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Wir sind “Der Brukenthaler”
                    Noi suntem “Der Brukenthaler”                                                                                         Cuprins

        Wilkommen zu der zweiten Ausgabe unserer Zeitschrift!                                       Cuvânt înainte - Babeș Ioana                                                   2
                                                                                                    traducere în limba germană de Gyarmati Robert                                  2

     Lasst uns einander kennenlernen!                       Hai să ne cunoaștem!                    Științe
                                                                                                    The actual cost of your favourite cosmetics - Frătici Patricia                 6
    Wir sind “Der Brukenthaler”, ein Team         Noi suntem Der Brukenthaler, o echipă             Two Brief Neuroscience Lessons - Urdea Denis                                   7
    von 28 kreativen und einzigartigen            de 28 de minți creative și unice din              The future of fashion is tehnology - Govoreanu Flavia                          10
    Köpfen aus allen Klassen des Bruken-          fiecare clasă a liceului Brukenthal               Globale Erwärmung - Moldovan Sandra                                            12
    thal-Gymnasiums,      die    zusammenge-      care s-au pus cap la cap pentru a-ți              Why we consign memories to oblivion - Lupea Teodora                            14
    kommen sind, um die Zeitschrift zu            crea cadoul pe care îl ai acum în față.           Women in STEM - Kézdi Johanna Marlies                                          16
    erschaffen, das Ihr jetzt vor Augen habt.                                                       Is memorising outdated - Salomie Alexandru                                     18
                                                     Ce înseamnă Der Brukenthaler?                  Politică
          Was ist “Der Brukenthaler?                                                                Politik ist überall - Oprișiu Ioana                                            22
                                                  “Der Brukenthaler” nu e o revistă oarecare,       Despre politicienii de azi - Bratu Cristina                                    25
    “Der Brukenthaler” ist nicht irgend-          Der Brukenthaler e revista ta, a noastră și a                                                                                    26
                                                                                                    How teens can be politically active - Sorici Sara
    eine Zeitschrift. Der Brukenthaler ist        tuturor elevilor din Sibiu, pentru că citind-o,
                                                                                                    Literatură
    Eure Zeitschrift, unsere und die aller        vei observa că este concepută special pen-                                                                                       29
                                                                                                    Über Verzeihung - Aron Caroline
    Schüler      aus    Hermannstadt.      Beim   tru tine și vei simți că faci parte din ea.                                                                                      30
                                                                                                    Să murim frumos - Popa Ioana Mălina
    Lesen werdet Ihr feststellen, dass sie                                                                                                                                         31
    speziell für Euch entwickelt wurde. Aici vei găsi de toate: de la poezii, la inter-             Meditație nocturnă - Aron Tudor
                                                                                                                                                                                   32
    Wir wollen, dass Ihr das Gefühl viuri, de la articole de modă, la articole de                   Exteriorizare - Sebastian Drăgulescu
    habt, selbst ein Teil davon zu sein. dezvoltare personală și orientare în carieră,              Dezvoltare Personală
                                                 de la povești în proză la articole despre fo-      Von hier aufwärts - Thomits Nicole                                             34
    Hier findet Ihr alles: von Gedicht- tografie, film, artă stradală și multe altele.              Steaguri roșii într-o prietenie aparent toxică - Livia Vulpeș                  36
    en zu Interviews bis hin zu Mode-                                                               Mental Health Checkpoint - Livia Vulpeș                                        37
    artikeln, Artikel zur persönlichen En- Vei putea să citești în ce limbă te simți                How to stay on top of things - Kézdi Johanna Marlies                           39
    twicklung und Berufsberatung, von Pro- confortabil: română, engleză sau ger-                    Books to read in your lifetime - Buțu Sophie și Aron Caroline                  44
    sageschichten bis zu Artikeln über Foto- mană. Exact cum ți-am promis, diversitate!             Develop habitual strategies in order to boost productiveness - Marcoș Miruna   46
    grafie, Film, Street Art und vieles mehr.                                                       Recenzii de filme, seriale și cărți
                                                 Noi te invităm să iei loc, să te relaxezi și       Theater in der Pandemie - Pănoiu Luana                                         49
    Der Vorteil der Zeitschrift ist, dass Ihr in să te bucuri de Der Brukenthaler, revista          Yes, we care! - Kézdi Johanna Marlies                                          51
    der Sprache lesen könnt, welche Ihr be- pe care nu o să o mai întâlnești altundeva.             Artă Vizuală
    vorzugt: Rumänisch, Deutsch oder Englisch.                                                      Fotojurnal                                                                     54
    So wie wir es versprochen haben: Vielfalt! Dă pagina și descoperă dacă această                  Comedie
                                                 revistă   este     într-adevăr     A     TA!       Poezie comică - Aron Tudor                                                     61
    Wir laden Euch ein, gemütlich Platz zu                                                          Bancuri - Aron Tudor                                                           62
    nehmen, Euch zu entspannen und “Den                                                             Bancuri - Carabulea Victor                                                     64
    Brukenthaler” zu genießen: Das Maga-
    zin, das Ihr sonst nirgendwo finden werdet.

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    Science             Wissenschaft

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The actual cost of your favourite                                                                   2 Brief Neuroscience
                   cosmetics                                                                                       Lessons
                                                                                                                                                                          by Urdea Denis
                                                         by Patricia Frătici

    Many animal lovers are not aware of the        in other countries, are still imported legally   #1 Discussing dopamine
    fact that the most popular companies still     in EU. In China, it is required by law that            1.Theoretical Preliminaries
    practice animal testing. You do not have       all imported cosmetics must be tested on
    to be vegan to think that this is morally      animals, meaning that all brands sold in         Dopamine is a neurotransmitter (NT), an         their respective receptors on the membrane
    wrong. Chances are, your favorite perfume,     mainland China are not cruelty-free.             endogenous biological compound that acts        of the next neuron triggers certain molecu-
    lipstick or hair products were tested on an-                                                    as a messenger between neurons at the level     lar changes that will ultimately lead to either
    imals. Millions of animals are harmed and      On a final note, even though we cannot           of the synapses. Nerve impulses propagate       the inhibition or the excitation of this neu-
    tortured in the process of testing makeup,     stop brands from testing on animals or           along the axon, a long, digitiform nerve        ron. Thus, NTs can generally be classified
    perfumes and even cleaning supplies. This      change the Chinese laws, whoever believes        cell appendage. At a certain point, axons       as excitatory or inhibitory. However, it is
    article aims at spreading awareness of the     that animals are mistreated during this          branch into multiple thinner processes          actually the NT receptor which determines
    severe harm our cosmetics may be causing       process can choose to stop supporting            called telodendria. The distal extremity of     whether the NT has inhibitory or excitato-
    to animals, hoping it will help readers find   brands by not buying their products and          each branch is called bouton or synaptic        ry effects (e.g. there are 2 broad classes of
    out more about the animal welfare.             embrace cruelty-free options. By stopping        terminal and it contains vesicles abounding     dopamine receptors, D1-like and D2-like.
    The procedure of animal testing consists in    buying cosmetics that were tested on ani-        with neurotransmitter. Once the nerve im-       Dopamine usually stimulates nerve cells
    animal exposure to chemicals in different      mals, you do not consent to animal abuse.        pulse reaches the terminal, the vesicles fuse   that display D1-like receptors and it inhib-
    methods, such as the Draize eye test, by       The best way to find out if your favorite        with the membrane of the bouton, releas-        its neurons that have D2-like receptors). As
    means of which substances are injected         brand practices animal tests is to do a          ing neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft,   a neuron typically secretes only one type of
    into the animal’s eyes to determine if they    quick research and animals will be thank-        a space which separates the terminal from       NT, nerve cells can be classified by the NT
    are irritant. The results of these tests are   ing you!                                         the next neuron. The binding of the NTs to      that they produce and release.
    usually bleedings or total blindness. In ad-
    dition, animals live in horrible conditions                                                           2. Functions of dopamine in the central nervous system and
    and are not given any medication after the                                                            the link to Parkinson’s disease (PD)
    pain they have been put through.
                                                                                                    Dopamine is involved in 4 main neural           contribute to the pathogenesis of Parkin-
    On top of that, these tests are not even                                                        pathways which are responsible for: control     son’s disease. They project onto the stria-
    accurate. There are remarkable differences                                                      of movement (nigrostriatal pathway), the        tum, a mass of neuronal cell bodies located
    between the human and the animal eye                                                            feeling of reward as well as aversion (mes-     deep within our cerebral hemispheres. This
    and the way it reacts to harsh substances,                                                      olimbic pathway), the regulation of a varie-    nigro-striate fibre system is of utmost physi-
    meaning that these tests are unreliable.                                                        ty of brain functions, such as goal-oriented    ological importance because it is the one re-
    They have been discovered alternatives                                                          behaviour (mesocortical pathway) and the        sponsible for modulating the two neuronal
    to animal testing that are ethical but also                                                     inhibition of prolactin secretion, which is a   circuits involved in the initiation and inhi-
    more valid and precise. These alternatives                                                      hormone that induces lactation in women         bition of muscle contraction: the direct and
    discovered by biologists include in vitro                                                       (tuberoinfundibular pathway).                   the indirect pathways of the motor system.
    testing or even tests made on computer                                                          Dopaminergic neurons are chiefly to be          The direct pathway is in charge of initiat-
    models of human organs. Despite Europe-                                                         found in two regions of the midbrain called     ing muscle contraction, whilst the indirect
    an Union’s ban on animal testing, non-cru-                                                      the substantia nigra (SN) and the ventral       pathway is assigned the opposite role, that
    elty-free products, which have been tested                                                      tegmental area. Damage to the dopamin-          of impeding and preventing contractions.
                                                                                                    ergic neurons of the SN has been shown to

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A simple scenario in which these 2 path-        modulatory mechanism, leading to dif-                   2. Abstract
    ways cooperate is the flexion of the fore-      ficulties in initiating muscle contraction,
                                                                                                      In a nutshell, the unidirectionality of nerve existence of the inactivation gate of the
    arm. In order to do so, one would need          which translates clinically to slow or ab-
                                                                                                      impulse propagation is possible due to the voltage-gated sodium channels.
    to contract their biceps muscle and relax       sent movement, postural instability, and
    their triceps muscle simultaneously.The         a lack of facial expression, all of which
    direct pathway dictates the contraction of      are characterstic of Parkinson’s pacients.              3. Explanation
    the biceps and the indirect pathway de-         Dopamine is synthesized in our bodies             What we term nerve impulse is actually
    termines the relaxation of the triceps. The     from tyrosine, an amino acid. Tyrosine is         an organized and directional traffic of ions
    dopaminergic neurons of the substantia ni-      converted to an intermediate substance            through the nerve cell membrane. Excitato-
    gra have an excitatory effect on the direct     called L-DOPA, which is then modified             ry neurotransmitters that bind to respective
                                                                                                      receptors induce an inward flow of posi-
    pathway and an inhibitory effect on the         to form dopamine. This is precisely why
                                                                                                      tive charge which will accumulate at the         the sodium channels of this distal region to
    indirect pathway. The overall result is the     one heavily implemented therapeutic ap-
                                                                                                      first segment of the axon. This initial ax-      open. From here on out the cycle starts anew
    facilitation of contraction and movement.       proach is the temporary administration of
                                                                                                      onal segment (IAS) is the most proximal          and the nerve impulse propagates in this
    If, however, less dopamine reaches the stri-    L-DOPA. However, this treatment becomes
                                                                                                      axon membrane region that contains volt-         fashion until it reaches the end of the axon.
    atum as a consequence of dopaminergic           increasingly less efficient in the long run.
                                                                                                      age-gated sodium channels. As sodium             As sodium enters the cell and spreads in both
    neuron death, these two circuits lose their
                                                                                                      gathers at the IAS, the local voltage will       directions, one might wonder why this se-
                                                                                                      steadily increase, until it reaches -55mV.       quence of cycles only runs centrifugally and
                                                                                                      This is the threshold value for the opening      not also towards the cell body.This is where
                                                                                                      of the voltage-gated sodium channels of          the inactivation gate comes into play. By the
                                                                                                      the IAS. As new sodium enters the cell, the      time the stray sodium reaches the previous
    #2 Why won’t the nerve impulse travel bidirec-                                                    voltage increases even further. This sodium      voltage-gated sodium channels, these will
    tionally along the axon?                                                                          rapidly spreads in both directions along the
                                                                                                      axon. As the local voltage approaches +40
                                                                                                                                                       have long been inactivated. If it weren’t for
                                                                                                                                                       this intermediate inactivated state, the sodi-
          1.Theoretical Preliminaries                                                                 mV, the inactivation gates of the sodium         um channels would just close immediately
                                                                                                      channels of the IAS will block the further       after the voltage has reached +40mV, which
    The intracellular concentration of a specific   that is they usually only allow the passage       entrance of sodium. The channels, however        would make the proximally situated sodi-
    ionic species is different from its extracel-   of one ionic species (e.g. potassium chan-        have yet to fully close. Concomitantly, po-      um channels susceptible to being opened
    lular concentration and both are generally      nels, sodium channels, chloride channels          tassium channels of the IAS open, allowing       by the stray cascade of sodium coming
    constant. This gives rise to a transmembrane    etc). A channel can undergo conformation-         potassium to flow out of the cell. This will     from distally situated sodium channels.
    voltage called the resting membrane poten-      al changes and switch between the closed          locally decrease the voltage until it reach-     Owing to the inactivation gate, the stray
    tial (its value is approximately –70mV).        state and the open state. Some channels           es the value it had initially(-70 mV). In the    sodium won’t have any effect on the pre-
    If one of the two concentrations sudden-        only open when a substance binds to them,         meantime, the sodium having managed to           vious sodium channels, because, as men-
    ly changes, the voltage alters its value as     whilst some become open in response to a          scatter along the axon will soon reach the       tioned before, these have already been
    well. As a rule of thumb, the more positive     certain value of the local electrical voltage.    axonal segment located distally to the IAS       inactivated, thus preventing a bidirec-
    charge infiltrates on the inside of the cell,   The latter ones are called voltage-gated ion      and it will increase the local voltage causing   tional propagation of the nerve impulse.
    the higher the voltage between the internal     channels. Sodium channels differ in that
    and the external faces of the cell membrane     they have a third state: the inactivated state.
    will become. Such changes in the trans-         When a sodium channel is inactivated,
    membrane voltage occur if the ion traffic       it is not fully closed, but ions cannot pass
    across the cell membrane abruptly inten-        through it. For the sake of the explanation,
    sifies.The transport of ions across the cell    the cell body should be considered a point
    membrane is mediated either by channels         of reference. An axonal segment or compo-
    (i.e. for transport from a higher to a lower    nent will be referred to as proximal to some
    concentration) or pumps (i.e. for transport     other axonal structure if this particular
    from a lower to a higher concentration).        component is located in closer proximity
    Membrane channels have ion specificity,         to the cell body than the second structure.

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The future of fashion is                                                               VIRTUAL TRY-ON

                            TECHNOLOGY                                                                  Whether you want to change your hair
                                                                                                        colour or to try out a new makeup product,
                                                                                                        such as lipstick, L’Oréal ‘s virtual try-on tool
                                                             by Flavia Govoreanu                        allows you to try on hundreds of shades
                                                                                                        with zero commitment. Simply access their
                                                                                                        website and upload a selfie to see your new
                                                                                                        look live.
            ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

     An interesting example of using Artificial Intelli-
     gence in the apparel industry is Project Muze: Fash-
     ion inspired by you, designed by code. The project
     by Google and Zalando, trained a neural network to                                                                                                    STYLING APPS
     understand colours, textures, style preferences and
     other aesthetic parameters derived from Google’s
     Fashion Trends Report as well as design and trend                                                                                      Stylebook is designed to help put your clos-
     data sourced by Zalando. The project used an al-                                                                                       et on your phone and serve as your personal
     gorithm to create designs based on users’ interests,                                                                                   fashion assistant. How does Stylebook work?
     aligned to the style preferences, of each individual,                                                                                  You snap pictures of the clothes you own
     recognised by the network.                                                                                                             and crop away the background so you’re left
                                                                                                                                            with just the article of clothing. Once you in-
                                                                                                                                            put your wardrobe, you can use a multitude
                                                                                                                                            of features to create potential outfits. You
                                                                                                                                            can also input information about the clothes
                                                                                                                                            from your wardrobe so you can filter based
                                                      JEWELRY                                                                               on brand, color, fabric, and so much more.

                                The new jewelry industry goes beyond the Apple Watch,
                                which aside from its health monitoring capacities, is just a              SMART MIRRORS
                                notification tool. By teaming up with fashion designers, tech
                                companies can appeal to a wider audience. Take Tory Burch’s
                                collaboration with Fitbit. Burch’s chic leather and metallic     Memomi is a digital mirror that allows you to
                                bracelet designs transform an activity tracker into a stylish    change the color of your clothing or add acces-
                                accessory appropriate for life outside the gym. Then there’s     sories digitally. View yourself in real time from
                                Ringly: a line of classic rings that connect to your phone via   all angles or whip through a variety of outfits in
                                Bluetooth and subtly notify you when you’ve received a text      a matter of seconds. It allows you to alter your
                                or call. The discrete vibration and side light won’t interfere   fitting room’s lighting, request a new size, browse
                                with social situations. Chronos is a small metal disc that       through store items and interact with sale asso-
                                transforms any timepiece into a smartwatch by placing it         ciates. You can also send a product’s information
                                on the back of your watch. It is perfect for someone who is      to your phone should you want to purchase it
                                looking for the smartwatch experience without the gaudy          another day. Fashion brands like Ralph Lauren
                                looks.                                                           already launched interactive mirrors in some of
                                                                                                 their stores.

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Wir haben noch 10                                            Umwelt auch nicht schaden…

                   Jahre - oder?                                               Lass dich bis zur Schule oder
                                                                               wohin immer du in die Stadt ge-
                                                      von Moldovan Sandra      hen willst nicht mit dem Auto
                                                                               fahren; öffentliche Verkehrsmit-
     Das Klima heutzutage durchläuft      Scheint das wirklich Science         tel sparen pro Jahr Tonnen CO2,
     natürliche Veränderungen. Was        Fiction zu sein, dass wir nicht im   also nächstes Mal nimm den Bus!
     uns aber Sorgen machen soll,         Stande sind, ein bisschen mehr       Höchst wahrscheinlich glaubst
     ist die Geschwindigkeit des Kli-     für unseren Planeten und unsere      du, dass dich das Klimawan-
     mawandels und die Folgen, die        Umwelt zu tun? Etwas anderes,        del einfach nicht betrifft, dass die
     das haben könnte, wenn wir nicht     das eine Gegenwirkung auf            Naturkatastrophen nur nach Mil-
     so schnell wie möglich handeln.      die globale Erwärmung haben          lionen Jahren Auswirkungen ha-
     Wir befinden uns in einer Kli-       könnte, ist weniger Fleisch ver-     ben werden. Zum Pech ist das gar
     makrise und die Folgen der           brauchen, denn Fleischkonsum         nicht wahr, 2016 war das wärms-
     globalen Erwärmung sind massiv.      hat den größten Einfluss auf un-     te Jahr seit Beginn der klima-
     Hunger und Naturkatastrophen         sere Welt. Für die Herstellung       tischen Messungen im 1880.
     sind nur zwei der Probleme, die      von Fleisch verbraucht man viele     Bis 2030 hätten wir noch Zeit
     der Klimawandel verursachen          natürliche Ressourcen, die wir       die Erwärmung rückgängig zu
     kann. Wir sind an der Erder-         auf vielen anderen Weisen, die       machen, wenn wir aber nichts
     wärmung Schuld, Wissenschaft-        weniger schädliche Auswirkun-        dagegen tun, wird die Welt schon
     ler können sich das anders nicht     gen haben, verbrauchen könnten.      2050 nur schwer zu erkennen, die
     vorstellen, denn es gibt keinen      Der Konsum von Fleisch hängt         Arktis wird bereits eisfrei sein. Nicht
     anderen Mechanismus, der die         also direkt mit dem Klimawandel      nur die Lebewesen, die rund um
     Klimaänderung erklären könnte.       zusammen. Der Klimaforscher Jo-      die Pole leben, hängen von dem Eis
     Was können wir also dagegen          han Rockström behauptet zufolge      ab; es spielt eine massive Rolle auch
     tun? Zum Glück gibt es Sachen,       einer wissenschaftlichen Studie,     für unser Klima und auf dieser-
     die wir dagegen tun können: En-      dass wenn wir uns nur aus eige-      Weise wird auch der für uns sehr
     ergie sparen ist mit Sicherheit      ner Initiative gesund ernähren,      wichtige Schutzschild des Planeten
     ein guter Start, denn so wie Rüdi-   die Hälfte der Auswirkungen          verschwinden… Wie lange? Wie
     ger Humboldt gesagt hat, können      der Nahrungsmittelproduktion         lange wird es dauern bis wir endlich
     die Energiequellen keine endlos      auf den Klimawandel verhin-          verstehen werden, dass unser Verh-
     verfügbaren Ressourcen dar-          dern würden. Ist das nicht wun-      alten in den nächsten Jahren entschei-
     stellen und Energie spart            derbar? Wir können ein gesun-        det, wie die Zukunft aller Lebewesen
     man schon im Haushalt…               des Leben führen und unserer         auf diesem Planeten aussehen wird.

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Why we consign memories                                              With that being said, consign-
                                                                                  ing our memories to oblivi-
                   to oblivion                                                    on is possible and what is also
                                                                                  achievable, is the fact that we
                                                             by Lupea Teodora     can retrieve some of those re-
                                                                                  pressed memories with a little
     Have you ever felt as if you were      Suppression happens when an           help from the specialists. The
     missing something and buried           individual consciously shadows        real question is: do we have ac-
     some information deep inside           the information. Nowadays, psy-       cess to all our memories, good
     your brain? If yes, you are going to   chologists try to regain control      and bad? Or is our brain also
     discover the truth about this phe-     of repressed memories through         withholding some of them?
     nomenon only by reading this arti-     therapeutic tools like hypnosis.      I guess we will never seize
     cle. Memory is the faculty by which    Contrarily, we are most likely to     this kind of information…
     the mind stores and recollects in-     recall the negative experiences
     formation. You can gather posi-        better than the positive ones, be-
     tive or negative memories, hence       cause this is how we are built by
     why there are two ways which lead      nature. The fact that we center our
     to withholding of information.         energy on the negative memories
     One of the reasons you may fail to     can be defined as a coping mecha-
     remember the negative memories         nism for the future. Therefore, the
     is trauma. According to Sigmund        people between 20 and 30 years
     Freud, the neurologist who devel-      old tend to focus all their force-
     oped the concept of repression,        fulness on the less pleasant mem-
     trauma is a factor which can stand     ories. They have a long life ahead,
     as a cause to this phenomenon. Re-     and wish to be well prepared for
     pression takes place when a mem-       the future. This helps them react
     ory or thought, like a car accident    differently in similar situations
     or family violence incident, is too    to the ones from the past. The
     painful for a person. That is why      more we grow old, the less we fo-
     they unconsciously push the infor-     cus on the unpleasant emotions
     mation out of their consciousness      rather than on the cordial, de-
     and become oblivious of its pres-      lightful feelings. We commence
     ence. However, repression is not       having better mindset and de-
     to be mistaken for suppression.        cide on a more peaceful lifestyle.

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Women in STEM
                        Rosalind Franklin                                                       1956, she was discovered with two tumors in her abdomen and went through
                                                                                                cancer treatment. In those 2 years, she still managed to publish 11 papers and continued
                                                                   by Johanna Kézdi             her research.
                                                                                                In 1958 she even returned to work. After one month of work, she fell ill again and
                                                                                                died 2 weeks later, at the age of 37, of ovarian cancer, caused by the exposure to the
                                      During the International Women´s                          X-rays.
                                      month, I have thought a lot about feminism, why
                                      people don’t agree with it and,                           Rosalind Franklin was a one of                 even got credit for. She was being
                                      because I am a girl who loves learning                    the many victims of sexism. When               made fun of because of her looks
                                      about science, about women in STEM.                       the structure of the DNA was                   and her interests, uncommon for
                                      There is one woman, whom I have recently                  published, she wasn’t one of the               women back in the days. To quote
                                      learned about and whose story                             authors. The others from the team              Watson: “There was never lipstick
                                      and unfortunate life has been on my                       often suggested, that she interfered           to contrast with her straight black
                                      mind ever since. Maybe you´ve heard of                    and hinder them from their work.               hair, while at the age of thirty-one
                                      her: Rosalind Franklin. She was a British                 Her discoveries were stolen and                her dresses showed all the imagination
                                      chemist and researcher.                                   Rosalind Franklin died because                 of English blue-stocking
                                                                                                of her research, which she didn´t              adolescents,” and “Momentarily
                                                                                                                                              I wondered how she would look
                                                                                                                                              if she took off her glasses and did
     By the age of 26, Rosalind published 5 papers on coal efficiency and had her                                                             something novel with her hair…”.
     PhD. She became a researcher in X-ray diffraction in Paris. After returning to                                                           She was a lonely, discriminated and
     London, she was assigned to work on the diffraction of the DNA fibers (taking                                                            paranoic person, but nothing could
     a picture of the DNA), but the job was reassigned to two men, Wilkins and                                                                stop her from achieving her goals
     Gosling. Afterwards, she was asked to take over the project, but a misunderstanding let                                                  I found a role model in this woman, and
     to a tense relationship between her and Maurice Wilkins. She was                                                                         her persistence should be an
     the first person ever to discover that the DNA is formed by two helices, the                                                             inspiration for everyone, not only for
     picture is known as Photo 51.                                                                                                            females. I hope that you found this
                                                                                                                                              article intriguing and I would love to
                                                                                                                                              know if you are interested in hearing
     Rosalind Franklin started to work with                                                                                                   more stories of forgotten and overlooked
     James Watson, Francis Crick and Wilkins,                                                                                                 persons
     being the only female of this team. Wilkins
     found her notes on her discovery of the
     double stranded DNA and gave them to
     Watson and Crick. Their study was published at
     the same time as Franklin’s, but
     they made it look like they had the original
     idea and Franklin’s was just supporting it

     They didn´t collaborate and the men tried to get rid of her. She was moved to
     the Birkbeck College, where she focused her studies on the RNA molecule and
     viruses.
     Four years after her death, Watson, Crick and Wilkins received the Nobel Price for their
     discoveries on DNA. At Birkbeck College, she worked with viruses and one of her col-
     leagues, Aaron Klug, mentioned her in his Nobel speech 1982.

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BRUKENTHALER - OFTMALS HÖRT MAN "die schönsten Jahre deines Lebens - Colegiul National "Samuel von Brukenthal"
Is memorizing outdated?                                                                                                                     on a paper and forgetting it undoubtedly
                                                                                                                                                            in the next few days. Not quite tempting…
                                                                         by Alexandru Salomie
                                                                                                                                                            Part of the issue comes from the overrated
                                                                                                                                                            attention the blank memorizing skill gets.
     We all look for some kind of success whether it is social, financial, spiritual or all of them.
                                                                                                                                                            It is by no means bad, but not enough ap-
     Whatever success means to us, it won’t simply happen without effort, dedication and certain-
                                                                                                                                                            pealing in order to attract the positive re-
     ly not without the clearest component: a set of skills and qualities. Before we become con-
                                                                                                                                                            sults it could. It is, of course, part of the
     scious about how we want our life to look like and able to choose in what direction we further
                                                                                                                                                            learning process, but in what percentage?
     develop, we should theoretically be equipped with some base attributes. But which are the
                                                                                                                                                            Does it allow enough flexibility for other
     most important skills, considering the fast-paced, technologised, limitless world we live in?
                                                                                                                                                            abilities to be developed, such as creativity,
                                                                                                                                                            communication, thoughtfulness? Take cre-
     To begin with the advantages, memorizing           However, as I experienced it by myself,                                                             ativity for example, which is notoriously the
     by purpose plays a critical role in early devel-   probably more than 50% of what I learned,                                                           key that made artists, inventors, entrepre-
     opment, enabling to gather precious knowl-         and I never encountered again, has been            This memorizing cantered system proves           neurs and generally outstanding personal-
     edge, which further makes critical and ana-        forgotten and a certain percentage of what I       to be outdated, at least in some subjects,       ities in any domain successful. Creativity
     lytical thinking, key abilities for any kind of    retained won’t be too helpful. I am tempted        because much of what we remain with, is          and dialogue involve achieving knowledge,
     performance, possible. Basically, memoriz-         to think, it has been a huge effort I could        purely the memorizing skill, some me-            empowering our mind just as memoriz-
     ing enriches our knowledge, increasing our         have invested much better. With all the in-        chanically achieved knowledge threatened         ing with the extra benefit of improving
     storing capacity and learning effectiveness        formation in the world available at one click      to vanish at some point in a world where         our interaction skills and the unique abil-
     at the cost of various resources in terms          distance, Elon Musk’s promising project            we are constantly bombarded with junk            ity to stand out through your own original
     of our willingness, motivation, energy and         “Neuralink” capable of extending human             information from any device we possess           achievement. Furthermore, with the rapid
     time. Like a muscle, our brain is strength-        memory through a chip within the next few          and the very habit of dealing with respon-       development of AI (artificial intelligence)
     ened through this active process, even if the      years, is memorizing worth the attention           sibility through plagiarism, sadly mirrored      and working robots, creative jobs requiring
     results are not always obvious. It is certainly    it gets in our educational system? Is it the       in parts of the society such as politics.        interaction may be the only ones remain-
     more productive than a passive activity, like      best way to spend the resources mentioned                                                           ing safe and relevant in the near future.
     pin-watching, where the brain is hazard-           above? Can its benefits not get included in        In many ways we are witnessing how a good
     ously fed with data, so that it barely has time    a more flexible form of learning that also         intention with moral, educational roots can
     to interpret and certainly not process it.         stimulates creativity and dialogue, key ele-       generate the opposite if it doesn’t move
                                                        ments that seem to be in the shadow of the         with the times. Nowadays the competition
                                                        complex, overloaded learning program?              to get our attention is fierce, as we, not at
                                                                                                           all metaphorically, have the world in our
                                                        My point is, we cannot call memorizing a           pocket, on our smartphones. This race is
                                                        purpose itself, but rather a tool for the great-   too often won by comfortable, addictive,
                                                        er goal of creating something, whether it’s        time consuming and unproductive habits
                                                        content, a surgery, a rhythm, a beat, a paint-     available online, yet this topic gets less at-
                                                        ing, a story, a conversation or even a simple      tention than a test, although it takes a huge
                                                        joke. But this greater goal is missing from        part of our time. It is not that we are not      Finally, it is not only logical and progres-
                                                        many of the learning tasks I have been in-         aware or not responsible for the choices we      sive but also possible to skip the often bor-
                                                        volved in. The information was there but in        make, but somehow trapped in the world of        ing part (sometimes necessary though)
                                                        few cases I was asked to apply it practically,     these habits, an attractive alternative being    of pure memorizing that gets often cheat-
                                                        achieve or create something with it. The end       frequently absent. The educational system        ed at or is learned in a robotic way and
                                                        product was missing and so does the moti-          can greatly respond to this reality and in       soon forgotten, and gives you the im-
                                                        vation and passion, in the absence of a sense      some ways it does but in others, the single      pression of learning for a grade not for
                                                        of meaningfulness in the learning process.         offer available remains that of simply mem-      “life”, if all components of the educational
                                                                                                           orizing, then delivering that content back       system are committed to such a change.

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Politică

                           Politik

     Politics

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„Politik ist überall”                                               usw. Das alles ist wichtig zu wis-
                                                                                sen, damit man einigermaßen
                                                                                                                        man über Politik in der elften
                                                                                                                        und zwölften Klasse, man kann
                      Interview mit Luca Koren,                                 versteht, was diese Leute in der        das sogar als Abiturfach wählen,
                      geführt mit Ioana Oprișiu                                 Politik tun. Man soll nicht ler-        da Politik etwas sehr Komplexes
                                                                                nen, welche die Partei ist, die man     ist. Meiner Meinung nach kann
     Luca Koren ist Absolvent des Samuel-von-Brukenthal-Gymnasiums              wählen soll, oder welche Ideen          man Politik, im Fach Sozialkunde,
     und studiert zur Zeit Politikwissenschaft in Hannover. Deswegen habe       gut oder schlecht sind. Das soll        nicht nur in der siebten oder ach-
     ich mich entschieden mit ihm über “Politik” zu reden, um den Begriff       danach jeder selbst entscheiden.        ten Klasse kurz als Begriff
     für uns alle verständlicher zu machen.                                     Rumänien ist eines der weni-            erklären. Man muss schon reifer
                                                                                gen Länder in der Europäischen          sein um alle Konzepte zu verste-
     Warum ist es wichtig, sich für Politik zu in-                              Union, in dem Politik nicht in          hen. Deswegen finde ich es sehr
                                                                                der Schule unterrichtet wird. In        wichtig, dass man über Politik in
     teressieren?
                                                                                der europäischen Union, lernt           Rumänien eben im Lyzeum lernt.
     Wenn mich jemand fragt, wieso es       eine andere politische Tatsache,
     wichtig ist, sich für Politik zu in-   die früher nicht immer gegeben      Warum sollte man wählen gehen?
     teressieren, frage ich meistens zu-    war. Auch, dass du heutzutage
                                                                                Meine Antwort auf die erste Frage       Aber man soll nicht vergessen,
     rück: Wieso interessierst du dich      als Frau zur Schule gehen kannst,
                                                                                lautet: Alles ist Politik. Daher ent-   dass alle Wahlen wichtig sind,
     nicht für Politik? Als angehender      ist ein Ergebnis von vielen poli-
                                                                                steht auch die Pflicht, wählen zu       nicht nur die Parlamentswahlen
     Politikwissenschaftler würde ich       tischen Entscheidungen, denn
                                                                                gehen. Da wir in einer Demokratie       oder die Präsidentschaftswahlen,
     sagen, dass alles Politik ist. Zum     vor 100 Jahren konnte das nicht
                                                                                leben, können wir den Lauf der          sondern auch die lokalen Wahlen.
     Beispiel hat dieses Interview eine     jede weibliche Person machen.
                                                                                Politik selbst bestimmen, indem         Wie gesagt, Politik ist überall und
     Verbindung mit dem Begriff “Poli-      Deswegen meine ich, dass jeder
                                                                                wir wählen gehen. So simpel ist         die eigene Stimme zählt, wenn
     tik”; die Institution „Schule“ ist     ein bisschen Ahnung von Poli-
                                                                                das. Mit den 10 Minuten, die man        man entscheiden soll, was lokal,
     das Ergebnis vieler politischer        tik haben sollte, weil alle Ent-
                                                                                investiert um wählen zu gehen,          national oder international pas-
     Ent- scheidungen; die Tatsache,        scheidungen, die getroffen werden
                                                                                kann man wirklich etwas bewirken.       sieren sollte.
     dass du jetzt die Freiheit hast        und die wir treffen, im großen
     dieses Interview zu führen und         Kontext von Politik abhängen.
     dass ich jetzt frei reden kann, ist                                        Nicht alle haben eine Ahnung, wofür
                                                                                gewählt wird. Viele treffen Entscheidungen
     Warum glaubst du, dass es wichtig ist, dass                                vom Hörensagen. Wie kann man das ver-
     wir in der Schule über Politik lernen?                                     bessern?
                                                                                Wenn man in der Schule ler-             nach die wichtigsten Wahlen. In
     Man sollte verstehen oder lernen,      was das Guvern/die Regierung ist;   nen würde, wie das politische           Deutschland sind im Jahr 2017,
     was Politik ist: Wie das rumä-         wie Gesetze entstehen; wer wich-    System funktioniert, so könnte          bei den letzten Wahlen, insge-
     nische politische System funk-         tige Entscheidungen trifft; Wie     man das verbessern. Parlaments-         samt 76 % der Bevölkerung wählen
     tioniert; was das Parlament ist;       gewählt wird; wer gewählt werden    wahlen sind meiner Meinung              gegangen. Das sind mehr als drei

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Viertel der wahlberechtigten Bev-       als Jugendlicher darüber lernen.
                                                                                             Despre politicienii de azi
     ölkerung. In Rumänien jedoch            Wenn man jetzt das Fach „Poli-                                                                       de Bratu Cristina
     waren es bei den letzten Parla-         tik“ einführen würde, würde es
     mentswahlen nicht einmal ein            trotzdem 30-40 Jahre dauern, bis
     Drittel. Das ist der große Unter-       der größte Teil der Bevölkerung          În fiecare zi deschidem televizorul pentru       continental și zonă economică exclusivă
                                                                                      a pretinde că ne interesează politica țării și   care au revenit României. În urma aces-
     schied, woran man zum Beispiel          sich mit dem Begriff Politik aus-        vrem să fim la curent cu ultimele noutăți,       tui proces și a contribuției în problema
     erkennt, dass ein Staat gebildete       einandergesetzt hat. Es ist ein sehr     suntem însă asaltați de unele decizii pe         cu Insula Șerpilor, a primit ,,Diploma
     Leute hat, die einigermaßen wis-        langer Prozess und wir sind ziemlich     care le iau niște personalități care ne sunt     de excelență pentru merite deosebite în
     sen, was Politik ist. Wie zuvor ge-     spät dran, aber lieber später als nie.   mai mult sau mai puțin simpatice. Ajun-          cariera diplomatică”. Mai este important de
                                                                                      gem să-l închidem gândindu-ne că nu              menționat faptul că România are cele mai
     sagt, sollte man schon in der Schule                                             există un viitor prea strălucitor pentru         mari șanse ca în mandatul lui să intre în
                                                                                      România, având în vedere care sunt liderii       spațiul Schengen, acesta fiind unul dintre
     Was können die Schüler von sich aus                                              noștrii. Suntem dezamăgiți de ceea ce ve-        principalele lui obiective. Chiar dacă nu a
                                                                                      dem, ne pierdem speranța și abia așteptăm        fost invitat la numeroase interviuri și nu-i
     machen, um sich politisch einzubringen?                                          să ne mutăm în altă țară.                        auzim numele și realizările în fiecare zi,
                                                                                                                                       acesta apără interesele Româiei cu orice
                                                                                      Dar v-ați gândit oare care sunt persoanele       preț și o reprezintă formidabil în plan
     In den westlichen Ländern lernt         ,,Maria de la etajul 2, care a aflat     care stau în spatele cortinei, care nu apar      internațional.
     man im Gymnasium (Lyzeum),              de la cumnatul Cristian că…“ an          la televizor sau în social media, însă au o
     was ,,critical thinking” ist. Das be-   andere Personen weitergibt, ohne         contribuție de excelență? În această ediție a    Voi termina această prezentare cu
                                                                                      revistei îl vom cunoaște pe actualul min-        declarația pe care a dat-o la prima confer-
     deutet, dass man über Informa-          darüber nachzudenken, ob diese           istru de externe, Bogdan Aurescu. Dip-           ință de presă în calitate de ministru: ,,MAE
     tionen, Nachrichten etc. selber na-     Information wirklich wahr ist,           lomat de carieră și membru al Comisiei           este casa și căminul meu, iar obiectivele și
     chdenkt, ob sie falsch oder richtig     und was das Weiterleiten bewirk-         de Drept Internațional al ONU, a absolvit        interesele României pe plan internațional
     sind, oder ob sie wichtig oder un-      en kann. Nehmt euch vor, den In-         Colegiul Naţional „Sfântul Sava” din             sunt crezul meu.”
                                                                                      București, Facultăţile de Drept şi Istorie
     wichtig sind. Heutzutage ist es sehr    put, den ihr bekommt (z.B. Nach-         ale Universităţii din Bucureşti, Institutul
     wichtig, Informationen in Frage         richten, Informationen von In-           Franco-Român de Dreptul Afacerilor şi
     zu stellen. Dieses ,,critical think-    stagram-Beiträgen, Gesprächen            Cooperare Internaţională „Nicolae Titules-
     ing“ ist auch sehr wichtig, damit       mit euren Freunden etc.) vor dem         cu – Henri Capitant” şi Colegiul Naţional
                                                                                      de Apărare din Bucureşti.
     eine Gesellschaft sich schneller        Weiterleiten zu analysieren und
     und effizienter weiterentwickeln        zwei Mal zu überlegen, ob diese          Începând din septembrie 2004, Bogdan
     kann. In Rumänien passiert es           Nachricht der Wahrheit entspricht.       Aurescu a fost Agentul României pen-
     oft, dass man die Information von                                                tru Curtea Internaţională de Justiţie,
                                                                                      coordonând, pe tot parcursul proce-
                                                                                      durilor, activitatea echipei care a reprez-
                                                                                      entat România în procesul cu Ucraina
     Dieses Interview hat mir wirklich gezeigt, wie wichtig Politik eigentlich        privind Delimitarea Maritimă în Marea
     ist und wie wichtig es ist, dass wir selbst nachdenken und alles kritisch        Neagră, finalizat la data de 3 februarie
     hinterfragen. Wir sollten immer überprüfen, was richtig oder falsch              2009 cu câștigarea a 79,34% din suprafața
     ist, und wir sollten uns nicht von den Nachrichten beeinflussen lassen.          în dispută, adică a 9700 km² de platou

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How teens can be politically active
                            An article by Sara Sorici
                                                                                 to listen to every side of the sto-   sues happenings in your area or
                                                                                 ry and always base your argu-         from around the world. Besides
     There is a common misconception                                             ments off facts, not emotions.        helping you stay on top of politi-
     that teenagers are too young,         Here are some ways how you can        You can find lots of information      cal news, these foundations can
     too naïve to engage in politics.      become more involved in politics:     and news articles about differ-       teach you more about the cause
     In fact, whenever politics is                                               ent topics with a simple Goog-        you believe in. Also, you can
     brought up in a conversation,         1.Review the basics                   le search. But be mindful of          come across new volunteering
     it’s always a “grown-up” thing,                                             biases, fake news and the polit-      opportunities, along with pro-
     something too controversial and       If you really want to understand      ical inclination of news outlets.     grams, activities and petitions.
     confusing for “kids” to under-        how politics works, you first
     stand. As a consequence, young        have to know the basics. And I        3. Volunteer                          5.Non-violent protest
     adults from all over the world        don’t mean difficult concepts
     stray away from getting involved      or notions; I am talking about        Local officials need volunteers.      If there is something that you
     with politics or even from ed-        the basics of our country’s po-       Weather they need you to pass         don’t agree with on the national
     ucating themselves about it.          litical system. Do you know how       out flyers, get signatures or sup-    level, make your voice heard. You
                                           our government functions? Do          port them with their campaign;        don’t need to be silent and agree
     It’s true, politics can be at times   you understand the different          they need your help. This can in-     with everything that is happen-
     extremely controversial, but it’s     branches of the government            clude anyone from your commu-         ing on a national level. After all,
     something that won’t go away          and what the responsibilities         nity council members to your lo-      it’s your country as well and you
     anytime soon. And as the world        of each of them are? Do you           cal board of education. By doing      have a say in what’s happening
     continues to be polarized by var-     know what the different levels        this, you can show your support       with it. Be vocal and support
     ious ideologies, it becomes cru-      of the government are? If you         for a candidate or cause, while       the causes you consider worth
     cial for teenagers to advocate for    can’t answer “yes” to these           you can also get a closer insight     fighting for. But you should nev-
     important political issues and        questions, it might be a good         into today’s political world. Look    er prove your support through
     get involved in any way they can.     idea to start there before you        for local government internships      violence, as it will only have a
                                           move on to the current issues.        in your area and check regularly      damaging effect on the society
     As youth, we are not only a core                                            for volunteering opportunities.       rather than an inspirational one.
     part of our society, but also the     2. Educate yourself
     engine of subsequent develop-                                               4. Join a national or             These five ways are just some
     ment and innovation. We rep-          After you’ve done your research,      international organization        of many ways to become more
     resent the future, so it’s time       you’ll need to learn about the                                          involved in with politics and to
     for us to be vocal and be part        candidates and political issues       If you want to make a national/ learn more about it. Now, it’s time
     of political conversations. The       you’re interested in.This a fun-      international contribution you for you to prove yourself that
     world of politics is no longer        damental step in one’s involve-       can choose to join a non-govern- you are a responsible teenager.
     sealed off from us and we can         ment in politics, so don’t rush it.   mental organization, where you
     finally make our voices heard.        Form your opinion carefully, try      can find more about political is-

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Das Verzeihen
                        Wie friedvoll es einmal war,
                    zusammen die Wolken zu betrachten.
                        Aber dann wurde es mir klar,
                  dass Wut und Verdruss über uns wachten.

     Literatură       Und des Zweifels völle Allmacht
                        hast du mir damals bewiesen.
     Literatur        Bei dem Schlag um Mitternacht
                     nichts hat mich drauf hingewiesen.
     Literature
                      Sollte ich das durchgeh’n lassen?
                          Wenn ich nur wüsste wie.
                         Einen Entschluss zu fassen
                           und vor der Reue flieh’.

                         Wie friedvoll es einmal war,
                    zusammen den Mond zu betrachten.
                        Aber dann wurde es mir klar,
                  Dass es wichtiger war, auf mich zu achten.

                                                      Aron Caroline

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Să murim frumos
                                                                 de Popa Mălina

     Fulgii micuți se topesc de pie-        că mă sufocă. Atunci încep să
     lea mea, iar eu simt că mă scurg       îl desfac în litere și nu mai pare
     cu ei. Până pe iarbă, în pamân-        deloc violent. Bietele litere nu-mi
     tul ud, în magma, și apoi ajung        pot face nimic, doar vocea care le
     pe cealalta parte a globului și cad    dă viață face diferența. Revin la             Meditație nocturnă
     spre cer. E frumos să cazi în sus.     problema supraviețuirii. Nu ar fi
     Toate lanțurile de fier în care sunt   mai frumos să trăim ca fulgii? Să         Ce-aștern noapte de noapte, aici
     închisă se întind și mă dor, dar       trăim frumos de la nori la pământ,        Într-un târziu
     apoi se rup. Acum observ că nu         și după să acceptăm cu brațele de-        Mă face să mă simt că-s viu.
     cădeam, de fapt. Doar fugeam de        schise cerul de pe cealaltă parte.        Căci de nu scriu,
     ele. Acum mă pot întoarce, dar         Degeaba încearca unii să ramână           Nu pot in veci să fiu
     nu mai vreau. Și de ce să o revăd      odată ce ating scoarța. Topirea e         Ceva ce se numește om.
                                                                                      Căci omul
     pe Mama Terra, până la urmă?           inevitabilă, topirea e cadoul cel mai
                                                                                      Se naște, trăiește, iubește
     Ca să mă acopere din nou um-           de preț de la noi pentru pamânt,
                                                                                      Și-ntr-un final se stinge,
     bra sfânta a omenirii și să uit că     cel care ne-a creat. Câteodată mă         Precum o lumânare, topită
     în spatele ei pot cădea spre stele?    întreb de ce îmi place să mă uit la       Ștearsă și fără urmă
     Dar nu e vina ei, micuța. Da, am       cer ore în șir. Poate vreau să uit        De mare sau de soare.
     zis micuța. De multe ori nu ne dăm     de picioarele mele care au fost pe        Se duce tainic tot mai tare
     seama, dar planeta noastră e cât un    pamânt de când m-am născut. E             Pierzându-se-n îndepărtare,
     bob de mazăre. Unul din multele pe     crud sa privesc și să ating în fie-       Subit în negura neprielnică a timpului
     care se întâmpla să locuiască niște    care zi locul în care va trebui să        Dispare
     personaje care se joacă de-a viața     mă despart de tot ce cunosc. Ter-         Dar brusc și printr-o zguduială moale
     și au impresia că ele fac regulile.    ra, început și sfârsit. Pace și război.   Într-un univers de transformare
                                                                                      Apare, iarăși
     De unde până unde am ajuns la          Viață și moarte. Eu și nimeni. Am
                                                                                      Plin de prospețime și de
     ideea că trebuie să trăim veșnic? Că   spus că nu ar trebui sa ne opunem         Gânduri curate, nepătate
     omenirea trebuie să traiasca cât mai   momentului în care curgem prin            Gânduri schimbate,
     mult și cât mai bine? Pe unde trec     pământ. Poate așa voi înțelege și eu      Gânduri și fapte.
     aud numai cuvântul ăsta până simt      cum să nu exist așa cum trebuie.
                                                                                                                     Tudor Aron

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Exteriorizare
     cu timpul sunt sfâșiat de o gheară electrică și năucitoare

        păzind în nocta așternută același demon strălucit.

        pe străzi cu lămpi fantomatice, cu flăcări albastre

           suflă un coroi în pustiu, în groapa disperării

              și coboară ca pelicula sângelui negru

               viscolind o doină în urechea smidii.                                        Personal
       o tornadă de năclad îi flutură rochia umbrei fragede                                Growth
        în care au râncezit lacrimile unor paiete îmbătate

                scrijelite cu sticla de unde au băut
                                                                                 Persönliche
             sau sticla geamului pe care l-au ciopârțit
                                                                                     Entwick-
                    fără măcar să-i ceară voie.
                                                                         Dezvoltare lung
              dar atunci am simțit fiorul văzduhului
                                                                         Personală
               și l-am acoperit din nou cu pătura.

                                                  Sebastian Drăgulescu

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Von hier aufwärts
                                                            von Thomits Nicole         misse“), während ich jetzt die Chance       fies auf dem ersten Blick erscheine).
                                                                                       hatte, mit alten Bekannten und Kol-         Welches wäre die Schlussfolgerung?
     Die Schule stellt 12 Jahre deines        Am Gymnasium ging es ebenso. Es          legen zu reden, um meine wirkli-            Bleib dir selbst treu. Du musst nicht
     Lebens dar, in welchen deine Allge-      wäre auch sehr hübsch hinzuzufü-         che Person vorzustellen, nicht der          der Freund der ganzen Welt sein.
     meinbildung aufgebaut wird. Oft-         gen, dass ich 3 Strafen, der Reihe       Außenseiter aus der Grundschule.            Deine kleine Gruppe von Freun-
     mals hört man von den „schönsten         nach eine in der sechsten, eine in der                                               den, mit welchen du Erinnerungen
     Jahren deines Lebens“. Man stellt        siebten und eine in der achten Klasse    Es ist schon traurig wenn man sich          sammelst, ist dir genug. Die Leute,
     sich schon vor, wie eine Gruppe von      gefischt habe. Jetzt sehe ich hun-       denkt, dass nach so vielen Jahren je-       welche nicht suchen, andere zu er-
     Leuten im Hintergrund ihre Augen         dertprozentig wie ein Gangster aus.      mand sein Sozialisierungsgefühl ver-        niedrigen, werden dich entweder
     rollen beim Hören dieses Satzes.                                                  liert. Ich konnte es kaum glauben,          Komplimente machen, oder bring-
                                              Was ist aber eigentlich passiert? Wie-   dass Menschen mich kennenlernen             en konstruktive Kritik, welche man
     Die Wirklichkeit ist, dass diese Jahre   so bin ich hier das arme Opfer, habe     möchten, mit mir rumhängen wol-             sehr offen annehmen soll, damit man
     schon irgendwie die schönsten sind,      aber 3 Strafen erworben? Nun ja, aus     len und über meine Mode und mein            was lernt. Man zieht die Menschen
     obwohl sie äußerst anstrengend und       Verzweiflung habe ich drei mal zu-       Wissen als positive Aspekte reden. Bis      an, welche ähnlich denken. Wer sich
     manchmal einsam sein können. Hier        rückgeschlagen. Tut es mir leid? Auf     dann wurde ich nur von Erwachse-            einmischt, um die Atmosphäre zu
     berichtet ein Insider der unangeneh-     gar keinen Fall. Die hatten es ver-      nen gelobt – Lehrer, meine Eltern,          verschmutzen, hat keinen Platz in
     meren Seite.                             dient. Ist es unbedingt eine emp-        erwachsene Bekanntschaften...               eurer kleinen und engen Gruppe. Du
                                              fohlene Lösung? Nein. Meine Kolle-                                                   musst nicht die größten Mittelnoten
     Vom Lernen her hatte ich sehr gute       gen waren Nervensägen, gemein und        Ok, genug jetzt. Mein Ziel hier ist         der Schule haben. Gute Menschen
     Noten. Ich war nie Top 3, wollte auch    schlossen mich aus, aber sie hatten      nicht Trübsal zu blasen, sondern für        werden das bewundern und dich lo-
     nicht sein. Ich habe nicht viel Zeit     nicht ihre Fäuste benutzt um mich        andere eine Stimme darzustellen.            ben, aber es ist nicht das wichtigste
     fürs Lernen gebraucht, hauptsäch-        zu erniedrigen. Leider haben eini-       Fühlst du dich einsam? Passt du zu          während des Lyzeums und im Le-
     lich weil ich in den Stunden nur zum     ge die nötige Unverschämtheit und        stark auf die Meinung anderer auf?          ben. Und letztendlich, am wichtigsten:
     Lehrer blickte und aufmerksam war.       ein natürliches Talent, mit Worten       Du bist nicht allein. Es gibt aber Leute,
     Im nächsten Abschnitt kommt schon        alle Hoffnungen und Freuden von          welche diese Stufen des Lebens über-        Du wirst nicht im Rampenli-
     ein Anblick, welcher mein Interesse      Menschen zu zertrümmern. An-             wunden haben und aufgeblüht sind.           cht stehen als Fiesling. Über-
     für selbständige Verdienste impul-       dere hingegen erwerben es mit Er-        Ja, in einer höchst bescheidenen Weise      lass das Hollywood sein. Im
     sioniert hat.                            fahrung...                               habe ich gerade von mir gesprochen.         Leben kann man nicht alles mit Un-
                                                                                       Ich möchte kein Denkmal dafür be-           terdrückung und Gewalt erwerben.
     Ich hatte kaum Freunde in meiner         Mal kurz die Kassette laufen lassen.     kommen, aber es hilft sehr zu wis-
     “Jugend”. Grundschule war praktisch      Wir sind jetzt in meinem ersten Ly-      sen, dass Leute dich verstehen und
     Survival Games. Ab und zu redete         zeumsjahr. Viele bekannte Gesichter      dass es Leute gibt, welche dir helfen
     ich mit Kollegen, um am nächsten         haben sich an anderen Lyzeen ange-       wollen, oder auch nett sein kön-
     Tag von ihnen gehetzt zu werden.         meldet (welche ich äußerst doll „ver-    nen (obwohl ich vielleicht ziemlich

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Steaguri roşii într-o prietenie aparent                                                                            Mental Health Checkpoint
                           toxică
                                                                      de Livia Vulpeș
     Câte relaţii de ,,prietenie’’ ai avut până ţi-ai   În orice caz, însă, dacă îşi petrece mult prea
     dat seama că ceva este în neregulă? Treptat        mult timp în căutarea validării persoanelor                          HAIDE SĂ NE GÂNDIM MAI BINE ÎNAINTE SĂ O FACI
     ajungi să realizezi că nu doar timpul este ceea    din jurul lui/ei, s-ar putea sa fie un semn la
     ce ai pierdut pe parcursul anilor, ci şi nervii,   care să ai grijă, deoarece mai devreme sau mai     Din păcate foarte mulţi dintre noi trecem sau am trecut prin perioada aceea în care
     încrederea şi empatia faţă de cei din jurul tău.   târziu nu vei mai fi îndeajuns de relevant/ă       nu avem motivaţia de a ne ridica din pat sau a ne face curăţenie în cameră. Oricare
                                                        pentru această persoană şi te vei trezi că         ar fi cauza, asta poate aduce rezultate foarte grave, de la înfometare până la suicid.
     Dacă tu la rândul tău nu te simţi confortabil      te-a lăsat baltă pentru o altă sursă de atenţie.
                                                                                                                    Un lucru foarte important este să te deschizi cuiva asupra situaţiei tale.
     în stadiul în care eşti acum cu persoanele din
     jurul tău, îţi sugerez să citeşti mai departe... Când doreşte să aibă control total asu-              Niciodată nu este okay să păstrezi totul în tine pentru prea mult timp. Dacă ai o persoană
                                                        pra vieţii tale                                    la care poţi apela, este foarte indicat să profiţi de această ocazie până nu este prea târziu.
     Când orice devine o competiţie                     Cu toţii avem nevoie de spaţiu şi de viaţă         Pentru unii dintre noi este dificil să spunem cu ce ne lupăm şi la cum ne gândim să
     Este de înţeles să faceţi concursuri de gătit,     personală. Nu este frustrant când doreş-           recurgem. Dacă nu ai un prieten în care te poţi încrede că ar putea să te asculte şi să
     alergat, etc., însă la un moment dat se poate      ti sa fii singur/ă, iar prietenul tău nu           te ajute să scapi de situaţia ta complicată, ai putea oricând să discuţi cu un profesor
     exagera în aşa fel încât toată siuaţia o poate     vrea să îţi dea pace? Într-o prietenie în-         sau cu un adult. De obicei aceştia au simpatia de a ajuta, mai ales pentru că lucrează
     lua într-o altă direcţie. Dacă prietenul tău       crederea este importantă, iar pe baza              cu copii, dar şi pentru că mai mult ca sigur au trecut şi ei prin acelaşi lucru ca tine.
     găseşte satisfacţie în a te întrece în absolut     stării de spirit în care te afli, el poate să
     orice, la modul de a încerca să te încetin-        profite şi să folosească asta împotriva ta.
     ească/împiedice să îţi atingi ţelurile, atun-                                                                     Ce să fac în cazul în care nu mă simt confortabil de a vorbi despre
     ci asta poate fi considerat un steag roşu pe       Când îţi scoate ochii cu câte a făcut pen-                                           problemele mele?
     care ar trebui să îl bagi foarte bine în seamă.    tru tine
                                                                                                           Nu îţi face griji, nu este deloc vina ta pentru că nu te ţine să te deschzi nimănui. De obicei
                                                      O prietenie constă în servicii şi favoruri
     Minciuna patologică şi manipulare în făcute din proprie iniţiativă, fără să aştepţi                   victimele abuzurilor (atât fizice cât şi psihice) nu au puterea de a discuta cu cineva.
                                                                                                           Această povară poate conduce la decizii foarte rele. O soluţie este să îţi scrii undeva,
     mod frecvent                                     nimic în schimb. Dacă amicul tău simte nev-
                                                                                                           pe o foaie sau într-un caiet, exact cum te simţi la mometul respectiv: frică, mânie,
     Mincinoşii patologici sunt persoanele oia să te manipuleze prin a te proiecta drept
                                                                                                           îngrijorare, etc; ce te gândeşti să faci (fără cenzură sau abţineri, deoarece mai târziu
     care spun minciuni exagerate în scopul persoana cea rea, atunci este clar că toată
                                                                                                           vor fi folositoare având în vedere că te ştii atât de bine cunoscându-ţi vulnerabilitatea).
     de a şoca şi a atrage atenţie şi simpatie. relaţia aceasta de ,,amiciţie’’ este una toxică.           Chit că încă nu te simţi confortabil să discuţi cu cineva, acest exerciţiu te va ajuta
     Odată cu minciuna apare şi manipularea-                                                               enorm, simulând o convorbire cu cineva la momentul potrivit. Deci mai devreme sau
     două acţiuni ce ar trebui urgent evitate. Acestea sunt doar câteva exemple pe care                    mai târziu, va trebui sa reuşeşti să ceri ajutorul unei persoane în mod fizic. Cu toate
                                                      ar trebui să le eviţi într-o persoană cât            acestea, este necesar să faci toate acestea în propriul tău ritm- oricând te simţi pregatit/ă.
     Nu învaţă niciodată nimic din greşeli mai mult posibil. Probabil pare greu să te
     Dacă prietenul tău ţi-a greşit dar nu are ca- desparţi de cineva , iar gândul că o să fii pe          Aminteşte-ţi că nu există nicio modalitate corectă sau greşită de a te reculege în
     pacitatea de a înţelege unde a făcut-o, nu cont propriu, fără prieteni este înfricoşător.                                              aceste timpuri.
     cred că mai are rost să mai încerci cu el. De Dar o să vezi în timp că atâta vreme cât ai
     obicei singura justificare ale acestor acţiuni grijă de tine, de sănătatea ta mintală şi lu-          Cel mai important lucru este să te accepţi ca persoană şi să ai motivaţia de a te lupta
                                                                                                           în continuare pentru a te repune pe proprile picioare. Fă orice lucru care te ajută sa
     sunt când amicul tău se victimizează, chit că crezi în a fi o persoană mai bună, toate lu-
                                                                                                           iţi revii psihic. Daca nu simţi că îţi poţi oferi întreaga ta atenţie pe orele tale de curs,
     tot el este persona care a stârnit toată contro- crurile potrivite, cât şi prietenii adevăraţi,
                                                                                                           nu participa la ele, ci lucrează acasă/asincron până te simţi din nou pregatit/ă să iei
     versa pentru puţină atenţie şi dramă ieftină. vor veni la tine fără nici o îndoială.
                                                                                                           parte la ele. Până la urmă ţine minte că sănătatea ta psihică este cea mai importantă.
     Îi pasă mai mult de imaginea proprie Dacă simţi că trăieşti într-o ambianţă toxică
     decât de tine                        cu această persoană, este timpul să iei iniţi-
     Evident că este foarte indicat să te respecţi şi să ativă şi să te stabileşti într-un loc mai bun,
     te apreciezi, să fii confident şi să ai standarde. unde vei fi apreciat/ă cum meriţi tu de fapt.

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