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The global economic crisis – how did it affect you?
Alexandra Molinaro, Switzerland (Bern)
As a student, the crisis didn’t affect me much. But my parents have a touristic business and they don’t have as many tourists coming as in the past. For example, nowadays only 20 percent of the Asian tourists that came before, visit us.
Doris Leichtfried, Austria (Salzburg)
If I hear something terrible affecting people all over the world, I feel emotionally bad because I’d like to solve the problem although I can’t. And in fact my mother lost her job because of the crisis, so now I have to work to support my studies.
Jaqueline Kristersson, Sweden (Dalarna)
I’m directly affected because due to the crisis my school doesn’t get enough money for new books and trips. And I’m also afraid for my future – will I find a good job when I finish my studies?
What was your first job and what did you learn from it?
Alexandre Azer-Nessim, Belgium (Wallonie)
Killing rats in a jail in French Guyana. I learnt that you should never turn your back on a man you don`t know when you are in a jail cell.
Mikheil Ananidze, Georgia (Ajaria)
I was working at a student newspaper, where I learnt to better express myself and how to communicate through a newspaper.
Anton Kuzmin, Czech Republic (Olomouc)
Computer administrator, which taught me how to cooperate and listen to people, something which is not that easy when it comes to IT.
Posted in | 03.12.09
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