Human rights
Our relation to teaching
We consider it a human right to receive free education, but we still have the opportunity to attend a private school. In Denmark, we begin pre-school at age 5-6, and take a 10-year primary education, after which we have the possibility to continue an academic, technical or business orientated school.
We have chosen the academic option, and are in the middle of our 1st year of a 3-year high-school education. Our line of study is focused on social studies, P.E and math. On top of this, one of the focal points of the Danish education system is to combine several different subjects around the same topics. This one is of the reasons for our exchange programme in Turkey, where we will be spending half our time in Alanya attending a beach-volley camp revolving around physical education as well as our stay in Istanbul focused on social and cultural studies.
Our relation to teachers
We have a pretty open relationship to our teachers; we call them by their first name, and we often have arrangements with our class outside after school, such as dinner parties etc., where the teachers join from time to time.
Committees and democracy
Democracy is an important part of the everyday life at Rysensteen. Every student has the right to establish a committee if he/she wants to take part in the democratic debate, it he/she wants to focus on the school’s attention on a certain topic. Rysensteen has established a student’s council and every single class has a delegate. The delegate makes sure that every class’ point of view gets discussed in the student’s council. Occasionally a student hearing takes place and every single student can speak and say his/her opinion. The hearings have a topic, often a problem, which every student has the possibility to discuss.
From left:
Asta Løkke, Caroline Mihalcea, Emma Laursen and Erik Skjold
(Not in picture: Anna Nagbøl, Charlotte Fagt, and Søren Blatt)
Real meeting in Denmark:
Today we spoke with Ömer about school, Atatürk, future plans and Turkey in general. He told about the school system and that he doesn't like it. He thinks it is too strict. He plans to go to England to study as psychologist. We heard about Atatürk and the civil wars in Turkey. He told about the rules at the school and how strict it is. They are not allowed to smoke or leave the buildings in the breaks. If you get caught in doing something against the rules three times you get expelled from the school and you can not go to ANY high school in Turkey. You get expelled from the school system until university. If you don't get a grade over 3, even 2,99 ( circa 4-7) you can not continue. You have to do the class over again.
We consider it a human right to receive free education, but we still have the opportunity to attend a private school. In Denmark, we begin pre-school at age 5-6, and take a 10-year primary education, after which we have the possibility to continue an academic, technical or business orientated school.
We have chosen the academic option, and are in the middle of our 1st year of a 3-year high-school education. Our line of study is focused on social studies, P.E and math. On top of this, one of the focal points of the Danish education system is to combine several different subjects around the same topics. This one is of the reasons for our exchange programme in Turkey, where we will be spending half our time in Alanya attending a beach-volley camp revolving around physical education as well as our stay in Istanbul focused on social and cultural studies.
Our relation to teachers
We have a pretty open relationship to our teachers; we call them by their first name, and we often have arrangements with our class outside after school, such as dinner parties etc., where the teachers join from time to time.
Committees and democracy
Democracy is an important part of the everyday life at Rysensteen. Every student has the right to establish a committee if he/she wants to take part in the democratic debate, it he/she wants to focus on the school’s attention on a certain topic. Rysensteen has established a student’s council and every single class has a delegate. The delegate makes sure that every class’ point of view gets discussed in the student’s council. Occasionally a student hearing takes place and every single student can speak and say his/her opinion. The hearings have a topic, often a problem, which every student has the possibility to discuss.
From left:
Asta Løkke, Caroline Mihalcea, Emma Laursen and Erik Skjold
(Not in picture: Anna Nagbøl, Charlotte Fagt, and Søren Blatt)
Real meeting in Denmark:
Today we spoke with Ömer about school, Atatürk, future plans and Turkey in general. He told about the school system and that he doesn't like it. He thinks it is too strict. He plans to go to England to study as psychologist. We heard about Atatürk and the civil wars in Turkey. He told about the rules at the school and how strict it is. They are not allowed to smoke or leave the buildings in the breaks. If you get caught in doing something against the rules three times you get expelled from the school and you can not go to ANY high school in Turkey. You get expelled from the school system until university. If you don't get a grade over 3, even 2,99 ( circa 4-7) you can not continue. You have to do the class over again.