SCHOOL TRADITIONS
- Let’s talk about school traditions. What can you tell me about the place where you study?
My school is an ordinary building in a new residential area, a three-stored building with a spacious gym. Most of our classrooms are quite good, light and spacious. When you enter this or that classroom you understand what subject is taught here as you see special devices or equipment in every room.
At school we work at many things like physical development, emotions, relationships and which is the most important we get knowledge. Various subjects are studied at our gymnasium. As for me I’m fond of … I work hard so as to gain appropriate knowledge and to pass my future exams successfully.
School provides children not only with knowledge. It’s also a place where children spend their free time. There are many amateur groups and sport sections in my school.
School is our second home. No one can forget it.
- Does your school has any traditions?
My school life is connected not only with studies but with many other important things. When I think about my school years I recollect a lot of events. Many of them became traditions because they happen every year on the same dates.
The school year starts on the first of September. This day is special for all: school children, their teachers and parents. In the morning pupils stand in front of the school and listen to the welcoming speeches of their teachers, classmates and parents. Everyone is excited to see their school friends and teachers after long summer holidays. After the school gathering teachers take their classes to their classrooms for the first lesson. The events on this day are usually the same every year but everyone waits for this day, likes it and remembers it.
Every year in September we have our Sports Day. It opens with running race. Then we have competitions in different sports, we play sports games, run, jump, climb a wall. The day finishes with a closing ceremony where winners get their prizes.
There are a lot of festivals in our gymnasium where pupils can show their talents. Annual Applause Party and A Minute of Glory are among them. The pupils sing, dance and show theatrical play there. Everyone likes them and try to show their best on them.
- Ask me about my school life.
- Did you like school when you were a pupil?
- What was your favourite subject?
- Did you have classes on Saturdays?
- How much time did it take you to do your homework?
- What can you advise a student who is not very good at languages to do to achieve better results?
Nowadays it’s almost impossible to imagine any profession without global communication. Your employer will prefer to have a person who is potentially able to communicate in the foreign language. So, if a person has got a strong motivation, it’ll be easy for him/her to make progress in English. I would recommend watching English films, listening to different educational programs, songs, read in English. The Internet can offer you a great variety of activities connected with learning languages.
- Nowadays some young people complain that they have lots of problems at school. Do you agree with them?
There are always people who complain about something. The same thing happens at school. Personally, I don’t like these wet blankets. They may not like teachers or subjects or timetable or what not. They are always complaining about their huge home tasks or something else. There may be two reasons for such behavior: either they are lazy or depressed. To tell you the truth, this group is not a numerous one. I try to avoid such people.