Behind the Scenes with Ms. Bergström by Alice Gustafson Have You Ever Wondered About the Da and in Western New York
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EXTRA, EXTRA! Read all about it! 5 December, 2012 The Hasselby Post Published by Internationella Engelska Skolan: Hässelby Strand 10 kronor Volume 1 Issue 2 Behind the Scenes with Ms. Bergström By Alice Gustafson Have you ever wondered about the da and in western New York. In Sweden she founder of Internationella Engelska Skolan? met her husband, Hans Bergström, the former Where is she from? How did she get the idea Editor in Chief of Dagens Nyheter. for IES? What was it like to start a school? Ms. Bergström has been a teacher for The Hässelby Post was invited to the many years. In 1992, the Swedish government IES Head Office in Täby to get answers to all came up with a voucher system for education. of your questions about Barbara Bergström, The voucher system allows parents and stu- the founder and co-owner of Internationella dents to choose which school they want to Engelska Skolan. attend. At that time, Ms. Bergström was Ms. Barbara Bergström moved to Swe- working at an international school. She saw den in 1968. Before coming to Sweden, she that there was a big gap between the differ- lived in Florida—she still has houses in Flori- ent classes in the community, and she wanted to make a change. “The top-level quality of “I took a chance and never looked education is the main back!” she said. factor of your quickly Continued on Page 6 growing school.” Alice Gustafson, reporter, with Ms. Barbara Bergström. American Author Visits IESH By Rithika Kabilan Unknown to most of the senior school she was murdered in students, we had a famous American author that room and is come and visit our school: Michael Dahl. Now, seeking vengeance! who is Mr. Dahl? Mr. Dahl has Well, he’s a graphic novelist who wri- even seen the silhou- tes mystery, crime and scary stories, and on ette of a person walk top of that he has written over 100 children’s down the upstairs books! He lives in Minnesota, USA and was hallway and into a inspired by Agatha Christie’s ‘And then There vacant bedroom... Were None’. Agatha Christie is the Queen of while he was alone in Crime, since she is one of the best mystery and the house, for that crime authors the world has to offer. That’s matter! He claims that it was not his first en- why Michael Dahl loves dead bodies, ghosts In The News counter with the ghost either. and anything spooky. Two of Dahl’s most famous series are Fun fact: Michael Dahl lives in a haun- Relationship Advice: Page 2 ‘The Library of Doom’ and ‘Troll Hunters’. If ted house! At least, that’s what the previous you are interested, come over to the school lib- Hässelby Climbers: Page 5 owners told him. The house is supposedly to rary and check out the first few issues of ‘Troll be haunted by a woman named Helen who Holiday Recipes: Page 7 Hunters’! presently resides in the basement, which is Paolo Roberto: Page 8 now the former coal room. Rumor has it that IES Hässelby Post Page 2 Teacher Profile: Mr. Cross By Alex Olsson and Nathalie Larsson Have a Question? Write it down and put it in For those of you who don’t know Mr. Cross, he is the new mu- the box in the Library. We sic teacher and IT-representative will answer your question here at IES Hässelby. Mr. Cross joined us here in Sweden on August in an upcoming issue of 2 this year, but before coming here, he lived in Manchester, England, The Hässelby Post! the second biggest city in the coun- try. He came to Stockholm with the purpose of working at IES. However, he originally had Been There, Done That different plans. By Frida Lasser Berg and Fredrike Molander Mr. Cross was going to South Korea to teach English when his friend told him about the op- Hi, I’m thirteen years self-esteem and a bad flirt. portunity here at IES. He thought old and I really want a boy- We don’t say that you should that teaching music suited him more, and switched routes from friend. All my friends have stop talking to guys, we just South Korea to Sweden. While still in the middle of oncoming traffic. had one that they really want you to understand that living in England, he taught music, “If people did that in Eng- loved. I have never had a real when you are thirteen years and Mr. Cross told us that he land,” he said, “they would be thinks students here are much squashed like bugs.” We asked Mr. relationship with someone. Is old you don’t have to have a more respectful than students back Cross if he had had any recent em- it wrong to be thirteen and boyfriend. in Manchester. barrassing moments here in a new Before teaching at all, how- country, and he told us about a time never been in a relationship? I ever, Mr. Cross went through five Tell your friends that that we all hope wouldn’t happen to talk to a lot of guys but it will years of studying music. Mr. Cross us: you don’t like their boyfriend- always enjoyed music, but he start- “I was on my way home from never be something more ed taking it seriously when he was questions and that you think Stockholm, and I had hopped on the than a friendship and I have 12 years old; before that when he bus extremely exhausted. I dozed it starts to get a bit annoying, was around 9 or 10, he wanted to be off for a bit, or for what I thought been rejected. My friends are an architect. because you know this by was a bit, until I woke up and real- asking why I don’t have a “Everything in England is ized I was in Jakobsberg! By then yourself and you don’t need to made of bricks, but here it looks the last bus had already gone, there boyfriend and I’m starting to like everything is from IKEA!” he hear about it everyday. It were no more busses going that feel stressed about it. What said. He also said that England is a night. So, the only thing left to do sounds very corny, but it’s the tougher place to live in then Swe- was to walk. It took me an hour and should I do? -Anonymous den, but that the country itself is a half to walk home that night, and I best way of getting a boys at- not so different from England. didn’t get back until 4.00 in the Hi Anonymous! tention. Be yourself and love One thing that Mr. Cross morning!” had noticed about Sweden is that yourself, because if you can’t If there’s anything we can We both think that people don’t know how to cross the learn from this story, it’s to stay love yourself who else can? It’s road here. Apparently, we stand awake on the busses, and not party you are still very young and and wait for a green light, even if very hard, we know and as the too hard! you should not feel the pres- there are no cars around. Either title says. We’ve been there, that or we just run out on the road sure of having a boyfriend. we’ve done that and we will We have been in that situa- never go back to feeling tion so we really know what stressed about love, because you are talking about and it’s not worth it. how you feel. Do you have a Bake Sale coming up? Do you want to advertise for a disco or sports event? Do you want to wish someone a Don’t stress with love, Love, happy birthday? Advertisements cost 30 SEK. Contact Emil Sjölander or Sandis believe us it doesn’t help, the Frida and Fredrike Friemandis, Advertising Managers, for more information! only thing you get is a bad IES Hässelby Post Page 3 It’s Your Choice! By Emil Sjölander For everyone that recently When we asked where the started at the school, Choice Day is idea of Choice Day came from, Mr. when you spend two days doing an Roman responded, “The Swedish activity that you have chosen. Since government passed a bill in 1992 that there are limited amounts of people choice should be incorporated into that can do one thing at a time, not the education curriculum,” meaning everyone can do what they want. that since 1992, there has to be a way That’s where preferred alter- of allowing choice in schools. natives come in. The first activity you Mr. Roman said it takes at chose is the one you want the most. least a few months to organize The second one is your other alterna- Choice Day. The most chosen activi- tive, and so on. ty was last year, according to Mr. We at the IES Hässelby Post Roman, A Day at the Spa. Mr. Ro- managed to ask Mr. Roman a few man says he thinks last year went questions regarding Choice Day. “very well.” A n o t h e r question Mr. Ro- man encountered is what activity he would choose to participate in if he had the choice, and he responded, “I would choose building engineer- ing because I have always wanted to make one of those crazy machines that do something simple.” Rubik’s Cube Master Gone to Gamex? By Sandis Freimanis By Stella Palmqvist The Hässelby Post spoke with Fredrika Hagman, 6A, who A gamer’s paradise is, of Gamex featured many is very talented and can solve the course, Sweden’s biggest gaming upcoming or fairly new games cube in an astonishing 14.72 se- convention: Gamex.