Work is success, time is money; a return to the roots. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Work is success, time is money; a return to the roots.

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Social dialogue

Project Summary

The subject matter of the project concerns the contemporary crisis of traditional work ethos and other positive values closely related to this ethos, such as perseverance and persistence in action, honesty, ambition and constant desire to improve one’s character. Contemporary youth is, on the one hand, surrounded by a vision of an easy and pleasant life, which is created mainly by mass media, on the other hand, the same media usually distribute negative information, a decline of faith in traditional values among the young generation and, unfortunately, a lack of faith in their own abilities. Additionally – school curricula overloaded with theoretical knowledge do not indicate the relationship between success in life and one’s own work. In this project, the young people should “rediscover” the old, but universal and irreplaceable values mentioned above. Young people should hear these life truths from genuine people of success in their various aspects. To obtain this information students from six schools from five countries will interview people who have already gained their success in their places / regions. People representing at least three generations must be chosen for these interviews . Successful people in the sense of this project are not only people of financial success, but also ordinary people appreciated in their local environment. The interviews will also be carried out with at least one person after the so-called transitions, i.e. a person who has returned to a normal life after various addictions (alcohol, drugs etc.). Interviewees will be chosen by means of surveys conducted among parts of the school community and the parents from the local school. To sum up , at least 9 people must be selected for the interviews in each school: one representative of financial success, but locally , one representative of the so-called happy person, but not necessarily a rich one (who simply considers themselves a fulfilled person) and one representative from the so-called transition people They should search for representatives of three generations for each group. Then, while summarizing these interviews, students should focus on what principles have guided or constantly guided these people in their work and in life. Then, the interviewers should compare the character traits and the rules of life of these people between the representatives of the three generations they had previously interviewed. Comparing the results of their surveys, students will probably come to the conclusion that many of these character traits and rules of life of successful people are common and trans-generational. The next step of the project will be a creation the so-called “Guide of a happy / fulfilled man”. In it will describe all the most important character traits and rules of life in general of people who have achieved success (in its various forms) in their lives. The guide may also contain entire excerpts from the statements of these people. Such guides, constituting a set of advice and tips for the future people of success, will be created by students in each school participating in the project and translated into English. During youth exchanges, pupils from different schools are supposed to compare their guides and develop a universal, the trans-generational and transnational “Guide of a happy / fulfilled man”, and then they jointly translate it into English, German and French. Such a guidebook will also be the main product of the project, which is to induce representatives of the young generation to self-reflection and to discover old, but imperishable truths of life and rules of conduct. During the project, young people should learn critical thinking, the ability to acquire objective information and respond to it, get to know their own local environment and the final effect should be the creations of a conscious and responsible young citizen. The project will also support the increase of language competences, mainly English. In addition, young people will be more actively involved in social life of their schools and cities/towns. During the meetings in the partner countries, the youth will promote their culture and identity in other European countries, and at the same time learn about the culture and traditions of the host country. The project will also include students with special needs, e.g. “difficult youth” for interviews with transition people. These young people will be exposed to confidences of the interviewees who have overcome their own weaknesses and who have been able to achieve success and, if possible, help other people in need.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 127804 Eur

Project Coordinator

Szkola Podstawowa im. Konstytucji 3 Maja & Country: PL

Project Partners

• COLLEGE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE
• Vilniaus Jono Pauliaus II gimnazija
• Vilniaus r. Maisiagalos kun. Juzefo Obrembskio gimnazija
• Scoala Gimnaziala Partestii de Sus