WHAT
IS SCHOOL LIKE AROUND THE WORLD?
Going
to school
Don’t
feel like going to school today? Well, you are lucky because
300million children can’t go to school. Unfortunately, most of
these children live in developing countries and are very poor so they
have to work. Sometimes their parents can’t buy the books or the
school uniform. Sometimes children don’t attend school for
different reasons. For the 140 children living in the area around
Alice Springs in Australia, getting to school can take days.
Therefore, the School of the Air provides radio classes which
children do at home.
How
do children feel when they’re at school? In the United States there
have been many shootings in schools so most now have security checks
for anyone entering the school. However, 70% of American students
still don’t feel safe in their schools!
School
Uniform
All
over the world some pupils have to wear school uniforms. Kamuzu
Academy in Malawi, Africa, is a private school and the students have
to wear straw hats and blazer. In Sepehr school, Tehran, Iran, the
girls have to wear a blue dress. One student explains why she enjoys
wearing a uniform, “Some girls wear something over their dress.
However I think there’s a beauty in the whole school wearing the
same thing.” However, usually school uniforms are unpopular among
young people who want to wear something more fashionable!
Rules
All
schools have rules. At the Fenglou Acrobatics school in Wuqia, China,
students have to work very hard “Students must not bring toys or
games to the school”, says Zhang Fenglou, the school’s principal,
“because they don’t need them they have no time for games”.
When pupils do something wrong, they have to do a handstand for half
an hour.
Most
schools have a more relaxed attitude. At Windsor House School, North
Vancouver, Canada, teachers, parents and students vote for the
school rules.
Religion
and Race
In
some schools religion plays a very important part in school life. At
Sepehr School, Tehran, Iran, students get a point for every tenth
visit to the prayer room and the pupils with the most points at the
end of the month can stay at school for a party. In Israel, Jewish
and Arab schoolchildren attend different schools. The Gan HaShalom
school in Jaffa, Israel, is unique because half of the pupils and
teachers are Jewish and half of them are Arab. The school principal
is proud of his school. He says,’ We cannot change the world. But
when our pupils grow up, they will be able to meet an Arab or a Jew
without feeling afraid or angry”.
Types
of School
There
are private schools all over the world. Amadu Monjeza, 12, attends
Kamazu Academy in Malawi “poor kids ask me for money and that makes
me sad. I can see how they suffer outside the school”. In Britain
about 7% of children go to a private school. St Paul’s School in
New Hampshire, USA is one of the most expensive private boarding
schools in the USA. St.Paul’s has two fields for American
football, seven for soccer, two for field hockey and four lacrosse as
well as indoor ice rinks, tenth squash courts, eighteen tennis
courts, an athletics track, a rowing lake and two ski courses!
School
Subjects
In
most countries, pupils study a wide range of subjects until the age
of eighteen. In the UK, students specialize early, choosing three or
four subjects at the age of sixteen. English is a very important
subject for young people all over the world. In Cyprus many students
have private lessons in the afternnon to help them get into British
and American universities. However, in the US only 30% of high school
students study a language (usually Spanish).
Match
the words to the definitions.
To
grass on -ябедничать
To
pick on - обижать,
запугивать
To
skive - прогуливать
To
bunk off - прогуливать
A swat - ботан
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When you take a day off school without permission. (2 words or phrases)
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Sometimes who studies all the time.
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To bully someone repeatedly.
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When you tell a teacher about something bad someone has done.
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