Saturday, January 19, 2013

Warmer weather.....but not here.

A quiet Saturday with snow most of the morning and then stopping in the afternoon. I talked with a friend for a while who's been in Argentina for 3 months studying Spanish and won't be back until the middle of March.  It was 35c in Buenas Aires..............-6 in Pozna艅. I think his decision to spend the winter in Argentina was good. Last year he went to Spain during winter where the weather was also warmer.

We watched a movie last night, "Oranges and Sunshine" about what the British Government did in the 1950's to some, no, not some but a lot of children. They removed little children, ages 4-12 from what they thought were not good homes and deported them to Australia where the Australian government was suppose to take care of them but didn't.  Some years ago a British social worker heard the story and, not believing it, decided to investigate it.  What she found out was that 130,000 children were sent to Australia and grew up there not knowing their real parents were alive in Britain. In some cases the children, according to the movie, were treated like slaves and were robbed of their heritage and childhood.  The social worker went to Australia to talk to the children who were now adults and she was able to help some of them find their parents in Britian. Of course, some of the parents were dead because of the length of time.

Cicha sobota ze 艣niegiem padaj膮cym w wi臋kszo艣ci rano, a zanikaj膮cym po po艂udniu.
Rozmawia艂em ze znajomym, kt贸ry jest w Argentynie od 3 miesi臋cy studiuj膮c hiszpa艅ski i nie wr贸ci a偶 do po艂owy marca.
W Buenas Aires by艂o +35C, kiedy w Poznaniu -6C. My艣l臋, 偶e jego decyzja, by sp臋dzi膰 zim臋 w Argentynie by艂a dobra.
W zesz艂ym roku uda艂 si臋 do Hiszpanii w okresie zimowym, gdzie by艂o znaczniej cieplej.

W nocy ogl膮dali艣my film "Pomara艅cze i s艂o艅ce", kt贸ry opowiada o tym, coz robi艂 rz膮d brytyjski w 1950 roku niekt贸rym,nie, nie niekt贸rym, ale wielu dzieciom.
Usun膮艂 on ma艂e dzieci, w wieku od 4 do 12 lat z dom贸w, o kt贸rych my艣la艂, 偶e nie s膮 dla nich dobre i wywi贸z艂 do Australii, gdzie rz膮d australijski rzekomo si臋 mia艂 nimi zaj膮膰, ale tego nie zrobi艂.
Kilka lat temu brytyjski pracownik socjalny us艂ysza艂 o tej historii i nie wierz膮c w ni膮, postanowi艂 zbada膰.
Odkry艂a, 偶e 130.000 dzieci zosta艂o wys艂anych do Australii i dorasta艂o nie znaj膮c prawdziwych rodzic贸w 偶yj膮cych w Wielkiej Brytanii.
W niekt贸rych przypadkach dzieci - wed艂ug filmu - by艂y traktowane jak niewolnicy, zosta艂y tak偶e pozbawione swojego dziedzictwa i dzieci艅stwa.
Pracownik socjalny uda艂 si臋 do Australii, aby rozmawia膰 z dzie膰mi- ju偶 teraz doros艂ymi - w celu pomocy odnalezienia ich rodzic贸w w Wielkiej Brytanii.
Oczywi艣cie, niekt贸rzy z rodzic贸w ju偶 nie 偶yli z powodu up艂ywu czasu.