The response to our New Year competition was incredible. Lots of contestants got all the answers correct so it all comes down to the tie-breaker. Here are some of the replies:



Magdalena Owczarek - There are a lot of things that I would like to change this year. First of all I want to change my behavior -  be more polite and less frustrated. Now I am getting angry very easily and it is really annoying. Then I want to be less lazy more active. Learning more, spending more time outdoors not only in front of my computer. I feel that I should do more home duties i.e. ironing, washing, cooking etc. I have never cooked anything serious before so I thing that this is the best time to change it.

Agnieszka Małkowska - Personally in my opinion I should take the time to understand people and their characters. It's important to focus on the good things in people. I always forget that everyone has something good to offer, that I can learn something new from them. I should take the opportunity to become a better person each day of my life ! I do not spend enough time with my family. I do not listen my close friends ! I am sometimes selfish...
When my relative died I realized how important it is to spend time to helping others. I derive great satisfaction from helping other people but sometimes I do not care about others.
I should control my emotions because I am nervous. I should share my experiences with others because I am really withdrawn and I should keep in touch with family and friends. First of all, I should practise sincerity and honesty in a usual day...  And I should be more grateful for my life and take advantage of people'good nature. I try to become a better person in this year but I can not promise that my life style will change. I know that life is really short and we should be more polite to each other but I think that life is unfair and cruel, too.

Agnieszka Ożyźniewska - The New Year is a time to reflect on the changes we want or need to make and many of us deciding to make a New Year resolution. I make one as well. Im going to make this year the year to learn something new.I decided to learn some Spanish language. Im not sure if this resolutian make me a better person but I think it will help me in my future career.

 

Renata Krystecka - I never make New Year Resolutions. I don't think that I'm able to change my character or behaviour. Maybe I could be less lazy, more mature and more sensible, but in my case this is wishful thinking.Obviously you can always try to improve yourself but for me more important is self-acceptance. Changes in our character come with age or experience.We shouldn't fight with ourself .In my opinion we don't have an influence on this process. I like myself the way I am and I have a really strong self-belief. I don't wont to be narcissist but I don't also be a girl who don't accept herself. We have to remember that nobody is porfect.

 

Iwona Denel - I want to devote more time to help other people. Giving someone a hand without expecting something in return is a real pleasure because the best reward is a smile of a person whom I help. I will try to put others advice into practice. What is more, I wish I were able to treat others in the way I would like to be treated. What is the most difficult thing, I wish I could forgive. It will be difficult to realize those all points but I believe that gradually I will achieve my goal because "Where is a will there is a way".

 

Beata Andrzejewska - Well words don’t  show everything, some people may say that almost bad habbits should be changed by ourselves.But sometimes it doesn’t work. It’s not so easy as it seems. I’m trying to give up smoking.I fell into this bad habbit about four years ago I must tell that I really regret it now. It’s very unhealthy not only for me but also for other people close to smoker like me. It sounds rather pathetic because I’m completely aware of it. It’s high time me to rid of this bad habbit life will indicate how strong or weak is my will.

 

Dagny Klimczak - Although the College is a pleasant place, I think there are lots of things to be changed. One of the problems is with the "library online". Browsing the catalogue is impossible because there is always something malfunctioning. Moreover, we'd like to use the books at home whenever we need them. That's why I offered our librarian help with digitalisation of the most popular books that are not available in the Internet. During the break I'm going to scan, put in PDFs and publish them (I'll create a website myself). Of course, it'll be available only for personal use by students and teachers of NKJO. So wish me luck!

 

Katarzyna Kowalska - I don't know what I can do to be better person. Because every day in every year I try to be better. Better for other people, for world for myself. Every new day gives me new experience and something which helps me change my bad habits. Each day is a chalenge for me and an attempt to change myself. Every day I try to help other people and to be nice for each person. I try to be more cheerful and to be more responsible. In this New Year I will continue my attempt to be better and I think that every day I will became better person.

 

Gałka Mateusz - I think the College is a very nice place . A splendid atmosphere dominates there and the teachers are understanding and pleasant for their students. I suppose that students are also polite and helpful for one another.

Nevertheless, the College can always be a better place than it is now. So I will try to do many things which will make the College a more friendly place. I will try to organize some integration meetings for example the competitions between the teachers and students. They can help to know one another better. Moreover, I am going to be more co-operative and trustworthy for my schoolmates.

I'd love that the College will be the place where everyone can find a peace of mind and feel good.

 

 

Daria Wdowicka - What I should to do this year to make myself a better person? First of all I will start to change my attitude to learning German because I really don't like this language. I think that it is very important for me because of this subject I am  often very nervous. I suppose that this aim will be very difficult but I have hope I will manage. Secondly I will try to change my behaviour because it is very hard for me to be a patient person. And finally I will stop to worry about my teaching because it also makes me feel very nervous and it is hard for me to focus on other things which are important as well.

 

Marlena Pomes - I feel good with myself and I needn't to change. You may think that I am just selfish. But please do not. I will try to tell you why... " Live and let live"- this is my motto. What I do is try to figure out what I want. It is not always so simple, because I am still young and I have hunderts of ideas at one minute. I know I want to be happy. So I do things that interest me. I just take things as they come. I will never change, because I feel good with myself. And this is the passport for the happy life.

 

Jadwiga Tymieniecka - New Year is a great time to make some revolutions. People usually want to kick the weed or lose weight. I don't smoke and I'm slim but I have another new year's revolution. I would like to spend more time with my family. I have to live in Zduńska Wola now because I study and my College is too far from my family house but on weekends I would like to spend more time with my father and my brothers. I think that it is very important and it will make me better person, better daugher and better sister.

 

And the winner is ...

 Who provided a tremendous list of all her faults and we wish her the very best of luck in attempting to be rid of them. She will recieve her fabulous prize at the end of the current semester. Thanks to everyone for the really good, honest contributions. Good luck with the self-improvement and don't forget about the College.