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Miesiąc: październik 2021

2021 Skytrax Awards
Wydarzenia

2021 Skytrax Awards

The aviation world has been struggling since the start of the COVID pandemic in early 2020. With most airlines grounding their aircraft, the Skytrax ranking differs more than ever. With air travel slowly returning to the pre-COVID conditions many airlines are finding their way back onto the SKYTRAX ranking. This year's SKYTRAX award has ranked airlines based on their prior conditions such as the crew, age of the fleet, onboard entertainment and passenger reviews as well as responses to the COVID pandemic. This year’s award nomination has seen its typical nominees with Qatar Airways taking the number one spot for the first time since 2019, this is the 6th time Qatar Airways has received the reward, previously being awarded it in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017, in addition Qatar ...
Land art in Pieńki
Najlepsze, Szkoła, Sztuka

Land art in Pieńki

Land art centres around rejection of the commercialization of art-making and includes spiritual reflection on the planet Earth as home to humanity. It is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land itself into earthworks or making structures in the landscape using such objects as rocks or twigs found on-site. During our open air workshops in Pieńki students had an unique opportunity to work distant from urban areas. They observed the vast sky and the distant horizon line; variability of colours and light depending on the time of day and weather. They examined different structures and textures of natural materials like soil, stones, vegetation, and water. These observations were a starting point for land art assignment. The aim of the task completed in Pieńki was to expan...
A guide to studying abroad (in English)
Najlepsze, Nauka, Porady, Szkoła

A guide to studying abroad (in English)

Studying abroad is a very appealing option to many. You get to completely change your surroundings, gain more freedom, and have a higher quality of education. However, before all of this becomes possible, you need to first choose your country of destiny and deal with the often complicated and confusing application process. This article aims to help you out a bit in making this choice and providing some basic information that will hopefully give you a better sense of understanding of what you are getting yourself into.   Great Britain Before Brexit, it was the most obvious and popular choice. World’s best universities, located in Europe, and everybody speaks English there. Now, some people still apply there but in much smaller numbers and usually only to the top universities. ...
Last days in Kabul, story of 15-year-old girl escape from Taliban
Najlepsze, Społeczeństwo

Last days in Kabul, story of 15-year-old girl escape from Taliban

On 19 September 2021 I had enormous pleasure to meet and talk to Guhar Rasuli – a 15-year-old girl that was forced to leave her homeland – Afghanistan owing to attacks of the Taliban in Kabul where she was studying in an international school and living her best day-to-day life. Everything has changed on her birthday, when the attacks happened, and left Guhar’s family, amongst many others, with no other option were pushed to run away and start a new life. Poland was definitely not a first nor the most obvious choice for Afghan immigrants; however, Polish government helped them to find a safe spot here and time to figure out what to do and how to start a life on a new continent, in another culture amongst different people. As I talked with Guhar, she, as well as her famil...