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Kristián in Ireland


From an e-mail from Krristián Valentík (a student of 3 B class - Kristián has obtained a social scholarship and now he is on an annual stay in Ireland) to the principal. With his approval we choose:
So. I live in the village named Kilmeedy on the farm. It is in the south of Newcastlewest. I am maximally satisfied with my family. When I need something they start to accomplish it. My hostmama is Maura and she is 41. She works in the office of the nearby town. I think she is a clerk. My hostfather is Martin. He is witty, fun, we are joking.a lot ...
I often help him when I have a free time and I am rewarded for that ... But the learning is prime ! Furthermore, Mauras mother is living with us. The parents have 3 children. Oh. From the beginning I thought that I couldnt hold it whereas at home I am the only and here are suddenly 3 young children. But I got used to this. The youngest, Michael, is 2 years. Then I have one more brother, who is 5 years. He is 1st yerar pupil of the Primary School. And at the end, there is a girl 7 years old.
As far as an education is concerned, it is completely different than the one in Slovak Republic. Everything. Here are the farms. In the morning the school buses come to collect the students. The school starts at 9:00 by the meeting in the gym. There we are entered by the teachers and eventually, if the director has any announcements, he says them.
The first hour begins at 9:15. The hours last here 35 minutes. But every day, every grade has 9 hours. There is a break every three hours - after the first three hours 20 min. and after the next three hours 45 min. lunch break. And the last three hours follow. School ends at 15:30. Some buses carried the students 2 times.
Now I get home just before 5.00 p.m. It lasted quite a long time to get used to this, because it is tiring to be at school 8 hours a day. I have 6 subjects: math, geography, English, German, chemistry and physics. The easiest are a maths and a physics. Well, so much at once. I must also sleep. And I almost forgot: everywhere here are the uniforms. I attach a photo of the school, where I am photographed with 3 Slovak classmates of the five ones. Everything is black as you can see. And we need to have black shoes. Someone has a school jacket , there are also the hoodies. I greet warmly the other teachers.

PS: I admit EGT miss me !






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