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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Mr. and Ms Bourkanyana visiting Peter and Mary
Situation: Mary/Peter and Mr. and Ms Bourkanyana is sitting around a table drinking coffee.
Mary: I'm really glad you could come over. I think we have a lot to talk about.
Arkan Bourkanyana: Yes that's true. As I said to Peter there has been some trouble with youngster and my wife feel unsure when she goes to the park these days.
Peter: Yes I can understand how you feel, I experienced them myself when we had the football game the other day. I don't understand why they behave like that. Maybe they are just boring and frustrated.
Arkan: But there is something else I would like to mention to you both, maybe you can help. You Mary have been working in the school and I think that Karhan is dropping out of school. (Arkan looking at his wife) We are both very worried about him.
Mary: oh, that's not good!
Arkan: The police came to my shop the other day and told me there had been a fight in the park among the boys and the police asked me if my son had been involved in that. They had seen him around during the day with a group of boys which they were keeping an eye on.
Mary: yes I have seen these boys when I have been in the park with the kids feeding the ducks , and I have been thinking that why are they not in school at this time of the day. But I can't tell if Karhan has been among them.
Arkan: The only thing I could tell the police was that I did not know anything about this, and that I really hoped my son had not been involved in that, and that I would talk to him when he came home.
Ms. Bourkanyana: Karhan is a good boy, but he is in a difficult age. He don't know what he wants to become in the future and he is not very fond of doing school work. He tells me very often that he rather would work and could help his father in the shop.
When this came up I phoned his teacher and he could tell me that Karhan had been away from school many days lately.
Peter: Did you talk to Karhan about this?
Ms. Bourkanyana: yes we did but he is not very willing to talk about it. He just said that he had not been involved in the fight, but that he knew these guys and that he liked to be with them.
Mary: well sometimes youngsters can be difficult to talk to. I know that from school.
But it is good to hear that he was not involved in the fight.
Peter: I talked to the Gardener - you know John - the other day. He told me that he had been interviewed by some social work students that were going to start some projects in this area. I wonder if we could ask them for help with this group of youngsters. Maybe they can sort out why they behave like this and guide them into other activities.
Ms. B: Well that is a good suggestion. Maybe we can get some peace again in this park.
I think we have to go now. I very much support your initiative Peter. Let us hear the result.
Ms and Mr B:Thank you for the chat and the coffee, it is really good to have you as neighbours.
Mary and Peter: we also appriciate your company very much. Bye, see you another day
(THIS SCENE is recorded in studio with four actors)
Mary: I'm really glad you could come over. I think we have a lot to talk about.
Arkan Bourkanyana: Yes that's true. As I said to Peter there has been some trouble with youngster and my wife feel unsure when she goes to the park these days.
Peter: Yes I can understand how you feel, I experienced them myself when we had the football game the other day. I don't understand why they behave like that. Maybe they are just boring and frustrated.
Arkan: But there is something else I would like to mention to you both, maybe you can help. You Mary have been working in the school and I think that Karhan is dropping out of school. (Arkan looking at his wife) We are both very worried about him.
Mary: oh, that's not good!
Arkan: The police came to my shop the other day and told me there had been a fight in the park among the boys and the police asked me if my son had been involved in that. They had seen him around during the day with a group of boys which they were keeping an eye on.
Mary: yes I have seen these boys when I have been in the park with the kids feeding the ducks , and I have been thinking that why are they not in school at this time of the day. But I can't tell if Karhan has been among them.
Arkan: The only thing I could tell the police was that I did not know anything about this, and that I really hoped my son had not been involved in that, and that I would talk to him when he came home.
Ms. Bourkanyana: Karhan is a good boy, but he is in a difficult age. He don't know what he wants to become in the future and he is not very fond of doing school work. He tells me very often that he rather would work and could help his father in the shop.
When this came up I phoned his teacher and he could tell me that Karhan had been away from school many days lately.
Peter: Did you talk to Karhan about this?
Ms. Bourkanyana: yes we did but he is not very willing to talk about it. He just said that he had not been involved in the fight, but that he knew these guys and that he liked to be with them.
Mary: well sometimes youngsters can be difficult to talk to. I know that from school.
But it is good to hear that he was not involved in the fight.
Peter: I talked to the Gardener - you know John - the other day. He told me that he had been interviewed by some social work students that were going to start some projects in this area. I wonder if we could ask them for help with this group of youngsters. Maybe they can sort out why they behave like this and guide them into other activities.
Ms. B: Well that is a good suggestion. Maybe we can get some peace again in this park.
I think we have to go now. I very much support your initiative Peter. Let us hear the result.
Ms and Mr B:Thank you for the chat and the coffee, it is really good to have you as neighbours.
Mary and Peter: we also appriciate your company very much. Bye, see you another day
(THIS SCENE is recorded in studio with four actors)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Peter talking to Mr, Bourkanyana
Peter is phoning Mr. Arkan Bourkanyana, the local shopkeeper, and his neighbour.
Riiing....
Arkan: Hello this is Arkan Bourkanyana speaking.
Peter: Hi Arkan, Peter here. We won! What a losing streak but it’s over.
Arkan: Yes, I saw the end of the game, after I closed up. You played very well.
Peter: You think so? Thanks. We were so happy but these youngsters were laughing at us. They were giving us a hard time, being a bit rude and insolent because they wanted to come on the pitch and play. But in the end, they got impatient, and went to play on the nearby grassy area. We need a few more football pitches here. There’s not enough.
Most of those kids are okay, but there’s a few of them that really like to give you a hard time.
Arkan: Yes, they sometimes give my wife a hard time when she comes to the park. She’s not in good health, and with our five children, she can’t cope with a lot of stress. I don’t like when they say those things to her. Some of them are racists. Not all of them. Most of them are quite nice, but a few of them, need to be taken in hand. I don’t know what we can do about it. But my wife is thinking that maybe she no longer wants to come to the park.
Peter: That's a shame, I think we have to do something about this. I saw your interview in the magazine the other day about integration. I think you are making an important point. Let's come together and talk about this. I'll talk to Mary maybe we can invite you and your wife to come over for dinner in the weekend.
Arkan: that would be good. Let's see if we can come up with some good ideas. Bye
Peter: I'll call you later after talking to Mary, bye,bye
Riiing....
Arkan: Hello this is Arkan Bourkanyana speaking.
Peter: Hi Arkan, Peter here. We won! What a losing streak but it’s over.
Arkan: Yes, I saw the end of the game, after I closed up. You played very well.
Peter: You think so? Thanks. We were so happy but these youngsters were laughing at us. They were giving us a hard time, being a bit rude and insolent because they wanted to come on the pitch and play. But in the end, they got impatient, and went to play on the nearby grassy area. We need a few more football pitches here. There’s not enough.
Most of those kids are okay, but there’s a few of them that really like to give you a hard time.
Arkan: Yes, they sometimes give my wife a hard time when she comes to the park. She’s not in good health, and with our five children, she can’t cope with a lot of stress. I don’t like when they say those things to her. Some of them are racists. Not all of them. Most of them are quite nice, but a few of them, need to be taken in hand. I don’t know what we can do about it. But my wife is thinking that maybe she no longer wants to come to the park.
Peter: That's a shame, I think we have to do something about this. I saw your interview in the magazine the other day about integration. I think you are making an important point. Let's come together and talk about this. I'll talk to Mary maybe we can invite you and your wife to come over for dinner in the weekend.
Arkan: that would be good. Let's see if we can come up with some good ideas. Bye
Peter: I'll call you later after talking to Mary, bye,bye
Mary talking to her father-in-law
Mary is making a phonecall to her father-in-law.
Mary:Hello dad, its Mary.
Father-in-law: Hello Mary, nice of you to call me.
M: Did you go to the park today?
F: Oh yes and I met Peter here.
Mary: Oh, so he came up to you after the football game? I guess he was very happy for his team winning the game for the first time in about a month.
Father-in-law: Yes, he couldn’t help himself but came up here and told me about it. By the way, did you see that broken bench by the Cafe? It’s not broken anymore. I told the gardener about it, and he had them come it fix it really quickly. It was done within a week. But it’s such pity someone’s already written on it. Brand new, and already covered in grafitti. It’s going to need a paint job already. They should use that anti-graffiti paint for these benches. It’s not enough that they have a grafitti wall, they still have to write on the benches and other places as well
Mary: Oh yes, I saw it on Monday when I was meeting at the Cafe with the other mums. It was already covered with the graffiti, so they must have done it over the weekend. What a shame!
Say hello to Mom, and tell her I really enjoyed the cookies that she made for us the other day. She must give me the recipe. Bye then.
Father-in-law: I will tell her, bye,bye
Mary:Hello dad, its Mary.
Father-in-law: Hello Mary, nice of you to call me.
M: Did you go to the park today?
F: Oh yes and I met Peter here.
Mary: Oh, so he came up to you after the football game? I guess he was very happy for his team winning the game for the first time in about a month.
Father-in-law: Yes, he couldn’t help himself but came up here and told me about it. By the way, did you see that broken bench by the Cafe? It’s not broken anymore. I told the gardener about it, and he had them come it fix it really quickly. It was done within a week. But it’s such pity someone’s already written on it. Brand new, and already covered in grafitti. It’s going to need a paint job already. They should use that anti-graffiti paint for these benches. It’s not enough that they have a grafitti wall, they still have to write on the benches and other places as well
Mary: Oh yes, I saw it on Monday when I was meeting at the Cafe with the other mums. It was already covered with the graffiti, so they must have done it over the weekend. What a shame!
Say hello to Mom, and tell her I really enjoyed the cookies that she made for us the other day. She must give me the recipe. Bye then.
Father-in-law: I will tell her, bye,bye
Living situation for the elderly people
Changes in our community have resulted in elderly people living alone without any family nearby. Many elderly are afraid of going out alone in the evening and even visiting our park during daytime. A resent survey made among our elderly population tells about isolation and depression. Health authorities find it very important that efforts are made to give this group of people a social life and contact with other people. We know from research that active aging is increasing the health condition and also the life quality for elderly people. A new project adressing these problems will start soon.
To day we bring an interview with three elderly ladies that seems to enjoy each others company. We found Ms. Schneider, Ms. Rivera and Ms. Kleiber sitting on a bench in the park to day and asked them what they thought about the results from the survey.
Ms Rivera: We three are lucky to know each other. We come here every day at the same time, and if one of us does not turn up we contact her to hear if there is something wrong.
Ms. Kleiber: Yes it is really important to have good friends. I'm a widow and my children is not living in this area anymore. I feel great comfort by knowing that by friends here will contact me if I don't turn up one day.
Ms. Schneider: it is the same situation for me. I don't hear very well and therefor I don't care going to cinema or concerts. It is difficult for me to go to these elderly centres also because I get a headacke when there is too many people talking around me.
The interviewer: So for you three there is no problem coming here to the park.
to continue....
In addition to the interview we need to write some blog posts
To day we bring an interview with three elderly ladies that seems to enjoy each others company. We found Ms. Schneider, Ms. Rivera and Ms. Kleiber sitting on a bench in the park to day and asked them what they thought about the results from the survey.
Ms Rivera: We three are lucky to know each other. We come here every day at the same time, and if one of us does not turn up we contact her to hear if there is something wrong.
Ms. Kleiber: Yes it is really important to have good friends. I'm a widow and my children is not living in this area anymore. I feel great comfort by knowing that by friends here will contact me if I don't turn up one day.
Ms. Schneider: it is the same situation for me. I don't hear very well and therefor I don't care going to cinema or concerts. It is difficult for me to go to these elderly centres also because I get a headacke when there is too many people talking around me.
The interviewer: So for you three there is no problem coming here to the park.
to continue....
In addition to the interview we need to write some blog posts
Can we get some peace please???
As one of the neighbours to the skate ramp in the park I feel very annoyd by the noice every day. The noice goes on my nerves. When is anybody going to respect that people living around here need some peace??? Either it is the skaters or the big conserts, or the music from these foreigners dancing and playing around here. We never had this situation when we started to live here. I saw the note from Eve 14 and I really hope that anyone will listen to her claim for a mega ramp. Then nobody can live around here anylonger.
Is it too much to demand to have som peace and guiet around ones own house???
Angry neighbour
Is it too much to demand to have som peace and guiet around ones own house???
Angry neighbour
Dialogue - Bob and Eve
Bob and Eve meets at the skate ramp and talk to each other.
B: Hi Eve, have you been training?
E: Hi Bob, Yes if you can call it training in this mini ramp?!
B: I read your note in the magazin the other day. The video you linked to was really cool. Jake Duncombe is really somebody!
E: Yes these boys are so good!! I really wonder if we ever can get a mega ramp like they have here in our park city? What do you think?
B: Well I don't know either, but if we don't try nothing will happen, will it?
E: you are right, but I don't know how where to go, do you?
B: I talked to John the other day, you know the gardener, he told me that there was some social worker visiting the park the other day. They have some plans for project here. Maybe we can talk to them? What do you think?
E: This is a GREAT idea Bob.
E: may be we also could talk to them about the conserts they arrange here. Have you ever heard about the band "Sweet Dreams"?
B: Never.
E: They are arranging these conserts for the youngsters, but they never bother to ask what we would like to hear. I think it is about time that we can have some band we want! Agree!
B: Yes! you are right. Let's see if we can make a change here.
(THIS is a video scene recorded at the skate ramp in the park)
B: Hi Eve, have you been training?
E: Hi Bob, Yes if you can call it training in this mini ramp?!
B: I read your note in the magazin the other day. The video you linked to was really cool. Jake Duncombe is really somebody!
E: Yes these boys are so good!! I really wonder if we ever can get a mega ramp like they have here in our park city? What do you think?
B: Well I don't know either, but if we don't try nothing will happen, will it?
E: you are right, but I don't know how where to go, do you?
B: I talked to John the other day, you know the gardener, he told me that there was some social worker visiting the park the other day. They have some plans for project here. Maybe we can talk to them? What do you think?
E: This is a GREAT idea Bob.
E: may be we also could talk to them about the conserts they arrange here. Have you ever heard about the band "Sweet Dreams"?
B: Never.
E: They are arranging these conserts for the youngsters, but they never bother to ask what we would like to hear. I think it is about time that we can have some band we want! Agree!
B: Yes! you are right. Let's see if we can make a change here.
(THIS is a video scene recorded at the skate ramp in the park)
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