Maria Skłodowska-Curie (Marie Curie)

 This is a presentation for one incredible woman. Now you will ask who is she and what she has done? Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person - man or woman - to win the award twice. Actually, she’s the only woman who won the award twice and the only person who won a Nobel Prize in two different sciences. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. You can learn more if you click the links below.


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H9zUW_eHLuyijloazUT0jO63WSBjI85mjjqb8tYXELE


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THE FUTURE JOBS (5)
1.Trash engineer: just think think about it, human produce 2.6 bilions pounds anualy.

2.Software  system developers: What would they do is develop operating systems, compilers, and network software 

3.Organ/body part creator:  it’ll be up to you to create organ and body parts from stem cells and other materials that don’t yet exist.

4. Commercial space pilot: this will be someone who will ddrive a spaceship in order to transport people or things.

5.Personal productivity person: this person will make us more efficient, productive and try to silence our daily distractions as social media.

INTERVIEWS OF AN OLD JOB AND A NEW JOB

INTERVIEW TO A WATCHMAKER:

Introduction:

We have chosen this interview because we think that this job will disappear or change in the future. This is because now, it’s easy to buy watches on the internet for a low price and because they are cheaper, when a watch breaks people buy another one.

The name of the interviewee is Arola Costa and she is 44 years old.

She’s a watchmaker, she makes and repairs watches in a jewelry from Monday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. She also sells jewelry.

Interview questions:

1.  Hello Erola, can you tell us the tasks that you usually do when you are at work?

•  The main task that I’ve to do is to help the costumers, I usually change batteries of watches, straps, and I try to sell all the things that we’ve got in the glass cabinets.

2.                  Which types of materials, tools and other things do you normally use to do all the tasks included on your work?

• For jewels, we need to buy silver and gold, but to open the watches and repair them, we normally use tools made of steel.

3.                  Which skills do you need to do your job?

• Mainly, it’s important to be quiet, really precise and organized because we’ve got a lot of work and all the repairs must be well catalogued.

4.                  Which studies or trainings do you need to do your job?

• It’s not necessary to have studies to do my job. I learnt from my father.

5.                  Do you use new technologies to help you doing your work?

• Yes, we need laptops to create new pieces with 3D applications before doing them really, and also to see the development of fashion related to jewellery.

6.                  How many hours do you work in one day? And in a week?

• Normally, I work from 7 to 8 hours a day from Monday afternoon until Saturday afternoon. So I work aproximately 50 hours a week.

7.                  How do you think is your job improving now, which are your predictions of it for the future?

• I think it’s improving good, in my opinion it’s a timeless business, we are always at the same pace, we don’t think a lot in the future.

8.                  How’s your job valued by society, which is the social status of your job now?

• I think that my job, globally, is well rated by society.

9.                  Is your job vocational?

• Yes, I like a lot doing my job.

10.              Can you tell us some advantages and disadvantages of doing your job?

• Advantages: comparing with other tasks, we do not tend to have physical problems because we normally are seated.
• Disadvantages: Having a shop involves a lot of hours, on the other hand, other jobs have reduced schedules, so they’ve got more free time.

11.              Have you got any funny anecdote related to your job and tasks?

• I’m sorry but at the moment, I don’t remember any.

12.              Which was the first experience you had doing your present job?

• As it has come from family, I have grown behind the counter, so I can’t remember the first experience I had.

13.              Do you think that your job is going to be important in the future, why?

• Yes, we are few and it’s an specific job and in comparison with the globalization, I consider that it will be important.

14.              Was your job important in the past?

• Yes, watches and jewelry have always been relevant, some years ago, people only used two jewelry during their life, one was bought for the communion and another one for their weddings, but they were really important.

INTERVIEW TO A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER:

Introduction:

We’ve chosen this interviewee because we think that computer programmers will be very important in the future.

As we can see, technology is getting important, so it’s easy to understand that probably, in some years, all the jobs related to this topic will be really relevant.

Our interviewee’s name is Víctor Martin-Romo and he’s 37 years old.

He’s a computer programmer,he does programs for different companies that pay for them. He normally works at home or in an office, but his timetables are usually made by him.

Interview questions:

15.               Hello Víctor,can you tell us the tasks that you usually do when you are at work?

•  I’ve got to say that I use a lot the internet,  I work on doing the management for the resolution of incidents,some technical analysis, functional analysis...

16.              Which types of materials, tools and other things do you normally use to do all the tasks included on your work?

• The most important thing is to have a laptop, normally I use a lot of different computer programs like word, eclipse,remedy,redmine and other softwares related to my tasks.               

17.              Which skills and abilities do you use or need to do your job?

• Mostly, it’s important to have a lot of patience, because in my work, I’ve got to talk with a lot of different companies that have completely different opinions.

18.              Which studies or trainings do you need to do your job?

• If you know how to do it, it’s not necessary to have studies to do my job, but normally, people who works as a computer programmer, usually have a higher degree on computer science.

19.              Do you use new technologies to help you doing your work?

• Yes, they’re really important to do my job.

20.              How many hours do you do in one day? And in a week?

• I have a flexible schedule, normally, I work the hours that I find necessary to do the tasks that I’ve got to do that day or week.

21.              How do you think is your job improving now, which are your predictions of it for the future?

• I think that is one of the sectors that always will have a job. Probably, in the future, it will be really important.

22.              How’s your job valued by society, which is the social status of your job now?

• I think that my job is in a normal social status right now.

23.              Is your job vocational?

• Yes, I like it a lot.

24.              Can you tell us some advantages and disadvantages of doing your job?

• Advantages:
• We’ve got air conditioning and if you sit in a good position you won’t have tendinitis.
• Disadvantages.
• You’ve got to be in a chair all day, and sometimes, some tasks are a little bit monotonous.

25.              Have you got any funny anecdote related to your job and tasks?

• I’m sorry but I don’t remember any.

26.              Which was the first experience you had doing your present job?

• I think that I did an online shop for a hockey company.

27.              Do you think that your job is going to be important in the future, why?

• Yes, I think it’s going to be vital, not to do my job, but yes for the development of other jobs.

28.              Was your job important in the past?

• Yes, but not in the same way. My job has been around for a lot of years, but obviously, people who worked doing what I do now, 50 years ago, wasn’t doing the same tasks as I do now.

Poland- Ella

I got the chance to travel to Poland for a exchange project and I had a very good time. We visited a lot of different places and saw many things.

I came along with my host and we got more close than in Sweden, especially when we were alone walking home or sitting in her kitchen drinking strawberry creme tea. Her family were so kind and took great care of me!
We did work almost everyday in school if you compare the visit in Sweden. I liked that we took  a few hours everyday because in Sweden you got very tired after working the whole day. But when they gave us 2 hours on an assignment that took less than one hour, you pretty much just sat there and did nothing.
Overall I had a great time and I made many new fiends that I miss truly! I also became friends with people from Sweden that I did not talk so much with before and that was really nice.

Quotes

We watched a ted talk video and talked further about a few quotes from the show. This is what we said. The text in pink was the question and in red was our answers!

a)
Robinson says “If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring in 2065. Nobody has a clue - despite all the expertise that´s been on the parade for the past four years´ time. And yet we´re meant to be educating them for it. “ How can education prepare children for the future?

More creative, knowledge about the future, help working on their intelligence (Pl)

Life is unexpected, maybe education helps with preparing (Bl)

Preparing them for learning everything, basic about every subject. Expanding their knowledge about it an innovating (Sp)

Preparation for the adult life (Pl)

Preparing for the future, but not everything, in Sweden there is like cooking class but not in Poland for example. (pl)

 

b)

Robinson says “My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” Do you agree? Why? Why not?

It’s important but not that important, not everyone likes math and not everyone likes to dance. (pl)

Many time society tell us what to do rather than letting us use our own ideas. It’s often you complain when you have a problem instead of using your creative side. Without creative it would be no innovation. (bl)

Creativity is the key of innovation And we like new things coming up, so yes, it should be as important as literacy (sp)

I think it is good to have a creative part in your education because it maybe it can help with your concentration and help you more in life, like solving a problem or coming up with an idea (Sw)

Agree, not so much as education, but even if we got problem in the future life, with jobs for example, we can use our creativity to make our on business. (pl)

c)

Robinson argues that “if you´re not prepared to be wrong, you´ll never come up with anything original”. Can you illustrate Robinson´s opinion with an example?

We just don't have to be afraid to be wrong. This is something normal and at this way we learn from our mistakes and get smarter, better and we have more experience...you just can't succeed if you don't try new things and if you are not prepared for the fail because not everything in life is perfect but we must continue trying despite our mistakes

d)

According to Robinson “the whole purpose of public education throughout the world is to produce university professors.” Do you agree? What should the purpose of public education be?

Maybe they learn us to think, but only in one point of view...we just don't use our creativity and our qualities to make our own decisions and to solve our problems...what is more we mainly use like only two types of learning-writing and reading but it is really important to learn also visual, kinesthetic and auditory

e)

Robinson says that “Suddenly, degrees aren´t worth anything. Isn´t that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn´t had a job it´s because you didn´t want one…… But now kids with degrees are often heading home to carry on playing video games, because you need an MA where the previous job required a BA and now you need a PhD for the other.” Is this important nowadays?

These days university degree is so important so that you can find a well-paid job, but in the history there are so many famous people who invented incredible things and they even didn't have a university degree so this is an example that you can succeed even without degree. But it is important to study in university because only a few people can succeed and never been in university. These days employers need to have a degree if they want to work.

Padlet- make a prediction of the future

In my opinion people in the future will live healthier than we do. They will kick the bad habits and learn to be more careful about what they eat. School will serve fresh and delicious lunches and what is more kids will help for preparation of the food and work in canteen. Kids will start doing sport more often and school will support the active lifestyle. Finally if countries and governments stop produce junk food and fizzy drinks, it would be easier for people to start a healthier lifestyle
Here you can express your opinion and read a lot of interesting facts and opinions.
https://padlet.com/metanyam/e8c9qn1kgdbo

Here you can see our presentation about the Polish education system