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My son is also starting school in autumn here in Sweden. They have started going to play at new school and also will be have lunch there on Tuesday.. I really love the way they are integrating them

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, how cool!

The best memories i have from school was the opportunities we had to be creative. When we had music lessons we we could even borrow a guitar from school so we could learn to play for a year, we could take music lessons for free after school. I also choosed to take part in photography lesons as a port of our art studies. Besides that we had to studie both humaniora and physics, math and luangeges and NO-subjects. I started pre-school 1968. I don´t remember much from pre school other then it was a preporation the primary school. And we got grades (betyg) from we started level 1 in primary school

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Amazing! Thanks for sharing! So interesting! 😊

The German school system sounds a lot like the Tripartide school system we had in England and Wales until the 1970s (which my parents were educated under). You would take an exam at 11 (called the "11+") and that would determine if you went to a technical school, secondary mondern school, or grammar school. The grammar schools were the most prestigious/acadaemic and this is where my parents went to. To go to university, you pretty much had to have been to grammar school, but there were exceptions. E.g. my uncle went to university after secondary modern school, but I'm not sure how "prestigious" the university was (might have been a polytechnic, not that there's anything wrong with that).

It sounds like you’ve enrolled your daughter in a great school! It will be so exciting to hear how her experience is after she starts school. The school here in the US I attended sounds more like Germany sad to say. I’m a preschool teacher ages 3-5 yrs. I’d love to hear how a day’s basic schedule is like. Here it’s a lot more open ended with a lot more freedom to explore and experiment. I always like to hear new ideas to incorporate into our preschool. Thank you so much

That German school sounds a bit like the Swedish school in the 80s. Except that we didn't get grades until 7th class (and the preschool was called lekskola, "play school", usually shortened to "lekis," calling anything "lekis" today is an excellent way to upset people), but our gymnasium had 3-year programs that qualified you to University studies, and 2-year programs that did not. There were options to do that third year later in life for those who had regretted their choice and wanted a university education. In the 90s, it was decided that all programs should qualify students to University, so the 2 year programs were extended. An unfortunate side effect of this is that the number of drop offs increased quite a lot. Our grades were 1-5, where 5 was excellent and 1 was fail. And also, not just gym class. I still have a wall clock left that I made in school, there might also be some wooden boxes and cabinets I made in school, as well as a cylinder bag I sewed, around somewhere. Those crafts lessons have certainly come in handy later in life, hope kids of today still have them!

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Oh, I like all the crafting and DIY things. Love it! Thanks for sharing how it was in Swedish school. So interesting!

The public Schoole you child is offered is not random. It is schoolareas close to the home. This makes the childrens friends close by.

There is a big downside with private schools and school bus accessibility in some areas. You can not always take for granted that school buses for public schools always will pick up children who go to private schools. They will in most cases if there is room, but now and then kids in private schools get left behind.

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Oh, how sad! :(

@benktlofgren4710

2 ай бұрын

@@LivingSwedish But it may differ in different "kommuner" As public schools are demanded to arrange for transit for its kids. And private schools in many places take a free ride on the system. The best you can do is check with your school what their plans are and how it works. But for many private schools, it is a cost they try to avoid.

the "year six grades" is fairly new - for a long time we didnt get grades until year 8 (of 9 years in mandatory school) - we got sort of soft evaluation at my school at year seven that basicly told us what we needed to think about and some teachers set "grades" aswell to indicate where we were. The scale back then was 1-5 with 1 beeing bad and 5 excellent, but the drading system has changed several times after that both in what the grade scales are and how to achive the grades

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Oh, interesting! Thanks for sharing! 😊

Interesting topic. My three daughters had great schooling in Sweden. Parents also play an important role by encouraging and helping their kids in school. Swedish native students are top in Europe. Unfortunately performance of immigrant children (in particular Africa and Middle East) are in general perform much less in average. This is the reason why the Swedish school system has a bad reputation in the past decade.

in the late 80s i remember getting my 1st grade at 8th grade here in Stockholm

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Oh, interesting!

I received my first grades in the 8th grade (2003 ish) so they have lowered it by two years since then. You typically have to pay for your children's transportation (if needed) if you choose a private school vs a municipality operated one. I'm personally not a fan of private schools. It's imo a waste of tax payers money (profits) and they seem to artificially hike the grades to attract more students which of course isn't optimal...

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I'm not so familiar with that side of private schools yet but I keep an eye on it to see what it is like :)

@Tim_Nilsson

2 ай бұрын

@@LivingSwedish Well the grade thing you won't notice until it's to late. ;) There have been some studies indicating that children from private schools underperform later in their educational journey despite having higher grades then their municipality educated compatriots. But there are more reasons for choosing a private school over a municipality operated one. There's for an example way more segregation between immigrants and none immigrants in the Stockholm area compared to my small town in regards of the schools. Attending a municipality operated one with maybe 90+ % immigrants might not be the best option. The harsh reality is that those schools and students struggle. Difficult subject. :/

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@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! :)

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@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

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my son studied 3rd grade completed in India 8 years old (english medium) - now after move to sweden which school is better ? public or internetional? in Gothenberg

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

I think it depends on what you want to do in the future. If you want to stay in Sweden for a long time I would say he should learn Swedish. It's so much easier at that age. He will be fluent in 6 months.

Hi! I've been loving your videos. I have a question that's a bit off-topic. Given your background in finance, do you know if the CFA certification is recognized in Sweden? I'm currently living in a non-EU country and thinking about moving to Sweden. Any advice on how to handle this transition, especially at the start of my finance career, would be really helpful! Thanks!

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm afraid I don't know anything about it but I found this website which might be of help? cfasweden.se/faqs/

@Neo-11

2 ай бұрын

@@LivingSwedish Thanks for taking the time to help.Your content makes learning about Sweden so enjoyable!

public school language of teachinng is english?

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Most public schools teach in Swedish. There are international schools you can register at and they teach mainly in English.

Please do think twice before choosing a private school. Are the teachers qualified? Do they really teach all the important stoff or are they more about having fun? Do they give homework?I really think you sholud have small and easy homework from year 2 or 3 to bulid a habit to study. Homework should be esay so that is doable for everyone and ofcourse not tak a lot of time BUT schools that do not give any homework at all... I wouldn´t trust them to give a good education. I am a teacher in maths and physics at gymnasiet and I see so many students who could have been really great but they haven´t learnt how to work. I see the result of nine years in schools were propper knowledge hasn´t been th number one priorety. It isn´t nice.

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

That is a very interesting point! I think, in general, kids don't learn at school HOW to learn. Although Germany is more academic kids are often lost and have to figure it out themselves, some with success and others not so much.

I do have a very bad experience from school. My boys where very much infront of what they where teaching and where very bored about having to repeat everything they have already done. My oldest son for example knew how to read he learned english durung the summer before first grade and did the same with latin during the summer before second grade. He was not made for the common schoolsystem. The teachers did not let him continue on his terms so he made it a thing to correct the teachers which was not good… Do not go to private school! They do not give the student a good education, think about it, they have less money for the kids because of the owners need to get back money from their investment.

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@laurabechger5859

2 ай бұрын

I'm afraid of that too. We're considering moving to Sweden in 2 years; our oldest will be 11 and the youngest 7 by then. Our oldest is gifted, and the youngest is also ahead of his classmates (here in the Netherlands, they start school at age 4). He has skipped a grade here. I've heard quite mixed things about the Swedish school system. And if you have children who are ahead, you really need to be fortunate regarding the school.

Is it true they force children to take classes about lgbtq?

@LivingSwedish

11 күн бұрын

I haven't heard about that. We naturally talk about it at home so no lessons needed 😉

@Adamantos-Elean

10 күн бұрын

@@LivingSwedish Yeah i'm a real live and let live guy I just wanted to make sure that an ideology is not forced to be learned by children that is against my (not religious) beliefs.

We have our kids in Engelska skolan, more dicipline and some lesspns is in englush. Highly recomended. 😎

I look at hair colored people and still don't understand why you would like to look older than you most likely are. Is aging truly that kind of blessing for everyone!? Artificial aesthetics is great! Come eat some chemicals with me come eat some chemicals!

I like that option of going to vocational school when you're sixteen. I wish they had that in the U.S. when I was young. 🪚🔧🪛🔩

@LivingSwedish

2 ай бұрын

Well, it's more of an apprenticeship and you do have to apply for it. It's like applying for a job. You work in a company but you are a beginner when you start and learn a lot.