Open Hearts - Friendship, bridge to understanding the School of Arts and Trades in common Dumeşti

And intercultural exchange visit to School for the Arts and Crafts Dumeşti, Iasi

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Friendship bridge to knowledge

Romania's EU accession entails entail complex effects that aims to extensive technological and economic but social.
As a result, learning to respond effectively to new challenges cyclical need to adapt and to channel its efforts towards promoting values, attitudes and patterns of behavior aimed at providing a "union of diversity" in new international context.
In this sense, words like "tolerance", "friendship", "tradition" amplifies its own facets and become true pillars of progress in general.
Understanding the uniqueness of their cultural identity creates the potential acceptance of diversity and tolerance towards other event our fellow men. Thus are the foundations of economic development and especially so to the harmonious conduct of international relations, in short is promoted peace.
School of Arts and Crafts Dumeşti aims to encourage assimilation of these values to his students through the development of various educational programs of the part and Open Hearts., Series of activities carried on Europe Day.
Action aimed at achieving a cultural exchange between the two countries are quite different, a world power and yet another traversing the road to a market economy: Japan and Romania.
Target project was to create bridges to new cultures, new attitudes, new values, new horizons. Thus to achieve shoulder Translation traditions, habits, attitudes which actually encompasses the same values of the human spirit.
Faced with a totally new and different world, students recognize their own cultural identity and identifying new ways to express individual uniqueness.
Thus, it becomes easy to understand that friendship means, ultimately, knowledge. A deep knowledge, directed both to understanding his own being and to accept others.
The action taken by our school teachers have attended both the educational institution and a number of invited correspondents Japanese space: Ms Michiko Takata (Japanese language teacher), Miss Eiko Ishiguro, Miss Alina Anton (representative of the Romanian-Japanese Association Himawari Iasi) and Mr. seen Kitami.
In a first aspect, visiting guests attended the school and discussed with its teachers, different aspects of the educational process, school facilities, student psychology and others. A surprise for both guests and hosts, were references to the school endowment "I liked it here. I was surprised to see that a Romanian school in the country is more modern than my own school in Japan. "- Said Mr. Kitami seen in his visit. However, invitations have also noted, stressing the key role that education plays in developing countries, and that emphasis should be on fostering education teachers to improve performance, one of the main problems of education in Romania.
Invitations have also held discussions with school students. Were delighted so their language skills in the English language but especially the enthusiasm and love shown to them to meet some foreigners. Thus, small pupils had their own lesson they taught her the large friendship is a catharsis of all prejudices, an opening of pure hearts and therefore, it is merely a gateway to knowledge of their identity, undisturbed by ideas misconceptions, fear or hatred.
The visit continued with the participation of guests, teachers and school students at a show supported by all the traditions of Romanian folk dances "Brâuleţ" led by Mrs. learning. Ana Atănăsoaiei and choir school of arts and crafts Dumeşti guidance from the professor Dan Vitcu.
And this time, guests were delighted with the Romanian traditions color, color that best reflects the light allowed, faith and friendship.
Finally, there were discussions about the transformations occurring in the Romanian educational landscape as a result of Romania's EU accession., Changes that have resulted in visible benefits to the school by accessing various European Structural Funds.
Educational project will continue on June 1, 2009, Japanese time employees will perform, along with school students, an insight into Japanese culture, revealing their secrets some Japanese traditions.

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