Luxembourg

The text below is written and analyzed under the description of Noah Viloria Closs, a student of the Lycee Michel Rodange of Luxembourg in the 10th grade who has studied in the city since his early years, for this reason he is the one who contributes to this project with a detailed explanation about the school and citizen environment in which he lives, which allowed a better and deeper understanding of the Luxembourg reality in the school environment under the perspective of a native.

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Luxembourg is a highly respected country for having a TRILINGUAL education system from the first school stage and for being totally free and equitable.

Schools are assigned by communes, so depending on the area in which the child's family resides he or she will be directed to a nearby school, but there is always that freedom to decide which school to attend. The fact that the school is a government resource and that everyone has access to it reflects how open the culture is to diversity, to differences in classes, ethnicities, cultures, races or lifestyles, in order to create a tolerant and empathetic system among all citizens.

 School is compulsory from 4 to 16 years of age, which is why 100% of Luxembourgers over the age of 15 can read and write. The school period is divided into three levels: "kindergarten", "primary school" and "high school".

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The basis of kindergarten is fun, basic learning of mathematical logic, the basics of behaviour (basic manners) and automotive development work. All learning depends on the methodologies applied by the teacher and both parents and the school agree on the way they operate. 

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After this stage "primaryshool" begins which goes from the first to the sixth grade (from 6 to 12 years old) all the schools in the country have almost the same type of programme in the primary stage. In the first grade children start to learn mathematics and German, French is then taught in the second grade. Biology is only taught up to Grade 3. History and Geography are taught from Grade 5 and finally in Grade 6 subjects such as arts, sports and "Vie et society" are added. All subjects, except French, are taught in German. 

Each school has thirty hours of classes per week (10 hours less than in Colombia), being Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 to 4pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 12; where on days that are 8-4pm there is a two hour lunch break from 12-2pm; This flexibility in time is designed to enhance the social growth of the children, encouraging them to participate in activities and school courses that increase their personal development in a free way. All these courses and activities are the responsibility of the government and in some cases parents pay a minimum surplus per year (this additional fee is totally affordable for all social classes).

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On the other hand the grading in the primary school is not very clear, each teacher can grade the exams according to his or her own criteria, but the main grading base that governs the inspector has a grading style A-D. Every two years the teacher is changed and it is this teacher who teaches all subjects in the different areas during his or her biannual teaching period. In short, what is learned ,how it is learned and how it is evaluated depends on a single professional criterion. 

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After the first meeting, the directors and parents meet with the teacher in charge of the child's last school year and, of course, with the student. From among all the parents, they select the level of difficulty at which the student will present his "high school" period, there are three levels of difficulty, which are "modulaire" representing the lowest level, followed by "technique" representing the middle level and finally "classique" as the highest level of education in Luxembourg; These levels are adapted to the needs and abilities of the student, so that his or her promotion to the baccalaureate is ideal according to his or her aptitudes; This shows the tolerance for difference and the understanding for the different intellectual and academic development that the school has towards the students and normalizes the fact of presenting difficulties, but not as a weakness but as an opportunity to understand at their own pace. Collaterally, it is important to rescue the freedom that the student has in front of which level of difficulty he wants to be submitted to depending on his life basis and personal tastes; they do not force or push everyone to learn at the same pace or to perform at the same level, starting from the point that all students develop different intelligences and on a different scale. 

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Following this division, depending on the level suggested, parents should find a school that suits their requirements. It is important to stress that this level of education will not affect the student's learning; the subjects and duration of the baccalaureate are the same for everyone. This school stage goes from grade seven to grade thirteen. In secondary school many things change, many subjects are added and depending on each school there are different programmes that schools can propose.

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The first major change in secondary school is that each test is graded with clear points, exams or activities are graded over 60 points and any marks below 30 are considered lost. At the end of each term all points are calculated together, major subjects require a total of 180 points to be considered passed, some minor subjects require 120 or even 60 points depending on their difficulty. After this calculation all these values are added up with their respective percentages and a grade is marked for the whole school year; this grade is graded on 60 points so if the yearly grade is below 30 the student must repeat the whole grade.

Basically, grades and numerical marks are essential to "measure" the ability and intelligence of students under the criteria stipulated at the national level of the education system, the school seeks to obtain a qualifying and quantitative objective, a set of rules to measure the objectives, which in this case are the above mentioned grades. In such a case the student has lost a subject but likewise passed the school year must find a way to recover that subject, if the end of year grade is higher than 36, the student can compensate a subject and if it is higher than 38, the student can compensate two subjects. In this case, the student does not manage to make up the subject and has to take an exam at the end of the holidays, which will determine whether or not he or she passes the year. This allows us to infer that lack of opportunity is not a problem for Luxembourg students.

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Another change brought about by the Bachillerato is the addition of chemistry and physics as new subjects, the practical part of biology is also eliminated and students begin to learn about the history of art. Already in grade ten all subjects, except for German, English, art, " vie et society " and physical education are in French, which is very difficult for many students.

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The eleventh grade is a great year, students have the opportunity to focus their knowledge on certain areas depending on how they project their university future. There are seven different areas a student can choose from. Each option is labelled with a letter, the first option is "A" which is mostly languages where students learn a new language and study each language in more detail and use literature and their studies from each language, mathematics is reduced and then even eliminated. The second option known as "B" is mathematics, languages are taught less and certain languages can be eliminated; this is known as one of the most difficult options. The third option "C" is chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics also shares the title as one of the most difficult options to choose, although surprisingly many students choose this option. The fourth option "D" is economics and mathematics, where all subjects are normally taught but the mathematical and economic field is studied in greater depth. The "E" is an art option where the students' main subject is art. They have many different projects, but also have all the subjects. The main subject of the "F" option is music, as in other options it also has all the subjects in this option the students need to know how to play a couple of instruments and learn history of music. The "G" is known as the easiest option, because the "G" stands for general, which explains its all in general, there are no subjects studied in detail and everything is studied at a basic level. 

The learning of each one of these subjects is taught in different scenarios that facilitate the demonstration and teaching of the different subjects. It is learned in laboratories, science centres, intelligent classrooms, sports fields and other scenarios that are constantly changing and adjusted to pedagogical needs.

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This type of selective learning methodology gives the student total freedom about what type of information and under what intensity he will learn each of the materials he chooses to study his last three years of "high school"; This is a great methodology that promotes the autonomy and responsibility of students, giving them total freedom, what the system achieves is to encourage young people to make choices on a large scale and to understand that all decisions in the life of man have repercussions and consequences that he must assume and face, this elective system promotes the importance of decision making in the student's daily life, what action do we submit ourselves to day by day and does it involve great importance? Decision-making, every day man is forced to choose about his near or distant future and how he lives his life, for this reason this elective space is essential since the student comes from developing his learning in previous years under a generalized curricular system that restricted and did not promote critical thinking, autonomy or the development of own thoughts, this was basically based on the memorization of "learning topics".

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In grade 12, only the chosen elective continues to be studied, some classes can be removed or added depending on what each student chooses. As the last school year, thirteenth is basically a normal year until the second quarter where there is the final exam, where the student must take a general test and with the approval of this he manages to finish his school period, in some cases this exam is failed and if that happens the student must repeat the whole school year, repeatedly we see how the exams and grades define the development and all the effort that a whole school year entails.

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Bibliographic references

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Names: Eliezer Gonzales, Sofía Lozano, Jerónimo Massarella, Paula Serna, Maria Jose Vargas.
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