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INSPIRE & AMAZE 06/2016 Issue 4 Student’s Journal of the Institute of British and American Studies Advisory board: doc. PhDr. Milan Ferenčík, PhD., prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Kušnír, PhD., James Sutherland-Smith M.A., doc. Zuzana Straková, PhD., doc. PaedDr. Alena Kačmárová, PhD., doc. Mgr. Sandra Zákutná, PhD. Chief editors: Mgr. Maroš Buday, Mgr. Gabriela Gumanová, Mgr. Jana Ščigulinská, Mgr. Stanislav Kužila Graphic design: Mgr. Jana Ščigulinská Composition: Mgr. Maroš Buday Cover layout: Mgr. Jana Ščigulinská Cover photo: Lenka Pellová Back cover photo : Lenka Pellová Linguistic advisor for texts in English language: Mgr. Maroš Buday The correctness of submitted texts in Slovak language is the responsibility of the authors Publisher: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove 17. novembra 15 08001 Prešov Address of the editor’s office: Inštitút anglistiky a amerikanistiky Filozofická fakulta PU v Prešove 17. novembra 1 Slovenská republika Contact: [email protected] Articles published in the journal INSPIRE & AMAZE cannot be published, copied or otherwise circulated without the editors’ knowledge. This journal is unmarketable. This journal is issued twice a year. The editors of this journal accept submissions in English and Slovak language. The articles should not exceed the total of 5 journal pages. The submissions are evaluated and edited by one of the members of the journal’s advisory board. Table of Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................. 4 Riddle ...................................................................................................................... 5 Interview with Associate Professor Milan Ferenčík ............................... 6 Students outside of the class room: PR with a Sword in One’s Hand .............. 9 Poets’ Corner ...................................................................................................... 10 The Chat by Matej Mika ..................................................................................... 11 Creeping Death. Mist of life. Skulking void inside (Mist of life pt. 2) ............. 12 Students’ Creative Works ............................................................................... 13 [UNTITLED] by Tomáš Miháľ ........................................................................... 14 Holy Water by Ondrej Radačovský ........................................................................ 21 Lord of the Drinks ................................................................................................. 24 The Watchers by Dr. Evil ........................................................................................ 30 Hunger John Travels from Paper Town ................................................................ 34 Albert by Júlia Drozdová ......................................................................................... 38 Your Life after IAA ............................................................................................ 46 Lukáš Varga ............................................................................................................ 47 Michaela Kiralova ................................................................................................... 48 Fear is a useful thing; for some it is the sole cause they are alive, while for others, it is the only thing standing in the way of their success. As there is a difference between fight and flight there are differences in what FEAR can stand for. For those that depend on fear for survival, it usually means Forget Everything And Run; but for others, it stands for Face Everything And Rise. Both valid, both useful, and both nothing to be ashamed of. I personally dread finishing everything that I produce because I believe it is never good enough, but such is the nature of fear. We can either run away, change our course, and stay clear, or face this ever-present monster; however, it is often easier said than done. From an early age, I was taught not to give into fear because even if I were to fail in my endeavours, it would just mean that next time, my chances of success would be greater. I am glad to see that member of our Institute can rise to the occasion and provide a forum for not just education, but also the development of creativity because you never know which spark can light a fire; the teachers and the students alike, are full of sparks. It gives me great joy to see these ideas, works, and achievements shared, for they are inspiring and amazing. Thank you for your contribution, may they spark the flame of creativity in others. Stanislav Kužila Be the first one to submit the correct answers and get your special prize!!! Due date: 31st October, 2016 Submission: In person, to room 245 RIDDLE T here are 5 ships in the space dock. 1. The Enterprise leaves at six and carries crystals. 2. The ship in the middle has a black hull. 3. The Endeavour leaves at nine. 4. The Améthyste with a blue hull is to the left of a ship that carries crystals. 5. To the right of the ship carrying fuel is a ship going to Proxima Centauri. 6. The Phoenix is heading for Camelot. 7. Next to the ship carrying water is a ship with a green hull. 8. A ship going to Luna leaves at five. 9. The Defiant leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Proxima Centauri. 10. The ship with a red hull goes to Vulcan. 11. Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white hull. 12. The ship on the border carries plasma. 13. The ship with a black hull leaves at eight. 14. The ship carrying plasma is anchored next to the ship carrying water. 15. The ship to Vulcan leaves at six. Which ship goes to Terra Nova? Which ship carries silver? “… as students we heroically rebelled against their world …” Milan Ferenčík, Associate Professor and Headmaster of IAA Dear readers, on behalf of you all we’ve decided to interview the headmaster of our institute. In this short talk you will learn more about Associate Professor Milan Ferenčík’s student life, the biggest challenges he had to face at our university, his life as an academic and much more. SPOILER ALERT: you will also learn what an ideal student should be like in his view. Enjoy your reading. Associate Professor Milan Ferenčík has been the head of our Institute since 2012, yet getting to this position required a lot of work and experience. Having graduated from UPJŠ in Košice, Milan Ferenčík worked as a teacher at primary school and several secondary schools before he applied for a PhD programme. Ever since being awarded a PhD degree, he worked at UNIPO. In addition to his studies at UPJŠ and UNIPO, he has been awarded M.A. at Slippery Rock University in the USA and underwent several short-term study stays at universities in the USA, Great Britain, Belgium and Switzerland. IAA: Could you possibly describe the kind of student you used to be? After quite a few years since I was a university student, I can say now I don´t see myself as a particularly talented student. What I did not lack though was a sense of responsibility and a great motivation. Judged only by my grades I was a ´dvojkár´ (B-grader) in ´gymnázium´, which helped me to go through the education system without too much of a strain and which more or less secured my studies at the university. My great advantage then was also the fact that I read a lot, effortlessly and without having to be pressed on too much, I even read all the items from the ´compulsory reading´ list (before that, as a schoolboy, I even managed to read the entire library in my grandmother´s village - two shelves for young boy readers in a large old cabinet, to be fair). What I became attracted to in my late teen years were foreign languages: although Russian was compulsory then, I found it a window to a new world. In ´gymnázium´ I immediately fell for English (or was it our English teacher?), and later on, out of curiosity, I self-learned the basics of German and French. It is only now that I can put in words what was about them that I ´liked´ - they gave me other possible ways of thinking about the world, a chance to create additional layers of my identity, and also a certain power over people who couldn´t speak them. I must admit that foreign languages, especially English which I later decided to study as an academic subject, were also an escape for me from other subjects which I didn´t quite like, not because of the subjects themselves but because of the way they were presented, and, to be true, sometimes also because of their teachers (or the combination of both). Finding myself now on the teacher´s side of the classroom I can understand that it is impossible to present the fascinating areas of human knowledge separated into numerous discrete fields, subjects and courses in a way that would be, if not attractive, at least not repulsive to each and every student. Associate Professor Milan Ferenčín at the Student’s Conference of 2016 (UNIPO, IAA) IAA: What didn’t you like while studying at the university? As probably the majority of young people, I didn´t quite like the hypocrisy of the adults´ world, their conformism with the state of affairs and their satisfaction with their own lives (as students we heroically rebelled against their world during the week, but on weekends we returned to our mums to have our underwear washed and our backpacks stuffed with domestic produce that would last us until at least the following Wednesday). Being myself an adult and a parent now, I can imagine today´s young people may feel much the same,

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