tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post6799425559317357745..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: princeton or bustjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-84517435357483666962013-08-25T12:51:30.044+02:002013-08-25T12:51:30.044+02:00We are very luck in the Scotland - Eduction is man...We are very luck in the Scotland - Eduction is mandatory till 16, to 18 if you want it, and Scottish citizens get 5 years of tuition (to Masters level) to university paid by the government.<br /><br />THe school curriculum also aims at targeting everyone's skill, whatever it be and promoting it, which is nice.<br /><br />That having been said, we are similarly expected to have some idea of our future by 14. I'm 31 and I'm still not sure what I want.Lisa-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135752484387782593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-91960167589550795772013-08-24T03:45:14.632+02:002013-08-24T03:45:14.632+02:00Brings back memories - apparently the system is pr...Brings back memories - apparently the system is pretty much the same as it was in the 80s when I went to school in Sweden (I think I turned out OK when it comes to jobs, it's the rest of my life that's a joke :P~).<br /><br />But, this also reminds me of a conversation I had circa one and a half years ago when my learning disabled daughter's teacher told me that her working future was in a sheltered workshop. My heart sank so far it sank through planet Earth and ended up out there in space somewhere on the other side. (Thank god it was morning or it would have been burned up by the sun perhaps.) <br /><br />Luckily my heart was pulled back in by the gravity generated by another teacher this year - this year she is doing work experience as art teacher's aide because apparently she's not sheltered workshop material after all.<br /><br />Unfortunately as parents we have to work with the education system but it's my firm belief that you will have a much bigger impact on Sabine's choices of education than the Danish education system ever will. You have smarts; the education is dumb.Spilling Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427671883940188334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-39028620623391293672013-08-23T09:28:28.562+02:002013-08-23T09:28:28.562+02:00For a minute my heart went all fluttery because I ...For a minute my heart went all fluttery because I thought you were coming to Princeton BC! What am I like? Anyway, a 70+ throwback to his generation sounds an awful lot like my mother, who is 78million yrs old, and KNEW she would be a doctor by the time she was 8 while dissecting frogs to see what made them work. Mind you she also grew up in Prague, so that might have had something to do with it. :) Veronica Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288280932510764014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-77784338775295081562013-08-22T19:43:35.729+02:002013-08-22T19:43:35.729+02:00Bill - we tend to not care so much about football ...Bill - we tend to not care so much about football here in Europe. or rather, people care about a different sort of football and no one plays it in college.<br /><br />Lost Star - i just don't know the UK universities that well.<br /><br />Heidikins - I have more to the story, I talked to hippie guy today on the phone - very interesting conversation. Will write about it soon.<br /><br />Laura - It was a parents' meeting where all the parents of the 70+ kids were there and the teachers and personnel were informing about what's going on and what's going to happen the next 3 years. And yes, it's only mandatory up to 9th grade, but you'd never get a job in this country if you didn't go beyond that, so virtually everyone does.julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-57961331608728413292013-08-22T19:37:22.639+02:002013-08-22T19:37:22.639+02:00Was this visiting throwback man there upon your re...Was this visiting throwback man there upon your request or was this some kind of institutional visit? Very curious about how so much is different. So, school goes as high as 9th grade and there is no high school? Just an optional interim school? Fascinating.Laura Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407229726272149440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-27266992844716494742013-08-22T17:36:08.313+02:002013-08-22T17:36:08.313+02:00Such a fascinating post!
I work in the higher ed ...Such a fascinating post!<br /><br />I work in the higher ed system for my state, particularly on initiatives that help kids plan for, prepare for, and pay for attending college. And yes, we encourage technical certificate programs, but we also encourage 4 year degrees and the potential for a master's degree. Our whole push is for kids to go for their dreams, whatever those are. And we start our programming with 14 year olds (8th grade). BUT, the big difference is that we encourage the biggest thing possible instead of mandate something smaller and less exciting. Many kids will not get into an Ivy League school, or even want to apply. But if you encourage that level of attainment they are also less likely to end up going to hair school or dropping out of community college, ya know?<br /><br />Gah, I am so fascinated by this post!<br /><br />xoxheidikinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525478381785640543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-7451904979784996512013-08-22T12:38:05.464+02:002013-08-22T12:38:05.464+02:00Annoyed as blogger ate my comment.
In brief:
Wha...Annoyed as blogger ate my comment.<br /><br />In brief:<br /><br />What's wrong with English unis? ;)<br /><br />Get her somewhere doing the IB; seems to be the best option for testing in Europe right now.<br /><br />Does she want to go to uni? Maybe she wants to be a plumber? How can you know at 13! :S Crazy Danish system!Lost Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549610498663374064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-56624864459314566272013-08-22T10:46:04.792+02:002013-08-22T10:46:04.792+02:00You know, US universities are turning away US kids...You know, US universities are turning away US kids in order to enroll out of country (or out of state) applicants because foreigners have to pay higher tuition fees. so, she will probably have her pick of unis. <br /><br />I has a simply method for choosing a university... Only attend a place with a well known name and with one fail safe... How's their football team doing. Such thing matter to job recruiters. willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.com