Life in Russia Education and Financial Systems in Russia.The education and financial systems in Russia differ from the one in the United States. According to the law of Education of the Russian Federation, every child from the age of seven must attend school. The lementary stage of education includes grades 1 through 4, and the secondary stage includes grades 5 through 11. In contrast to American schools, all grades from 1st to 11th are located in the same school building. After graduating from the fourth grade, children continue to stay at the same school. All students are usually assigned to the same class through all eleven school years.
Moving up from one grade to another, these classes don't change. The school year for all Russian schools begins September 1st and ends at the end of May. Summer vacation lasts three months: June, July, and August. Educational programs in Russian schools are more difficult and intensive than in American schools. In the 4-5th grade children begin to study a foreign language (sometimes two or three) and algebra, then in the 6-8th grades history, economy, geography, physics and geometry.
Children typically have homework every day for each subject. In the 10-11th grades they usually have one day per week for early professional education. It can be driving, typing, sewing or other industrial study. After the 10th grade children train at the industry they choose for a few weeks during the summer. After graduating from secondary school, most students attend institutes or universities which are called "Highest Educational Institution". This program usually lasts five years.
Aftercompleting a study, graduates are granted a diploma of higher education (equivalent to a B.S/M.S.) and are ready to start their professional career. After the 9th grade not very advanced children could leave school and go to the college, education at which is called “Middle Education”. These colleges offer education to be a specialist like a nurse, an auto repairer, a motorman, a chef, a baker or a builder and so on. This program lasts 2-3 years and it is usually free.
I enjoyed being at school and still keep in touch with of many of my classmates and university friends. Next, financial services in Russia are not as well-developed as the same in the United States. Credit cards, personal checks and money orders are not very popular yet. And, not all upermarkets, restaurants or other places take debit cards. It is important to have cash on hand. For example, my husband forgets to have cash very often, especially when he is away from Russia for a long time.
There were several times in restaurants when he realized that he hadn’t money at the time of payment. But he was lucky because of me; I always remember to have cash. As for me, Russia is the best, most beautiful, unpredictable and unusual place in the world. Now our family lives in the United States, and I hope that America takes a significant part of my heart.
Moving up from one grade to another, these classes don't change. The school year for all Russian schools begins September 1st and ends at the end of May. Summer vacation lasts three months: June, July, and August. Educational programs in Russian schools are more difficult and intensive than in American schools. In the 4-5th grade children begin to study a foreign language (sometimes two or three) and algebra, then in the 6-8th grades history, economy, geography, physics and geometry.
Children typically have homework every day for each subject. In the 10-11th grades they usually have one day per week for early professional education. It can be driving, typing, sewing or other industrial study. After the 10th grade children train at the industry they choose for a few weeks during the summer. After graduating from secondary school, most students attend institutes or universities which are called "Highest Educational Institution". This program usually lasts five years.
Aftercompleting a study, graduates are granted a diploma of higher education (equivalent to a B.S/M.S.) and are ready to start their professional career. After the 9th grade not very advanced children could leave school and go to the college, education at which is called “Middle Education”. These colleges offer education to be a specialist like a nurse, an auto repairer, a motorman, a chef, a baker or a builder and so on. This program lasts 2-3 years and it is usually free.
I enjoyed being at school and still keep in touch with of many of my classmates and university friends. Next, financial services in Russia are not as well-developed as the same in the United States. Credit cards, personal checks and money orders are not very popular yet. And, not all upermarkets, restaurants or other places take debit cards. It is important to have cash on hand. For example, my husband forgets to have cash very often, especially when he is away from Russia for a long time.
There were several times in restaurants when he realized that he hadn’t money at the time of payment. But he was lucky because of me; I always remember to have cash. As for me, Russia is the best, most beautiful, unpredictable and unusual place in the world. Now our family lives in the United States, and I hope that America takes a significant part of my heart.
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