The Christmas Ball
On December 3rd the annual Christmas Ball took place at SSB. This is something organised by students and has been a traditions for many years. This year it was 4 students in Gym 3 that organised the ball together and it was very successful. All of the Gym students attended and the Classes 9-10 very waitressing throughout the evening.
During this day it was especially fun to love at the castle. Everybody ran around getting ready the whole day and helped their friends with hair and makeup. When everybody was ready the whole Gym socialized for about half an hour before the doors to the Mozart hall opened and the ball started. As I said it was very successful and I'm sure everybody enjoyed themselves. This is the event of the year at the school and people also tend to say it is the highlight of the year.This is also the event to which one can invite friends from back home which is a lot of fun.
During this day it was especially fun to love at the castle. Everybody ran around getting ready the whole day and helped their friends with hair and makeup. When everybody was ready the whole Gym socialized for about half an hour before the doors to the Mozart hall opened and the ball started. As I said it was very successful and I'm sure everybody enjoyed themselves. This is the event of the year at the school and people also tend to say it is the highlight of the year.This is also the event to which one can invite friends from back home which is a lot of fun.
Gym 3
When students in Upper Secondary choose to study a year abroad it is most common to do it in Gym 2, your second year. That way you move back for graduation or you can choose to stay here for your last year. However some people, like myself, choose to move abroad during the third year. The reason why I chose to move in Gym 3 is simple, I was tired of my routines and wanted a change in my life. Since I was in Gym 2 already when I decided I wanted to move it made things a little more complicated than it generally is in Gym 2.
In Gym 2 you usually have pretty general courses that are available in most places, many people study the same things. In Gym 3 the case is slightly different since it is during the third year that your courses become more specific in line to the programme you are in (Economics/Science/Social Studies). At my old school I already had a plan of what courses I was going to have but since I moved schools there were different courses available. This meant I had to carefully plan out, together with teachers from both my current and future school, my schedule to make sure I would get enough points to graduate. The positive thing about discussing things like these with SSB is that the teachers are used to compromising schedules and helping to sort out any kinks in the programme. I studied some extra courses that I could not do in Gym 3 at SSB during Gym 2 and adjusted my schedule to make sure I would be able to graduate. When this was done there were no more problems and I applied just like a Gym 2 student.
In Gym 2 you usually have pretty general courses that are available in most places, many people study the same things. In Gym 3 the case is slightly different since it is during the third year that your courses become more specific in line to the programme you are in (Economics/Science/Social Studies). At my old school I already had a plan of what courses I was going to have but since I moved schools there were different courses available. This meant I had to carefully plan out, together with teachers from both my current and future school, my schedule to make sure I would get enough points to graduate. The positive thing about discussing things like these with SSB is that the teachers are used to compromising schedules and helping to sort out any kinks in the programme. I studied some extra courses that I could not do in Gym 3 at SSB during Gym 2 and adjusted my schedule to make sure I would be able to graduate. When this was done there were no more problems and I applied just like a Gym 2 student.
The Gym 3 class is smaller than the Gym 2 class, simply because of there not being the same amount of boarding students. Many of the the Gym 3 students have lived here for most of their lives and live with their families. The great thing about being so few is that it is possible to be friends with everybody and feel connected to each other. Also the classroom is never too crowded and the teachers have time to help us all. 7 of the students in Gym 3 are boarding students so we live together with Gym 2 and Gym 1 students at the castle, this is great for us since we get to know people from all classes well.
I really recommend studying here in Gym 3. I would imagine that it is just as fun as in Gym 2 and at the same time you graduate with a group of friends instead of a big class where you don't know everybody well.
Christmas at the boarding
About a week ago all of the boarding students were invited to a christmas workshop. It took place on a saturday afternoon and the houseparents had put a lot of effort into making this successful.
There were different sations one could go to. You could choose to make christmas cards for people back home, bake pepparkakor, decorate the castle, make marsipan snacks or simply enjoy the christmas music and socialise with your friends. There was a lot of nice food for us to eat and julmust was available for everybody. To make this even more fun the houseparents let their children join us so they helped us with our baking and played with us. It was a lot of fun and now the castle is very cosy, everybody received a christmas light (ljusstake) to put in their window. The corridors are now lit up by christmas lights and students have bought/created their own christmas calendars. It almost feels like at home.
There were different sations one could go to. You could choose to make christmas cards for people back home, bake pepparkakor, decorate the castle, make marsipan snacks or simply enjoy the christmas music and socialise with your friends. There was a lot of nice food for us to eat and julmust was available for everybody. To make this even more fun the houseparents let their children join us so they helped us with our baking and played with us. It was a lot of fun and now the castle is very cosy, everybody received a christmas light (ljusstake) to put in their window. The corridors are now lit up by christmas lights and students have bought/created their own christmas calendars. It almost feels like at home.
