Spreading the Esme love ^^

aww poor you hope it all goes well

Thank you... well they went....well, I think^^
But I´ve got three more this week: German (poetry essay *ugh*), French and English.... yeah...

i hate testing, u know if i was a vampire there would be alot less peopel in the world so its probley, good im not XD

lol^^ I absolutely understand how you feel about that^^

i know my italian teacher ugh....

well I survived the essay but still... French and English... Do you know Joseph Conrad? The English exam is about a story he wrote: "An outpost of progress" *ugh*

ClumsyCat wrote:We can be glad to have our own Esme ----> Rose^^

aww thankyou Katja hunni!
you guys have really been keeping this house going in my abscence! thankyou im so greatfull!
I know exactly how you feel Kat, my exams are endless! I think they finish in august 2009...

ROSE!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!! *huggles Rose*

I missed you, I really did!!!!!!!
How are you?
Have your exams been very bad?
How did you spend Christmas? (Before I forget : Merry belated Christmas!!!!)


My very final exams (the Abitur *lol*) start in march...

*huggles* KAT! I MISSED YOU TOO DEAR!
Im okay, thanks for asking. My exams havent been bad just stressfull. I spent Christmas with the rest of my family and enjoyed myself very much thankyou!

I feel youre pain, I hate exams now but march?! wow, that is lucky, you finish earlier than me. lol.

Rose xxxxxxxx

Well, they start in march and finish...let me think.... in june, I guess....
The written exams are in march and april and the oral ones in june... yeah and after that, I have permission to go to university (if I don´t blow them all up....)

GASP! DONT SAY THAT! you'll do fine sweetheart, I promise! As long as you know you've tried your best, thats all that matters

Thank you.... but only thinking of the math abitur exam gives me the creeps....

haha! yes, i am a little scared by my maths exams too....

What kind of exams do you do actually??? (I mean, I don´t know your school system very well...)

Maths, English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, AIDA (I.T) are the exams that everyone HAS to do.

but then I also have to do:
History, Music, Drama, Graphics (D.T)

I have one practical exam in Art
and written ones in Math, German, English, Art
and one planned oral presentation in History.

But what kind of exams are yours? Like mine, to get the permission to study? Or are they like exams at the end of the school year to get the grades for the school report?

They are my last exams before I can leave compulsory schooling. After this (If I do well) I can move on to sixth form and college and then to university.

Ah!!! And can you tell me what´s the difference between college and university, please? I never get that....

ok its easier if I explain the whole system:

first off is the compulsory school which is:
primary school: 5-11 yrs old, and secondary school: 11-16 yrs old.

then you have the option of staying in secondary school for another couple of years, thats called sixth form: 16-18 yrs old.

after that you can go to college, to study a certain course that you need etc. you can go to college at any age 16+ as long as you get excepted. The longest college course is about 3 years long.

Then only after youve been to college, can you go to Uni to get better qualifications on the courses you took in college, or degrees in courses you could not do at college. Some jobs require that you have a degree from college and Uni, for example: if you want to become a teacher (ME!) then you have to do a teacher training course at University.

that just about sums it up! Any questions?

Thank you Rose for explaining this to me!

I never got that in school they just told us there´s college and then university and I never got the difference ( I believe our teacher doesn´t know^^)

Sounds very complicated...
we have something quite similar to college called Fachhochschule (FHS or FH) where you can study subjects like performing arts or visual arts. Everything you need your hands and a better qualification for you study at FH.
And then subjects like medicine, biology, languages, history of arts etc you study at university. Every subject that requires more thinking than handiwork (usually the theoretical things) are studied at uni.

I think the longest course of studies at FH is about 5 years and at the uni it depends on how you get along with the subject...
I´ll have to study 5 years at FH to get my degree in stage and costume design^^

But you...
how long are you going to study to become a teacher?
Seems quite long to me...

And you´re all together in one sort of school till you´re 16?
Not separated?

We get separated from each other after primary school at the age of 10-11 and then we´re to go to three different sorts of schools:
Hauptschule for the worst students (till they´re 15/ + 5 years)
Realschule for the average students (till they´re 16/ + 6 years)
Gymnasium for the gifted students (till they´re 18-19/ + 9/ + 8 years) only after Gymnasium and a good Abitur exam you´re allowed to go to university or FH when you pass their qualification tests...

well we go to one school, primary school till we are eleven, then we move on to a bigger school: secondary school until we ar 16. so we only really get split up once.

Im not sure how long I'll have to study to become a teacher, it varies. lets see now, I want to be a primary school teacher so I think thats........

2yrs at sixth form.
up to 3yrs at college
and up to 4-5yrs at uni for teacher training.
then I have to go into a temporary placement for about 1yr too.

im not exactly sure on the full details yet, i'll explore it further once school's done.

What I don´t like here in Germany: all the teachers really have to do educational science before they´re allowed to each, except the Gymnasium-teachers.
They´re the only ones studying at University and they only have two semesters of educational science while the other teachers-to-be have about six. No wonder so many of our teachers have a lack of understanding for us, the students... I mean they´re really into their subjects but they simply have no idea of teaching...

Do you know how this is at your country?

no ,to be honest im not sure. The teachers all seem to understand us...

Lucky girl^^

I´m going to be reunited with my dear teachers on monday

have fun XD