Creativity killed with cold blood.

First please watch this movie:


Would you agree that educational system is killing creativity? Have you ever felt disappointed with
what you had been obliged to do? I have this feeling quite often. You have something to do and you do everything else but this. This means that you just don’t want to do it. You procrastinate. What procrastination is?


But why it has to be like that? Why we are forced to do something that we don’t want to do? Have you noticed that when studying to difficult exam you become sleepy and tired and when you start doing anything else you instantly become excited? I feel that this is because of bad educational system.
First problem is the age. We are forced to choose our studies when we are about 18 and in my opinion it is a little too early to make such a significant decision. Many of my friends managed to graduate but after that they are sure that this is not what they want to do for the rest of their lives. And this is not just polish problem. I spoke to an Italian student, who after graduating Architecture on University in Milano discovered, that it was a bad idea and now he is trying hard to find other studies.
In Israel students after high school go to obligatory military training for 3 years (girls for 2 years). It is a common practice that after that they go for a year abroad. Most of young Israeli students go to India, because it is cheap. They party hard there, drink a lot, make new friends and think what to do with their lives. When they come back they start studies. I know that they graduate late, and by that time we (Europeans), are much ahead with diploma and experience in work. But in the end they have greater chance to do what they really want to do.
Second problem is that when choosing a field of knowledge you would like to study, you have a little idea about it. When choosing computer science I had this vision that being a IT professional is exciting, that you work with super computers, make interesting computation and research, sometimes hack into a complex system, you know, cool stuff. Reality is less exiting. As far I can see 98% of this work is to sit with nose in monitor trying to fix problems. Endless sea of incompatibilities, errors, system faults, etc. It’s not easy.
What do you think could be done to increase the chance of choosing right studies? How to find one’s most suitable field of knowledge?

What leads us to success?

What leads us to success?


I am not going to repeat what had been said on that ultra-short presentation on ted. I think that those 8 elements are really extremely important, so when I saw this lecture I started to think. What I am good at? What I can do now? What to do, to be successful? What to push, push, push? I spend some time thinking and nothing came to me. But meanwhile I was pushed by my mother to help me with one project. This post is about this project. ;o)
As a background you should know that: my mother is a professor on Warsaw medical university. She wrote several books and has few hundred papers. Through few last years she produced hundreds articles on health related issues. The idea was to make an internet portal, which will be a bridge between scientific world of hard to understand papers and our world of non professionals.
We have no commercial attitude, we’re not going to change it. That’s not the point. What’s most important: we don’t want to let her work from last few years to disappear. In those articles there is a lot of useful information about health, nutrition, supplements. So why forget about them? Let’s spread this scientificly confirmed knowledge for free!
Because we don’t generate profit from this activity, we don’t have budget for advertisements and marketing campains. So our only hope is to interest people in the content we publish and to tell everybody we can about this project.
Content is interesting topic. Do you know that there is a company on polish market ( I am not going to tell you which one ) which is lunching 37 internet portals about health and supplements? And the best part of it is.. They have no content. So what they do? They pay 10 PLN per page to pupils in gimnazjum and lyceum to translate directly from American portals. Without any verification if that content is any good or not. And what they do to be more trustful? They pay one or two doctors to post comments. And that’s it.
We have good articles which are written by someone who knows the subject. 90% procent of our content has links to literature. Check for your self.
I don’t want to advertise or make an marketing campain using this forum. This is no commercial activity, the idea is just to spread good confirmed knowledge. So spend a few minutes and find out for yourself.
www.naukadlazdrowia.pl


I spend a lot of time “pushing” it forward. I hope one day it is going to be popular forum of exchanging valuable knowledge. A thing that I could be proud of. Can you help me? ;o) What do you think of our work? What we can do to improve it?

3. Other interesting JKM's views

At first I wanted to write about parities, but I thought It could be risky subject a bit ;-)

In the third part of my presentation I would like to show other interesting points of JKM's

program.

• hospitals' privatization

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sWjO4-2epU&feature=related

I'm absolutely with JKM. All doctors demand that, but none of our candidates (except for JKM) is for that postulate. Hospitals' privatization does not mean that poor people will die on the street. But I will write about it next year on ITN ;)

• do not subsidize people. JKM hates socialism. He says it's not good for us. Each of us should try to achieve success on their own. Below part of funny discussion. On youtube you can watch many movies about socialism :)
  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODsnq0Q6LOQ

• He believes that global warming does not exist. I read about that and I agree with him.

Volcano eruption released to atmosphere more CO2 than all cars for 84 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcY_VLbNVFc

• Below you can watch really funny discussion with a feminist ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxXg4jlqo9E

As I noticed JKM doesn't like feminism ;)

• JKM about EU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wav8VSRtpZQ

JKM is against EU. But you should watch all movies carefully. He says about himself:

'I am European and I want to be in Schengen and Economic Community'.

Everything is explained in these movies.

1. Do you agree with JKM in these issues?
2. What do you think about parties? :)

2. Capital punishment

The second part of my presentation will be about JKM's view about capital punishment.

I am for the capital punishment (as majority of the society). But if I had a possibility to sentence a murderer for heavy social work I would do that. It could be better than killing him.

Below you can watch some movies with JKM :) It's interesting discussion with Joanna Senyszyn (annoying voice ;))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgRFTDewig0 (1,2)

Very often murderers are released from prison after 15 years and they don't have any plans. It's obvious that they commit a crime again. And that's why I am not against capital punishment. Before a murderer kills somebody, he is planning it, he has time to decide to do it or not. If the death penalty was introduced a murderer would think twice.

I want death penalty to act as a deterrent. Below you can watch the next movie with JKM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yusF8HkjuxI (1,2)

Even if murderers get a life sentence It does not mean they will be kept in prison to death.

It's said that capital punishment is not human. And killing innocent person is it? If a murderer

shows no pity and there are hardly any chances to change them, the capital punishment is the only to punish him. The Whole society should be safe, not only the criminals. But as I know it's not possible to introduce it in Poland. It's inconsistent with EU law.

1. Do you think death penalty could deter from committing crimes ?
2. Do you agree with JKM?
3. Would you give your vote to capital punishment in referendum?

JANUSZ KORWIN – MIKKE

I am sure everyone heard about Janusz Korwin – Mikke from Wolność i Praworządność political party. I would like to present his views on some important social and economic affairs. I realize he is very controversial, but often his views are really accurate.

Janusz Korwin – Mikke was the president of UPR and currently WiP. He is 68 years old and this year he is the candidate for the president for the fourth time :)

I've always thought he is only a political freak. I watched many movies on youtube with him and

I must admit that he is quite often right. I would like to point out that I'm not a fanatic of his party and program as I'm not with him in many issues.

1. Possession of weapons

There are numerous reasons I am against gun ownership. Below you can watch what JKM thinks about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LauK7YTvmzI (1,2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2fOhYU-3EY (1,2)

He says that if someone wants to kill you, he will do it with a knife or a baseball bat and

he prefers to die with a gun rather than with a knife ;) It's a big simplification, isn't it?

You must remember hooligans don't feel anything. I agree that gangsters always have a gun. But young, stupid hooligans do not. So you shouldn't simplify it. It could only encourage young people to assaults. I think the access to guns should be still limited because I don't know how to control it. If the rules and law change I will maybe change my mind. But on the other hand a hooligan will never try to kill you due to the fear you have a gun too. What do you think about it? :)

1. What do you think about the possession of weapons?
2. Have you ever been interested in JKM's views?

How much will it cost to bring up a child ???

 

 

Today I would answer a common question that people ask when considering having children: "how much it costs to bring up a child to the age of 20?” – I made an investigation and the statistics show that the average Polish family spends for the baby around 1000zl per month but very often the costs are much, much higher...
The cost of bringing up a child depends on various factors, including the year you plan to have your child, where you plan to live, and your household income. Other factors - such as a further education - will also have a significant bearing on the amount you spend to bring up your child. There are various ways you can estimate how much raising a child will cost. While figures can vary from year to year, such tools can help you get an idea of an average spend.
The average cost for raising a child to the age of 20 is about 500.000zl. This takes into account housing, food, transportation, clothing, healthcare, childcare, educational and college costs, and so on. Those costs can be reduced by resigning from paying for babysitters, expensive clothes or private schools to the amount of 280.000zl.

 

The early years can be the most expensive with childcare costing an average of 50.000zl. This includes babysitter or nursery fees, cost of: stroller, cradle, changing table, diapers, cosmetics, vaccines, clothing and toys, etc. Early educational costs, including after school clubs and holiday clubs and a range of miscellaneous expenditures such as cool gadgets, clothes and sports equipment, have also been taken into account provides a cost around 50.000zl.

The hardest and the most expensive time for parent’s budget is the time the children go to high school. This cost can rise as high as 200.000zl within those few years.
University usually comes next, figuring in at about 30-40.000zl for a total of four years of study.

Another thing to consider is the cost of food, which can come to around 2500zl per year. Transportation alone - including school runs, trips to friends houses and running a taxi service for your teenager and his/her friends - comes to just over 1200zl per year.
Then there are always miscellaneous costs, which require about 1500zl per year. Finally, the cost of clothes figures in at around 1000-1500zl per year.
If you are preparing to have children, then it is important to prepare yourself financially, whether this means opening an additional savings account and putting away a little money each month or by some other method.
While these figures may be daunting for many soon to be parents, it's always important to remember that the rewards of bringing up a child always outweigh any financial costs...

http://www.baby-shower.pl/AKTUALNOSCI/Felietony/Ile-kosztuje-wychowanie-dziecka.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/jun/18/familyfinance2

http://www.strefabiznesu.gazetalubuska.pl/artykul/ile-kosztuje-nas-wychowanie-dziecka-36161.html

Questions:

1. Are you surprised hearing about the cost of bringing up a child?

2. Do you think that this kind of information can discourage people from having children and in turn decrease birthrate in our country?

Delivery…

Watch those movies and comment them, please.

Youtube.com

Questions:

Do you think that father's presence during childbirth is a good option?