13 octombrie 2006 < George Hari Popescu, ministrul Cyberculturii

Budapest – Day 6

13 octombrie 2006 etichetat In English

What’s interesting for me in town: – Trams have retractable stairs. I couldn’t find what’s the use, but I’m still searching. It’s cool, anyway! – Buses have specific times when they pass by the stops. So, you can better plan your time everyday. At the end of lines, buses have different locations for departures and you can see how may minutes are left before leaving, on a digital screen. – Although they are in the EU, you can still find illegal sellers of small goods (batteries, socks etc.) in the metro passageways and there still are the small neighboorhood kiosks […]

Budapest – Teachers’ stuff

13 octombrie 2006 etichetat educație / In English

After the training session today, I found out that teachers may act very strangely in class or they can adopt very original methods of managing seminars. Here are some examples I heard today: – One professor marks students’ attendance at the end of the class and only students who participated in the discussion are marked as „present”. – One professor gives students three cards of different colors in the beginning of the class. Students have to give the teacher a card if they want to say something. They are not allowed to speak if they don’t have cards left. This […]