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“GATEAKADEMIET: Springboard or A Parachute”

“GATEAKADEMIET: Springboard or A Parachute” “ Life sometimes asks for springboard or a parachute.” A springboard to push you forward when you feel like you have been stuck in certain point in your life or you don't have any strength or motivations to move forward. Or you might need a parachute to just to relax and let your life slowly move forward, this might be very helpful for those who have been doing too much in their life or have a lot of expectation they feel like they need to fulfill in their life. The above two metaphor which exactly explains the students you meet at Gateakademiet and which is a place that can be both springboard or parachute for them depending upon what they need. This can be traced back to 1998 when the group of youths in the city of Kristiansand came together to form a theater group called UGRESS. These were the same people who were trouble maker of the city and they needed a place to be and Ugress was that place for them. Most of the yo