1. Education. Teacher as authority or friend. The role of the teacher in the language classroom. School uniforms. Everybody has a right to education in Lithuania. The secondary education is compulsory. It is very important that every youngster would attend secondary school. They would be busier and couldn’t commit crimes.
In our times some teachers are not only an authority, they just like a friends. But it is difficult to find that teacher. Some of them just do their work – teach, and don’t try to communicate with students. Also, there are teachers who don’t have a talent to teach: they don’t know or don’t are able to explain theme of lesson. And it is very bad for students, because not all can learn without explanation. But I just can’t say that there aren’t teachers who are like friends. There are, but I think that a few.
In some schools become a rule to wear uniform. There are some advantages of wearing a school uniform. Certainly, when you are dressed in a uniform, you look like a gentleman. Of course, some schools have strict rules which you must not ignore. To some extent, a uniform is a part of discipline and you don’t need to think what to wear the next morning when going to school. The school has a greater prestige when guests notice schoolchildren in uniforms. According to the uniform, one can easily say which school pupil belongs to. A uniform is like a symbol of the school. The argument for uniforms is that they prevent the competition among the teenagers and hide the differences in family incomes.