No Room for Bullies

This trip was advertised to students, and 10 were selected, based upon their interest in the project.   With those students, we held several meetings in which they prepared workshops according to guidelines laid out by the project coordinators.  These workshops were built around themes of violence, obesity, social media, and bullying, with the final workshop drawing these themes together.   
 
The project itself began on October the 6th, and after arriving in Zagreb, we found our accommodation, a modern hostel with friendly and helpful staff, in the Old Town, the centre of the city.  Groups from Serbia, Croatia, and Romania made up the rest of the participants, and each was able to deliver their own workshop with varying degrees of success.  The objectives laid out in the infopack – to better understand bullying, its root causes, and possible solutions – were explored by students with helpful guidance from project leaders. 
 
Aside from the student-led workshops, organisers also presented themes related to bullying, with sessions geared toward imparting information and eliciting student experiences and thoughts.  Overall, I feel the project was successful in achieving its aims, although this is still a topic which could be further explored and expanded upon.  Poli students were engaged, enthusiastic, and co-operative, and I was immensely proud of the way they represented the school and themselves.   
 
Tom Dent and Kocsis Márti 

In the last ten days I participated in a youth exchange in Zagreb, Croatia. 

The project was about bullying. Every day there were four workshops that students had to prepare, after the workshops we had free time for the rest of the day. Every workshop was about some form of bullying and we learnt alot about the topic and how to prevent bullying to happen. 

The workshops were really fun. One workshop consisted of an energizer, which was 10 minutes, after that the we had to work, mostly on posters that we had to prepare in groups, and then presenting it to the other groups. 

There were usually four groups, and there were 40 participants excluding the teachers. The other participants were really nice and there was no problem with communicating in english with eachother. People were really helpful, if someone didn’t know how to say something everyone was ready to help. Of course it was an anti-bullying erasmus, so there was absolutely no bullying, or violance, everyone was friendly with everyone. 

I learnt a lot about the topic, and I got some really helpful and interesting information from the workshops. There were only a few rules, but those were important because you can trouble if you break them. The teachers from every participating country were really nice and ready to help at any times. The leader of the project, Marko, was also a really cool and helpful person, but as I said, he was pretty strict with the rules. Alltogether it was a really great experience, and I think everyone really enjoyed. I totally recommend these kinds of projects for everyone. 

Farkas Péter

The dissemination activities took place in Zagreb, Croatia. The workshops, and other activities were held in the Timeout heritage hotel. The project started on Oct. 6. and ended on Oct. 15. 

The participants of this project came from 4 countries from the central European region, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Croatia, although the Hungarians and the Romanians spoke the same language, while the Croatians and Serbians shared their language too. Including the youth leaders there were 51 people participating in the activities. 

The Erasmus project was named “No room for bullies”, this is because the topic of the project was bullying. During the project we had to do, and listen to workshops about various topics regarding bullying, for example obesity, body dysmorphia, and racism. These workshops included having to present with posters, doing plays, or even debates with your fellow participants. During the 8 full days we spent in Zagreb, we partook in 13 workshops, all of them taught us something new about bullying. 

The dissemination activity had a great impact on the participants, we built new friendships, and got to know our friends even better. During the first few days everyone was a bit shy, and we were mostly hanging out with the people from our country, but around the third day we finally managed to break the ice, and everyone got close to each other, and became friends. 

Sréter-Kovács Zsombor Márton

In the last 10 days I participated in an Erasmus+ project in Zagreb, Croatia. Before we traveled to Zagreb, we had to prepare a workshop about a topic related to Bullying. Our workshop was the first one, so it was a little stressful, but I think wo did a pretty good job, I think we managed to show the others how to do a good workshop.

In Zagreb we had to present the workshops to the other participants. Every day there were four of these workshops, after that we had free time for the rest of the day except one night when we had to do a presentation about our own nationalities.

The workshops were super useful and well organized, I learned a lot about how bullying works among young people and how to solve the problem or how to prevent bullying.

At first there were some difficulties socializing with the other participants because the Serbians and Croatians speak practically the same language, and we speak the same language with the Romanians, but with the whole group putting up an effort and we managed to overcome the difficulties.

After the workshops we were exhausted but in the free time we still managed to explore the city a bit and look into some shops.

In conclusion the project was super fun and useful, I learned a lot about bullying, and the organizers were super friendly and helpful. I would recommend to everyone to go to a youth exchange at least once. 

Várady Domonkos

In the past 10 days, I participated in a Youth Exchange Project in Zagreb, Croatia. The project focused on combating bullying, and it brought together students from Serbia, Croatia, Romania, and Hungary, including my team.

Over these ten days, we got to know each other, worked on our anti-bullying workshops, presented our ideas, and created summary videos about our project. We also had a wonderful cultural night where we shared Hungarian culture and cuisine.

Our project leader, Marko, helped us break the ice with fun “get to know each other” games during the first two days. On the third day, the workshops began. Our Hungarian team was proud to present the first workshop, focusing on different forms of violence. We received positive feedback and felt we set a high standard for others.

There were some language challenges, as Croatians and Serbians shared a common language, as did we with the Romanian team. English proficiency varied among participants. With four workshops daily, we were often tired by lunchtime, and we sometimes took naps during our free time.

In conclusion, this project was a fantastic experience, well worth missing school. A useful addition would be a list of things to do in the host city. The project fostered a friendly, anti-bullying atmosphere, making it a memorable experience of cooperation and support among diverse participants.

Tanurdzsity Liza Zorka

No room for bullies. This was the topic of our project in Zagreb, Croatia. With fellow students from Croatia, Serbia, and Romania, we talked and learned a lot about bullying, and the different types of it. But we weren’t there only for the workshops! 

We explored the beatiful city of Zagreb through a city run, and visited the parliament too. We also bonded with foreign students, went out in the afternoons, ate burek, and cevap, and also (for some reason) lots of ice cream, and even shared our culture to the others on the cultural evening. 

These 10 days were pretty good, and we will remember it for a long time. 

Szabó Simon

This Erasmus+ youth exchange was about bullying with 4 countries and 50 people. I’m going to write about what was my experience, how we learned, what we learned and so.
The first day I was a bit confused, I’ve been in Croatia, but with my family and that was holiday, and I’ve never been in Zagreb yet, but it’s an amazing city! The hotel was pretty good I liked a lot, we met with a friendly waiter. The roommates were kind and one of them was very talkative, but it was okey! On the second day we started the work with some little games to get know others. It was funny, but everyone was a bit scared to get conversations with others. The third day was different, actually the work started on that day. We had 2 workshops and it was okey, some of us were getting well with others while someone wasn’t so talkative. We had 4 workshops every day, some of them were good, but we had some really boring or bad workshops as well. After we almost finished with the workshops we got a free day and we visited the Parliament of Croatia. Everything is going to end once, that what happened with this Project sadly, but for sure it was one of my favorite 9 days in my life. My English skills improved and my communication skills improved as well so I’m happy because of this. It was sad that a lot of people were come here just to skip school and they couldn’t talk in English, but not from the Hungarian team.
So for me this project was amazing and incredible. Big thanks for Marko because of this I think almost perfect project! I’ll never forget this!

Páva Márton

In the past 10 days I participated in an erasmus project in Zagreb. The topic was bullying.In the first few days we went over what the whole project is going to look like and started to work on the workshops and present them. I learnt a lot about bullying and heard a lot of stories about it. We did a workshop about obesity it wasnt a difficult topic we managed to do a fairly good presentation. Some of the workshops could have been aa bit more exciting in my opinion, we got a paper and had to answer questions or draw. There was one workshop where we had to act out scenes, I enjoyed that one. We got along with the other students and had a great time together. The accomodation was good I had no problems with the room. My roommates were kind and the also spoke Hungarian so it wasn’t difficult to communicate with them. We also went to the parliment, I personally did not enjoy it because they didnt speak English so we couldnt really understand what they were talking about, the tour was great. I had a great time in Zagreb, it was fun, entertaining and i also learnt a lot.

Székely Bulcsú

In the past 10 days I participated in an Erasmus+ youth exchange project in Zagreb. We created some workshops against violence. There were four countries participating in the project: Serbia, Croatia, Romania and Hungary (us). Over the span of 10 days we got to know eachother, worked on our workshops, presented them, and made some summary videos about our project, we also had a cultural night where we had to give a presentation of Hungarian culture and dining. In the first two days our project leader Marko showed us a few “get to know eachother” games to break the ice. The third day the workshops started, luckily ours was the first one me and two of my classmates made a workshop about different kinds of violence. I am happy about how it turned out, i feel like we set the bar for other participants. There were some difficulties during the project, since the Croats and Serbians speak the same language they often used that instead of English, but the situation was the same with us and the Romanian team aswell. There was a noticable language skill gap between a few people since there were a few who were not capable of speaking English. After four workshops a day we were all extremely tired by lunch. We also had so much free time we could not think about anything we could do so some times we all just took naps. In conclusion the project was a great experience and was worth missing school. One thing i would recommend is that the project leaders give a list of things about what to do in the certain city that you are in .

Li Márk

I’ve been on a Youth Exchange in Zagreb, Croatia. A Youth Exchange is when students from several countries come together, stay in a hotel, and work on workshops during the day. Each country had to create four workshops, with two, or three students hosting it. We went via bus from Népliget to Zagreb, the length of traveling was four-five hours. We arrived late Friday, and we took a tram to our hotel. We’ve stayed at “ChillOut Hotel”. We’ve went on a walk after that, which was fun. Luckily, we also got to knew that there is a market every Friday night, when the restaurants and bars in the area come together, and make a banquet. The hotel rooms were quiet, I’ve had a good sleep. I had two very interesting roomates, Jakov, a Croatian guy, and Tomi, a hungarian living in Romania. The next day, we’ve did teambuilding games, one of the activities was to catch a teammate with a “human net” as they lunged forward. We also did a people-bingo, we got to know each other. The fourth day, Simon and me did our workshop, the topic was how media affects people’s body image. We got a sketch of what the workshop should look like, which briefly contained the following: people should split into four groups, and make a theater play, an act on X topic. The topics were how it affects men, women, how society views obesity, and how you experience it. Some groups aced the task, while some had problems, but in the end, everybody did an amazing job. It felt good. We’ve also had a cultural evening, which we needed to present something of Hungary. We presented the Hungarikums, and we also had a Kahoot. The Romanians danced, which we later also joined. Then, we could try the iconic foods of the other countries. On the last day, we weren’t doing workshops anymore, but we made our Youthpass, which represents your skills and progress during the Erasmus. In my opinion, it’s not too effective. I’ve had an amazing time.

Rácz Mika Marcell

To be honest, when I saw with who I was going on an Erasmus, regret flowed from my heart -not to be misunderstood, I don’t hate them, we are just to different to get along-. Still, I wasn’t going to turn back. And it turned out to be one of my best experiences. 

A our programs started at 8:30 and as time quickly passed it was already past noon. During that time, we had workshops that introduced us to different aspects of bullying. The rest of the day was always free. Not going to lie, I was pretty much alone, so I was mostly in my room scrolling on social media. Hahaha tragic, innit? 

Anyway, we also had a so called cultural evening where we introduced our culture to the other participating countries. I think we were the best, with presentation and Kahoot. But we still pulled this off, and everyone was in a good mood. The romanians, -who are also hungarians, but thats another thing- thaught us an easy-peasy folk dance which I really enjoyed. 

Now about my roomates. I was with two Serb girls -Katarinas to be exact, and we got along pretty well. Lets say adequate. alone. Eventhough they where mostly speaking Serbian and I couldn’t understand a single word, we had common topics to share. 

The days passed quickly, and it was the last of our stay. I don’t know if it is an Eramsus tradition, but we made paper signs or whatever they are, that could be hanged in our neck, and people could write on it. But theres a twist! Okay, not really, but still… The paper was on our backs so we couldn’t see what the other person was writing. I was trully suprised how many people wanted to write on my paper. Like, I didn’t even socialize that much. Must have a likeable face I guess…

Anyhow, in conclusion if someone asked me i

f I would have stayed for a month or so, I would say yes without hesitation. Also the coffe was truly delightful. 

Hodossy Flóra