Education

-formal education begins in primary school – this is compulsory

-student usually attend two cycles of primary school – lower and upper primary
-schools are co-educational and not single-sex
-most schools are public institutions run by the state
-run by various foundations(alapítvány) or by religious communities
-primary schools follow the national curriculum (tanterv)
-vocational schools focus on training for certain jobs and professions
-take a school-leaving exam
-entrance exam for higher education
-students may pay tuition fees
-garnts are available (ösztöndíj) and help cover the costs
-sign up for a course
-skipp lectures
-submit his dissertation (beadja)
-mock exam (próbavizsga)
-hand in our assignments (beadja a faladatot)
-enroll in extra courses (beiratkozik)
-fail the exam
-retake the exam
-gap year
-job applications
-qualifications
-scholarship(ösztöndíj)
-work experience
School traditions in the US
-the promenade dance is usually referred to as the prom
-it is an annual traditionwhich celebrates the end of high school in the US – tipically held at the end of the
final term
-students wear formal clothes (boys – tuxedo, girls – evening dresses)
-it is a tradition for them to arrive as a couple
-The prom date brings the girl a corsage: a decoration with flowers worn around the wrist and similar
flowers are pinned to each boy’s suit
-At prom students celebrate with their clasmates for one last time before leaving school
-it is probably the highlight of a senior student’s school year
-At the end of the event, one girl and boy are elected as prom queen and king.
My school
-it is a secondary grammar school with 5 parallel classes
-my school can be found in Zalaegerszeg and it is a two-storey building
-it is well-equipped rooms with IT gadgets and we have 3 rooms with full of computers
-In my school IT and language education occupy an important place in our curriculum
-I must say that learning foreign languages has been playing an important role in my everyday life
-I have been learning English for 9 years and German for 5 years
-I like earning languages by reading books and watching televison shows and different series
-With knowing a language I think that we can broaden our horizon, indeed sometimes we can only see the
whole picture when we understand the originla news and not have to get informations from a translated
version of the original news
-We have well-equipped biology and chemistry laboratories which offer good opportunity to examine
different things from a practical angle
-Personally, I attended a class which provided me a lot of language classes from the beginning
-It lasted 5 years long and I could acquire (elsajátít) a lot of useful abilities and skills during this period of
time
- I consider myself as a hard-working person but to be honest completing this school was not easy for me
-There are high academic standars and requirements and our teachers are strict but I know that these 5 years
were needed to be able to get admission to my dream university
-Moreover teachers are not only strickt but also motivating with their challenging tasks
-In addition there are some sport groups and artical extracurricular classes which can be attended by
everybody
-Everybody can be a member of the basketball or the volleyball team.
-All in all in the end I think that it was woth it
-The community in my class was not so bad, we helped each other, but nobody formed so close relationships
-We spent class trips together
-it can build a tighter connection between the classmates
-collect more memories together
-get to know each other better
Programmes in the school
-every yera we organize various competitions, language evenings.
-We go to theater performances and concerts.
-But unfortunatelly the cultural life in our school is not so rich
-there is also a choir in our school
-there are different commemoration ceremonies on 23 October, on 15 March, and some formal and informal
events like the Christmas party, the school-leavers ball and the graduation
-In some cases students can learn by attending them because the past events they commemorate are part of
our country’s history.
-At other events students can be together and have a lot of fun.
-These events create a sense of community and show that the students belong somewhere.
-students in their final year have serenade
-there is a graduation ceremony where they wear formal clothes and say goodbye tot he school building, the
students and their teachers
-Students from other classes tell poems and there are some speeches and song sas well
-the school grounds are usually full of people because all the relatives come to see this event – it is always
very touching
-Commemoration events are important to teach students to be respectful of traditions, in spite of this they do
not belong tot he favorite events
-in our school we have usually ave stage performances
-To be honest I dont really like this kind of events (standing in the heat, hearing the headmaster’s boing
speech can be really nerve-wracking) - sometimes pointless
-wearing formal clothes is also not so beloved among students