My education
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:26 amHello,
At first I will write something about my school times and then I will answer the questions.
I went to compulsory school when I was six years old in the autumn of 1969. In the first class my school days usually began at 9 o'clock and a school week was from Monday to Saturday. In the early seventies the school week was shortened so that pupils and teachers had time off at the weekend.
What I liked the most about compulsory school was the long summer breaks. I swum and met my friends almost every day during summertime. I remember how I decided to learn bicycling by the end of the summer of 1969. I learned it just in time; next day I went to my school for the first time. I rode a bicycle to school in spring and autumn and walked or skied in wintertime.
In the mid-seventies I moved to the school which was situated in the centre of the town. Compulsory school lasted for three years still and after that I continued my studies at the upper secondary school. In 1981 I did my matriculation examinations in two months. My favourite subjects were Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Psychology. After the matriculation exams
I liked to graduate a doctor and I prepared for the entrance exam of a medical school. However I did not pass this entrance exam.
I was interested in Chemistry and I was accepted to a vocational school to study laboratory sciences. The education of a laboratory assistant took for two years. After that in 1984 I started to study Chemistry at the university. I graduated Master of Science in 1989. In the early nineties I began my career as a lecturer of Chemistry and I completed teacher's practical training by May 1994. After that I post graduated the degree of a Licentiate of Technology in the summer of 1997. Now I have taught Chemistry for 18 years at the University of Applied Sciences.
I have loved different kind of physical education all my life. I was very good at running and I awarded prizes in competitions when I was in compulsory school. In addition I liked sciences such as Chemistry, Biology and Psychology.
I did not understand languages very well in my school times. We studied mainly grammar and vocabulary and I felt them quite boring. Later I have noticed that languages are very important and now I have been studying English during a couple of years. I am very interested in reading, writing, listening and speaking and of course also in grammar and vocabulary.
I hoped to have an opportunity to travel to Scotland when I was 17 years old. However I could not afford it. During last decades I have travelled quite much and therefore I have had opportunities to practise my English. Now I am very proud that my children can travel and learn languages by staying for longer times in foreign countries.
The education of the University gave me good academic abilities and skills to my work as a lecturer of Chemistry. Now I would want to join Chemistry and English language together in my teaching. In addition I want to have a good physical and mental health and nice fellowships so that I can enjoy my life.
Take care,
Maarit
At first I will write something about my school times and then I will answer the questions.
I went to compulsory school when I was six years old in the autumn of 1969. In the first class my school days usually began at 9 o'clock and a school week was from Monday to Saturday. In the early seventies the school week was shortened so that pupils and teachers had time off at the weekend.
What I liked the most about compulsory school was the long summer breaks. I swum and met my friends almost every day during summertime. I remember how I decided to learn bicycling by the end of the summer of 1969. I learned it just in time; next day I went to my school for the first time. I rode a bicycle to school in spring and autumn and walked or skied in wintertime.
In the mid-seventies I moved to the school which was situated in the centre of the town. Compulsory school lasted for three years still and after that I continued my studies at the upper secondary school. In 1981 I did my matriculation examinations in two months. My favourite subjects were Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Psychology. After the matriculation exams
I liked to graduate a doctor and I prepared for the entrance exam of a medical school. However I did not pass this entrance exam.
I was interested in Chemistry and I was accepted to a vocational school to study laboratory sciences. The education of a laboratory assistant took for two years. After that in 1984 I started to study Chemistry at the university. I graduated Master of Science in 1989. In the early nineties I began my career as a lecturer of Chemistry and I completed teacher's practical training by May 1994. After that I post graduated the degree of a Licentiate of Technology in the summer of 1997. Now I have taught Chemistry for 18 years at the University of Applied Sciences.
I have loved different kind of physical education all my life. I was very good at running and I awarded prizes in competitions when I was in compulsory school. In addition I liked sciences such as Chemistry, Biology and Psychology.
I did not understand languages very well in my school times. We studied mainly grammar and vocabulary and I felt them quite boring. Later I have noticed that languages are very important and now I have been studying English during a couple of years. I am very interested in reading, writing, listening and speaking and of course also in grammar and vocabulary.
I hoped to have an opportunity to travel to Scotland when I was 17 years old. However I could not afford it. During last decades I have travelled quite much and therefore I have had opportunities to practise my English. Now I am very proud that my children can travel and learn languages by staying for longer times in foreign countries.
The education of the University gave me good academic abilities and skills to my work as a lecturer of Chemistry. Now I would want to join Chemistry and English language together in my teaching. In addition I want to have a good physical and mental health and nice fellowships so that I can enjoy my life.
Take care,
Maarit