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May 30, 2015 19:54:44 GMT -5
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Post by Star on May 30, 2015 19:54:44 GMT -5
Yeah, I've been done with school since Wednesday. I just need to come in on Monday to get summer work and then it's officially summer for me. And I don't go back til after Labor Day (Sept. 8). Why do you have so much vacation?  And summer work?  Isn't yours just as long? And yeah, there's gonna be English, Math, History, and Science. Maybe Spanish too, I'm not sure. But it's usually not too bad, just the math can be a lot at times and the English reading can be tedious (especially when last summer we had to read books like Fast Food Nation and The Bell Jar). They make me not enjoy reading as much, because normally I love to. But it's never terrible IMO, cause I don't wait til the last week of break to do it all  |
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May 31, 2015 1:00:25 GMT -5
Post by Newan on May 31, 2015 1:00:25 GMT -5
I get out in like a week and don't have to go back to mid September as well but it's like that every year
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May 31, 2015 7:22:26 GMT -5
Post by Pinda on May 31, 2015 7:22:26 GMT -5
Why do you have so much vacation? And summer work? Isn't yours just as long? And yeah, there's gonna be English, Math, History, and Science. Maybe Spanish too, I'm not sure. But it's usually not too bad, just the math can be a lot at times and the English reading can be tedious (especially when last summer we had to read books like Fast Food Nation and The Bell Jar). They make me not enjoy reading as much, because normally I love to. But it's never terrible IMO, cause I don't wait til the last week of break to do it all Officially our summer vacation is 6 or 7 weeks (depends on whether the May vacation is 1 or 2 weeks). Although at secondary school you are done after your last tests of the year an all you have to do in the last week of school is get your report and turn in your books. So we actually have an extra week of vacation there. So 7 or 8 weeks. Only this year I was in my final year so we had our exams and those are always in May and since the entire secondary education system here is centered around those exams when you are done with them you are done with school. And since the school year at university only starts on September the 1st (even though most of them have an introduction week before that) this year my vacation lasts 3 months, so twice as long as usual  |
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May 31, 2015 21:56:54 GMT -5
Post by Spidyyr on May 31, 2015 21:56:54 GMT -5
Only have 3 finals this last week but my grades are pretty much set.
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Jun 1, 2015 3:41:59 GMT -5
Post by bane on Jun 1, 2015 3:41:59 GMT -5
Schools out bitches. Still gonna get up at 7:30 in the morning to go to work but at least I'll be getting payed.
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Jun 2, 2015 10:13:06 GMT -5
Post by bobafett590 on Jun 2, 2015 10:13:06 GMT -5
Wow all of you get off school so early.... My last day is July 24th and I go back on Sept 3rd .  . |
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Jun 2, 2015 10:31:30 GMT -5
Post by Pinda on Jun 2, 2015 10:31:30 GMT -5
Wow all of you get off school so early.... My last day is July 24th and I go back on Sept 3rd . . Everyone that isn't in their final year of secondary school here doesn't have vacation until the 17th of July So normal vacations in the Netherlands aren't that long either. |
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Jun 2, 2015 16:05:55 GMT -5
Post by Star on Jun 2, 2015 16:05:55 GMT -5
Wow all of you get off school so early.... My last day is July 24th and I go back on Sept 3rd . . You go that late?  That's ridiculous IMO, you should have more than a month off for summer. |
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Jun 2, 2015 16:10:19 GMT -5
Post by Pinda on Jun 2, 2015 16:10:19 GMT -5
Wow all of you get off school so early.... My last day is July 24th and I go back on Sept 3rd . . You go that late? That's ridiculous IMO, you should have more than a month off for summer. But he has more than a month off for summer... There is more than a month between July the 24th and September the 3rd. |
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Jun 2, 2015 21:05:25 GMT -5
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Post by Star on Jun 2, 2015 21:05:25 GMT -5
You go that late? That's ridiculous IMO, you should have more than a month off for summer. But he has more than a month off for summer... There is more than a month between July the 24th and September the 3rd. It's only 10 days more than a month.  But I still think that he should have a longer break than that considering I've always had roughly 3 months of summer every year I've been in school. I mean, with a summer break that short, why not just have a year-round school? Honestly, that would make more sense than having about 40 days off and calling it your summer break. Do all education systems in Europe have it like this or just a few? |
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Jun 3, 2015 2:11:07 GMT -5
Post by Pinda on Jun 3, 2015 2:11:07 GMT -5
But he has more than a month off for summer... There is more than a month between July the 24th and September the 3rd. It's only 10 days more than a month. But I still think that he should have a longer break than that considering I've always had roughly 3 months of summer every year I've been in school. I mean, with a summer break that short, why not just have a year-round school? Honestly, that would make more sense than having about 40 days off and calling it your summer break. Do all education systems in Europe have it like this or just a few? 3 months of summer vacation is just really long... like I said 6/7 weeks is normal here, I think it is that way in most of Europe. North-americans just have a ridiculously long summer vacation... |
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Jun 3, 2015 22:09:43 GMT -5
Post by bane on Jun 3, 2015 22:09:43 GMT -5
Wow all of you get off school so early.... My last day is July 24th and I go back on Sept 3rd . . You go that late? That's ridiculous IMO, you should have more than a month off for summer. It gets me hot and bothered when you say "ridiculous" Star. |
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Jun 4, 2015 21:31:08 GMT -5
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Post by Star on Jun 4, 2015 21:31:08 GMT -5
You go that late? That's ridiculous IMO, you should have more than a month off for summer. It gets me hot and bothered when you say "ridiculous" Star. I'm glad I can do that...?  |
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Jun 23, 2015 17:39:46 GMT -5
Post by Ivar-Jedi on Jun 23, 2015 17:39:46 GMT -5
Summer vacation has already started for me. Finished my Animal Care last friday so no more school for me.
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Jun 23, 2015 18:41:58 GMT -5
Post by Newan on Jun 23, 2015 18:41:58 GMT -5
I think I got 10-11 weeks or something maybe longer
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Aug 9, 2015 8:23:28 GMT -5
Post by Spidyyr on Aug 9, 2015 8:23:28 GMT -5
so, when does school resume for you guys?
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Aug 9, 2015 9:44:49 GMT -5
Post by Spidyyr on Aug 9, 2015 9:44:49 GMT -5
mine starts two weeks from tomorrow.
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Aug 9, 2015 9:57:09 GMT -5
Post by Kenbo on Aug 9, 2015 9:57:09 GMT -5
August 24
It used to always start on the 25th and it didn't matter if it was like a Wednesday but now they make it start on a Monday
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Aug 9, 2015 10:00:52 GMT -5
Post by Newan on Aug 9, 2015 10:00:52 GMT -5
I think it's the Thursday before Labor Day, so I got like two days then long weekend which is dumb
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Post by Newan on Aug 9, 2015 10:01:44 GMT -5
Someone should host a game before most people have to go back
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Aug 9, 2015 10:03:31 GMT -5
Post by Spidyyr on Aug 9, 2015 10:03:31 GMT -5
Someone should host a game before most people have to go back Agreed. |
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Aug 9, 2015 10:04:01 GMT -5
Post by Spidyyr on Aug 9, 2015 10:04:01 GMT -5
I'm never really afraid for the first day of school... because it means I won't be doing band for eight hours a day...
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Aug 9, 2015 10:30:16 GMT -5
Post by Star on Aug 9, 2015 10:30:16 GMT -5
I still have another month of summer. And the first week I go back is all day trips, so really my first day of actual instruction isn't until Sept. 14th.
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Sept 11, 2015 18:45:10 GMT -5
Post by Pinda on Sept 11, 2015 18:45:10 GMT -5
So, at university I'm only allowed to be absent for valid reason a maximum of two times per subject... but today when I was traveling towards Utrecht (where my university is) they got some issues with the train wiring in Utrecht and I was trapped in a train 8 kilometers from the station, only to be brought back to the nearest major city about an hour later... Pretty much the entire Dutch rail system went down today, because Utrecht is where all rails connect... and they would only fix this issue at 4:00 AM tonight... but I still get a warning for being absent |
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Sept 11, 2015 18:57:04 GMT -5
Post by Newan on Sept 11, 2015 18:57:04 GMT -5
So, at university I'm only allowed to be absent for valid reason a maximum of two times per subject... but today when I was traveling towards Utrecht (where my university is) they got some issues with the train wiring in Utrecht and I was trapped in a train 8 kilometers from the station, only to be brought back to the nearest major city about an hour later... Pretty much the entire Dutch rail system went down today, because Utrecht is where all rails connect... and they would only fix this issue at 4:00 AM tonight... but I still get a warning for being absent Well even our high school isn't accepting of stuff like that, when there's a huge snow fall and buses are not running and stuff I don't go to school since I often take the bus home after school in the winter since it's too cold to walk 20 minutes. But they will still make you absent ... However I only got attendance in the morning now since I got like private classes in the afternoon |
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Sept 11, 2015 19:00:32 GMT -5
Post by Pinda on Sept 11, 2015 19:00:32 GMT -5
So, at university I'm only allowed to be absent for valid reason a maximum of two times per subject... but today when I was traveling towards Utrecht (where my university is) they got some issues with the train wiring in Utrecht and I was trapped in a train 8 kilometers from the station, only to be brought back to the nearest major city about an hour later... Pretty much the entire Dutch rail system went down today, because Utrecht is where all rails connect... and they would only fix this issue at 4:00 AM tonight... but I still get a warning for being absent Well even our high school isn't accepting of stuff like that, when there's a huge snow fall and buses are not running and stuff I don't go to school since I often take the bus home after school in the winter since it's too cold to walk 20 minutes. But they will still make you absent ... However I only got attendance in the morning now since I got like private classes in the afternoon The thing is if you are absent more than twice you get a 0 for the subject... which basically means you get kicked out of university. And if you have to travel 2 hours and don't have a car a train is the only option. And if they suddenly decide to stop the train for an hour (with you still in it) there is nothing you can do really. |
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Sept 11, 2015 19:10:10 GMT -5
Post by Newan on Sept 11, 2015 19:10:10 GMT -5
Well even our high school isn't accepting of stuff like that, when there's a huge snow fall and buses are not running and stuff I don't go to school since I often take the bus home after school in the winter since it's too cold to walk 20 minutes. But they will still make you absent ... However I only got attendance in the morning now since I got like private classes in the afternoon The thing is if you are absent more than twice you get a 0 for the subject... which basically means you get kicked out of university. And if you have to travel 2 hours and don't have a car a train is the only option. And if they suddenly decide to stop the train for an hour (with you still in it) there is nothing you can do really. Why are you traveling so far? Was that like the closest university? And what about the winter if you get snow or something?? It sounds like you might be in a bad spot. Also why would they kick you out?? University's here are like your decision you show up or not, they don't really care since its YOUR education if you're not serious about it well screw you that's your choice pretty much. Which IMO is how it should be, school shouldn't regulate the attendance in University or college IMO. |
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Sept 11, 2015 19:15:02 GMT -5
Post by Legolas on Sept 11, 2015 19:15:02 GMT -5
At my college attendance counts as part of your grades(only a small portion though)
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Sept 12, 2015 5:58:18 GMT -5
Post by Pinda on Sept 12, 2015 5:58:18 GMT -5
The thing is if you are absent more than twice you get a 0 for the subject... which basically means you get kicked out of university. And if you have to travel 2 hours and don't have a car a train is the only option. And if they suddenly decide to stop the train for an hour (with you still in it) there is nothing you can do really. Why are you traveling so far? Was that like the closest university? And what about the winter if you get snow or something?? It sounds like you might be in a bad spot. Also why would they kick you out?? University's here are like your decision you show up or not, they don't really care since its YOUR education if you're not serious about it well screw you that's your choice pretty much. Which IMO is how it should be, school shouldn't regulate the attendance in University or college IMO. There is an university 20 kilometers from where I live, but it is a technical one, which means it only has technical studies... so not useful for me. There is another one slightly closer than the one I go to, but it didn't have any studies I really wanted to do either. So the closest university that has history is the one I go to now. There are only 8 full universities (not technical ones) in the Netherlands, so yes... the chances that you have to travel a lot are pretty high. And I actually only have to be in the train for one hour, but I have to cycle about 20 minutes to the train station and then I have to take the bus to university from Utrecht's train station which currently takes 30 minutes (normally 15, but they are working on the roads). But it is pretty normal to travel that much to university here... And attendance used to be optional, when my father studied at university (he's the only other person in my family who did) he didn't have to come to any colleges but now the right-wing government is totally obsessed with decreasing government spending on education, so they force university to be stricter so they don't have to help people financially who won't come to every lesson. And I don't think you will actually be kicked out, it seems more like a way of scaring us. One of my teachers said that if you get a 0 for a subject because of absence you will have to redo the subject next year... which means you have lots of work to do next year, especially if it happens for more than one subject. But yeah, its stupid that they regulate stuff this way... |
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Sept 12, 2015 12:00:27 GMT -5
Post by Newan on Sept 12, 2015 12:00:27 GMT -5
Why are you traveling so far? Was that like the closest university? And what about the winter if you get snow or something?? It sounds like you might be in a bad spot. Also why would they kick you out?? University's here are like your decision you show up or not, they don't really care since its YOUR education if you're not serious about it well screw you that's your choice pretty much. Which IMO is how it should be, school shouldn't regulate the attendance in University or college IMO. There is an university 20 kilometers from where I live, but it is a technical one, which means it only has technical studies... so not useful for me. There is another one slightly closer than the one I go to, but it didn't have any studies I really wanted to do either. So the closest university that has history is the one I go to now. There are only 8 full universities (not technical ones) in the Netherlands, so yes... the chances that you have to travel a lot are pretty high. And I actually only have to be in the train for one hour, but I have to cycle about 20 minutes to the train station and then I have to take the bus to university from Utrecht's train station which currently takes 30 minutes (normally 15, but they are working on the roads). But it is pretty normal to travel that much to university here... And attendance used to be optional, when my father studied at university (he's the only other person in my family who did) he didn't have to come to any colleges but now the right-wing government is totally obsessed with decreasing government spending on education, so they force university to be stricter so they don't have to help people financially who won't come to every lesson. And I don't think you will actually be kicked out, it seems more like a way of scaring us. One of my teachers said that if you get a 0 for a subject because of absence you will have to redo the subject next year... which means you have lots of work to do next year, especially if it happens for more than one subject. But yeah, its stupid that they regulate stuff this way... Well I guess in like competitive courses where you need certain grades and not everyone gets in forcing attendance is probably a good thing since you're taking away from someone else however if it's not competitive it isn't really needed IMO. Here for university most people just relocate to be near the university |
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That's ridiculous IMO, you should have more than a month off for summer.
But I still think that he should have a longer break than that considering I've always had roughly 3 months of summer every year I've been in school. I mean, with a summer break that short, why not just have a year-round school? Honestly, that would make more sense than having about 40 days off and calling it your summer break. Do all education systems in Europe have it like this or just a few?
