Danish and Lithuanian culture

Based on the road movie about Denmark, Maciek (from Lithuania) and I (David from Denmark) learned about each other’s home country. We compared the countries and discussed differences, development and other good and bad things about our countries. Here are some of the differences we talked about:

Denmark

• People trust the system (the public sector, the police, the tax offices and other government institutions) very much
• People care about other people and are happy (and satisfied) to make a difference for others
• The system is for people – social responsibility
• People influence their surroundings
• People are not afraid of the Police
• People treat the Police with respect and some sort of status
• Unions are very strong – almost everyone is a member of a union
• Rising tax system (people with high incomes pays a lager percentage)
• People trust the government controlled medias in general
• Many leaders and workers very much about their job (it is an honour to perform good and be a good co-worker)
• The welfare system in Denmark is a fundamental thing in Denmark
  
  

Lithuania

• People are not afraid of the Police
• A policeman do not have that much status
• People do not trust the system (the public sector, the police, the tax offices and other government institutions) because corruption is a huge problem
• Not all people care about other people
• The system is not always for people (sometimes more for money and the leaders own good)
• Many people lives a passive life and do not influence their surroundings
• Unions is not very strong
• Flat tax system (everyone pays the same percentage)
• Many people do not trust the government controlled medias in terms of objectivity
• Many leaders and workers do not care enough for their job (e.g. because of the corruption)
• Many things in terms of freedom and welfare are chancing these years – it has only been a free country for less than 20 years.

Nørgaards drenge vandt kønnenes kamp

Onsdag formiddag lød startskuddet til den årligt tilbagevendende konkurrence om kønnenes ære: ”The Sexies Fight”. Eleverne var samlet i sportshallen, klar til at modtage dagens udfordringer, heriblandt at sy gallatøj af plasticposer, portrættere end kendt person udelukkende ved brug af materialer fra naturen, samt lave et pandekagehus. Efter fremvisningen manglede kun dommernes reaktioner. Et uhyre tæt kapløb, dog vundet af drengene – hovedsageligt på grund af en fascinerende alternativ operaopførsel.

Welcome to Nørgaards højskole

On 20th of January more than half hundred young students started a new study spring semester in Norgaard hojskole. About 45 danish students and 16 foreigners met the teachers and started getting know each other through games and funny exercises prepared by teachers. They’ll stay in hojskole for 5 months and will get the skills that they choosed to get by themselves.

The 'Danishness'

We agreed that the movie was “to sweet” because it presented Denmark like there were no problems here.
The foreign students asked the Danish students do they agree with the things shown in the movie and how they would make their own movie about ‘the danishness’. We said that we would put tourist places like the little mermaid or Danish traditions. We would talk with people between 20-35 how everyday life is? Trip to Christiania in Copenhagen and talk with the “Christianitter”. And go to a pub, and just follow the Danish culture.

Our conclusion - Parwiz, Laszlo and Yoshimi

It was good story.
They were people from diference country who they came to know together and to know each others cluture and political system.
We think it was a good idea to bring them and show them all these things from Denmark.
Because from this way,both we can learn and teach together culture's and political systems.

Kursus start på Nørgaards Højskole.

Søndag d. 20/1 - 2008 startede der ca. 60 nye elever, på et 21 ugers kursus, på Nørgaards Højskole, alle var spændte og forventningsfulde.
Disse elever kom fra hele Danmark og de nye eupæiske lande.
De første tre dage af elevernes ophold er gået med at lære hinanden bedre at kende, vælge fag og lære højskolen at kende.

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the following 2 maildresses seems to be somehow wrong:

www.beewr@hotmail.com

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Peter

Sexy Competition between boys and girls at Bjerringbro hojskole!!!

It was yesterday on 22-th of January.

Every student was divited by 2 goups and had to prepear some theatrical presentation.

Boys prepered great presentation with the piano,but girls weren’t worst and showed wery interesting and funny, spectacular operate show.There was nice party and everybody had funny.
Contest won boys: 98;93 points.
Nobody was rewarded.

Andrea Weisz
Battle of Genders

On the first day of our stay in Norgaard Hojskole there was a competition between girls and boys called Battle of Genders. We had to play a rap, make a pancake house, show a fairy tale, make a ballet or an opera and design an evening dress made of plastic bags. The end was a great succes of the boys. The unforgetable opera of the boys will be presented again on Friday. Be there!


Péter Ákos Kovács
Preparing to start

The Norgaard Hojskole is a Folk High School near the famous city of Viborg. It lies in Bjerringbro, which is a little city with a population of 7000. The new semester just started right now, so this is the time when the new students are conquering the building, getting familiar with the teachers, and choosing the lessons what they will study. They are not only from Denmark, but from all over the world.


László Mészáros
Norgaard Hojskole

The Norgaard Hojskole is a very big and nice Folk High School. It is in Bjerringbro, what is situated in the central of Denmark. There are a lot of rooms and corridors. We have a lot of chance to do many sports. The people who are here like it very much. The food is excellent and the programs are good as well. If anybody wants to come and join, they can do it in February.

Students arriving!

A new group of students arrived to the Nørgards Højskole in 20Th of January. More then half of them are from all over the Denmark, rest, with some exceptions, from other EU countries.

The students are going to study in school till 15Th of June.

In 24Th of January started the real lectures in self chosen subjects but from arriving date to 24Th of January the games were played to get to know each other.

Our dream came true!

Have you imagined to live in the pancake house in your childhood? On 23 January, we had a ”Sexy fight”. We separated into man and women, and competed for the victory. One of the events is “Make a Pancake house”. It was a new experience for them, but they shared their idea, and then they could make the amazing one.

Kronjyde sætter stregerne

Onsdag aften blev der spillet Tegn & Gæt i pejsestuen, blandt nogle af de nyankomne højskoleelever. Alle værelsesgangene var velrepræsenteret, og det skulle vise sig at blive en underholdene affære. En af dem der bidrog til underholdningen var kronjyden Morten fra kareten. Med sine helt egen unikke streger, en uforståenhed overfor at holdkammeraterne ikke kunne gætte hvad han tegnede, medgjorde at Tegn & Gæt spillet var succes.

Girls against boys

Girls against boys

Wednesday was an exciting day for students, because they had a competition. Girls were playing against boys. The tasks were: making a short opera and fairy tail, making a clothes by plastic blag, creating a picture about a famous people with naturally ingredients and writing a rap song. Boys has won, but students didn’t mind it, because the best thing was to spend a really funny day together.

about to day friday 25. january

PLEASE LET EVERYBODY KNOW

Dear Culture and Journalism

Friday kl. 07.00

I’m very sorry to begin the first week with this, but I have no choise.

During last night our oldest daughter (Jo) became very seek with fever and astmatic bronchitis.
My wife nursed her last night, but she has to go to Copenhagen for an important meeting today
and tomorrow. My hope was then that Jo became that much better that I was able to bring Jo
with me to Nørgaards. But she is not – on the contrary.

Conclusion:

I wil give you 2 tasks to work with in common and on your own to day:

Kl. 09.15
Go to the movie-room and I will see to that one of the other teachers will unlock the door and
put on the 45 minutes long documentary ”On the track of Danishness” (don’t forget to choose
the english subtitles).

Then take a break

Kl. 10.30
Go to our classroom nr. 2 and work in the same groups as yesterday - doing:
1) discuss the movie in the context of that hand-out about general keywords of relevance for
our course and the movie, that I gave you yesterday; write your conlsusions down and put them
on our blog.
2) Check the links for media and research on our blog (se also this weeks program) and surf on
the internet to find other information-links of relevance to our course – and publish those links
with comments on our blog.

As fare as I am able to do so in between, I will check my mail. And you are welcome to try to call
me:

+45 61677081

Sorry for this. Hope you will have a good day – and party to night as well (I still have a small
hope to show up).

Peter

personal profile

Dear members of Culture and Journalism

Just to remind you that on uor blog your are free to publish your own personal profile if you want to.

Peter

Velcome to our blog on Culture and Journalism

Dear friends

This thursday night at around 23 o'clock all of you should have received an invitation on email to become active members on our blog.

After you have activated your invitation, you should be able til publish your notits/notice on this blog, so that all of us are able to read your text. Then we will get back to evalute the texts and deside which on we can use on www.nrgaard.dk

To day you brought many good suggestions on topics and cases of relevance to our course – and I will take all of them in consideration when I make the masterplan for the entire course all the way trough.

Looking foreward to work with you.

Please check the blog before the morning assemply friday.

Peter