The beginning of autumn was marked by this month’s online meeting of Hastor Foundation scholarship holders held on September 22, 2021. The approaching end of the academic year represents a reminder that scholarship students are on a higher level when it comes to their education, and some are on their way to completing it and continuing the path to employment, which is one of the main goals of many scholarship holders.
The director of the Hastor Foundation Seid Fijuljanin began the September online meeting of scholarship students with greetings to all scholarship holders along with the message that monthly meetings are a wonderful opportunity to learn new things, new tricks and get new information that can help us in everyday life.
The director wished good luck to all students who are now completing their exam obligations and reminded that there will soon be a competition for the admission of new scholarship holders to the Hastor Foundation family. Full 15 years of scholarship program for pupils and students has led to a large number of young people being given the opportunity to receive quality education, have better quality of life and, finally, mentor others, which has helped many to overcome various obstacles in life. The director further said that the Hastor Foundation will continue its mission of helping as many people as possible.
Just like the monthly meetings of scholarship students are held online, so a large number of people switched to remote work at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, which was the topic of this month’s meeting led by our long-time scholarship holder Vedin Klovo.
At the beginning of this month’s lecture, Vedin presented the goals of the lecture and the direction it’ll take, on the topic that has become more or less close to all of us who had to switch to online teaching and distance learning.
From his personal experience, Vedin talked about working remotely and how it is possible to perform various tasks every day without any obstacles, via a laptop, from the comfort of your own home.
Although telecommuting existed even before the pandemic, it peaked in the first months of the pandemic when large numbers of people were forced into it, in order to protect themselves and others. It was in these first months of the pandemic that we noticed some of the benefits of teleworking, such as reduced pollution and, for example, the return of dolphins to Venice, which positively surprised almost the entire world. In addition to Vedin’s explanation, the scholarship holders came forward with their examples and experiences.
Vedin explained how it is possible to get a telecommuting job and what types of work can be done in this way, and later through quality examples he presented the advantages and disadvantages of teleworking and thus brought the scholarship students closer to conflicting opinions about this way of working, which are likely to be more prevalent around the world in the future.
This month’s meeting ended with questions and comments from scholarship holders along with a big virtual hug in accordance with today’s topic. With the official beginning of autumn, we are approaching the new academic year and we are looking forward to the challenges of the new school and academic year.
Prepared by: Aleksandra Đukić
Translated by: Semra Islamović
