Are you just like the author of the article, crazy about England and all English? And their quite prosperous Soviet childhood, without looking, would be exchanged for a terribly prestigious private school, where they only do that they play rugby, quote Dickens and wear plaid skirts in a fold( at least in this we are assured by the cinema)?
Well, not private schools alone! In the English education system, consisting of 4 stages , there are many more "interesting".
The first stage of the education system in England: hollow childhood in the Pre-Preparatory Schools
Pre-Preparatory Schools is an analogue of our yaselek and kindergarten. Here the baby goes from 2 to 7 seven years old, just like you and I used to, fight for a one-eyed doll, beat your knees on a walk and even meet your first love.
If parents are able to sleep peacefully by the age of seven, then at the end of the Pre-Preparatory Schools, a real thrash begins, because the child must begin the second stage of the education system in England, namely:
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to the State Schools is an institution, where children from 8 years old are free of charge. Here, the children of the British and all who are legally in England can learn.
And there seems to be nothing shameful in this, but neither the oyster, nor the sip of the "Widow Clicquot" in the mouth will get to the true aristocrat if his child grinds the granite of science not in a private school;
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Independent Schools( private school). Yeah, this is where the future ministers, princes and kings study, and there are also idealistic teachers, a la "Merry Poppins" educators and ghosts forgotten by all.
By the way, a good private school in England - this is a state in the state with its charter, a hundred or two hectares of land, swimming pools, sports grounds and other joys of youth.
The experts of the authoritative English newspaper The Telegraph in 2016 formed the rating of the most prestigious private schools in England, for the places in which the parents are ready to fight "for life and death":
No. Name of school 1 Cardiff Sixth FormCollege 2 Guildford High School for Girls 3 Westminster School 4 North London Collegiate School 5 Brighton College 6 Wycombe Abbey School 7 Haberdashers 'Aske's Boys' School 8 King Edward's School, Birmingham 9 Magdalen College School 10 Queen Ethelburga's College
2nd stage of the education systemin England: Junior Schools( primary education) or Hello, the first one teachesFir grove!
In Junior Schools gnawing granite science children at the age of 7-13 years. Boys and girls study basic courses in basic subjects( English, mathematics, literature, etc.).
The quiet and grace of elementary school in England ends when, following the results of training, it is necessary to pass a special exam - Common Entrance Examination, or else for your child education is closed and he will have to go to the market to sell raincoats or open the door to guests in some luxurious"Hilton" in the form of a janitor.
The third stage of the education system in England: Secondary School( "school for seniors") or Not so we and the children!
From the age of 14 to the age of 16, adolescents in England study 7-9 subjects to successfully pass a state exam and get a coveted "crust") - General Certificate of Secondary Education( GCSE) in secondary education.
And then the education system of England offers to teenagers "two roads, two paths":
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"Hit" for higher education and go to work. True, if you are not an indigo child who speaks 10 languages and reads 100 pages per minute, then the maximum you can count on in this case is the work of the waiter, the seller, the cleaner, etc.
And no butlers and Mrs. Hudsonyou just do not "shine" - for a salary for them you just will not earn.
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Walling and cursing the evil destiny, start preparing for admission to the university.
It is also possible to do this in the English education system in two ways:
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to enter the A-levels course, designed for 2 years. At the 1st year of study in England you will have to cram about 5 subjects along the profile, on the 2nd - 3-4.
The only thing that comforts the future luminaries of medicine, jurisprudence, finance and other snobs in England is that they can choose profile subjects at their own discretion.
Well, the brilliant passing of the mandatory A-levels examination( at the end of the course) can be safely celebrated by the old good tradition in the pub, because you now have the right to enter any higher educational institution;
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go to England for a 9-month university preparation course - University Foundation Year( UFY). Although the true English to this accelerated education are treated with about the same credibility as we are to the Gypsies in the market.
Descendants of sirs and feathers are convinced that UFY is exclusively for people from other countries who know the language of Shakespeare well. Moreover, this course differs in that, in addition to core subjects, it involves studying English "high flying", academic terms.
But the most interesting is that those foreigners who managed to successfully graduate in UFY, having retained a clear mind and bright memory, according to the law on education in England, can not qualify for admission to the five best universities in the country - Oxford, Cambridge and other "monasteries" of snobs.
For this, you still have to pass 2 years of training at the rate of A-levels.
According to the london.vgorode.ua website in England, the top 5 universities in the education system is as follows:
| No. | Name of the |
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| 1 | University of Cambridge Cambridge University |
| 2 | Oxford University |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 4 | ImperialCollege London |
| 5 | St Andrews University |
Eh, what can I say? The dream of the entrant, and only!
4th stage of the education system in England: there is nowhere else or Higher education "taxis"!
The system of higher education in England gives a phantom hope of obtaining a certain degree( Degree):
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Bachelor Degree( bachelor's degree). Assigned in England after 3 years of walking through the training flaws and mandatory includes Sandwich courses - production practice for the selected profile.
But do not rush to hang the English flag on the balcony, because if you have managed to study as an architect, doctor, dentist and similar specialties, you will have to "bite" you to a bachelor's degree for 7 years. Have you ever wanted to jump into the Thames?
In addition, in the English education system, bachelor degrees are differentiated depending on the professional direction:
No. Area of knowledge Bachelor degree degree 1 Engineering and engineering Bachelor of Engineering 2 Art Bachelor of Arts 3 Jurisprudence Bachelor of Law 4 Science Bachelor of Science -
MasterDegree( master's degree).Even a sophisticated scientist, the variety of programs( master's) in England's education system will be wildly ravaged, but all of them can be divided into two large groups:
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those that deepen knowledge of the bachelor's program. There are one or two years, during which you have to force yourself to attend both lectures and practical classes.
And "so that life does not seem like raspberries," it is necessary to prepare a diploma project at the end of the course and "slip through" the state examinations for a master's degree. Everything, then you can safely open a bottle of champagne!
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also provides in the educational system of England programs for "master" suto for scientific and research work( 1-2 years of training).Philonite will not work, as the master's project will have to be prepared under the watchful eye of the scientific leader.
But when this height is taken, you can not boast a diploma of anyone, but the most real master of philosophy - Master of Philosophy.
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PostgraduateCourses( doctoral degree). There are no practical classes and tedious lectures here - just science, only a scientific project! You are given two or three years to write this greatest work.
In parallel with the preparation of the dissertation, you should from time to time remind you of your great scientist's ambitions in publications in profile publications. The English education system then recognizes your right to wear the title of Doctor of Philosophy - Ph. D.Degree.
No matter how impartial the education system in England did not seem at first, do not give up if studying here is your "blue" dream. No wonder the incomparable secretary Verochka from the "Service Novel" claimed that "nothing is impossible for a person with intelligence."
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So we "bury" in the textbooks on English language, "google" scholarship programs for foreigners in England, and most importantly - buy a beige trench from "Benetton" - and that's the cherished goal no longer seemssuch an unattainable. ..