The last bell

The students who finish our school have some unwritten rights the last year.In winter they organize a dancing ball for the teachers, parents and their friends. It is always a big event for the whole town. And at the end of their school year they say good bye to everybody at school.

How do they do it? The day when they get the school report is called The Day of the Last Bell.

The finishing students put on various funny masks and custumes and they wait in front of the school building for the teachers and for the younger students. They ask them for money which is used for the final celebration. There is a lot of fun and especially the youngest students are chased and they are watered by perfumes and vingar with water.

During the first lesson the students in costumes visit classes and they sing songs or say some poems. They say GOODBYE to all the younger students who have to stay at school.Sometimes, it is too noisy, but it is only once a year, so we, teachers, have to survive.

Then all the teachers gether in the room and the students thank them for all the lessons and all the education they have received from them. Every teacher gets a flower. Sometimes it is sad, especially when the students are nice and popular. Some classes are really good and so it is not easy to say goodbye to them.

Then the students stay at home for one week. In the students´slang this week is called THE SAINT WEEK. They study very hard because after this free week, they come back to school to pass the oral exams from four subjects. They have fifteen minutes for every subject and they have to speak on the chosen topic. They can study in advance, they have more than fifty tasks from every subject to prepare. The students who study during the whole school year have no problems but those who rely on the Saint Week are often in trouble. When they pass the exam, they get Graduating Final School Report, which is called MATURITA REPORT in my country.

But it is not the end. After this exam,they have to pass the enter exam to the university they want to attend the next year.

GOOD LUCK, graduating students!!! I wish you easy questions and happy future.