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Well, I'm quite curious about how schools are split in many branches:

- lower, (not compulsory) 3 years, for children from 3 to 6 years old;

- elementary - it lasts 5 years

- secondary - it lasts 3 years

both of them are compulsory



then boys and girls may otp among several sorts of schools, like high school, polythecnic school, art school, vocational school and so on.

At the end of one those, they may attend at University so to get the accademic degree, which may be of first degree, if you attend a 3 years course and a second degree when you attend a 5 years (3+2) course.



Your marks have to be at least all positive (marks are from 0 to 10, the positives are from 6 to 10, the max) to pass to a higher year: I mean, if you attend the first class of a polythecnic school and, at the end of that year you have not reached the mark 6 in 4-5 subjects, you should repeat the year.

Working hours - as far as I know - are shared in 5 days the week, abt 4-5 hours per day.

Schools start around early september, then a 3 weeks break for Xmas holydays, than again 2-3 weeks for Easter holydays, and then the end of the scolastic year at about end of june.



What about your schools?

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Here in the US there are three schools. Elememtary school...grades Kindergarden through 6th. Ages 5 through about 11.

Middle school is usually grads 7 through 8th or 9th..up to about age 14. High School takes the student through graduation. After that is the college or University.

Children are expected to meet certain acedemic standards to graduate and pass from grade levels up. Our school systems also require a certain number of school days per year. So if schools are closed due to weather or some such thing, the days need to be made up at the end of the year.

Thanks, Mary, for you reply.

I would like to kno how schools are organized, because our italian teachers always complain that they are under paid, they do a lot of work, but, anyway, they work abt 25 max 30 hours/week, they have long holydays (as told starting from Christmas to summer).

A cousin of mine is an elementary teacher.

I know for sure that she gains more than me, but note: I work abt 39 hours/pw, no all those holydays.

Yes I do know teaching is not an easy work, but, still, you known it before choosing it, isn't it?

And, listen, until abt 10 years ago, they could retire after only abt 15 (fifteen) working years.

Unless things have changed, our teachers only get paid for the actuall school year...not the summer break, unless they are working summer school.

But teachers here used to be able to do something called "spread a check". That just means a portion of thier pay is held from thier pay check, and paid out through the summer.