2nd project meeting

COMENIUS

Lisbon

March 2005

Speculum

an on-line magazine for transversal policies

Presentation of the participating countriesBelgiumGreeceItaly

LithuaniaThe Netherlands

PolandPortugal

Issue number one:

Youth and and their future plans, dreams and

expectations

Logo of issue number one

An overview of the 10 sections

1. Book or film review2. Short quotes: ‘the future is…’3. Designing the future4. Cartoons and jokes5. Interviews6. Prophecies7. There is no future8. A European language9. Song10. Poll

The future is …

what we make of it.

Book or film reviews

Belgium

Italy

CATERINA GOES TO THE CITY

Poland

Film ‘Sex mission’

the future is ...

something that we can’t predict

Designing the future

Lithuania

‘The future teacher’

‘The future car’

‘In the future’

Designing the future

Italy

‘Future shoes’

‘Future trousers’

the future is …

something philosophical, what is the future?

Italy

Cartoons and jokes

Cartoons and jokes

Poland

Crocodiles

In 2100 three crocodiles are lying on the river banks:

- We used to be green once – says the first one

- And we used to be able to swim – adds the second one

- That’s enough – shouts the third – Let’s fly to collect some honey!

Prison

What’s the difference between future and prison?

For some people it’s long, for others it’s short, but nobody does life sentence there.

the future is ...

a dream

Interviews

Poland

Famous sportsman

Tomasz Kucharski double gold medallist of Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004) in rowing cuples of light weight.

Interview

Lithuania

VILIUS PURONAS a famous designer

Interview

Italy

Famous doctor

Dr.Bruno Gridelli Head of the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced

Specialized Therapies ( ISMETT) of Palermo

the future is …

strange to think about

Prophecies fromBelgium

On the positive side, I think people are becoming smarter and smarter, and so we will be able to exterminate diseases and we will become conscient of the importance of nature.

We are becoming less social: family is taking a less important place in our lives. We are all individuals: we don’t feel a real connection with other people anymore.

More and more people are becoming victims of modern culture. The factories of the products we use have bad influences of the people in the third world.

the future is …

not yesterday, not today, maybe tomorrow

Computers Computers willwill taketake over over ourour lives lives butbutlovelove can’tcan’t bebe sendsend byby computers.computers.

Men Men willwill conquerconquer planets planets suchsuch as Mars as Mars and and VenusVenus and and willwill findfind out out ifif it’sit’spossiblepossible toto live over live over therethere..

More and more More and more peoplepeople willwill bebe ableable tototravel travel intointo spacespace..

the future is …

a reflection of the past

A Strange FluidI think that we won’t use electricity anymore but we will use some kind of strange new fluid. This fluid will be similar to water but it will be a lot heavier. Electricity will be replaced by this new invention. This also means that we won’t use batteries anymore. Just a little bit of this strange fluid will be enough to replace 10 pairs of batteries. You can see that this invention is very positive for nature because less batteries results into less pollution.In the future this new fluid will also be used in the car industry. It will replace the gas and fuel that we use today. Continuing the car-topic, I think that everybody will drive the same car, only one type of cars will be produced and sold. By doing this, discrimination will no longer be a fact.So I can come to the conclusion that life in the future will be better than current life.

Powerful Women

In the future all people will have more friends because no one is going to be selfish anymore. The people will see that you achieve more with honesty and respect than with lying for your own good. So eventually there will be world peace because there will be no more lies.Technology will be controlling everything. Even cleaning your house will be done by a computer. So housewives will be unnecessary and all women will go out to work. Their careers will be priority number one. A result of this situation is that 65% of the world leaders will be women. Men will be feeling attacked in their egos and will all be cissies.Another problem is that children will be abandoned by their parents and they will be put in child hotels. Child hotels are buildings that you can compare with shelters but more luxurious. Children will stay there all week without any contact with their parents because their parents are too busy with work. This means that children will only come home at weekends.

A European languageBelgium

class 5A class 5B class 5C

school s∩l kot holos

book b∩k libro torsep

man Man vint kozak

woman wuf wuf kozek

teacher ter frop chetlar

boy gon jonne fuso

girl gil maske fisa

the future is …

a lot of chances

Song about the futureGreece

In the year 2525If machines are still alive

If chips can surviveThey may find

In the year 3535Ain’t gonna tell no lies

Everything you feel,do and sayIs exactly what you feel today.

In the year 4545Ain’t gonna need no lifting,no face cremes

You won’t find a single flawBeauty is what you hide within,no?

In the year 5555 Your arms open in a hug,that’s life

Your legs ready to run to meet other peopleNo machine can teach you how to love or tear-tickle

In the year 6565

Ain’t gonna need to hide

You’ll pick your friends

Your words shall be what heart sends.

In the year 7510

If God’s-a-coming he ought to tarry by then

Maybe he’ll look around himself and say

Guess it’s time for Revelations Day

In the year 8510God shall smile in the open

He’ll say I’m pleased where man is nowHe’s torn his world and built it again,no?

In the year 9595If memory is still alive

All the past sadness shall leaveAnd in its place lie nothing

Now it’s been 10,000 yearsMan has fought a billion fears

There are only still a fewBut now their time is throughCause through eternal fight

He has brought his world to lightIt was so far away

But it’s come at last today

In the year 2525If machines are still alive

If chips can surviveThey may find

In the year 3535Ain’t gonna need to tell no lies

Everything you think,do and sayIs exactly what you feel today

the future is …

maybe not real

Poll

Vision of our students

on the future

Year of birth

Year of birth

5%

36%

59%

1%4%

35%

49%

8%

27%

39%

27%

7%3%

33%

51%

12%8%

11%

32%27%

22%

0

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

Before 1986 1986 1987 1988 1989

Belgium

Greece

Italy

Lithuania

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

gender

gender of the pupils

75

5664

57 59

25

4436

43 41

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Belgium

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Nether

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% p

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female

male

What studies?What studies would you like to do?

3%

47%

2%4%

47%

10%13%

23%

9%

49%

78%

29%

73%

80%

0

0,1

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,7

0,8

0,9

Belgium Greece Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Portugal

No Studies

Bachelor

Master

After finishing school I would like to…

After finishing school, I will

90%

10%2%

28%

63%60%

10%

30%

53%47%

7%

66%

27%

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Look for work Study Combine work and study

% p

up

ils

Belgium

Greece

Italy

Lithuania

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Would you like to have children?

Would you like to have children?

9% 13% 10% 5% 3%

91% 87% 90% 95% 97%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Belgium

Greec

eIta

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Litua

nia

Nethe

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Poland

Portu

gal

% p

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ils

no children

yes i would like to havechildren

How many children?

How many children would you like to have?

7%

43%

31%

9%11%

58%

10%

21%

7%

52%

29%

12%

23%

59%

13%

3%10%

56%

23%

11%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

1 child 2children 3children more than 3children

% p

upils

Belgium

Greece

Italy

Lituania

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

At what age would you like to have your first child?

Average age of first child

27,25

29,5

27,5

25,825,3

2324

25262728

2930

Belgium

Greec

eIta

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Litua

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Nether

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Portu

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Ave

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average age to have firstchild

When I have children…

When I have children, I will

53% 55%47% 50%

83%

44%

33%

47% 44%

11%3%

12%6% 6% 6%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

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up

ils

have a fulltime job

have a part-time job

stay at home for thechildren

Chances on a job

When I finish school, I will have good chances on a job

1120 14 9

0 012

28 30

49

16

0 0

41

61

4736

75

0 0

44

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Belgium

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% p

up

ils

don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

The meaning of studies

Because there are no jobs, studies are meaningless.

8669 60 59

0 0

70

13 17 24 26

0 015

110 14 15

0 013

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100

belgium

gree

ceita

ly

lithua

nia

nethe

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Poland

portu

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% p

up

ils

don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

Importance of making good money

to make good money is important to me

5 6 3 1 0 0 4

229 9 6 0 0

11

7385 86

93

0 0

86

0

20

40

60

80

100

belgium

gree

ceita

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don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

Succes in the job

I want to be successful in my job

1 2 3 1 0 0 04 312

1 0 0 3

95 9384

97

0 0

95

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belgium

gree

ceita

ly

lithua

nia

nethe

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% p

up

ils

don't agree at all or don'tagree 1 0

agree/not agree 3 1

agree or entirely agree71 24

Develop talents in the job

In my job I want to develop my talents

1 7 1 2 0 0 05 5 1 5 0 09

94 88 96 93

0 0

89

020406080

100120

belgium

gree

ceita

ly

lithua

nia

nethe

rland

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poland

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% p

up

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don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

Evolution of world peace

In what way world peace will evolve in the near future (2010)?

4638

2635 3229

40

22

4338

1522

52

2230

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

% p

upils

Negative

Neutral

Positive

Evolution of environmental problem

In what way environmental polution will evolve in the bear future (2010)?

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Negative Neutral positive

% p

up

ils

belgium

greece

italy

lithuania

netherlands

poland

portugal

Third world

In what way third world poverty will evolve in the near future (2010)?

38

5146

3136

31 3124

38 3931

18

30 3125

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belgium

gree

ceita

ly

lithua

nia

nethe

rland

s

poland

portu

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% p

up

ils Negative

Neutral

Positive

Evolution of democracy

In what way democracy will evolve in the near future (2010)?

11 12 11 820

30 30 3138 43

59 58 58 54

37

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belgium

gree

ceita

ly

lithua

nia

nethe

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poland

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Neutral

Positive

In what way democracy will evolve in the near future (2010)?

11

30

59

12

30

58

11

31

58

8

38

54

20

4337

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Negative Neutral Positive

% p

up

ils

belgium

greece

italy

lithuania

netherlands

poland

portugal

Terrorism in the near future

In what way terrorism will evolve in the near future (2010)?

75

55

70

38

55

1528

12

28 27

1017 18

34

18

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belgium

gree

ceita

ly

lithua

nia

nethe

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s

poland

portu

gal

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up

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Neutral

Positive

More welfare (1)

The European Union will lead to more welfare

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

don't agree at allor don't agree

agree/not agree agree or entirelyagree

% p

up

ils

belgium tot %

greece tot%

italy tot%

lithuania tot%

netherlands tot

poland tot

portugal tot%

More welfare (2)

The European union will lead to more welfare

1120 14 9

0 012

28 30

49

16

0 0

41

61

4736

75

0 0

44

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% p

upils

don't agree at all or don't agree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

More and better jobs

the European union will lead to more and better jobs

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Belgium

Greec

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don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

no aswer

More social justice

The European Union will lead to more social justice

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don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

no aswer

Better understanding of cultural differences

The European Union will lead to better understanding of cultural differences

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Belgium

Greec

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don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

no aswer

Greater scientific development

The European Union will lead to greater scientific development

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Belgium

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don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

no aswer

Better international relations

The Euroean Union will lead to better international relations

0

20

4060

80

100

Belgium

Greec

eIta

ly

Lithu

ania

Nether

lands

Poland

Portu

gal

don't agree at all or don'tagree

agree/not agree

agree or entirely agree

no aswer

the future is …

as important as nowadays

Belgian students

Portuguese students

Dutch students

Lithuanian students

Italian Students

Greek Students

Polish Students