Category: Education
Romanian University Babes-Bolyai TV Studio
Posted Friday, May 29, 2009 by Luke Cleary
Dragos Nechita, a Romanian journalism student, offers an inside look at the student TV studio at Babes-Bolyai.
Seperated By Staircases
Posted Sunday, May 24, 2009 by Breana Lee Coco-Marks
At Liceul Teoretic “Paul Georescu” school in the village of Tandarei the means to establish authority for teachers is by creating two separate staircases.
I spoke with the director of the school, Rita Chris and a junior, Alexandru Stoica who gave me insight into what really goes on in the student staircase.
Stoica says that in between classes the students will gather to gossip, play music, and even smoke cigarettes.
“Paul Georgescu” school has all levels of schooling from Kindergarden to twelfth grade. When you get to the ninth grade the students are assigned to a classroom with about twenty students and the teachers of each subject will rotate to these rooms at different periods. The students are given seven minute breaks in between each subject and are free to do what they would like.
Stoica says that him and his friends will meet in the staircase and talk about what happened during the last class. He says girls participate in the most gossip about what their friends and what they are wearing. Also, students will play music on their phones throughout the halls and while in the staircase. Stoica admits that many students smoke, but they are not allowed to on school property. However, sometimes students break the rules and the staircase gets out of control.
Teachers stay in their staircase unless the students get too loud and they need to come and monitor the student behavior.
Stoica says that there is not any specific punishments for their actions, although if they are continuously getting in trouble this will reflect poorly on the students success in the classroom.
This system is designed to give some freedom and authority to the students in attempt to gain respect for authority, for the teachers. Director, Rita Chris, says that the teachers obtain a huge level of respect, especially the older teachers.
Could something like this work for the United States school system?
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