Today I was on a walk with my neighbor who described what school is like in Hungary, so I thought I'd share with you here. She has a 14-year-old daughter and ten-year-old twin girls. Children are in Primary school from ages 6-14, Secondary school from ages 14-18, and then University, typically for 4-5 years. Rather than letter grades, reports cards are in numbers: 1 being the lowest (like an F) and 5 being the highest (like an A). When a student is getting ready to enter secondary school, the higher the grades, the more options there are for the choice of which school to continue studies. My neighbors' 14-year-old has excellent grades, so she will need to decide which of many schools she would like to go to next. She said schools in Hungary are rather difficult. Students are tested often and have much homework, leaving little time for kids to be kids and have time to play.
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