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Introduction:

 

Welcome! Pozdravljeni! Üdvözlünk benneteket!    The greeting above says it all: we are the students of a bilingual secondary school. In this project the students of 2. b and 2. c classes of secondary technical education: economic technician, chemical technician are taking part. Have a look at our glogster presentation and feel our vibe! Our mentors are: Mária Gaál, the geography teacher, Ildikó Kovač, the biology teacher, Gabriela Zver, M.A., the Slovene teacher and the head of this project, and Sandra Vida, M.A., teacher of English as a foreign language. At Dvojezična srednja šola Lendava (The Bilingual Secondary School Lendava) we take classes in the Slovene and Hungarian language. Beside these two languages we also learn German, English and Spanish. Our school offers the following educational programmes: grammar school (general upper secondary school), secondary technical education: economic technician, chemical technician and mechanical technician and various three-year vocational programmes.

 

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Our glogster presentation:

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Contributions Challenges:

 

We chose these Challenges:

Alanis and Uroš: Minority Rights    Autonomy and Recognition 

Jure and David: Autonomy and Recognition, Assignment 2

Vanja and Ines: Women’s Rights, Rights for Girls - Equality

Urška and Emilia: Women in the military, police, health care - Women’s Rights, Rights for Girls - Equality, 

Vanesa and Anja: Women’s Rights, Rights for Girls - Equality

Laura and Lilla: Rights for Girls - Equality, Assignment 3: A Taboo

 

And this assignment:

 

 

Our learning goals are:

We would like to to learn for life, improve our communication and collaborations skills, get to know people from foreign countries and improve our English communication skills.

 

Our success criteria are:

We would like to acquire concrete skills or get some new information, new knowledge. Our achievement will make us proud, we will be able to better collaborate with each other, our English will improve (better and more self-confident performance).

 

 

Our contributions:

1. Alanis Ranfl and Uroš Zver: Minority Rights,  Autonomy and Recognition

 

Rights of hungarian minority in Slovenia

 

History of how HUNGARIANs became a MINORITY

After the first World War Hungary found herself on a losing side and because of that she had to give a lot of its territory and people away. With treaty of Trianon Slovenia (Slovenia was then still just a state of Yugoslavia) and other neighbors gain Hungarian lands and people. Slovenia was given a region of Prekmurje in which majority population was Slovene but there was a small minority of Hungarians. This minority is still present in Prekmurje today.

 

RIGHTS OF HUNGARIAN MINORITY

In Slovenia Hungarians are recognized as a minority, they mostly live in a region of Pomurje (historically Prekmurje). In 2002 census there were 6 thousand that said that their nationality was Hungarian. Their rights are written in Slovenian constitution. Republic of Slovenia provides various rights to minorities, these are:

 

• Use of language - Hungarian is an official language together with Slovene in areas where minority is present. All of the signs are written in both languages. In all public places (schools, shops, banks…) both languages are used, meaning the employees must be fluent in both languages.

 

 

• Education -  where minority is present children attend bilingual kindergartens, primary schools or the secondary school that we're currently attending. All of the schools provide bilingual education in which both languages are equal. Tests and other assignments are written in both languages, also students can choose in which language they will be writing tests.
  

• Culture - The Hungarians keep their culture alive with various different activities, such as folklore, singing choirs, drama clubs and others,… They also have their own radio and TV program. The mass is also organized in Hungarian.

 

 

 

• Politics - Hungarians have a lot of autonomy under Slovenian government they have their own Hungarian self-governing national community (Muravidéki Magyar Őnkormányzati Nemzeti Közösség). They also have one member in parliament that represents the minorty and has a power to veto any law regarding the minority. 

 

 

RIGHTS OF HUNGARIAN MINORITY COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES

In comparison to other countries where Hungarian minority lives, Slovenia gives its minority a lot of autonomy. Hungarian is one of the official languages in Slovenia, the language is taught to all students. Slovenian government also finances cultural activities. Minority rights in Slovenia are very well regulated and have been praised by many countries and other organizations.

 

AN INTERVIEW WITH A HUNGARIAN PERSON

We asked an older woman (for the sake of keeping her privacy safe we gave her a different name), Maria, how she feels about the rights she has and these are the answers she gave us:

 

•  Do you ever get discriminated by the majority (Slovenians) population? If you do is it frequent?

     I feel like in every group of people you will find someone who doesn't accept people that are different than them, so yes I do      get. Oh no, it's very rare, I live in a community where Hungarians and Slovenians get on very well.

  

• How do you fell about bilingual education?

 

     I'm all for it, I feel like even if children come from a Slovenian family that they shouldn't be against it because they always say      the more languages you know the more you are worth.

 

•  Are you happy with the rights that you have? Would you want to change something?

 

     I'm very happy with the rights that the state gives me. I'm going to say it like this: perfection does not exis, there are always      things that could be done better but for the most part I feel  like the rights we have are good and I wouldn't change anything.

 

THANK YOU FOR READING OUR SHORT REPRESENTATION OF HUNGARIAN RIGHTS. WE HOPE YOU LIKED IT AND DON'T FORGET THAT PATIENCE IS THE KEY, SO ACCEPT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

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2. Jure Markoja and David Öri: Autonomy and Recognition, Assignment 2

1. Can you choose what you wear?

2. Do you play sports? Which sport? And did you choose it yourself?

3. Write down 3 things you can't choose for yourself. Do you agree you can't choose these things for yourself?

4. And last but not least, we want you to make a short story about the chooses you made today, from the moment you woke up until the moment you started writing a story. Do you regret some of your choices?

 

Jure and David:

1. Yes we can choose clothes that we want to wear.

 

2. David: Yes, I train wrestling for about half a year, but before that I trained breakdance for  8 years. I choose sports, by myself. After these 8 years it wasn't enough challenging for me, so I changed the sport.

Jure: Yes, i have been training judo for 10 years, and also football for 8 years. I choose sports by myself.

 

3. David: I have to talk with my parents when I go to a party, to make an agreement how long I can stay in the evening or at night. I also have to make an agreement with them when I want to buy some more fishing equipment and talk about which amount can I buy.

Jure: I have to talk with my parents when I am buying something from the internet, or when I go somewhere with my friends, so they will know where I am.

 

4. David: I woke up, had breakfast, and ate my favorite cornflakes, brushed my teeth and got dressed, I chose clothes I like. After that I learned. Soon we had lunch and after lunch I started writing the story. I made choices of what to eat, what to wear, when to learn and when to work on a project. I didn't regret the choices I made.

Jure: I woke up at 8 o'clock, and went to the bathroom to wash my face and clean my teeth. Then I had breakfast. I put on clothes I wanted, and went to my room to do things for school. When I did these things I started writing this. Every thing I did today, I chose to do. So I dressed as I wanted, and ate food I chose. All the things I did all day were my personal choice.

 

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3. Vanja Kebele and Ines Herženjak: Rights for Girls - Equality

  

           RIGHTS OF GIRLS  ONCE AND NOWDAYS

In our country girls have a lot of rights and we are respected by the society. We can openly talk about things such as menstruation, also in public. But it has not always been so. Together with a friend we asked our grandmothers and our great-grandmas  how it was once. At the end we were astounded at what we found out.

We asked three questions:

 

1. Could you openly talk about menstruation at home ?                                      

 Nowdays menstruation is a normal thing and you can  talk about it  openly in school and at home. Once our great-grandmas were not allowed to talk about it, or they were ashamed  to talk about it with parents or in the school. In our grandmothers‘ time it was already different, in that time girls dared to dream about more, but within their limits. The girls also began to talk more openly even about menstruation and other things.

 

2.  Did the girls in past have the same rights as boys?

Today of course we can say that girls have the same rights as boys, at least in our country. But once our great-grandmas  were often underestimated, they had to sit separately from boys in school, each on their side. Boys were more appreciated because they were physically more powerful and better suited for jobs. The girls usually held less important roles such as taking care of children, cooking and cleaning. A few years later when our grandmothers  were still young girls, this changed. The girls were more valued, and more and more of them were educated and even went to study.

 

3. Did you have an opportunity or option to express your opinion in the past?

To this question our great-grandmas responded that their opinion was only rarely considered, because they did not want to defy their fathers or their husbands later because they were brought up in this way. Today in our country the girls can tell their opinion because we are equal with the boys .

 

We found out that in the past it was not easy to be a girl, they were subordinate to boys and man and less appreciated. We are delighted that this has changed, at least in our country, Slovenia. Elsewhere across the world, girls still do not have the right to express their opinions in public. Therefore, we have organisations that are fighting for the rights of girls, since girls deserve the same rights as boys .

                                                                                                           

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4. Laura Feher and Lilla Hodonicki: Rights for Girls - Equality, Assignment 3: A Taboo

 

RIGHTS FOR GIRLS

ASSIGNMENT 3:  A TABOO

 

“I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn't need to hide behind her husband's back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with them, you don't play victim, you don't make yourself look pitiful, you don't point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.”

― C. JoyBell C.

https://youtu.be/NEcZmT0fiNM ( menstruation commercial )

 

           

We are Lilla and Laura we attend Secondary school in Lendava.  We just wanted to show you that to have menstruation is nothing that you have to be ashamed of. It is normal when you are a woman.

We made a survey with questions about this theme.

We made one for the boys and girls. Both had similar questions.

Most of the girls have menstruation and they have similar symptoms.   The boys know about this ”problem” that women have. They think it is normal and they don't think that the women are considered impure and unclean.

 

It is no secret people with vaginas menstruate. Still, we act as if this is not happening, trying to hide tampons under other stuff in the shopping basket so no one sees we buy hygiene products, we do not ever say the word menstraution out loud, it is considered inappropriate to say you are on period right now. We demonized that part of femininity, a beautiful part of femininity.        A part that is just as pure and magical as others.

 

 

We often talk seriaslly about periods but not with everyone. Sometimes not all people want to talk about this in front of everyone. But at home, we can talk about everything and we can ask our parents for some advice or when we need help. The teachers in scool can also help us of course. We often talk about this with our friends because we know each other more and have sometimes the same issue.

 

Nowadays it is easy and not verry expensive to buy sanitary products. We can get them in mostly all stores or smaler shops. Bute once they can not buy these things so easy and they are also today some places in the world that they do not have exes to sanitary products. They barely have water or soap to wash them shelves. They have peaces of clothes in there panties.

They are some organizations to help people ther are more poor or do not have exes to basic things like these, so we need to help them too!

 

https://youtu.be/ZvPVyas68jE (a video about menstruation)

  

MENSTRUATION, also known as a period is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue (known as menses) from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. Bleeding usually lasts around 2 to 7 days.

Common signs and symptoms include acne, bloating, feeling tired, irritability, and mood changes. So ladies this is all normal. :D

 

 

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5. Urška Marič and Emilia Varga: Women in the military/police, health care - Women’s Rights, Rights for Girls - Equality

We conducted a short interview with an annonimous nurse   Why did you decide for this profession? Because I am impressed by the presence at birth, a miracle that has not yet distorted been by medicine.   What is the most pleasing thing for you in this profession? How would you advise women to opt for this profession? Being present at the greatest miracle is a privilege. The challenge to me is also that every birth is different and special. A woman who chooses to have a profession needs to be empathic, responsible and above all a supporter of woman.   What do you think about women’s rights? I think we have enough rights, but I wonder if we always enforce them. I don’t think so. Men are more likely to exercise their rights more often.   How are the rights of women in health different from men? I think we are fairly equal.     What is your relationship with the director (given that he is a male)? Does he treat both sexes equally? My relationship with the superiors is fine, I get along. I think he behaves to both genders the same, but I must point out that most of us workers are women.   Do you think women deserve more equality and respect that men? Of course, because they still work more than men and are more capable than men.   Are male and female professions very different in healthcare? I think not, although it’s still a feminized profession (more women are employed).   Are gender pay gaps different? Not, because we are paid by paying grades in the public sector, so we should not come to that.

We conducted a short interview with an annonimous female soldier   Why did you choose this profession? Because of my wish for this occupation since I was young.     What is the most pleasant thing for you in this profession? Which women do you recommend this profession? I’m most pleased by working and being among people who are like my second family. I would recommend this occupation to women who do sports, as the army supports sport and there is a lot of physical workout.   What do you think about women’s rights? Women have the right to be in the army as well, but it happens that many men look down on women.     What is the difference between women and men in the army? The difference is in the physical strength. Men are stronger and more committed to the army. Women have children and are torn between their job and the children.   Do men respect you and treat you equally in this profession? In most cases we are equal, but there are some exceptions, where men think they’re better. Just like in this case, me were really unfair towards me and I were mobbed.     Do you think women deserve more equality and respect than men? No. I think that women as well as men deserve to be treated with respect and are equal.   Do male and female professions differ greatly in the army? In the army all soldiers should be treated the same no matter their duties, and we soldiers only have one occupation – professional soldiers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Completion and Evaluation:

 

Children's rights - In our opinion the right that is most important is the right to equality. We think everyone should be treated equally no matter how they look, what their skin color is, their gender, religion… This right is important because we can see every day how some people just don't see that every person on the planet has the same rights as they have and that we're all the same. An example of that is discrimination against black people that is still present very much in our society. The most important thing that should happen is that every person would accept the other person for who they are and not how they look, but sadly this is not the case. Unfortunately, not only adults look down upon others but also children. They bully them in kindergarten, school and in doing that they take away their essential right - the right to equality. Unfortunately, there is more and more of this behavior every day and because of that we should fight to change the mindset of the people so that one day every person will feel equal.   Alanis Ranfl and Uroš Zver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our opinion about this project and this theme is positive, because we think that more people should know about children's rights, they are very important. We were really excited to do this project and we learned so many new things and found out new information. Children’s rights are very important because children are the future. A lot of children all around the globe have no right to be educated, to play, to live, to eat and much more. Because of this project we got to know children’s rights more and we got to participate with other schools all around the world and got to know how they think, their opinion and their situation. By reading their tasks we realized that there are differences and we can call ourselves lucky that we have a good education and families that care for us. These kids work in factoies, they aren’t educated, they have no family and no trustee.   Laura Feher and Lilla Hodonicki

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHILDREN `S RIGHTS   Our opinion is that all children’s rights are very important, because with them we have more freedom in our childhood. Nevertheless, children’s rights are different in each country, in some countries children’s rights aren’t recognized. In some countries children still work in factories for a very low payment, but they don’t go to school and they don’t get educated, they don’t have access to health care. Our opinion is that the most important children’s right is the right to be educated, because education is very important for children. But in some countries some children don`t have these rights. Most of these countries are in Africa and Asia. Children don’t have time to go to school, they have to work for minimal payment so they can take care of their poor families and can afford at least some food. In some countries they don’t have money to build a school and to pay for the teachers. Children in our county are lucky, that we have the important children rights, we must go to school until our fifteenth year. Our country and the schools offer us the basic education, so that we know how to write, read, calculate etc. It is very important that children all over the world get educated because children are the future.   Ines Herženjak and Vanja Kebel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our opinion on the project task is very positive, because we have learned a lot about living conditions in other countries, also we have noticed that women’s rights are different across countries. Some women do not even have the rights that we have. In some countries, they also do not have as much education about sexuality and protection as we do. Many children must also work in factories, so they do not have as much freedom as we can, because we can only serve as minors if we want to, so we can only be grateful that we have a lot of freedom in life. We hope that living conditions, women’s rights and above all children’s rights will change to the better in other countries soon as well. Using small children as a work face, who cannot even agree to it, or decline it, is really bad. We believe that every child must have a free childhood, since this is the time in which the most can be learned.   Emilia Varga and Urška Marič

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We think that the most important children’s right is the right to: - education: education is important for kids because if we didn’t go to school we wouldn't know how to write, count, get a good job, socialize, communicate with other people and similar things. But we also meet new people, establish new relationships, we learn how to behave, learn how to live, act in public and etc. Education is actually very important to learn things about ourselves and others.   Jure Markoja and David Öri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation, team DSŠ: We sincerely thank all the schools who answered our question. It was really interesting to read your answers. Thank you very much. We were able to learn a lot from you. <3 At the same time, we apologize to schools whom we didn't answer the questions, because our students haven't done their work as they should. Students and teachers of all schools would also be happier if everyone completed the tasks in time.   We would like to thank all the schools for their introductions, they were creative and original with lots of helpful information and with some great pictures or videos. Most schools have made a lot of effort in answering questions to the first challenge. Posting questions (QUESTIONS & ANSWERS) with delay has complicated the following work – some students lost their motivation to work. Not all the students, only those less motivated. Consequently…  it was clear: peerschooling can't work if someone doesn't complete their work in time. But we made some sort of  completion and evaluation. Here it is. ;)   We wish all schools the least stress possible at the end of the school year and a nice vacation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The students who persevered on the project, with mentors and classmates and the deputy principal...

 

 

...and our two most engaged students:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The school gave USB flash drives to the two most hardworking students, others got chocolates.

 

We had fun... :D

 

 

 

 

Here is our report posted on the school's website.

https://www.dssl.si/wp-content/images/childrens-rights/childrens-rights-2017-18.pdf

 

 

 

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