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Auttumn
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Founded: Feb 04, 2012
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Postby Auttumn » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:22 pm

Constarus wrote:Schooling in Constarus is both compulsory and quite expensive. Not really a good situation for parents who don't have a lot of money, but it does mean that not much government money has to go into the schools. The parents are also required to provide any school items that their children may need, mainly a laptop and a briefcase. Students are not required to wear uniforms, however they are required to wear some sort of business suit to school every day.

Students must study English, Russian, social studies, math, and business until they reach age 13. At age 13 they switch to just taking business-related classes. By that age they should already be able to do math and speak fluently in both languages, so those classes are no longer necessary.

School hours are from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, every day of the week, to correspond with the typical Constarusian workday so the parents are able to pick their children up right after work. Students also get a brief lunch break from 12:00 to 12:30.

The lowest passing grade is 80%, and students who don't have an 80% average or higher by the time they should graduate face some unappealing consequences.

um are you a communist?

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Constarus
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Founded: Mar 25, 2012
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Postby Constarus » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:34 pm

Auttumn wrote:
Constarus wrote:Schooling in Constarus is both compulsory and quite expensive. Not really a good situation for parents who don't have a lot of money, but it does mean that not much government money has to go into the schools. The parents are also required to provide any school items that their children may need, mainly a laptop and a briefcase. Students are not required to wear uniforms, however they are required to wear some sort of business suit to school every day.

Students must study English, Russian, social studies, math, and business until they reach age 13. At age 13 they switch to just taking business-related classes. By that age they should already be able to do math and speak fluently in both languages, so those classes are no longer necessary.

School hours are from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, every day of the week, to correspond with the typical Constarusian workday so the parents are able to pick their children up right after work. Students also get a brief lunch break from 12:00 to 12:30.

The lowest passing grade is 80%, and students who don't have an 80% average or higher by the time they should graduate face some unappealing consequences.

um are you a communist?


No, quite the opposite.
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Malaysii
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Postby Malaysii » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:52 pm

Schools in Malaysii are both public and private, though to most people private schooling is a waste of money, and they usually go to public. School hours are usually 8:30 to 2:45, and they are 8:00 to 2:15 every Thursday. They occur Monday-Friday, unless in the case of High School, which is Monday-Saturday, but hours are 9:00 to 3:00.

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Greens Peak
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Postby Greens Peak » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:38 pm

Education is free and provided for everyone in our nation. Although schooling is not mandatory, everyone takes their children to get educated, for ignorance and an inability to learn efficiently can be a burden to society.

Our basic education covers the subjects of Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Native and Foreign Languages, Interpersonal Interactions, Health & Fitness, Art, and finally Creative and Critical Thinking. Children will be taught these subjects when they begin their education; usually kids will be sent to schools at the age of 3 years. This first level of education is known as "Level 1". Each new level teaches new information on each course and new sub-courses will be taught in each new level. A sub course is like a sub category. So for example, a sub course of the broader course "Science" would be biology. Each sub-course has a certain unique requirement that is needed for the students to pass it. Once a student completes the requirements for all their sub-courses, they can move onto the next level.
There are 4 levels, and each one does get progressively more challenging in certain ways and will require they use the skills that they have learned in previous levels ---as well as the new skills they learn in their new level--- to pass to the next level.

There is no time limit for how long a student must stay in a certain level. He/she can stay in a level that they are in for as long as they can until they are ready to move on to the next level.

Students go to school every other week and one class is taken every day of the week that they go to school. This is because we do not want to overwhelm their minds with all kinds of information. For the majority of the time, students do not spend their hours in a classroom looking at a board. The learning of the student is more interactive and dynamic; they are experiencing first hand the subjects they are trying to learn. For example, if students are taking a biology class and they are learning about plants and how they grow and reproduce, these students will be taken to a natural environment or greenhouse to grow their own plants and observe the eco-system that they are in and how the plants interact with the rest of the eco-system. We believe that it is only through personal experience and observation that one can truly learn the nature of something.

The only time students will ever stay inside a classroom is when they are taking Level Exams. These Level Exams are meant to measure how much one has learned from the experiences. If a student meets the requirements of the exams, he/she will move on to the next level. If not, they will be shown where they have failed and learn from those mistakes.

There is no homework. Any work that is needed to be completed is done in class.

The main objective for our education system to help students learn to fully think for themselves and put their thoughts together into something that makes sense. Our teachers do not tell them what to think or what to believe in.

Classes are no more than 3 hours long. This is because we believe it is important that people have time to spend with their families and friends and also have time to spend to themselves to think about "who they are" and how the world and universe around them work. They are also 3 hours long because we don't want them to get bored of learning, we want them to enjoy the experience they have while they are in school. We also want to give their brains enough time to process the experiences they went through and the information they have been provided.


Once all 4 levels are competed, a student may choose to participate in "Skahye Education" for their training in a career that may interest them. Not everyone is going to find the "right" career for themselves, so you will frequently see returning Skahye students taking up new courses. Some people may not always have an idea on what career they want, so Skahye Education is not always going to be an immediate choice after completing basic education.

Again, like basic education, Skahye courses are interactive and dynamic and based more on experience and observation. There are two levels in Skahye Education, and each level has a level exam like basic education.

Students in Skahye are trained in an environment that simulates their specific career choice. During training, they are guided by their teachers and learn from the mistakes that they made during training.
The level exam is a similar simulation, but they are not guided by anyone; they are on their own.

Once all two levels are completed in Skahye, a student may become an intern in the specific field/career they want to be in.

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