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Article: School Days.(education in New Zealand)(Brief Article)
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- Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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A New Zealand Education
School has a different meaning for students in New Zealand. Sure, it is still the place where kids go to learn. But subtle variations make going to school in New Zealand different from doing it anywhere else in the world.
For instance, most high schoolers in New Zealand attend school from 8:50 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. This includes five periods a day, and a "form" class in which students are briefed on the daily notices. These notices inform students of important upcoming events. They are usually read aloud, as opposed to being said over the loudspeaker, because many New Zealand high schools are constructed with the outdoors in mind -- ...