Exchange student fiidsACVl a new learning experienCe By SARITHA KRISHNASWAMI Anderson C.V.l. Coming from a coun- try whose customs, language and religion are very different from those of Canada, it is natural that 1 found Canadian schools very different. One of the first things 1 notîced at Anderson was the friendly, casual atmosphere. In India schools are very strict and the studenta are taught to be very disciplined. The studen- ta are respectful towar- ds their teachers; they could be punished for being disrespectful towards a teacher. In India, a student has to complete twelve years of schooling before going into University. The first ten years of schooling is usually done at the same school. However, to complete grades il and 12, studenta often go to a different school called a igher Secon- dary Sehool. In order to qualify to do this higber secondary course a student bas to pass ten subjecta in grade 10, al of which are com- pulsory. As regards electives, the Indian system is neither as wide or as flexible. In fact, elec- tives come as a package deal so that one cannot major in an art and a science subject at the same time. A student has to decide in grade 10 what he wanta to do in the future. Once this choice is made of those subjecta at school, it is almost impossible for a student to switch to another field of education. For example, a student who wanta to pursue his studies in the scientific f ield has to do physics, chemnistry, botany, zoology and mathemnatics right f rom grade il. This student cannot mix subjecta and take up any subject in the arts area. Languages are com- pulsory until grade 12 and therefore, English is considered com- pulsory until then. Besides, a student bas to study either the regional language of the state (province) he lives in, or the national language of India. French can be chosen in some schools, in place of the regional language. (There are 14 regional languages in India, each different from the other, often even in script>. in many respecta the Indian school systemn is very different from the Canadian system. Schools in Indian demand a lot of work right from grade 2. Homework is given on a daily basis but not much Swan continued CONT'D FROM PG. 5 school system, don't bet on it. Af ter that little effort, the forces of enlightenment from the left will dance sylph-like in the woods for many months before eyeballing the voters. And now, puzzle time. Last week's problem in- volved three cups of tea and twelve lumps of sugar. The trick was to put an odd number of lumps in each cup, using no partial lumps. The Answer: put one lump in the first cup, (one is an odd number); one lump in the second cup (again, an odd number); then put the remaining ten lumps of sugar - a very odd number indeed - in the last cup. 0f course that answer isn't fair. Who said life would befair? This week's problem promises to be straight for- ward. No tricks. A spider clings to the wall of a room which measures eight feet from floor to ceiling, 12 feet long and 12 feet wide. The spider rests one foot up from the floor Midway along one wall. On the wall opposite clings a tasty fly, caught in a web one foot from the ceiling, also exactly midway along the op- posite twelve-foot wall. Calculate the shortest distance the spider can take to capture his dinner. %~lCHECK OUR LOW LOW SP GP RIC ES nu o Ou ow overheed we pos th soinga onto youl OBRAKE RELINE TO ALL MAKES (Most cars)*TNUS FRONT OR REAR ý $44899 F CROWN MOTORS stress is placed on prac- tical work or projects. The marks on the final examination account for a 100 per cent of the final marks of a student. A student has to, therefore, do extremely well in the final exam to obtain a high percen- tage. Such written exams are very difficut, too. The students writing the examination are given a special roll number which they should use instead of their namnes. The answer sheets are corrected by disin- terested examiners who are selected by the school board. This is how indian schools dif- fer from those of here. Extra curricular ac- tivities are becoming more important for students these days in India and the indian ta and other activities. A number of literary spor- ta and talent com- petitions are held every year in the schools but there are not as many student activity clubs as there are in Canadian schools. 1 have gained a great deal from being at An- derson: 1 have learned to be more outgoing, in- dependent and creative, and received en- couragement (bat has helped me to discover and use my talenta in different ways. I have been made most welcome at An- derson by both teachers and studenta. Anderson has contributed a great deal (o my education that will always stay with me long after 1 am back to my own country - India. 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