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There are different kinds of schools in Great Britain and most common is a state comprehensive school. The comprehensive school is a school that provides all children in the area, whether the brightest or the least able, with the education which will take them as far as they can go. The children are not selected when they arrive but within the school the teachers do look carefully at their potentials and every child is taken to its full potentials. Because there are children of all abilities coming to school the teachers have to devise tests very carefully not to upset the children. Some children, for example, find writing very difficult. There are children who can barely write a few lines in half an hour, and there are other children who write three pages. They have all done their best, but often bright children fall down, they lower their expectation and, as we know, the future of any society depends upon some of the brightest and most capable children.
In Britain comprehensive schools differ from town to town and even within the town. You could walk through the front door totally different from the next one down the road because of the teachers’ freedom to devise a curriculum. The atmosphere of the school is entirely down to the personnel and the personality of those teachers. The children's parents can choose a state school they want their children to go to. If they don't want them to go to the.nearest state school, they will have to pay for the transport — that is get their children to and from their school every day by a hired school bus.
An essential part of the curriculum of all British schools is English and mathematics. These subjects should form part of every pupil's course for first five years of compulsory secondary education. Out-of-class study, or homework, is an integral and essential part of the curriculum. On modern languages the proposal is "minimum” of two and preferably three years of foreign language teaching". On "science" the emphasis is on a broad course embracing elements of physics, chemistry, biology and their practical applications.
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All third, fourth and fifth year pupils receive careers guidance. Fourth year pupils have an opportunity to take part in a work experience scheme, and fifth year pupils are given guidance when they start job seeking or applying to college.
Creative studies are an essential part of education during the first three years. They include art, pottery, graphics, home economies, textiles, woodwork, metalwork, plastics, etc.
If pupils wish to continue their full-time or part-time education after completing the courses at that school, they may be transferred to a secondary school at the age of 11—18 or a six-form college.
Many children in England tend to leave school at 16 if not earlier. They start looking for jobs (but the law will not let them work until they reach a certain age). It is hard to find a job for a school-leaver as unemployment hits young people harder than others.
pottery – гончарное искусство, керамика
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