Panos, 16, is a student at Pentapolis High School in Greece. He tells us about his average school day and the pressures teenagers there face.
Every morning we wake up for school at 7.00. We prepare our school bags with the right books for the daily programme. Then we go outside and we wait for the school bus because our school is far from our area.
The first hour in the class is also the most difficult one because we are tired and we cannot listen to the teacher that talks to us. But when the hour ends we have a meal and this gives us energy for the next six hours.
We eat hot dogs and chocolate croissants and we drink juice and different healthy drinks.
The next 5 hours are very good because we have fun and we can pay attention to the lesson. The last hour is very boring because we are very tired so we want to go home really fast.
Our school is spacious and airy. There is a physics lab, a small school library and a gym.
There is a huge yard with many trees, a basketball court and enough space for football and other sports.
It’s our second home and we care about it very much.
We study for four hours a day after we go back home. We have extra private tutoring in the afternoon.
The final exams are very difficult and we spend a lot of hours studying for the exams. If someone wants to enter a university he must pass the final exams with the biggest mark.
If we want to succeed we must work really hard so that’s why we are nervous and we have stress.
At our age the most well known hobbies for everyone are soccer, basketball and other similar sports.
We are interested in hip hop music and spend many hours watching TV.
Pentapolis High School in Serres, Greece are twinning with King Edward VI College in Nuneaton through eTwinning (which enables European schools to collaborate through ICT).
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Every morning we wake up for school at 7.00. We prepare our school bags with the right books for the daily programme. Then we go outside and we wait for the school bus because our school is far from our area.
Our school is spacious and airy. There is a physics lab, a small school library and a gym.
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