It provides two years of education which offers a general course of academic and non-academic subjects. Besides it offers а number of courses giving a profound knowledge in a variety of fields: the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, etc.
What about me I specialized in the humanities. The course I took included: Belarusian, Russian, History of Belarus and of certainly my chief interest was the English language. I got interested in this subject because to my mind every modern and cultural person should know at least one foreign language. The foreign language I have chosen is English, because it is the language of the planet, that's why knowing it is a life necessity. Likewise I'm sure that knowledge of English can be applied in my prospective occupation.
The lyceum, I finished, is located in the city centre. The building itself is of typical design with the same layout and the distribution of classrooms, administrative offices, canteens, gyms and libraries as you can see in most other schools. But when you come in through the front door you find yourself in a spacious hall with comfortable sofas and large windows. Cloak-room is also situated in the hall. On the ground floor there is a large assembly hall, which is used for various performances, festivities and lyceum meetings, a library, a canteen, the Doctor's office and some classrooms. On the first floor there is a large computer centre, where basic computer skills are taught, an ecological centre with rear species of fish and the Head's office. On the second floor there are a lot of classrooms and laboratories, and there is a hostel on the third floor for pupils who come from small towns and villages of our region. In general, to my mind, the lyceum is very cosy inside: there are a lot of sofas, Venetian blinds and mirrors in the corridors. All classrooms are well-equipped, but frankly speaking, they look like classrooms in all schools of our country: there are three rows of desks, a teacher's table with a chair and a blackboard on the wall.
Though I have spent at lyceum only two years, it has become an integral part of my life. Our social and cultural life was well organized; both teachers and classmates were so friendly and easy to get along with. I was on good terms with my classmates, as all of them were interesting and a bit enigmatic persons. We often spent our free time together and I think I can never forget these two years and I will regret that everything has finished.
To my mind it goes without saying that I was more pleased to study at lyceum than at school. I'd like to compare, for instance, the quantity of English classes a week. At lyceum we had nine English lessons while at school I used to have only four. It was a great problem for me as I didn't have enough practice in grammar, vocabulary and listening at all. I attended courses in English, but they didn't give visible results. Thanks to lyceum I have known a lot of information I would have never got at school.
Another thing that differed lyceum from school was books. At school we had only one textbook where we did our exercises, learnt rules and read texts, but at lyceum everything was different. We needed to buy lots of necessary books and our teacher also gave us additional literature. So at lyceum we were fully provided with educational supplies.
Also we had a lot of concerts, sport competitions we took part in, excursions and visits to libraries and theatres at lyceum. Social and cultural life at lyceum was diverse, but at school we had nothing but went to theatre twice a year.
Sincerely speaking, lyceum was much better than my former school, but I can't say that my school wasn't good: it gave me my first knowledge, learnt to appreciate education and friendship. Even though I liked my school and my former classmates I didn't regret that I had changed my school for lyceum. I think it was a right choice.
I think you'll agree that education means much in every country, but in Japan education is the main thing in people's lives.
In Japan children go to school at the age of four and finish the primary school at twelve. Then rather a difficult life for them starts. They begin learning special courses and choose the subjects they like.
Talking about Japanese schools I should say that every class has forty pupils. The discipline there is rather strict: when a teacher enters the class children stand up and bow to him. While a teacher delivers a lecture pupils make notes, but they don't shout and don't ask questions that is considered to be impolite. Pupils try to do they best at school and even if a pupil falls ill his parents attend lectures instead of him.
I should say that Japanese education is considered to be one of the best in the world. Really, in many aspects it may seem that a Japanese school is ideal, but to my mind, this opinion is wrong. In Japanese school pupils are as busy as bees, they spend most time at schools, they learn hard from morning till late evening.
For me an ideal school is situated eighteen thousand miles far from Japan to the west. This school is a little school in Summerhill.
Recently I've read about Summerhill school in a magazine and was very interested in the method of education in this school.
This school is a modern kind of school, the main idea of which is to make school fit the child instead of making the child fit the school. Here teachers don't make children sit at desks studying mostly useless subjects. They allow children freedom to be themselves. In order to do this the administration of this school had to renounce all discipline, all direction, all suggestion and all moral trainings. They are sure, and I completely agree with them, that each child is innately wise and realistic. If left to himself without adult suggestion of any kind, he will develop as far as he is capable of developing. Summerhill is a place where people who have innate ability to be scholars will be scholars.
To my mind Summerhill is possibly the happiest school in the world and an ideal school for children. For instance lessons are optional there. Children can attend them or stay away from them. There is a timetable but only for the teachers, so children can choose when they start their day at school. The children have classes usually according to their age, but sometimes according to their interests.
The teachers are friendly and understanding there. They are sympathized with the children and help them as much as they can. They help the children to do as well as possible in their exams and help them to develop their personalities and characters. So, Summerhill is a placе that gives the children not only some skills or knowledge, but teaches some social things the pupils need to know when they leave school. And the main thing - Summerhill is a pleasant place to be in as the children feel comfortable, equal among each other and happy.
Frankly speaking I regret that I didn't have an opportunity to be a pupil of this school, though I really enjoyed years at school and lyceum. And now when I have finished them, my heart is full of gratitude to most teachers for the knowledge they gave me and to many of my classmates who made my school life enjoyable. School has opened me the world and the way to it, and I'm sure I will always look back at my school and lyceum years as the happiest years in my life.
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MY ENGLISH STUDIES
According to a legend, originally the world only had one language. One day the people decided to build an enormous tower so that they could reach up to heaven. The creator, convinced that he had to put an end to such futile ventures, decided to confuse their languages so that they couldn't understand each other, and to scatter them all over the earth.
Since that time people throughout the world have been struggling to understand each other.
Despite various attempts to create universal language- between 1880 and 1907 no less than 53 were invented- today, whether we like it or not, English is the only universal language.
I'm sure that it is very important and necessary to learn English now, because English is the language of the whole world. 700 million people all over the world use it. Over 30 million people speak English as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the USA, etc. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, India, Canada and the South African Republic. As a second language it is used in the former British and US colonies. Besides, millions of people study and use English as a foreign language. But at first I'd like to say some words about the history of this language.
The rise of English is a story of wonderful success. When Julies Caesar landed in Britain in the 5th century, English was already spoken by the people, who inhabited Great Britain, but they were not many and their English was not the language we know today. Nearly a thousand years later, at the end of the 16th century, when William Shakespeare created his works, English was the native language of about 6 million Englishmen. At that time English wasn't used anywhere except Great Britain, but now English is the main language of business, sports, science, trade, progressive technology, commerce and it's the world's computer language. 75% of the world's mail and 60% of the world's telephone calls are in English. Also it is the universal language of international aviation, shipping and the major language of diplomacy. It has replaced French in the world of diplomacy and German in the field of science. English is the dominant language of medicine, electronics and space technology, of international business and advertising, of radio, television and film. Besides, the English language is the language of the great literature, hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers are printed in English and read all over the world. A lot of new films in English come out every day. If you know English, you can understand them without translation. Also I should mention that every year thousands of people from Belarus go to different countries as tourists or to work and they can't go without knowing the language of the country they are going to, but they can speak in English, because it is an international language.
I should say that in general interest to foreign languages is increasing nowadays, especially among young people. Youth likes to rest in different youth camps and to communicate with coevals from other countries, but it is problematical if you don't know any foreign language. Modern teenagers like to sit at the computers as well and to spend a lot of time in charts, where they can make acquaintance with people from other countries, but communication with them also requires knowing foreign language.
I'm sure you will feel at home while doing business if you know foreign language, because you have an opportunity to exchange visits and business letters. You can fluently speak to your foreign partners on business on the phone, without help of an interpreter. I'm sure that a specialist knowing a foreign language can find a well-paid job in any professional sphere. Learning foreign languages opens up new opportunities to expand one's knowledge in particular fields. Some people are interested in the culture of other peoples and it is the reason why they learn foreign languages. To my mind the best way to know the culture of different nations is to travel, because when we travel we can see and learn a lot of things that we can never see or learn at home, though we may read about them in books or newspapers and see pictures of them on TV, but to my mind the best way to get to know and understand the people is to meet them in their own homes. Also I'm sure that learning other languages can give you self-confidence when you go abroad, because you can freely express your wishes and thoughts and you will never get in a silly situation.
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What about me I specialized in the humanities. The course I took included: Belarusian, Russian, History of Belarus and of certainly my chief interest was the English language. I got interested in this subject because to my mind every modern and cultural person should know at least one foreign language. The foreign language I have chosen is English, because it is the language of the planet, that's why knowing it is a life necessity. Likewise I'm sure that knowledge of English can be applied in my prospective occupation.
The lyceum, I finished, is located in the city centre. The building itself is of typical design with the same layout and the distribution of classrooms, administrative offices, canteens, gyms and libraries as you can see in most other schools. But when you come in through the front door you find yourself in a spacious hall with comfortable sofas and large windows. Cloak-room is also situated in the hall. On the ground floor there is a large assembly hall, which is used for various performances, festivities and lyceum meetings, a library, a canteen, the Doctor's office and some classrooms. On the first floor there is a large computer centre, where basic computer skills are taught, an ecological centre with rear species of fish and the Head's office. On the second floor there are a lot of classrooms and laboratories, and there is a hostel on the third floor for pupils who come from small towns and villages of our region. In general, to my mind, the lyceum is very cosy inside: there are a lot of sofas, Venetian blinds and mirrors in the corridors. All classrooms are well-equipped, but frankly speaking, they look like classrooms in all schools of our country: there are three rows of desks, a teacher's table with a chair and a blackboard on the wall.
Though I have spent at lyceum only two years, it has become an integral part of my life. Our social and cultural life was well organized; both teachers and classmates were so friendly and easy to get along with. I was on good terms with my classmates, as all of them were interesting and a bit enigmatic persons. We often spent our free time together and I think I can never forget these two years and I will regret that everything has finished.
To my mind it goes without saying that I was more pleased to study at lyceum than at school. I'd like to compare, for instance, the quantity of English classes a week. At lyceum we had nine English lessons while at school I used to have only four. It was a great problem for me as I didn't have enough practice in grammar, vocabulary and listening at all. I attended courses in English, but they didn't give visible results. Thanks to lyceum I have known a lot of information I would have never got at school.
Another thing that differed lyceum from school was books. At school we had only one textbook where we did our exercises, learnt rules and read texts, but at lyceum everything was different. We needed to buy lots of necessary books and our teacher also gave us additional literature. So at lyceum we were fully provided with educational supplies.
Also we had a lot of concerts, sport competitions we took part in, excursions and visits to libraries and theatres at lyceum. Social and cultural life at lyceum was diverse, but at school we had nothing but went to theatre twice a year.
Sincerely speaking, lyceum was much better than my former school, but I can't say that my school wasn't good: it gave me my first knowledge, learnt to appreciate education and friendship. Even though I liked my school and my former classmates I didn't regret that I had changed my school for lyceum. I think it was a right choice.
I think you'll agree that education means much in every country, but in Japan education is the main thing in people's lives.
In Japan children go to school at the age of four and finish the primary school at twelve. Then rather a difficult life for them starts. They begin learning special courses and choose the subjects they like.
Talking about Japanese schools I should say that every class has forty pupils. The discipline there is rather strict: when a teacher enters the class children stand up and bow to him. While a teacher delivers a lecture pupils make notes, but they don't shout and don't ask questions that is considered to be impolite. Pupils try to do they best at school and even if a pupil falls ill his parents attend lectures instead of him.
I should say that Japanese education is considered to be one of the best in the world. Really, in many aspects it may seem that a Japanese school is ideal, but to my mind, this opinion is wrong. In Japanese school pupils are as busy as bees, they spend most time at schools, they learn hard from morning till late evening.
For me an ideal school is situated eighteen thousand miles far from Japan to the west. This school is a little school in Summerhill.
Recently I've read about Summerhill school in a magazine and was very interested in the method of education in this school.
This school is a modern kind of school, the main idea of which is to make school fit the child instead of making the child fit the school. Here teachers don't make children sit at desks studying mostly useless subjects. They allow children freedom to be themselves. In order to do this the administration of this school had to renounce all discipline, all direction, all suggestion and all moral trainings. They are sure, and I completely agree with them, that each child is innately wise and realistic. If left to himself without adult suggestion of any kind, he will develop as far as he is capable of developing. Summerhill is a place where people who have innate ability to be scholars will be scholars.
To my mind Summerhill is possibly the happiest school in the world and an ideal school for children. For instance lessons are optional there. Children can attend them or stay away from them. There is a timetable but only for the teachers, so children can choose when they start their day at school. The children have classes usually according to their age, but sometimes according to their interests.
The teachers are friendly and understanding there. They are sympathized with the children and help them as much as they can. They help the children to do as well as possible in their exams and help them to develop their personalities and characters. So, Summerhill is a placе that gives the children not only some skills or knowledge, but teaches some social things the pupils need to know when they leave school. And the main thing - Summerhill is a pleasant place to be in as the children feel comfortable, equal among each other and happy.
Frankly speaking I regret that I didn't have an opportunity to be a pupil of this school, though I really enjoyed years at school and lyceum. And now when I have finished them, my heart is full of gratitude to most teachers for the knowledge they gave me and to many of my classmates who made my school life enjoyable. School has opened me the world and the way to it, and I'm sure I will always look back at my school and lyceum years as the happiest years in my life.
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MY ENGLISH STUDIES
According to a legend, originally the world only had one language. One day the people decided to build an enormous tower so that they could reach up to heaven. The creator, convinced that he had to put an end to such futile ventures, decided to confuse their languages so that they couldn't understand each other, and to scatter them all over the earth.
Since that time people throughout the world have been struggling to understand each other.
Despite various attempts to create universal language- between 1880 and 1907 no less than 53 were invented- today, whether we like it or not, English is the only universal language.
I'm sure that it is very important and necessary to learn English now, because English is the language of the whole world. 700 million people all over the world use it. Over 30 million people speak English as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the USA, etc. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, India, Canada and the South African Republic. As a second language it is used in the former British and US colonies. Besides, millions of people study and use English as a foreign language. But at first I'd like to say some words about the history of this language.
The rise of English is a story of wonderful success. When Julies Caesar landed in Britain in the 5th century, English was already spoken by the people, who inhabited Great Britain, but they were not many and their English was not the language we know today. Nearly a thousand years later, at the end of the 16th century, when William Shakespeare created his works, English was the native language of about 6 million Englishmen. At that time English wasn't used anywhere except Great Britain, but now English is the main language of business, sports, science, trade, progressive technology, commerce and it's the world's computer language. 75% of the world's mail and 60% of the world's telephone calls are in English. Also it is the universal language of international aviation, shipping and the major language of diplomacy. It has replaced French in the world of diplomacy and German in the field of science. English is the dominant language of medicine, electronics and space technology, of international business and advertising, of radio, television and film. Besides, the English language is the language of the great literature, hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers are printed in English and read all over the world. A lot of new films in English come out every day. If you know English, you can understand them without translation. Also I should mention that every year thousands of people from Belarus go to different countries as tourists or to work and they can't go without knowing the language of the country they are going to, but they can speak in English, because it is an international language.
I should say that in general interest to foreign languages is increasing nowadays, especially among young people. Youth likes to rest in different youth camps and to communicate with coevals from other countries, but it is problematical if you don't know any foreign language. Modern teenagers like to sit at the computers as well and to spend a lot of time in charts, where they can make acquaintance with people from other countries, but communication with them also requires knowing foreign language.
I'm sure you will feel at home while doing business if you know foreign language, because you have an opportunity to exchange visits and business letters. You can fluently speak to your foreign partners on business on the phone, without help of an interpreter. I'm sure that a specialist knowing a foreign language can find a well-paid job in any professional sphere. Learning foreign languages opens up new opportunities to expand one's knowledge in particular fields. Some people are interested in the culture of other peoples and it is the reason why they learn foreign languages. To my mind the best way to know the culture of different nations is to travel, because when we travel we can see and learn a lot of things that we can never see or learn at home, though we may read about them in books or newspapers and see pictures of them on TV, but to my mind the best way to get to know and understand the people is to meet them in their own homes. Also I'm sure that learning other languages can give you self-confidence when you go abroad, because you can freely express your wishes and thoughts and you will never get in a silly situation.
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