Tuesday, February 2, 2010

School in Holland


School in Holland is amazing! Zander and I both agree.
When you step in the door, welcoming, kind kids are immediately at your side, telling you where your next class is (or where your class is, in the primary school). They show you around, help you get your books, and sit next to you in class (many have asked me for each class these two days of class!) By the end of the day Monday, I felt like I had known them for a long time!
Classes are pretty easy (even in some of the hard ones (geography, for instance), the teacher explains it easily, helping you along. There are less heavy books, and less homework!
Going from class to class in MYP (Middle Years Program), people just bring shoulder bags with their books inside for each class.
The gym is nice, you have to take a bus to get to it! The classes all have smartboards, and the teachers are quite nice. We do fun experiments in science (for instance, today we worked with microscopes. Our teacher explained to us how to use them and what the pieces were of the microscope, then set us free to examine seaweed leaves! After that, we were allowed to look at whatever we wanted (hair, cotton swabs, sponge, velcro, soap). It was very cool!)
At an international school, since everyone is used to/has experienced coming and going, they get how it feels to be new, and help you along.
Over all, schools are nice, and so are the people in them. It's a great experience!

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