5 p.m.

It is my last blog in this year. Being a bit devastated and depressed because of studying, I can’t suppress my positive feelings. There is one week to the end of this trimester, so I should prioritize things what I have to do. I’d like to begin with a brief summary of my achievements in studying Vocabulary of Modern English.

Firstly, if I compare this subject to other, it has a lot of benefits. I can say with a great honour, it teaches me a lot of new words and collocations, which I supposed will be useful in my future studying. However, I faced with some considerable difficulties in memorizing new words, to be honest, it was my main concern. It was uneasy to bear in mind so many new words, sometimes in my head was an utter chaos. At any rate, I thank for our teacher, because she took real efforts in teaching us. To simplify our studying she followed a rule: “Practice makes perfect”, so she helped us to memorize everything in our practical classes, by using creative activities. For instance, we played games, sang the songs, made dialogues or just created sentences.

Secondly, I found in myself some creative skills. Writing blogs was a classic example of incorporating our imagination and our new language. Moreover, for myself I created a new schedule of organization my work.

Finally, Vocabulary classes were worth learning. I feel ecstatic and jubilant of having such subject. It helped me not solely in improving my language, but also it provided me with enterprise and initiative. Furthermore, it fosters team spirit and collaboration with my classmates.

P.S: I’m looking forward to new classes of Vocabulary and hope they will be the same unforgettable:)

The Numismatic Museum in Ostrog

Travel agency

  The history of our company started 10 years ago, when I was travelling to Poland, there I understood that I want to provide other people with an opportunity to travel. So when I came back I found people who have a common goal and we started doing first steps in creating travel agency.

At first year we encountered a lot of challenges and even we were near to go under. Besides, sometimes we thought about winding business up, especially when we lost a colossal project and our main investor refused to cooperate with us. But after spending real efforts our business has soared and, finally, it tips the balance. Now, we have a team spirit, mutual respect in the company and every person has an initiative and an enterprise, tries to foster productivity and examines details of future company outlook. 

As our travel agency is buoyant, we want to expand the number of the staff, so vacancies of manager and two travel agents are available now. We are waiting for qualified people, who can tackle a problem and sort any difficult situation out. Also, the employees should be responsible and wise, do everything ruthlessly and stick to work, moreover, never pass the buck or procrastinate doing something.  

Furthermore, we have a suitable benefit package for every worker. It includes comprehensive healthcare provision, food allowance and company pension scheme. Also our agency provides the staff with additional bonuses and perks, holiday entitlement and subsidized canteen.

So if you are eager for working and you are ready to fit in our team, we’re waiting for you and guarantee you an employment. 

Academy Day

Have you ever thought what makes you happy? I think, yes of course. Everyone of us surely had been in an extraordinary situation where in we best exhibited our best qualities. How we achieve happiness can be different for each one of us. Our passions, expectations, life experiences, and even our personalities all contribute to the level of contentment we experience in our lives. All days are not the same, some can be boring while some can be really exciting and leave an indelible impression on your mind, I am describing one of those days which bears in my mind. Life is a blessing thus every moment of your life has to be lived to the fullest. The most remarkable event in this month was an Academy Day (but about it later).

Incidentally, one year ago, I was a different person. I had a dream to study in Kiev, but life is an unpredictable thing. Now, I’m studying in Ostrog academy – in place, where I’ve never wanted to be. And with a great honour I can say that I’m very happy to be here. By the way, I found people who change my point of view, change myself and simply make my life better and happier. We celebrated together anniversary of our alma-mater.

Despite the fact that since the founding of the university has been more than four centuries, since the revival she was 20 years old. Having entered to the territory of academy, I felt an old powerful spirit of this place. In any case, everything was decorated in blue-yellow colours. In the afternoon there was a concert of pianist Etella Chupryk, then was a flashmob – held on the stadium. After official part at the academy park was a fair where was an utter chaos and a small concert, where all familiar faces showed their talents.

Finally, Academy Day is a remarkable event not only for Academy, but also for this small city. Thanks for organizers who put real efforts for a successful anniversary celebration. It was a classic example of a great highlight, which wasn’t ill-prepared or underworked. At the end of the day everyone was ecstatic and went home with a smile on a face.
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Leisure time

     

                                                              Leisure time

     Things are a lot easier now than they were fifty years ago, technology has given us more time to spend on leisure and to take an interest in different things.

     Every individual whether a student or a businessman ideally finds some leisure time in a day. In most instances you spend your free time with your friends and families, which is good. You may also choose to play, read, or fulfill your other hobbies and interests. While you do all such activities, feel the excitement of you doing them in a productive manner. Remember, you’re only young once. So making the right use of your time can not only be interesting but also be very satisfying if you can be a little more creative to come out with great productive ideas. There are many ideas that you can implement to make your leisure time very productive and how to reduce stress. Here are a few ideas on how you can make your free time useful:

-Make some money. As now is 21 century – century of modern technologies and booming business, it has a collosal impact on the way we live, so is easy to earn a sufficient sum of money. The best productive way of utilizing your spare time is to use your hobbies and interests you are skilled at and earn an income.

-Clean up your belongings. If you’re devastated and feel that you can lose your temper, why not to do some cleaning? At any rate, do some cleaning work at your home, like reorganizing your books scattered in your study room or work space, cleaning your backyard garden, putting your clothes to clean, and many more. This not only helps you maintain cleanliness, but also lets you some good exercises for your body. Moreover, it can help you to wind down and to feel more ecstatic and jubilant.

-Plan your important goals: When you have free time and your mind is quite relaxed, try to suppress your feelings and set your milestones and goals. It does not have to be only your professional goals; you can also plan how you want to achieve your personal goals.

-Revisit your network. Free time is the best part of the day to relook at your network connections and visit them by sending them a welcoming message. It really helps when you have been thinking of buzzing someone, but have not been able to do so. Revisiting your network at your leisure times can bring wonders in your relationships.

-Broad your outlook. In any case, travelling is the most exciting way of spending free time. If you’re gutted of something, go for a picnic or visit a country of your dream.

-Stay healthy. Your regular work may keep your busy and uneasy all the time and you tend to ignore your health. So it is very important to calm down, so the best way to ease up your fatigue is to do some useful exercise for your body and mind whenever you get some free time. You can go for a walk or run through the jogging track at your locality, do some meditation exercises, or even do some yoga.

     Finally, I hope everyone will choose the most appropriate step of spending leisure time productively. What's more, leisure time is one of the most important thing people can't live without. It is a big part of our life, and it actually shows the character and temper of person. Our hobbies and habits make our lives, filling it up with variety of feelings and emotions. Each person chooses his own way of spending time, either active of passive and in any case in should be a refreshment and a source of inspiration.