Now and Then - schools in Europe
When we've got this composition for homework, I thought that this topic wasn't very interesting. But I was wrong. I phoned my grandparents in Bjelovar to ask them about the time when they were going to school...And it revealed that that had been a really interesting time...First of all, I found out that children who lived in the town (like my grandma) were treated entirely differently than children who lived in the village (like my grandpa). All of them started to attend school at the age of 7. When they finished elementary school, four years later, they could choose: go to high school or stay at home. In most cases, parents decided instead of their children. If you lived in the village, chances for you to continue your education were almost none. Fortunately, my grandfather's parents knew the value of knowledge, so they enabled my grandpa to continue school. In elementary school they learned how to read, write and count. At first, they had a slate and a little chalky stone. At the bottom of the slate was a little sponge or a piece of cloth. They didn't have to
They didn't have any written tests during their school and they were examined just four times a year. Can you imagine to walk 5 kilometres without a really warm clothes while the snow reaches your ankles or higher? Children like my grandpa had one more duty. They had to wake up every morning at 5 am and to take their cows out of the village. There were high schools only in towns, so children had to travel by train, or live in a boarding school. After that, one continued with school for next four years, and at the end graduated from high school. In the second term of the first grade, they got a notebook with lines and they had to do the calligraphy in it. They were usually switched or beaten with something like a whip. Terrible, isn't it? In my opinion, when they started to attend a high school, things were much better for them. It is strictly forbidden to beat the children. Children who lived in a town didn't have to travel, of course, but in high school, it was the only difference among them and children from village. Their desk and chair made one piece of furniture and there was a hole in the desk where they put a bottle with ink in it. Maybe it was the first week, but not any longer than that.
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