Newsletter September, 2013
Newsletter from the DNS Teams
”DNS TVIND”
The Necessary Teacher Training College September, 2013
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Newsletter September, 2013
WHAT IS NEW IN DNS? DNS 2013 started their DNS education on 1st September. They were welcomed in an euphoric atmosphere and got songs, speeches and presents from all in Tvind. Page 7 - 8
Julius´s article ...... ”I was irritated by mainstreamers, noneducated greedy people who prefer a silly lifestyle with alcohol and wasted time. I was a part of this kind of environment and I needed to escape.....” Page 3 The atmosphere, energy and enthusiasm change when you are back from a period. Your routines change and the life and pulse you adapted to when you were living in the city, becomes another. We had to land. Page 4-5
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When you jump to the drivers´ seat for the first time for sure you notice how different is from a car: a lot of buttons and levers; you notice how far you have to go with your arm by using the gear, and do it while you are driving implies a lot of attention in your movements.
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Julius Just started. Number 12 in the DNS-2014-Team. Julius write: "Twenty three years ago I was brought up on this lovely planet earth. I barely remember anything significant from my childhood or early adolescence. But I must admit that it took me quite a long time to become a mature person. I was not a problematic child or had any serious behavior issues, I was just an irresponsible, light-headed young fellow. Luckily I was raised by my grandparents which were and still are intelligent, strict but right, with a conservative attitude. They forced me to get a proper education and to think about my career. Nothing unusual. I was not a rebellion. I submitted their authority and got myself into a boring business study. It was a mistake. I was not satisfied with the study program itself as well as the whole education system in Lithuania. Sir Ken Robinson had once told that "Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education", so I wanted to explore this dynamic of my mind and enrich my intelligence with alteration in my studies at first. I needed to find a right place to do that. I was irritated by mainstreamers, noneducated greedy people who prefer a silly lifestyle with alcohol and wasted time. I was a part of this kind of environment and I needed to escape. It took me more than a year to find an option, - DNS. I wasted my holy time and could not let that happen again. So I quit my business studies immediately. And decided to move to Denmark. From what I have seen so far, my interest in becoming a DNS student had only expanded. Even I am here only few days and I feel a bit lonely and somehow a bit shy
(usually I am never shy). I strongly believe that this is the place I belong to. I know that there will be many difficulties, challenges and obstacles. But with a passion and enthusiasm everything is possible. I am feeling ambitious and excited. I am ready to go through! I have many expectations from my future in DNS. I want to become a pedagogue, I want my mind to be trained for a proper thinking. A correct way of thinking. I want to explore knowledge in as many things as possible. I´m ready to learn Danish and other important languages. My first future challenge will be saving up job. I´m looking forward to that! I really think that after a hard hard time, DNS will award me with a specific set of skills and I will become well-equipped teacher who is going to be able to help others from all his heart."
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Mette from 2nd Year back from 6 months in England Coming back from the awesome “European Field of Practice” in Manchester and then immediately jumping into the three months “Study Period” in Tvind has been quite of a turning point for the whole team. Realizing that as a team and as an individual you need to take responsibility of nearly the whole DNS, was not a shock as such, but more of a wake up to us.
more capable of the daily running and the responsibilities in Tvind. However, when we came back from “The European Reality Period”, we sort of had forgotten so many things on how and what to run. We were still trying to adapt. After having many Common Meetings and that of confronting funny and serious issues, we then organized ourselves much better and more The first weeks in Tvind efficiently. Our team life in a European city was very Organizing and communicating was what different to a team life in Tvind School Center. was lacking in general, meaning from top to You are exceptionally dependent on your daily bottom and from all sides. labour, as without it the cycle of your team’s economy collapses or becomes extremely Where does DNS2011 stand at the moment? restricted. You are dependent on work and Now that we have solved different issues we salary and in the end of the day you have your have begun on fresh ground. team available and ready to embrace you for The team is active and we are running help, support and comprehension. around doing different tasks and organizing The atmosphere, energy and enthusiasm ourselves more often. Since we arrived we have change when you are back from a period. Your been: routines change and the life and pulse you Organizing our studies. adapted to when you were living in the city, Solving conflicts. becomes another. Catching up on the subjects of We had to land. Contemporary Europe, Lifestyle Sustainability, Before leaving for Manchester, we had been Mastering the Material World and 4 other in Tvind for nearly half a year doing many subjects. different things: studies, exams, "Bringing It to Getting courses and study points from the Public" and 3 months of saving up in the each other and from our subject teacher Erling. Dayschool in Tvind, PTG and two of the Planning our 6 exams; 3 in the end of carehomes in Holstebro. This actually made us September and 4 in the end of October. Taking part of the Building Weekend.
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Mette.... continued ... .Catching up on the subjects of Contemporary Europe, Lifestyle Sustainability, Mastering the Material World and 4 other subjects. Getting courses and study points from each other and from our subject teacher Erling. Planning our 6 exams; 3 in the end of September and 4 in the end of October. Organizing the Ownership areas in Tvind and DNS. -
Taking care of a few small school students.
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Cleaning and maintaining the big kitchen.
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Taking part of the Building Weekend.
Organizing and planning the Nature Day in Bustrup. -
knowledge. So far the knowledge we gained from the last period of the European Reality is there. But it is still raw, unprocessed and not accessible. It is relatively full of unanswered questions. This is why we have 2,5 months to dismantle and put together our valuable experiences and studies from our Second Year in the European Field of Practice. DNS 2011 is trying to fill in and make the most out of the period. Here we have the privilege to focus and dig into the studies using our tools to frame the period using the fundamental studies, the specialization and finalizing the second year´s exams. Last words Time is really flying and before even knowing it; we are back into the wild where ever in the world.
Cleaning and organizing the Green Shop.
Thinking and planning the new period of “Do What You Find Most Appropriate To Do”. Preparing and taking part in the TCE fundraising action. Organizing and planning for the Medieval Fair in Nyborg, VUC. Planning and discussing where our 8 months teaching practice will be. -
And much, much, much more to come…
What is the point of having a study period for DNS 2011? Your knowledge and my knowledge is our
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Laura Preto: Taking Bus Driving License 5 students from DNS´s 1st Year, Edvinas, Algis, Laura, Milo and Francesca are taking driving license for bus. Laura tells: "Another challenge for some of us in the DNS education: taking the Bus driving license! Would easier if we could do in our own language (in my case Italian), but we live in Denmark and actually after 6 months living here we found the proper occasion to learn this difficult Danish language. Everybody was busy with jobs, so we didn't really find the time to study grammar, or to follow organized Danish lessons; we had to learn it together with the studies of mechanics and road rules! Everyday we go to the driving school, from 8.00 in the morning until 15.00, where we follow lessons with teachers and on a web program. When we started, we couldn't understand and talk so much; but working hard until late every night, having continous tests together and translating word by word, we improved a lot! We are five from 2013 team in this challenge and we support eachother studying together, organizing studyactivities to learn (and memorize) all the necessary terms and theory of the bus. Yes, because the theory is the main challenge. Our lessons in the driving school are also based on practice (luckily), so we had a lot of fun learning how to drive a bus, that is really an experience. When you jump to the drivers´ seat for the first time for sure you notice how different is from a car: a lot of buttons and levers; you notice how far you have to go with your arm by using the gear, and do it while you are driving implies a lot of attention in your movements. Buses are huge creatures on the road and you
cannot allow yourself to lose attention or control. The first practical lessons were mainly in the city center and out of the city, focusing on how to make turns in the right way that is one of the most difficult things. But the great experience was our extreme driving day, in which we had to learn how to manage the driving in difficult situations like on wet ground or during the night. We tried the hand-break on a wet downhill road with the consequent slip- turning of the bus, and we had to set in the straight position again, very fast, and get out of the wet road. Simply amazing! We will go to Africa, so it is useful to control different kinds of road states, cause there won´t just be big roads and highways. Our time now is centered on theory because our exam will be in oral danish, so all our energies are focused in listening and test activities. After hours and hours of studies, practice and fun we can say that we hope soon to receive our licences and scream together "LET'S DRIVE!" :)
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Welcome to DNS-2013 .... Bus group 1 ....
"Learning is much more than studying in a classroom. It is travelling in a bus to other countries that are different from our own and experiencing the real world of the poor and the very rich and posing the “why� questions! It is investigating the situation and letting people teach us from their life experience."
Leaves are turning yellow and red. The sun beams draw long shadows, the summer smiles are still in our faces and we put on sweaters. The DNS-2013-team started their 3-year DNS education on 1st September. They were welcomed in an euphoric atmosphere and got songs, speeches and presents from all in Tvind. They made their 2 bus groups, they read the proWelcome DNS-2013 to Another Kind of School gram book of first year DNS, they are planning the period, finding out where to buy the second Hereby a greeting from DNS in Denmark and the bus, repair the first one and making bio fuel sys2 bus groups. tems in both. In between they are harvesting pota-
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‌. and Bus Group 2
toes, thinning the strawberry fields, playing volley needed in our neighbor school Bustrup, 1 for our and music, cooking, cleaning and discussing. Youth College PTG in Tvind, 2 more in Germany with the clothes collection. DNS-2014 For those of you who have some savings and for 12 people are enrolled in the DNS-2014-team. 9 of those of you who have no posibilities to save up them are in saving up-jobs. We have agreed with 5 this amount in your country, let us talk as soon as more people to come and start their saving up pe- possible to help you with a plan. riod in DNS for a full year. The goal is 55,000 DKK (appr. 7330 â‚Ź). This is the Preparatory Meetings at DNS school fees for the first year. After that you are self- To enroll in DNS, you participate in a preparatory financed throughout the DNS education. meeting - we have one 26 to 29 September and We have now 7 saving up jobs. 1 more is needed in Open House 11 to 14 October where we also expect our care home "The Villas" in Tvind, 3 people are friends and family for DNS-2013 to show .....
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