1.

Education

2.	The system of education in the Czech republic

3.	Basic school

4.	Classrooms

5.

Classes

6.	What type of student am I?

7.

Timetable

8.	School- leaving examination

9.	Universities

“School- leaving examination

I would like to say a few words to the school- leaving exam. I think that today's pattern isn´t good at all. You have to take your school- leaving exam in Czech language and literature. It´s compulsory. The preparation takes much time. You have to learn a lot of fact which are absolutely useless for your future life. Of, course you object that I can´t know what the future will be like. That´s true, but in my opinion nowadays it´s not necessary to be like a walking encyclopedia. You can find information you need very easily on internet and elsewhere. It´s not necessary to learn everything by heart. Anyway, you forget most information you don´t need very soon. Learning literature is a great example. If I asked my parents to tell me some pieces written by Vrchlický, they wouldn´t remember any. It doesn´t mean they are dull, at all. They don´t have to keep in mind such information. But they had to learn that for their school leaving exam,too. But why? I really can´t understand that, at all. Why just literature was chosen as a compulsory subject for the school leaving exam? In my opinion it´s useless for the future life. I don´t want to say, that literature is stupid. That´s not true. I like books and reading very much. We get overview of genres and authors, which is very good. But I oppose learning literature by heart.
The school- leaving exam hasn´t changed. Now I think there are subjects which are much more important than literature- for example computer studies. Unfortunately we learnt this subject only for two years. But the only thing I can do is to put up with the situation. I hope the Czech system of education will change. Changes are really required. I have heard that some plans are being discussed now.
The school- leaving exam consists of two parts. A written test is taken usually in April. Students write an essay. We have taken this exam yet. We could choose from 4 topics. I wrote about exploring the world.
An oral part is taken in May. It is taken in 4 subjects- Czech language and one language are compulsory, the other two subjects are optional. At first you choose one of about 30 topics by drawing a number. Then you have 15 minutes for preparation. Finally you come to the examiners and speak on your topic, solve problems and answer the questions. And you hope you won´t fail and get good marks.
A school- leaving examination is very important for you if you want to study at university. This examination is required by all universities without exceptions. That´s why it´s necessary for me to undergo this examination.
It´s very hard and time- demanding to learn for the examination. You have to remember where all your notes are, you read at leas thousands of pages of different books. You try to remember as much as you can. Some students are terrible worried. They can´t sleep because they are worry. They don´t have appetite or overeat. They drink too much coffee to stay awake because after a few days without enough sleep they are terribly tired. Such lifestyle isn´t healthy at all. They usually don´t have free- time. They can´t devote their free time to their hobbies. For some students the last week before the examination is the worst. This week is called holy week. I can´t understand why holy week, for some people it´s like the hell. Time passes too quickly and you become more and more nervous. It´s really terrible. It´s like torture. Then the day D comes. Students are pale or green, some of them shake like nervous wrecks. It´s not an optimistic view of them."