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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"European style" is really just a generalization and not really a "marketing term" - I grew up in Germany, and the type of program and structure at BASIS is more reminiscent of German academic schools (typically called 'Gymnasium') as opposed to typical American schools.  We had a lot more science early on, just as BASIS provides - and a lot more focus on math, together with a strong emphasis on things like classics and literature, as BASIS does.  I believe Olga Block is Czech, and they have a similar type of system for their academic track as the Germans, that's the type of model they are following.[/quote]

I did the French Bacc in the 1980's. In Middle school we had languages (French, Arabic and English), history, geography and extensive general sciene. Starting 9th grade students were separated into 4 groups according to their forté subjects. Bacc A was mostly literature/social sciences, B mostly siences, C mostly Math and D was technical. I always got good grades in everything without too much effort. When we moved to England in the middles of 9th grade, I found out that education was quite different there. I had so much difficulty in school as we needed to write research papers on a regular basis, even in math and music. A year later we had to move to the USSR and it was yet another challenge. There was no language barrier. We were lectured most of the classes just like in French education. There were no research papers, but for our tests and exams (not quizzes) we had to write the answer and then face  a pannel of 3-4 teachers and explain orally why our answer was correct. 
My son is at BASIS and I follow his studies closely. For me, the middle school model is  closest to the French model.[/quote]

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