[lang_en]Guest posted by Irina Pascu
Irina found LEAP on the internet. She is currently studying in Ireland, but she keeps her eyes on Romania. She sent us a message and she convinced us. This is our message; this is her story:
No matter how good you are with what you study, no matter how many awards you will get or you already have…one thing is clear, or it is clear to me, now after a couple of years spent studying, thing that I love most (but well, one has its passions: P): the school does not succeed in teaching us everything…we still need something, that something that places us one step front. We all need the so called “soft skills”, as Simona mentioned in the interview for hotnews.ro
Until I arrived to Ireland, I thought I have the complete information regarding the non-formal education…but I was surprised to find out, that even if I understood what the word “internship” means, in Romania I hadn’t got the change to practice it…and this was a minus for me. The internship and experience changes, so to call them, are a must for the Irish educational system. The students are being encouraged to go abroad for one academic year, or to work as an intern in a company. Trainings are being provided and numerous companies come to universities to present themselves; in this way we, as future graduates are “attracted” by the so called “outside world”. Yes….”attracted”, because the university/school helps you step by step, in a practical way.
Even if I did my summer-practice in hospitals…to me it does not seem enough. We are still missing one system that will guess student’s needs; we are missing a much organised system, which will interact with the real world requirements. We lack the wish and the vision, and as by “we” I mean those who teach and those being thought. I know also that efforts are being made in this direction, and one of them is LEAP, an organisation that attracted me with their openness and relaxed way of talking about serious things: one of which is our country need to educate its students in the a practical way, helping them to step into the real world with knowledge and information.
We are capable of offering in a different way what we already know. For this purpose we need to change with just a few degrees our way of thinking about the educational system, and by doing so we will manage to offer not just information, but also education.
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[lang_ro] Guest-post scris de Irina Pascu
Irina a gasit LEAP pe net. In prezent, studiaza in Irlanda, dar priveste inspre acasa. Ne-a trimis un mesaj si ne-a convins. Acesta este mesajul nostru;aceasta este povestea ei:
Indiferent cat esti de bun in ceea ce inveti, indiferent cate premii ai luat sau inca vei mai lua…..un lucru e clar, sau mi-e clar mie, acum dupa ceva ani petrecuti in scoala, locul in care imi place sa fiu in fiecare zi (dar fiecare cu pasiunile sale:P): scoala inca nu reuseste sa te invete de toate….ai nevoie de inca ceva, daca vrei sa fii cu un pas inainte. Avem cu totii nevoie de “soft skills”, cum mentiona Simona Iftimescu in articolul de pe hotnews.ro.
Pana sa ajung sa studiez in Irlanda, am crezut ca detin informatia completa cu privire la educatia non-formala….dar nu mica mi-a fost mirarea sa aflu ca, desi intelegeam sensul cuvantului internship, in Romania nu l-am experimentat ….si a fost un minus. Internshipul si schimburile de experienta sunt un “must” in scolile irlandeze. Studentii sunt incurajati sa plece un an prin bursa inafara tarii, sau sa aplice sa lucreze ca intern intr-o companie. Se fac traininguri si vin numeroase companii sa isi prezinte cerintele, esti atras catre universul acesta al lumii “de dinafara” scolii. Da…atras, pentru ca te ajuta pas cu pas cei din scoala/universitate, pentru ca te instruiesc practic si la obiect.
Desi am facut practica de vara prin spitale…parca nu e de ajuns:) Ne lipseste un sistem care sa prevada nevoile studentului, bine pus la punct din perspectiva interactiunii cu lumea reala, cu cerintele ei. Ne lipseste dorinta si viziunea; si nu numai cei ce primesc educatia au nevoie sa invete, ci si cei ce o ofera. Stiu ca se fac eforturi in aceasta directie, si unul dintre ele este LEAP, organizatie care m-a atras prin deschiderea si relaxarea cu care spun lucrurile serioase, cele in care cred; printre ele se numara nevoia tarii noastre, de a-si educa studentii in modul cel mai practice posibil, de a-i ajuta altfel sa paseasca cu toate atuurile in lumea reala.
Suntem capabili sa oferim si altfel ceea ce deja cunoastem, schimbandu-ne cu ceva grade modul de a privi educatia, si astfel vom ajunge sa oferim nu numai informatie, ci si educatie![/lang_ro]
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