The day started with two classes of Swedish with teacher Riitta Viittala. In my presentation of the Erasmus+ project and the school, I emphasized the importance of studying languages and I also introduced the issue of having two official languages.
I explained the situation of Spanish and Valencian in our educational system and then the students told me about the case of Finnish and Swedish. Not, surprisingly, there are some similarities in both countries and they wisely pointed out that the attitude towards languages is very important.
In this particular school, students have been offered the possibility to buy a laptop at a very convenient price; they pay more or less half the price and the city council pays for the rest. They also have the opportunity to pay the amount during the three years they are in the school.
In this period of the year comprehensive students are coming to the school to get to know it as they have to decide which secondary school will the apply for.
At the same time, counsellors form comprehensive schools and from Järvenpään lukio meet to make clear any doubts in the different programs. Principal Marja-Liisa invited me to introduce myself and the school projects.
I had an informal meeting with the principal and we talked about the students with special needs and about those with social behaviour problems. There are not that many in Järvenpään lukio, but they have realised that the society is changing rapidly and that there are more and more students that need some kind of help to socialize or to cope with the stress of the studies.
The day ended with the official dinner in which we went on discussing educational issues!
Angels Romeu
Coordinator Erasmus +
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