| #5 dsfdsfdsfHomepage02.06.2003 - 19:42 |
| School’s Out 1. Your summer holidays a. Write one sentence about your thoughts on the last day of school before the summer break: I feel…….. I’m looking forward to……… b. Think of one good reason to have a long summer holiday 2. Things you can do Which of the following things are you allowed to do during the summer break? Lie in late every morning Watch TV all day Wander around town with your friends Go to your friend’s houses Go on holiday with friends your own age Stay up late every evening Stay out late every evening 3. Things you would like to do Make a ‘wish list’ of four things you would like to do this summer. 4. Read and find out a. How long is the summer break in the UK? b. Who is going away? c. Who is not looking forward to the school holidays? d. Who has got the most freedom? School’s out: so what next? You wake up late on the first day of the long summer holidays. The weeks ahead might be full of fun but what are you going to do with all that time? We asked three teenagers from London about their plans. Jake, 14 I’m not looking forward to the holidays much. My Mum and Dad are both working full time so I have to go to different relatives. It was great when I was younger because I went to a local play scheme. It was like a day club and we did lots of sport, painting and games. Now there isn’t anything for my age range. I can go to the cinema but my Mum doesn’t really like me going around London by myself. I end up watching too much TV or playing on the computer. I think the summer break is too long. Three or four weeks would be better than six. Lily, 16 I’m going on a canal boat along the river Thames with my parents, brother and five other friends. After that Mum and Dad are sending me and my brother to my Gran’s in Devon for four days because they have to go back to work. It’s great in Devon, we go to the beach most days if it doesn’t rain. I’ve got lots of cousins to visit there and we can always find something to do. I don’t like staying in London all summer because there isn’t much to do for free and my parents can’t keep giving me lots of money to go places. They also don’t want me travelling to the centre without an adult as they think it is too dangerous. I miss my school friends in the holidays but we are going to text each other every day. I hope it doesn’t rain ! Nick 17 I’ve got a holiday job in my Uncle’s shop. Just three hours every morning for a month but it is enough to get money for a holiday. My parents are tired of giving me money every day to do things. They can’t afford it. This year my parents say I can go on holiday with two friends who are 18. We are going camping in France. I really need this holiday as I have lots of exams in June and I’m tired of studying. It’s going to be cool ! Last year was great for the first two weeks then boring for the rest of the time as all my friends were away or my parents said I couldn’t go places without an adult. Now I’m older I think it is going to be easier.. 5. Compare your life to teenagers in the UK Who is responsible for you during the summer break? Is your holiday longer or shorter? Are you allowed to do more things alone? Do you feel the same about your holiday time? Do you miss school or friends during the long break? Do young people have holiday jobs? 6. Restrictions and freedoms a. Find two reasons why the teenagers from London are not allowed to do exactly what they want Do you think their parents are too strict? Not strict enough? Jake can’t travel around London by himself and Lily’s parents think travelling to the centre without an adult is dangerous. Other restrictions apply to money as a lot of activities cost too much money. b. Compare your lives now to your parents’ lives when they were teenagers Do you think your town is a safer place than 30 years ago? More dangerous place? Do you think young people have more freedom now? Less freedom? Did they have the same sort of summer holidays? Or very different holidays? 7. A typical day in summer Describe a typical day during the long summer break. What time do you usually get up? Are you active or do you lie around all day? How do you cope with boredom/keep yourself amused? Who do you spend most of your time with? What are the fun bits? What are the boring bits? Interview your partner: Do they have a similar routine to you? Do they enjoy the holidays? 8. Role play : summer activities You are getting bored during the long summer break. Ring a friend and organise to do something together. Organise to do at least four interesting things this week with other students from your class. Think of things to do that will not cost money, if possible! Who has the best suggestion? 9. Your home town a. What types of things are there for young people to do in your area? Is there anything you can do for free? Are there any summer clubs or organisations? b. Think of three ways to improve your area for young people c. How would you make your area more fun this summer? 10. Discussion : long holidays or short holidays? Holidays alone or with parents? Nothing to do or lots to do? Who should organise the entertainment? a. Many parents and students in the UK think that 6 weeks holiday is far too long. Some students think that 6 weeks is not long enough! The government is considering a change in the school year with 6 short terms and a shorter holiday in the summer with more holiday time at Christmas, in the Autumn and in the Spring. What do you think? Is this a good idea? Do you like your country’s system? What would you change if you could? b. Some parents allow their teenagers to go on holiday without them at 16 or at 18. At what age do you think a young person is responsible enough to go on holiday alone? Would your parents allow you? Have you ever been away with some friends without your parents? c. Nothing to do all day? Do you agree with these statements? Young people are entertained too much nowadays and they expect it in the summer so they don’t know how to amuse themselves It is good to have days with nothing to do because this gives you time to think You should not waste time lying around doing nothing all summer. Life is too short so you should fill your days with interesting activities Parents should organise lots for their children to do in the summer. It’s their duty to stop children getting bored. It’s their job, isn’t it? |
| #4 gfdgfgHomepage27.05.2003 - 15:16 |
| 13 Jahre lang hat Florian Römmer Aufsätze geschrieben, chemische Formeln und Vokabeln gepaukt. Und jetzt das: Vor ihm liegt ein Stück Draht, aus dem er mit einer Zange ein möglichst sauberes Viereck formen soll. Die Bastelei entscheidet mit darüber, ob er einen Studienplatz in Zahnmedizin bekommt. Die Münchner Zahnmediziner lassen Metall biegen, die Karlsruher Geschichtswissenschaftler fragen fies, ob denn das Ende der Geschichte nicht längst gekommen sei, und die Heidelberger Juristen wollen wissen, ob eine gerade oder eine gewellte Linie "sympathischer" sei. Alles kein Abi-Stoff - und doch für die Zulassung zum Studium fast genauso wichtig wie das Abschlusszeugnis: Immer mehr Universitäten und Fachhochschulen prüfen Abiturienten mit Tests oder in Aufnahmegesprächen auf ihre Studieneignung und Motivation. Die deutschen Professoren trauen dem Abitur nicht mehr. Auf die Hochschulreife sei kein Verlass, klagen sie, das Gymnasium bereite Schüler nicht ausreichend auf das Studium vor. Laut einer Studie des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft halten Professoren jeden dritten Abiturienten für "nicht studierfähig". "Die Generation Pisa sitzt jetzt in den Hörsälen", schimpft Dirk Kaesler, Soziologieprofessor an der Uni Marburg. Kaesler leidet, wenn er Klausuren korrigieren muss, in denen von "Hops", "Lutta" und "Marks" statt von Hobbes, Luther und Marx die Rede ist. Auf solchen Murks hat er keine Lust mehr: "Lieber jeden einzelnen Abiturienten auf seine Studientauglichkeit abklopfen, als sich mit Studenten herumzuschlagen, die das Wort Soziologie nicht mal richtig schreiben können." Hans Jörg Jacobsen, Biologieprofessor an der Uni Hannover, erlebt immer wieder Studenten in seinen Vorlesungen, "die denken, Biologie sei das Streicheln von Gorillas im Nebel - und wenn man eine Mathe-Formel erwähnt, bekommen sie glasige Augen." Die neuen Aufnahmeverfahren sind vor allem eine Aufforderung an die Gymnasien, das Abitur zu rehabilitieren. Weil es in Deutschland keine einheitlichen Leistungsstandards gibt, ist die Note als alleiniges Hochschuleintrittsbillett ungeeignet. Für dieselbe Klausur bekommt man hier eine Eins, dort eine Vier - je nachdem, in welchem Bundesland und auf welcher Schule sie geschrieben wurde. Komplett entwertet wird der Gymnasialabschluss durch die neuen Aufnahmeprüfungen an den Unis aber nicht. "An den meisten staatlichen Hochschulen muss die Abiturnote derzeit noch mit mindestens 51 Prozent in die Bewertung mit einfließen", so Arndt Bode von der TU München. Jedes Jahr stehen Tausende von Abiturienten vor der Frage, Was soll ich studieren? Und wo? Und wie sehen die Aufnahmeregeln an den Universitäten aus? Antworten finden Sie jetzt in unserem Spezial |
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| #1 Foto-ShopE-MailHomepage04.04.2003 - 15:37 |
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