The school system
in Denmark
For how long do
you go to efterskole?
The efterskole
last for year. However, it is a year you choose to take after the obligatory 10
years at a school. Some might think: ”why would you take one additional year in
school?” We think many of us choose this extra year because, we did not feel
that we were ready or mature enough to start these three college-like years.
How many students
are there on the school?
There are about
180 pupils on the school, it can be a quite difficult to be around that many
people all the time, because it can and is hard to get to know everybody. It is
very hard because you are always together with someone, and sometimes you need
some time alone.
What is the
difference between a normal english boarding school or the efterskole?
The Efterskole is
a unique Danish residential school, where students from the ages from 14 to
18 can choose to spend one or two years. There are 250 schools throughout
Denmark. In a normal English boarding school you have to wear the school
uniform, whereas on an efterskole you can wear what you want to wear.
The special
relationship between the students
One of the special
things about the efterskole and maybe one of the reasons why many choose to go
to efterskole is the special bond you get with the other students. You get to
know them much better than if you just were classmates. On the efterskole you
are together with them all the time you have classes together and you do sports
together. However, this can also be hard, because you are together with someone
almost all the time and it can be hard not to have some private space-time.
Teacher-student
relationship
One of the things
that is part of the efterskole is the teacher-student relationship. The
teacher is responsible for both teaching and supervision outside of school
hours. This means that teachers and students are together all day from the time
the students wake up until they go to bed. This often engenders a close,
personal and non-formal relationship between students and teachers. Whereas you
get a more formal relationship to the teachers on a boarding school.
Subjects and exams
Most efterskoler
offer the same subjects and final examinations as the public schools, but many
focus on special subjects like physical education, music or theatre, or offer
various kinds of special education. Our efterskole has a special focus on
sports, and gymnastics.
What are you
allowed to do, and what are you not allowed to?
When it is bedtime
you are not allowed to go outside your room. You are not allowed to smoke at
the school or taking drugs and so on. You have to behave properly. You have to
get up in the morning, otherwise the teachers will come and wake you up. You
are not allowed to drink alcohol at the school. All the lessons you have, you
need to meet up, also if you are injured, you have to say it to the teacher.
Vivild efterskole (VGI)
(It is an abbreviation for Vivild Gymnastik og Idrætsefterskole)
The
school, thinks a lot about, to have a beautiful, nice and clean school
The
area of the school is quite big, we think it is a place, we can feel safe, nice
and there is a good mood. VGI is being modernized and it is like a little
village, in a little well-functioning town. Even though it is in the
countryside.
There
is actually a bit life in the little town. Supermarket, pizzeria, medical
practice, dentist, public school and a well-run sports club
The school position be
situated close to a nice beach - About 5 km.
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