*yawn*

[my_crimson_rose]

Meh. I'm tired.

The weather is... low. You know, like a thunderstorm is approaching together with lots of rain. The air feels... heavy. But it's still dry outside. So weird. And everytime it's like this my head gets messed up, hurting and making me all sleepy. V. v. annoying

Comments

[gmstarshine]

I am always interested in learning how your education system works in Sweden and what you have to do to meet basic requirements. I think most of my students would have trouble explaining the Cold War and sometimes it's hard to get them to even know where countries in the world are located. Thanks for doing the 8 things meme.

[my_crimson_rose]

No prob. ^^

Ah, the Swedish school system... hmm. What to say. We get our first real grades, on paper and all, in 8th grade. That's when we are 14 years old. The grades one can get are Godkänd (roughly translated; "passed", but it means that you meet the basic requirements, but no more), Väl Godkänd (Something like "very good"; you meet the requirements and do it well) and Mycket Väl Godkänd ("Very very good" XD It's the best grade, and it means you're really good in that subject or at that test). Then we have Icke Godkänd, too. "Not meeting the requirements". And those grades are really too few; I'd prefer numbers or letters + more steps, not just 3-4 steps, whereof three that are "good"... And I'd like to have grades earlier, from 6th grade or so.

... Ah heck. Check this page if you're interested in a more comprehensible explanation than mine. XD http://www.skolverket.se/sb/d/374

[my_crimson_rose]

Oh, and I don't really know much about th Cold War either, but I find the things I know very... interesting. :D The whole thing is somewhat entertaining if you think of it now;

"We've got nuclear weapons."
"We've got nuclear weapons, too."
"Oh. Really. You know, we may bomb you any day."
"And we may bomb YOU anyday. Hah."
"Meh."
"..."
"..."
"... we've got spies in your country. HA."
"Well, we got spies in your country too. Stupid n00bs."
"But MEH. Our technology is much better than yours, anyway."
"*workworkwork*... Not anymore. Ho ho ho."
"Stupid Russians."
"Meh, stupid Americans."
"Shut up. We're better than you. We've got NATO."
"Bah. Capitalistic Westerners. WE have got the Warsaw pact."
"Yeah yeah, whatever... Stupid commies."

... and on and on and on and on. XD