Mrs Zvonka Kajba, Slovene language teacher

Mrs Zvonka Kajba is a full-time teacher and a spare-time play director. She has recently directed a play Princ in srce, which was quite a success. We asked her a few questions:

  1. How long have you been working here?

I came to this school in the school year 2010/11.

  1. What is the hardest part about being a teacher?

Trying to help students to find themselves; helping them become the best they can possibly be.

  1. What is the hardest part about being a play director?

Directing this particular play wasn’t difficult – I was just the coordinator. The actors did most of the work.

  1. What gives you the energy to work full time and in your spare time?

I like theatre. I always have. I like creative environments and creativity in general. The students who I work with in these sort of projects are definitely very creative.

  1. What is your favourite play?

I can’t decide which my favourite is, but the most important to me was and still is The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by Shakespeare. It completely changed the way I look at things.

Mrs Tjaša Klemenčič, school librarian

1.What was your first job?

I’ve been here, at this school, since the start.

2. When did you start working here?

Well, I believe the school opened on 1st September in 1981.

3. What’s your favourite book?

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. It was written for kids, but many aspects of the book relate to adult life.

4. What’s your favourite movie?

A Room with a View.

5. Which do you prefer – books or movies?

(takes a long break) I really can’t decide. Both, I guess.

6. If you could be a character from a book, which one would you be and why.

I would be Pippi Longstocking. She is strong, clever, free…

7. Imagine you were going on a trip around the globe and you got the opportunity to take three authors with you. Who would you take?

Dostojevski, Kundera, Umberto Eco.

8. Have you ever written a story?

I have made them up for my grandchildren, but no, I’ve never written one. Looking back now, at the times when I and my grandchildren would make up incredible stories, I regret we didn’t write a single one of them.

9. Do you ever go to the theatre?

I do sometimes. I’m not a big fan though. But the theatre has changed a lot since I first watched a play. In a positive way, of course. Maybe I should go there more often.

10. What advice would you give to students that don’t like to read books?

They should grab a book and read the first five pages. If they don’t like it, they can just borrow a new one. If they give the book a chance, the book will give them a chance too.

 

 

 

Eva Podlogar, 9. a

  1. If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why?

I would be a dolphin, because of their intelligence and freedom!

  1. What do you want to be when you grow up?

A physiotherapist.

  1. If Hollywood made a movie about you, who would you want to see play the lead role as you?

Emma Stone.

  1. Who do you admire the most and why?

I admire Peter Prevc, because he proved that even when under incredible amount of pressure, he can and will succeed!

  1. What’s your spirit animal?

My spirit animal is a cat.

  1. How do you motivate others?

I just…I give my best.

  1. How do you handle criticism?

I don’t *laughs*. Most of the time I worry about it and it takes time before I realise I shouldn’t care that much.

  1. Would you rather be liked or respected?

Respected.

  1. If you had to change your name, what would your new name be and why?

Chiara, because it means light or clear.

SPECIAL QUESTION

  1. What is the dumbest way you’ve been injured?

I was making a sandwich *shows me a tiny scar on her finger*.

Miloš Mattiazzi and Iztok Trampuž, school caretakers

  1. Dark or milk chocolate?

Miloš: Dark.

Iztok: Milk.

  1. Your favourite artist?

Miloš: Eric Clapton.

Iztok: Kevin Spacey.

  1. Your favourite book?

Miloš:  James Patterson’s works.

Iztok: The Shack.

  1. If you were a crayon in a crayon box, what colour would you be?

Miloš: Blue.

Iztok: Turquoise.

  1. If you had a tattoo, where would it be?

Miloš: I really don’t like tattoos, but if I HAD to, I would get something small on my hand…

Iztok: (Points at his upper back) I already have one.

  1. What’s your opinion on your job?

Miloš: Absolutely happy with it!

Iztok: There’s nothing better than it! Every day, I get a different task, I see something different.

  1. If you had to choose another profession, what would it be?

Miloš: I would either be an archaeologist or a gardener (everybody laughs).

Iztok: Nothing’s better than this.

  1. If you were stranded on an island and could only bring three people with you, who would you bring?

Miloš: My family!

Iztok: A pretty girl, a wise man and a great cook.

A SPECIAL QUESTION:

If you could have a super power, what would it be?

Miloš: To spread peace and love.

Iztok: I would like to be able to tell people, what their dream job is and what they have to focus on.

Mr Kragelj, school headmaster

1.What would be the title of your autobiography?

My time.

2. Dark chocolate or milk chocolate?

Dark chocolate.

3. What’s your favourite band/artist?

Prince.

4. Favourite song?

Sometimes it snows in April.

5. If you had a tattoo, where would it be?

On my neck.

6. Three people alive or dead that you would like to be stranded on an island with?

Prince, of course, my wife, and John F. Kennedy.

7. What is the farthest you have been from home?

I was in Shanghai, which is practically on the other side of the world.

8. You’re a new addition to the crayon box. What colour would you be and why?

Blue. I just really like blue.

9. What inspires you?

Artists.

A SPECIAL QUESTION : )

10. Describe your life using song titles!

*After a long break* Possibly Another brick in the wall by Pink Floyd (We don’t need no education)