Some people think that school years are the happiest in their life. As for me, I
cannot say whether it is right or wrong. I’m 14 years old, and it is difficult
for me to say whether my future life will be more happy than my past. Moreover,
school takes so much time that I hardly have time for anything else. I have
classes in the first half of the day and in the evening I have to do my
homework, which takes me several hours. Sometimes I have to sit up to write a
composition, prepare a report, or learn a poem. Autumn and spring holidays are
very short. In winter I have only two weeks free of school. Summer is the only
time when I can forget about school. But it is impossible to do so. Little by
little I begin to understand that school plays a very important part in the life
of every person, and knowledge gained at school is the key to the future success
or failure.
School years may certainly be fairly happy. However, there are a lot of
problems even today connected with school life and the formation of personality.
People think differently about of this time of their life experience. In my
opinion optimism or pessimism in the attitude to school years is equally wrong.
School is the place where almost everything happens with the person for the
first time. School years are the time of great expectations and great emotions.
Not all emotions are always pleasant. School is the first true experience of the
real life. At school a person makes his first friends, meets his first love,
confronts the first betrayal. Here at school the person reads his first book,
writes the first composition. He acquires basic knowledge of physics,
mathematics, literature, history, etc. But here at school person not only
accumulates knowledge, school helps the pupils to get on in life and become
successful.
In the way it is the kind of society in miniature. School society is a model
of real society with its advantages and disadvantages. School lessons are not
given by teachers only. The harsh reality of the everyday school life teaches
pupils a lot of lessons which will be very useful in their later life.
School plays a very important social role. It provides high-quality
education for the pupils between the ages of 6 and 17. It brings together
children with different interests and experience. School offers pupils the
opportunities to develop their abilities, satisfy their curiosity, and realize
themselves as individuals. At school pupils are taught to be responsible,
gallant and honest. Here at school pupils can compare themselves with each other
in terms of academic ability and athletic achievements. Teachers are
knowledgeable in their subjects. School provides high-quality conditions that
will enable pupils and teachers to make the most of their time. Knowledge
acquired at school enables pupils either to continue their education or start
working.
Now I want to say some words about my school. Our school is rather large.
It’s a new one, it is only 10 years old. It was built in 1994. Our school has 3
floors. Frankly speaking it makes me difficult to say, but if I’m not mistaking,
there are about 2000 pupils in our school. So a part of schoolchildren have to
study in the second shift.
There is a schoolyard around our school and a stadium at front of it. In
fine weather children like to play outside during breaks. Very often physical
training classes and sport competitions take place there.
Our school has also some sport clubs for those who are keen on volley-
ball, basketball, table-tennis, etc.
As you come into the hall on the ground floor you can see a cloak-room, and
the dining room. There is a headmaster’s office on the right and the workshops
on the left. There are classes for junior and senior pupils, classrooms for
Mathematics, Literature, Chemistry, History, Computer room, English rooms with
all necessary equipment. The classrooms of our school are very spacious, light
and comfortable. Our school has a library, but unfortunately it has no reading-
room. There are 2 Gyms and a big Assembly Hall, where we have performances,
meetings and conferences.
Our lessons begin at 8 o’clock in the morning and are over in the afternoon.
Each lesson lasts 40 minutes with breaks after each lesson.
We do many subjects at school. They are: Algebra and Geometry, Biology and
Chemistry, History and Geography, Russian and Literature, English and German.
The thing is that all these subjects are so different that I think it would be
stupid of me to confirm that I like all of them. In my opinion all subjects are
important and necessary to learn them. But I take leave to say that my favorite
subjects are History and Mathematics. I want to connect my life with these
subjects. Let’s hope my wishes come true.
To cut a long story short it seems to me, that our school has all facilities
for good study and rest.