Have you seen the news about a fight in the park. Here is the link: http://Utube...
(This is not the video!!)
Manus video: A news reporter make following statement on the fight from the niddle hill:
blabla....
Interview of politician: blabla
Interview of the neighburg....
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The Gardeners introduction to the Park City
THE PARK CITY
Introduction: (voice by a commentator)
Welcome to PARK CITY
This is a community case where you will meet people living in the City. The Park area is used by everyone and you will be presented to some of the citizens by John the Gardener who has been working in this park for many years. Please join him for a walk in the park.
THIS SPEACH WILL BE CHANGED A LITTLE: The Gardener will talk to the students (who is watching the video) and he will look back on the summer that now has gone and tells about the activity that could be seen.
This text and recording must be done in October, when the other text has been produced. THen the Gardener will give some short presentations of the different groups of people using the park and some events that has been special and that makes it easy to remember and trigger students curiosity.em>
1)The Gardener:
So you are social work students and you want me to introduce you to the people using the park? Well then you are coming to the right man. There is not much going on in this park that I don’t know about.
I love this park, because so many different people are coming here. I do my very best to keep it nice and especially at this time of the year when the rhododendron is blooming and the weather is good many people come to the park.(REMARK! we have to change this if the recording is done later in the year)It is strange, but it seems that different groups occupy different parts of the park. When we enter the park from this side you will meet the families coming here with their kids, playing and feeding the birds in the pond. (ENTRENCE HERE COULD BE FROM THE VILVITE CENTRE)
(The family presented by the gardener
Gardener’s Introduction to the mothers at the duck pond)
2)This is the duck pond, and to day you can see there are a group of mothers with their children feeding the ducks and the swan over there. The ducks and the swan are so fat they can’t even take off to fly away. Maybe we should have a sign that says “Please don’t feed the birds” J.
Some of the mothers here I’ve known since their parents used to bring them here as children. That lady over there with the two young children is Mary. I remember her as a little girl from long ago. I see her occasionally over the other side of the park where they have the football pitch. I guess it’s because her husband, Peter comes here to play. But sometimes you also see the fathers and grandparents coming here playing with their children or feeding the ducks.
The Gardener continues to walk…
The youngsters presented by the gardener
3)Let me show you where some of the youngsters like to be. This is where the skateboarders are training on their tricks. Since we got this area here many of them have become really good! We also have the football ground as you can see, but many have started to use the grass in the park for football playing as well. I don’t like that because the grass is not made for that kind of activity.
Sometimes there are good outdoor concerts here in the park and then thousands of people can be present here. However it seems that the youngsters are not satisfied with the situation I’ve heard from Eve who comes here regularly with her skateboard. There has been some complaines from people living nearby about the skaters making much noice, and the building of that skating area was nearly stoped because of that.
The Gardener continues to walk…
Well as I said it seems that different people prefer different parts of the park. Over here you have an open space where most of the immigrants use to come.
4)(The immigrants presented by the gardener )
This group enlarged a lot the last 20 years! They are so colourful! Talking, eating, and dancing together with their families. First the Italians came, later Moroccan, Pakistanis, Iraqis and Turkish families and sometimes they offered me their food. Strange, but most of the times I liked it very much!A pity though that they don’t take the leftovers with them when they leave! And they sometimes make a lot of noise, too!
What is funny to see is that the women are together, separated from the men, talking, playing with the children. Some of them you will see are wearing headscarves or burkas. The Bourkanyaia family is one of the families coming here very often, you have probably met Mr Bourkanyaia who is running the immigrant shop outside the park?
I heard there was some trouble with his youngest son the other day.
But not everybody seems to like the situation with all the foreigners coming to the park. Some of the elderly people (none immigrants) told me that they don’t feel at home anymore in their own park! I think there is a lot of predudice among elderly towards the immigrants.
5)The Gardener presents the elderly people (this part might be adjusted?)
Here on the benches near the pond you also find most of the elderly. They like to sit in the shadow of the trees and talk and look at what is going on. Very often you see three ladies over there Ms Schneider, Rivera and Kleiber. They seems to have an appointment nearly every day.But there are also some elderly coming here sitting by themselves, not talking to anyone. I wonder if they have any contact at all with other people.
The Gardener walking….
Now when it is not too cold in the weather some of the homeless in our city are coming to the park and even stay here during the night.
6)(The homeless presented by the gardener)
Here we have the bench Anthony used to sleep on. Officially it is not allowed to stay overnight, but I closed an eye for him because he did not do much harm. I was one of the few people that talked to him. He was shy and did not make much contact with anyone. The locals accepted him and even liked him somehow. So did I: when he died it was as if I lost a member of my family. It is a very sad story. He lived here for a very long time. He had a hard time and one morning I found him with a serious fever so I called the medical mobile unit. But that didn’t do him any good. They forced him to go into an institution, although the outside is his life. The newspaper made a portrait of him before he died.
You know what is funny, I heard recently that he had a lot of money in the bank when he died, but maybe that’s only a rumour.He was not the only homeless person frequenting this park, but he was certainly the most colourful. It is my idea that too many people is suffering with severe social and health problems around here and there seems to be less help and support for those in need.
The Gardener is walking to the end of the park.
7)Well now you can see that we are coming to another entrance to the park. Here is the really troublesome area. Just outside the fence you have the nice old villas and here in the park is the area where you find many of the drug abusers in our city. (ENTRENCE: Nygårdshøyden)
The drug abusers presented by the gardener
Johnny that you can see over there belongs to this group. He has been in the park for many years now. He is not so very well. In many ways he is an amazing person, yesterday you could even read an interview with him in the Street Magazine, that the drugabusers are selling. During the last two months we see the medical ambulant service here many times a day because of overdoses. There seems to be a lack of treatment and health care offered to these people.
A lot has been written in the newspaper about this situation and neighbours living next to this area are complaining a lot about the garbage. needles floating around, and using the gardens for toilett. I can understand that this must be difficult and it makes this part of the park an area where "normal" people avoid as much as they can. I don't think that the situation can continue like this anymore.
The Gardeners Ending:
Well I hope this short walk and presentation of the Park City has given you some information about what you can expect here to happen. As you have heard and seen the park is for everybody just as an ordinary community. I hope this has given you some input to your projects. If you need more information you can search in the electronic newspaper, and also visit some of the people I have presented to you - they will for sure be able to give you more information. Good luck with your job. I hope to see more of you here in the future.
Introduction: (voice by a commentator)
Welcome to PARK CITY
This is a community case where you will meet people living in the City. The Park area is used by everyone and you will be presented to some of the citizens by John the Gardener who has been working in this park for many years. Please join him for a walk in the park.
THIS SPEACH WILL BE CHANGED A LITTLE: The Gardener will talk to the students (who is watching the video) and he will look back on the summer that now has gone and tells about the activity that could be seen.
This text and recording must be done in October, when the other text has been produced. THen the Gardener will give some short presentations of the different groups of people using the park and some events that has been special and that makes it easy to remember and trigger students curiosity.em>
1)The Gardener:
So you are social work students and you want me to introduce you to the people using the park? Well then you are coming to the right man. There is not much going on in this park that I don’t know about.
I love this park, because so many different people are coming here. I do my very best to keep it nice and especially at this time of the year when the rhododendron is blooming and the weather is good many people come to the park.(REMARK! we have to change this if the recording is done later in the year)It is strange, but it seems that different groups occupy different parts of the park. When we enter the park from this side you will meet the families coming here with their kids, playing and feeding the birds in the pond. (ENTRENCE HERE COULD BE FROM THE VILVITE CENTRE)
(The family presented by the gardener
Gardener’s Introduction to the mothers at the duck pond)
2)This is the duck pond, and to day you can see there are a group of mothers with their children feeding the ducks and the swan over there. The ducks and the swan are so fat they can’t even take off to fly away. Maybe we should have a sign that says “Please don’t feed the birds” J.
Some of the mothers here I’ve known since their parents used to bring them here as children. That lady over there with the two young children is Mary. I remember her as a little girl from long ago. I see her occasionally over the other side of the park where they have the football pitch. I guess it’s because her husband, Peter comes here to play. But sometimes you also see the fathers and grandparents coming here playing with their children or feeding the ducks.
The Gardener continues to walk…
The youngsters presented by the gardener
3)Let me show you where some of the youngsters like to be. This is where the skateboarders are training on their tricks. Since we got this area here many of them have become really good! We also have the football ground as you can see, but many have started to use the grass in the park for football playing as well. I don’t like that because the grass is not made for that kind of activity.
Sometimes there are good outdoor concerts here in the park and then thousands of people can be present here. However it seems that the youngsters are not satisfied with the situation I’ve heard from Eve who comes here regularly with her skateboard. There has been some complaines from people living nearby about the skaters making much noice, and the building of that skating area was nearly stoped because of that.
The Gardener continues to walk…
Well as I said it seems that different people prefer different parts of the park. Over here you have an open space where most of the immigrants use to come.
4)(The immigrants presented by the gardener )
This group enlarged a lot the last 20 years! They are so colourful! Talking, eating, and dancing together with their families. First the Italians came, later Moroccan, Pakistanis, Iraqis and Turkish families and sometimes they offered me their food. Strange, but most of the times I liked it very much!A pity though that they don’t take the leftovers with them when they leave! And they sometimes make a lot of noise, too!
What is funny to see is that the women are together, separated from the men, talking, playing with the children. Some of them you will see are wearing headscarves or burkas. The Bourkanyaia family is one of the families coming here very often, you have probably met Mr Bourkanyaia who is running the immigrant shop outside the park?
I heard there was some trouble with his youngest son the other day.
But not everybody seems to like the situation with all the foreigners coming to the park. Some of the elderly people (none immigrants) told me that they don’t feel at home anymore in their own park! I think there is a lot of predudice among elderly towards the immigrants.
5)The Gardener presents the elderly people (this part might be adjusted?)
Here on the benches near the pond you also find most of the elderly. They like to sit in the shadow of the trees and talk and look at what is going on. Very often you see three ladies over there Ms Schneider, Rivera and Kleiber. They seems to have an appointment nearly every day.But there are also some elderly coming here sitting by themselves, not talking to anyone. I wonder if they have any contact at all with other people.
The Gardener walking….
Now when it is not too cold in the weather some of the homeless in our city are coming to the park and even stay here during the night.
6)(The homeless presented by the gardener)
Here we have the bench Anthony used to sleep on. Officially it is not allowed to stay overnight, but I closed an eye for him because he did not do much harm. I was one of the few people that talked to him. He was shy and did not make much contact with anyone. The locals accepted him and even liked him somehow. So did I: when he died it was as if I lost a member of my family. It is a very sad story. He lived here for a very long time. He had a hard time and one morning I found him with a serious fever so I called the medical mobile unit. But that didn’t do him any good. They forced him to go into an institution, although the outside is his life. The newspaper made a portrait of him before he died.
You know what is funny, I heard recently that he had a lot of money in the bank when he died, but maybe that’s only a rumour.He was not the only homeless person frequenting this park, but he was certainly the most colourful. It is my idea that too many people is suffering with severe social and health problems around here and there seems to be less help and support for those in need.
The Gardener is walking to the end of the park.
7)Well now you can see that we are coming to another entrance to the park. Here is the really troublesome area. Just outside the fence you have the nice old villas and here in the park is the area where you find many of the drug abusers in our city. (ENTRENCE: Nygårdshøyden)
The drug abusers presented by the gardener
Johnny that you can see over there belongs to this group. He has been in the park for many years now. He is not so very well. In many ways he is an amazing person, yesterday you could even read an interview with him in the Street Magazine, that the drugabusers are selling. During the last two months we see the medical ambulant service here many times a day because of overdoses. There seems to be a lack of treatment and health care offered to these people.
A lot has been written in the newspaper about this situation and neighbours living next to this area are complaining a lot about the garbage. needles floating around, and using the gardens for toilett. I can understand that this must be difficult and it makes this part of the park an area where "normal" people avoid as much as they can. I don't think that the situation can continue like this anymore.
The Gardeners Ending:
Well I hope this short walk and presentation of the Park City has given you some information about what you can expect here to happen. As you have heard and seen the park is for everybody just as an ordinary community. I hope this has given you some input to your projects. If you need more information you can search in the electronic newspaper, and also visit some of the people I have presented to you - they will for sure be able to give you more information. Good luck with your job. I hope to see more of you here in the future.
16:30, one day of September...
by Wolfgang & David
Middle of the park, in front of the fountain, three women around 70-80 years are sitting on a bench...
Zoom in...into the conversation (1): Do you what is with Ms. Schatz, I miss her since some days before...
(2): Oh, I just talk about with her daughter (playing with the child at the playground) and tell me that her mother is in the hospital
(3): Oh, the poor, I´d like to see her, but I don´t know how to go there, my legs are really in bad conditions...
(1): Sorry I don´t understand, There is a lot of noise with the children at the fountain, could you repeat, please...
…
(2): I´m afraid because the winter will come soon and I don´t know what I´ll do, I´ll miss the life at the park, the people around me...
(1): We should find some contacts. How do you enter in contact with the daughter of Ms. Schaft?
(2): Oh, Ms. Schatz ask me to take attention on the grandchild together. The daughter lives alone with the child and she need a hand.
(3): Yes, I heard a lot about the big number of one-parent-families...that grows up...
(1) Even when I heard not very well, this I catch up all (laugh)...
(2): We should do something, always is better than be sitting alone in the dark at home.
(1): And even me, that my husband is still alive, but I feel so alone, he´s like a furniture...he and his tv...he also should go out and met some people...but he thinks that here in the park there is only problems with the youngsters and the immigrants habits, maybe he didn´t know that here there is a lot of different people, and sometimes there are very interesting ones...but he is always complaining about everything, he seems to be like a little grumpy...
(3): That´s correct, every day there is a group of men in the park, playing cards, talking and so on. They are youngest than your husband but I think that this could be a good chance to met and have relations with other people, not only with tv and sofa.
(2): You´re right, that´s a good idea..But let´s talk about us, The idea to take contact with young mothers and support them is fascinating...
(1) Ms. Schneider
(2) Ms. Rivera
(3) Ms. Kleiber
Middle of the park, in front of the fountain, three women around 70-80 years are sitting on a bench...
Zoom in...into the conversation (1): Do you what is with Ms. Schatz, I miss her since some days before...
(2): Oh, I just talk about with her daughter (playing with the child at the playground) and tell me that her mother is in the hospital
(3): Oh, the poor, I´d like to see her, but I don´t know how to go there, my legs are really in bad conditions...
(1): Sorry I don´t understand, There is a lot of noise with the children at the fountain, could you repeat, please...
…
(2): I´m afraid because the winter will come soon and I don´t know what I´ll do, I´ll miss the life at the park, the people around me...
(1): We should find some contacts. How do you enter in contact with the daughter of Ms. Schaft?
(2): Oh, Ms. Schatz ask me to take attention on the grandchild together. The daughter lives alone with the child and she need a hand.
(3): Yes, I heard a lot about the big number of one-parent-families...that grows up...
(1) Even when I heard not very well, this I catch up all (laugh)...
(2): We should do something, always is better than be sitting alone in the dark at home.
(1): And even me, that my husband is still alive, but I feel so alone, he´s like a furniture...he and his tv...he also should go out and met some people...but he thinks that here in the park there is only problems with the youngsters and the immigrants habits, maybe he didn´t know that here there is a lot of different people, and sometimes there are very interesting ones...but he is always complaining about everything, he seems to be like a little grumpy...
(3): That´s correct, every day there is a group of men in the park, playing cards, talking and so on. They are youngest than your husband but I think that this could be a good chance to met and have relations with other people, not only with tv and sofa.
(2): You´re right, that´s a good idea..But let´s talk about us, The idea to take contact with young mothers and support them is fascinating...
(1) Ms. Schneider
(2) Ms. Rivera
(3) Ms. Kleiber
Monday, July 20, 2009
Mary and Peter - 3 different cases
by Bob & Lasma
Setting: Mary is talking to a friend in the park whilst giving bread to her two children to feed the ducks. She is well dressed, but casual. The children are also well-dressed. It is mid-morning. The friend is also well-dressed casual. It is mid-June, when it stays light very late.
Mary: Yes, I’ve grown up here. My parents still live in the house where I was born. It’s just over there, you see those lovely little houses just behind the skateboard area. One day Peter and I hope to buy our own home over there. But it’s so hard. So you’ve just moved here? How do you like it here?
Friend: Well we’ve come down from the North, but it’s really difficult because we’ve had to move so far from our family and friends. But these days you have to go where the work is. We don’t know anyone in the area yet.
So what’s this area like? Do you like it?
Mary: It’s a nice area. I like it. And you know on Mondays, some of us mums meet at the Cafe in the park for a bit of chat and some coffee or tea. If you come this Monday, I can introduce to some of the other mums. They’re very nice, and would love to meet you as well, I’m sure. We have some plans about some changes that we’d like to see in the park.
Paul, give your sister some bread too! There you go Linda, there’s a bit of bread. You can feed those ducks over there. But don’t give it to them all at once; break off little bits like your brother is doing. Watch Paul.
Yes, there are the usual problems I one would expect, but we like it here. We love coming to the park. The children love playing on the playground, the swings, etc. You have be very careful though, because sometimes the teenagers play on the swings and see-saw and they break bottles and leave the broken glass around. But we have a very good gardener, who makes sure that the broken is always cleaned up quite quickly. He really does a very good job.
Friend: I’ve seen some elderly people over the other end of the park. Do you have much to do with them?
Mary: They are very peaceful. My parents go there sometimes. And Pieter’s parents, too. When they’re there, I usually go over and spend a bit of time chatting to them. They don’t like coming here in the evenings though, even though they don’t have a lot to do at home. They’re a bit afraid of some of the youngsters that hang around the park at night. When I go over there, some of the elderly folks complain to me about this and that in the park, you know, ”It’s not like it used to be” and that sort of thing. But mostly it doesn’t bother me. The young people they just want some place to hang out. They don’t cause me any trouble.
Friend: What about all these women with the burkas? It’s getting to be like we’re not living in our own country any more.
Mary: Don’t worry about them. They’re not dangerous or anything. Sometimes I’ve gone over to talk with them a little. Sometimes our children even play together. It’s funny to see them playing together because their children don’t speak the language so well. But they manage.
They’re very friendly, and usually offer some of their food when they’ve got it. They have some lovely sweet things; tastes great. You’ll have to meet them with me some time and try it.
The only groups I worry a bit about are the drug abusers. Have you seen them? They tend to hang out on that little hill over there. The locals call it ‘Needle hill’. Sometimes they leave their used needles about, and I worry about Paul and Linda coming across them, but I avoid going that way.
The ones that I’ve seen look really quite miserable; I can’t imagine it’s a happy life.
Friend: Oh, yes, I know. My younger brother got into drugs for awhile, back home. We were very worried about him for a few years, but he’s okay now.
Mary is talking to an elderly man, her father-in-law. He comes to the park every day after lunch for a few hours to chat to the other men in the park. It is later the same day. She is wearing the same clothes. She still has her two children with her.
Mary: So, dad, did you see Pieter here last Friday. He was playing on the football area, and he was so happy. His team won for the first time in about a month.
Father-in-law: Yes, he couldn’t help himself but come up here and tell 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 graffiti. 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 graffiti 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.
Peter is talking to Mr. Arkan Bourkanyana, a local shopkeeper. They are in the park. Peter pops into the shop regularly on his way home from work, and is quite friendly with him. The body language shows that they are quite good friends despite the age difference.
Peter: Arkan, 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 is thinking that maybe she no longer wants to come to the park
Setting: Mary is talking to a friend in the park whilst giving bread to her two children to feed the ducks. She is well dressed, but casual. The children are also well-dressed. It is mid-morning. The friend is also well-dressed casual. It is mid-June, when it stays light very late.
Mary: Yes, I’ve grown up here. My parents still live in the house where I was born. It’s just over there, you see those lovely little houses just behind the skateboard area. One day Peter and I hope to buy our own home over there. But it’s so hard. So you’ve just moved here? How do you like it here?
Friend: Well we’ve come down from the North, but it’s really difficult because we’ve had to move so far from our family and friends. But these days you have to go where the work is. We don’t know anyone in the area yet.
So what’s this area like? Do you like it?
Mary: It’s a nice area. I like it. And you know on Mondays, some of us mums meet at the Cafe in the park for a bit of chat and some coffee or tea. If you come this Monday, I can introduce to some of the other mums. They’re very nice, and would love to meet you as well, I’m sure. We have some plans about some changes that we’d like to see in the park.
Paul, give your sister some bread too! There you go Linda, there’s a bit of bread. You can feed those ducks over there. But don’t give it to them all at once; break off little bits like your brother is doing. Watch Paul.
Yes, there are the usual problems I one would expect, but we like it here. We love coming to the park. The children love playing on the playground, the swings, etc. You have be very careful though, because sometimes the teenagers play on the swings and see-saw and they break bottles and leave the broken glass around. But we have a very good gardener, who makes sure that the broken is always cleaned up quite quickly. He really does a very good job.
Friend: I’ve seen some elderly people over the other end of the park. Do you have much to do with them?
Mary: They are very peaceful. My parents go there sometimes. And Pieter’s parents, too. When they’re there, I usually go over and spend a bit of time chatting to them. They don’t like coming here in the evenings though, even though they don’t have a lot to do at home. They’re a bit afraid of some of the youngsters that hang around the park at night. When I go over there, some of the elderly folks complain to me about this and that in the park, you know, ”It’s not like it used to be” and that sort of thing. But mostly it doesn’t bother me. The young people they just want some place to hang out. They don’t cause me any trouble.
Friend: What about all these women with the burkas? It’s getting to be like we’re not living in our own country any more.
Mary: Don’t worry about them. They’re not dangerous or anything. Sometimes I’ve gone over to talk with them a little. Sometimes our children even play together. It’s funny to see them playing together because their children don’t speak the language so well. But they manage.
They’re very friendly, and usually offer some of their food when they’ve got it. They have some lovely sweet things; tastes great. You’ll have to meet them with me some time and try it.
The only groups I worry a bit about are the drug abusers. Have you seen them? They tend to hang out on that little hill over there. The locals call it ‘Needle hill’. Sometimes they leave their used needles about, and I worry about Paul and Linda coming across them, but I avoid going that way.
The ones that I’ve seen look really quite miserable; I can’t imagine it’s a happy life.
Friend: Oh, yes, I know. My younger brother got into drugs for awhile, back home. We were very worried about him for a few years, but he’s okay now.
Mary is talking to an elderly man, her father-in-law. He comes to the park every day after lunch for a few hours to chat to the other men in the park. It is later the same day. She is wearing the same clothes. She still has her two children with her.
Mary: So, dad, did you see Pieter here last Friday. He was playing on the football area, and he was so happy. His team won for the first time in about a month.
Father-in-law: Yes, he couldn’t help himself but come up here and tell 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 graffiti. 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 graffiti 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.
Peter is talking to Mr. Arkan Bourkanyana, a local shopkeeper. They are in the park. Peter pops into the shop regularly on his way home from work, and is quite friendly with him. The body language shows that they are quite good friends despite the age difference.
Peter: Arkan, 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 is thinking that maybe she no longer wants to come to the park
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