Rafael Uribe

Log Listening/Speaking 6 paper

April 9 2012

Academic Learning Visit

In this activity we discuss about the difference between the educational systems

through some countries. We start with surveys about different characteristics of the

educational system like Internet use or homework. Then we learn about different

educational systems. First we learn about the German system that consists in three

levels of high school that students are placed based on a test. The levels define your

future profession in the sense that if youre in the top you can go to the university. The

second level allows people to do less qualified jobs but still professionals. The last

group is for lower jobs. Then we learn about the Indian system. The students go to the

same school until the age of 15, after that they go to vocational school or senior

secondary, which allows them to go to college. The difference here is that the Indian is a

class society, which means that if you were born poor, you stay poor your whole life.

Next, we talked about the American system. This system has different public

schools for children between 12 and 18 years old, and they have the same curriculum to

follow. There are some private schools as well, and those are usually based on a certain

religion. Also there are some academic schools that have a focus on just one or few

subjects to make the students good in just some areas.

To finish we talked about our systems. The system in Chile is similar to the

system in the US. We have the same private and public schools, as well as academic

schools. Even if the quality is in doubt, we have all the range of school. When we finish

high school we take a test and based on the score we applied for different schools, so it

is basically the same.