Valdebatt på PS.

Valdebatt för skolans treor i en fullsatt aula. Inbjudna var representanter från riksdagspartierna.

2022-08-31Jonas Mollberg

PS uppmärksammar firandet av Europadagen!

På Europadagen den 9 maj uppmärksammade hela Europa freden och sammanhållningen i Europa. I år överskuggades dagen av den pågående Coronakrisen. Firandet av 70-årsdagen av Schumandeklarationen som skulle förhindra krig och lade grunden till europeisk gemenskap och solidaritet har fått ett annat krig att utkämpa. För att bekämpa smittan och klara pandemins ekonomiska konsekvenser måste vi hjälpas åt.

Eftersom firandet av denna dag med olika aktiviteter på skolan har tvingats ställa in på grund av rådande omständigheter har eleverna i åk 3 på Samhällsprogrammets internationella inriktning, skrivit nyhetsbrev och spelat in poddar om EU. Under två veckors tid kommer vi att publicera dessa för att alla NI där ute ska kunna ta del av vad ett medlemskap i EU innebär.

Emma N. Norberg

Skolambassadör för EU

2020-05-11Jonas Mollberg

The experience of participating in Euroscola.

- The place where we could affect the future

The flags are waving at the top of the flagpoles at 8 a.m. in the cold morning in Strasbourg. You could think that all the strong colours from the flags don´t fit together, but quite the opposite! They are a perfect blend with each other, in a harmonious and balanced way. Behind the 28 flagpoles there is a very proud, solid and round building of glass. I look around to actually realize how big it is. And then I realize that it´s actually in this building where major decisions are taken that affect our everyday life. And also, I understand that, it´s in this building they will decide our future. And maybe, there are some of the future EU parliamentarians here just today? 

In the queue to the security control there are students from almost all of the EU-member countries. Students who are looking forward to getting new experiences, to get their voice heard and to meet a lot of new interesting people. Actually, I don´t think that anyone of the students who are here today knows how educative and important this day is going to become.

To meet new faces, personalities and brand-new people can be challenging for some people. I should confess, I also think it´s difficult to meet new people. Not because I don´t like other people, in fact, I think it´s because I´m too comfortable, too lazy. I don´t think I´m the only one who thinks like this.  However, to meet so many new people, aspects, and opinions about what the future will look like during the day at Euroscola, made me realise it is vital to be forward and outgoing to really make the most of this opportunity.  To meet young students, with various cultures, a variety of nationalities and diverse opinions is not just an experience, it´s also knowledge that you can use during your whole life. Because despite these differences, we understand and learn from each other. I believe that differences are a strength. 

The parliament is filled with 520 students, and also teachers, and everyone has taken a seat in the chamber, as if we are real parliamentarians. There are students between 16 to 18 years old from 23 different EU- countries. We are gathered to get the opportunity to try to be a parliamentarian for one day as well as learn how the work proceeds in this building in Strasbourg. The day starts with an opening speech by Mr. Luis Martinez Guillen and then a questioning with the vice president of the EU. A questioning where a great number of students step forward and ask very interesting and important questions. The fact that there are so many dedicated students is not a coincidence. I believe we will get used to young Europeans being determined to do what is in their power to improve society even further. It makes me feel inspired and relieved at the same time, because I think that the future is in good hands.

I don’t just see dedication during the first couple of hours in the EU parliament but during the whole of the ten-hour intensively planned day. A day starting with an opening speech, then presentation speeches from all of the 23 participants in the Euroscola, followed by questioning, discussion in the committees, a general discussion and voting about the proposals and at the end, competitions. Despite this demanding schedule everyone stays alert and active through the various activities. This proves that everyone participating, uses all opportunities to make the most of this day.

At the end of the day, it is obvious that all the students from the 23 EU countries have a great deal in common. We all aspire for a future for everyone and for the existence of the EU. As a young reporter, given the opportunity to meet a lot of new people during the day at Euroscola, I learned that despite the difference between us there is more that units. At the press conference with Mr. Luiz Martinez Guillen who said: “It ́s not about what theEU can do for us, it ́s about what we can do for the EU”. And I think that ́s exactly why we were here today in Strasbourg and why we stood in the queue to the EU parliament in the cold morning, at 8 a.m. Not to do what ́s best for ourselves, but to do what ́s best for the EU.

Wilma Samuelsson Peder skrivare skola Sweden

 

2019-11-20Jonas Mollberg

Besök från EU-kommissionen på PS.

Under två dagar har eleverna i Samhällstrean, internationell profil haft extra fokus på EU. Igår fick de besök av Katarina Areskoug Mascarenhas, chef för EU-kommissionen i Sverige och Klas Jansson, representant för EU parlamentets kontor i Sverige. De berättade om nuläget och om framtida utmaningar i EU. Idag fick klassen besök av vår egen halländske EU-parlamentariker Jörgen Warborn som berättade om arbetet i parlamentet och om maktkampen som råder i världen idag.

Eleverna som är Juniorambassadörer för EU håller för fullt på att förbereda sig för den resa till Europaparlamentet och Euroscola i Strasbourg de ska genomföra i början av november.

2019-10-25Jonas Mollberg

Nya böcker maj 2019.

Ulrika Holgersson (red), Lena Wängnerud (red) - Rösträttens århundrade: kampen, utvecklingen och framtiden för demokratin i Sverige.

Mellan 1918 och 1922 infördes allmän och lika rösträtt i Sverige. När riksdagen inleder sitt hundraårsfirande av rösträtten i december 2018 utkommer denna populärvetenskapliga forskarantologi med texter av statsvetare, historiker, ekonomhistoriker, medieforskare, genusvetare och konstvetare. I tre delar, om bakgrunden, utvecklingen under 1900-talet och framtiden, berättar författarna om processerna som ledde fram till riksdagsbesluten, om människorna som arbetade med rösträttsfrågan och om vilka utmaningar demokratin står inför i dag. Utgiven i samarbete med Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

Nya böcker maj 2019

2019-05-24Jonas Mollberg