THE BEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME
It’s hard to decide which thing is the best that’s ever happened to me,
but I can certainly say that one of the best things was the exchange I
was a part of this year. This was an exchange with a school in
Singapore.
Everything began when, at the beginning of the school year, we were
offered a chance to visit Singapore. At first I was skeptical about going
so far away, but then I decided I can’t miss this opportunity to visit
Asia, because it could be the first and the last chance I’ll ever get
there. Now, when we’re back from this amazing trip I can say for sure,
that this was not my last journey to Asia.
Before we left, I was excited to see all these amazing buildings you can
see only in pictures, and a stunning beach, and basically everything
connected to nature, that is different from ours. But when we came
there, I learned it’s not all about the outside things and that the best
thing you can experience, when you’re so far away from home, are the
people. You can prepare, learn about other cultures before you travel
anywhere, but it’s nothing like actually meeting the people from the
other side of the world.I noticed this right away, when my exchange
buddy and her family met me at the airport. They were generous and
open and happy to finally meet me, that I almost couldn’t believe it.
And all the way through this exchange we were meeting new people
who were really friendly and nothing we could have imagined before.
So because of these amazing people I can say that this exchange is one
of the experiences that I’ll always remember. It was something I would
like to experience again when visiting other countries.- Dolores,
Gimnazija Ptuj
DIARY 3/10: YEAR 1035 (An
excerpt)
I have been playing all day with Elsa! It
was really fun, she's the only one I feel
comfortable with. Everyone else is too
stiff, it feels like just because I'm the
kingdom's prince I can't have fun like all
the ten-year-olds. I see kids playing
outside all day, while I'm sitting at home
studying French. My parents are
generally kind to me, but my studies
seem to be more important to them
than to me.
I have some spare time, but the other
kids just seem to avoid me. I guess their
parents are angry because of the high
taxes so their thoughts are spreading to
the younger generations.But there's one
thing that cheers me up, Elsa. She's one
of the maid's daughters, and sometime
Elisabeth, her mother, brings her to our
castle. That's one of the few connections
I have with the world outside the castle.
But mother promised me that it would
become better soon. –
William Wackeroth, Ebba Pettersons,
Sweden
The Nobel Prize
The prizes are in mathematics and literature. We in eight grade get two assignments, where one has to do with mathematics,
and the other is a story writing contest. The story writing contest is treating different subjects every year and, and this year,
we wrote about friendships. We get to prepare a little bit, make a little schedular and layout over how we are going to write
our story, before the writing part begins. The story is written in school, often in a assembly room room with all the eight
graders in. The writing session is 3 hours long, and you get to bring some snacks to keep your brain awake. We also bring the
layout. Then we sent it in to respective teachers.
The math assignment is just one single task: solve this problem. The problem differs year from year and is fairly hard. But the
thing that this is all about is to make it as easy as possible for your teacher to understand how you solved it, and finding the
best way of solving it. You get unlimited time and this assignment is made at home. This one you sent in to the math teachers.
- Tom, Ebba Pettersons