bsb-school

Hello guys! I'm here to explain how does our school work here in Brasilia. First think you need to know about it is how it is divided. Most of us studyed in the following sistem:

Pre-school or kindergarten: There were three grades in this phase, where we studied (most of us) from three to six years old. In this stage children just get used to school, learn how to read and write, and most part of the time, have fun. Some of us, in the third year of this stage had a graduation ceremony.

After that we have Basic-school In basic school we studyed from the first to the fourth grade (From 6 to 10 years old). This is where we learned basic math, started learning a little about Brazil's history an geography and a little about natural sciences. I don't think many of us had graduation ceremony for this phase, but it happens sometimes.

Elementary School From ten to fourteen years old we course from the fifth to the eighth grade. In the end of the eighth grade, we have a graduation ceremony and a ball. In this period of our lifes we start having one teacher for each subject, but we don't move through the classrooms according to the subject. We have all the classes in the same room, and the teacher is the one who moves. We learn a little about potuguese grammar, a little about writing and reading, we also study math, geography, history and some of natural sciences.

High School

This is the stage where most of us are right now. We attend to it from fourteen to seventeen years old, from the first to the third grade. This is when we start to study physics, chemistry and biology. We also start to study brazilian literature more deeply. In the third grade we have to choose what are we going to do in college because in the end of the year we take a test in which the university selects which students are qualified for the courses they chose. That's why this is the most important year of our school lives. But apart from all the responsability of choosing our future, this year is the best one because everyone wants to go out to see each other, to keep in touch after school and thinks like this. But what makes people get even more excited about third grade is the prom. In the end of the year there is this ball where everyone wants to go to have fun. And after the ball there is a tradition of going out from the prom directly to the airport to have breakfast.

This is the system most of us studyed in, but nowadays things are changing a little. Kindergarten now has just two years and Basic school has nine years. But it almost doesn't change anything.