My School

My School

Our school is a typical Czech, state grammar school, which offers to their students the general secondary education. There are taught all compulsory subject (humanities and science too) and also several optional subject, which students can choose.

- with a view to art – se zaměřením na umění

School building is large with a three floors.

In the basement there is a cloakroom where each pair of students has a small locker (box); gym

On the ground floor: school porter’s flat; dentist’s surgery; two small courtyard – voleyball’s playground, baskets, tree – chestnut; smaller gym - fitness room; workroom; room with washing basins and shower corners; computer laboratories there are about 20 computers (internet)

1st floor: Head’s and deputy head’s offices, secretary office and a common room.
On each floor there are classrooms, teacher offices and, of course, a WC.
On the hallways there are notice boards, which offer some information for students, decorating pictures, cabinets.

There are also a slot-machines, where students can buy coffee or some cold drink.

All classrooms in the Czech republic are almost the same. There are large windows opposite the door, rows of school desks and chairs, a blackboard and a shelf with coloured and white chalk, a sponge (These things are replaced sometimes by a felt-tip and a cloth. I think this is better, because I have allergy to dust of chalk but I like blackboard), a teacher desk, a bookcase.

On the wall there is a notice board and some pictures or maps. In the corner there is a washing basin, without a mirror and soap, a waste paper basket and lino on the floor. In some classes there is also a video, televisions and overhead projector. In our school is physic, biologic, chemistry lab and two special classrooms with computers. Lab is a room with special equipment.

What is a typical day of a student of this school? The tuition starts at five to eight, after the bell rings. We have about six or seven lessons a day on average. When the teacher enter the room, we all stand up to greet him. He marks entry in the class register, marks absent students and then he starts the lesson with revision of the previous lesson. He examines somebody individually by asking him to come to the board and tells him to do some exercises, explain a problem and to respond to teacher’s questions.

Sometimes the whole class takes a written test. Then teacher evaluates student’s performance by giving him a mark. The best mark is one and it is given, when the performance is fluent, perfect and creative and the worst is five, which is given when the performance is disappointing. Some students spoil their performance because of nervousness. After examination the teacher explains us a new subject matter and practises it with exercises. Before the end of the lesson he sums up the topic and gets homework. The teachers are supposed to follow the curriculum but they are free to choose textbooks for their students. Then the bell rings again. Each lesson lasts exactly 45 minutes but the breaks aren’t of the same length. The shortest break is five minutes long and the longest is 20 minutes.

We have a lunch in school canteen. I don’t eat at school canteen because there is usually a very long queue and students jump the queue. However, I think our school canteen is good, - good food, you can choose between two lunch.

extra school activities - such as sport, drama club
- I like that the school takes part in some competitions in sport or education
- trip and exursions –Paris, Italy, Spain, England, Holland, Sumava
- varnishing day – vernisáž
- Mix open, sport day cancel – get drunk
- analysis – rozbor

Even if I love this school, here are some things I would like to change if I were the power. For example the entering and leaving the school. I am ninteen years old and I am held here like a prisoner. I cannot go out for buying something or for calling to home. I think I should be responsible for myself. But I understand that here is also younger pupils.

And it is not all. Another things that make me angry, are seminaries. Seminary is an optional subject but in our school we have to choose three subjects. Seminaries are divided into groups and we can choose only one seminary from the group. For example if English is together with maths, I can only one of them even if I want to make my leaving examination in both subjects.

I think that this wasn’t a very wise decision. When I want to concentrate on something I am not allowed to do it, because I have to study to other subjects. Don’t you think that it would be very wise and human arrangement, if the learning unchosen subjects were cancelled during the last school year or in the second half of the last year.

Qualities:

Teacher: Good - clever, strict (but not too much), strong personality, friendly, helpful, patient, with strong nerves; Bad - not very clever, cruel, injust nervous, be unfair, underestimate

Student: Good - hardworking, polite, clever, gifted, talented, sensible, enthusiastic, interested, independent, bright, keep order; Bad - to copy, slow, cheeky, to prompt, to play truant, to cheat, to bully