Sunday, 20 October 2013

The differences between primary and secondary schools in Qatar and in the UK


There are a lot of differences between primary and secondary schools in Qatar and in the UK, and am going to mentions some of these differences. Firstly, primary and secondary schools in Qatar start their classes at 7 am and they finished at 1:30 pm, but schools in the UK have different timing, they start their classes at 8 am and they finish at 3 pm. Secondly, the style of teaching in Qatar depend on the white board and on the hand books and sometimes on the overhead projector, also in the UK they follow the same way of teaching. Thirdly, in Qatar in primary schools for both boys and girls, and secondary schools for girls they must wear uniform, but in secondary schools for boys they wear the traditional clothes, but in the UK in primary and secondary schools both of them wear uniform. Fourthly, in Qatar they have 7 classes each day and between these classes they have two breaks. But in the UK they have just one break.

As you can conclude that in Qatar the schools or even the classes are not mixed up, because of the religion and the cultures and traditions, however, in the UK the classes are mixed.
 To sum up, I think that both countries do a big effort to graduate a good students and let them develop in their university life.

Thursday, 17 October 2013

The four nations of the United Kingdom

 

The four nations of the United Kingdom is England, Scotland, wales and north Ireland. In these four countries they have different culture and different languages.

 Starting from the top Scotland is located in the north of the United Kingdom, the capital of Scotland is Edinburgh and the population there is five million people, they call the people Scotts or Scottish and the spoken language there is Gaelic.

Below Scotland is north Ireland, the capital of north Ireland is Belfast and the population there is under two million. The spoken language in north Ireland is Irish or Gaelic.

In the medial of the United Kingdom is England, the capital of England is London were the population increase there, and it is 50 million people and most of them speak English.

In the last, wales is located in the south of the United Kingdom, the capital of wales is Cardiff and the population is about three million people, and the spoken language in wales is welsh.

Thursday, 10 October 2013

My first impressions in living in Cardiff


When I first arrived to Cardiff, I was surprised by life here for many reasons; first, the weather is amazing and changeable as it could be shiny, cloudy and rainy in one hour. Second, in shopping malls and supermarkets we have to pay for the bags and I think that it is a good idea for saving the environment. Moreover, many people prefer to walk than to use cars as a part of their daily life. Besides that, it strange that shopping malls in Cardiff close early than shopping malls in my country. In general life is easier and much better than I have expected.