Discovering Bright Ideas Coming from Finland

Oľga Čuperková Finland is a northern European country with approximately five million people. Apart from its vast number of lakes, aurora, difficult Finnish language, Santa Claus village and reindeer, this country is famous for its educational system. The Finnish educational system is widely considered to be one of the best in …

Travelling Around the World on the Wings of Stamps

Natálie Janíčková 8.AB: Travelling Around the World on the Wings of Stamps During my summer holiday, I wondered how I might add some special experience to my teaching. Finally, I decided to join my eighth graders in a remarkable project called Postcrossing. I chose this class because there are only nine learners, so it wasn’t …

SEASONS OF LIFE

Dominika Slabá Life is like four seasons, New life is born with the first spring snowdrop, Not able to talk, not able to walk or sit. Day after day it grows gets new abilities and becomes smarter, Just like the flower which grows petals and leaves. But time, the greatest …

Let me Introduce …. OSTRAVA ! ! !

Veronika Krpcová (and I did not forget to use three exclamation marks, a symbol that suggests our pride in our city) Although I now study at MUNI, I come from Ostrava, and I would like to introduce this city to people from Brno. I know that theatres, museums and galleries are not so popular among some …

Public Diplomacy – Winning Hearts and Minds

Martina Němcová In today’s world, we hear the word power a lot. What is power? In general, the dictionary defines it as ‘the ability to control people and events’[1] or ‘to influence the way people act or think in important ways’.[2] But what does power mean in public diplomacy? With the …