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| Hello! I’m a Spanish student I
am from Ibi in Alicante. Kindergarten, primary and secondary school,
where I study, are called Salesianos Nuestra Senyora de los
Desamparados and pupils start there at the age of 3, primary at the age
of 6 and secondary at 12. We have got 6 or 7 hours a day from 8am to
2pm or 3pm. In Spain we can study only two foreign languages
(normally): English, that’s obligated, and French, it’s not compulsory.
You learn Valencian (Valencia), Catalan (Catalunya), Euskera (Pais
Vasco) and Gallego (Galicia) depending where you live. Then you can
continue study going at workstages (to go to university) or work. In my school you can do some sports like football and basketball, these are the most famous. Our subjects are: Maths, Spanish, Physical Education, English, History, Geography, Biology, Physic, Music, Information Technology , French and Religion. Some of these are not obligated depending on the year you are attending. |
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| French children start school at the age of six. Schooling is compulsory for 6 – 16 years old. Families can choose if they want to send their children to a free Public school or to
private one and pay for it. If they choose state run school for their
child, they must choose one in their neighbourhood area. From the age
of 2 or 3 children can attend the local kindergarten.
15-16 year-olds attend either academic ‘lycée’ or vocational/technical school. Lycée students take a “ baccalauréat “ high school diploma at the 18 or 19. Baccalauréat guarantees student’s entry into university. |
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School is compulsory from 5 to 16. English school system is divided in different sections that are Nursery, Primary school, Secondary school and College or University. There are the States schools and the independent schools ( or public schools). Most of the State schools are either Comprehensive, Foundation or Grammar schools. At the end of compulsory school period at 16, students pass the GCSE exam. If the exam is successful then it’s possible to attend a 2 year preparation in a College or a Sixth Form Centre to pass the A-levels. Usually pupils choose three subjects to pass for their exam. About 90% of the English pupils are in state schools. |
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| Hi, I'm a 17-year-old finnish girl and I'm going to tell you a little bit about finnish school system. In Finland children start schooling at the age of 7 in elementary school. Elementary school takes 6 years and after that pupils go to secondary school that takes 3 years. After secondary school schooling is not compulsory anymore but still most of the young people attend to either upper secondary school or vocational school. Vocational school is around 2 years and upper seconday school can take 2 to 4 years depending on the studying tempo of the students. In upper secondary school a student must read trough 75 courses and it ends to a matriculation exmination. After upper secondary school students can choose if they want to continue studying for ex. in some university or in other institutions of higher education or go to work. Students from vocational schools can also continue studying at a polytechnic school |
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Germany:
Heya, I’m a 16 year old girl from Germany and I want to tell you
something about the school system in Germany. It is not that difficult!
Gymnasium: The pupils, who were very good at primary school, will visit after the 4 years primary school the Gymnasium. The students who go to this school learn fast and hard. After 13 years you get the matriculation examination (Abitur). Realschule: This is a school for the good students also, but it is not so hard, like the Gymnasium. After 13 years you get the matriculation examination ( Abitur) , but you can leave the school earlier after 10 years and get yourself a job. Hauptschule: The “Hauptschule” is teaching the slow learner and not those good pupils. After 10 years this school ends and normally these people go to work. Gesamntschule |
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I am 16 years old Italian girl and I´m attending the third class of High School of Foreign Languages in Pontedera,a small town in the province of Pisa.Pupils start to go to kindergarten at the age of 3 and finish at the age of 6.They learn writing and painting in this type of school, but this isn't compulsory,but at all there are few pupils that don't go to the kindergarten.After that there are primary school,that starts at the age of 6 and finishes at the age of 11,and middle school,that starts at the age of 11 and finishes at the age of 14.Students have to study very hard to pass the exam to go to secondary school, which lasts 5 years and guys begin at the age of 14 and finish at the age of 19.Also students have to do an exam to get the degree.Finally they can decide between working and going at the University,so it isn't compulsory,everybody can choose.Our lessons starts at five to eight a.m. and finishes at about ten to one p.m. from Monday to Saturday.We study English,German,French and Spanish as foreign languages.Also we study Latin,Italian,Math,Biology,Physic,Right,History,Geography and Philosophy.At lunchtime students go home and in the afternoon they can go back to school to do some sports like swimming and volleyball or take part at musical or guitar and piano lessons.High School lasts five years and after that there´s University,but not everybody go in. |
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| After the riform,in Poland there are being introduced new types of schools,like primary school that lasts 6 years,gymnasium that lasts 3 years and post-gymnasium schools:3 year specialized lyceum,3 year general lyceum,4 years technical secondary school,2 or 3 year vocational school,2 year complementary lyceum and 3 year complementary technical secondary school.The total number of years of primary and secondary education is 12 or 13.At the end of seconadry education cycle students can take the maturity examination and receive the maturity certificate.Both state and private institutions of higher education exist in Poland.Study program can take the form of daily,evening or extramural studies and distant learning courses.Daily studies is the prevalent studies. |
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