Η εβδομάδα ενός μαθητή του Λυκείου Αρμενίου Λάρισας .A student's week

1. A Greek high school student
week
School – private lessons – sleep
and thank God there is Saturday !!

3. A Tuesday more or less similar to other
weekdays !!
Tuesday is a special but fatiguing day , at the same time .
Getting up a 07.30 , get dressed , breakfast and biking to school .
Our lessons program is rather pleasant and I don’t realize that hours keep on going very quickly.
Teachers and students use their sense of humor to make lessons joyful and pleasant.
During breaks , school corridors and yard are full of students talking to each other ( rather loud , though !! )
, youngsters running and teasing each other , you can hear laughs , and generally , there is a happy
atmosphere .
Nevertheless , my preferable lesson is Gymnastics !! We go to our Gymnasium , where we can enjoy physical
training and be physical !!keeping ourselves in good shape.
Our ‘’batteries’’ are full now !!
13.40 p.m. the school bell rings : lessons finish.
On the way home , I keep on organizing the rest day .
There is much homework to do!!
Lunch hour , at home !!
15.00 – 17.00 p.m. studying my private lessons homework .
17.00 p.m. I have to leave now , music lessons !!
18.30 – 19.45 p.m. return at home and do some physical training .
20.00 – 22.00 pm. private lessons with a young lady teacher , very interesting .
22.00 – 23.30 p.m. school homework .
23.30 p.m. : I am exhausted !! a shower and I can’t wait to get in my bed !!!

4. ANOTHER TYPICAL WEEK DAY
Every day is different , nevertheless , the daily routine keeps on going .
• 06.45 a.m. wake up and get dressed up .
• 07.20 a.m. walk to my village bus station to catch the school bus .
• 07.50 a.m. arrival at school . I enter school , leave my school bag and wait for my
• friend Chara.
• 08.10 a.m. the bell ring !! gathering for the daily prayer and let’s start the lessons
.
• 13.40 p.m. lessons finish .Time to go home .
• 14.00 p.m. lunch and siesta.
• 17.00 p.m. due to hard economic situation of my parents ,
• I teach a primary school girl how to do her home work ,
• so ,I gain my pocket money .
• 18.30 p.m. return home and do my own home work.
• 21.00 p.m. TV time
• 22.00 p.m. time to go to bed !!

5. Another weekday at school
• 06.45 a.m. : wake up !! get dressed !! a cup of milk and I have to go to school.
• 07.30 a.m. : school bus takes my schoolmates and me at school ,passing through four other villages.
• 07.50 a.m.: arrival at school. School is warm and has an odor of hotel breakfast , because of the school
• canteen preparing : cheese pies , hot ( and cold ) sandwiches , fresh bread and other delicatessen .
• 08.10 a.m. : school bell is ringing .Morning pray and entering in our classrooms.
• A good reason to enter classroom is my buddies !!
• my close friends ,with whom ,I can share my thoughts .
• 08.55 a.m. : first break !! let’s get something to eat from the school canteen .
• What a queue !! My goodness !! everybody is hungry .
Hours pass !! Perhaps ,I am getting bored during some lessons but others are interesting and catchy !!
12.55 p.m. : today I have only six school hours lessons , so I can enjoy my mates
• waiting for the school bus to get me home .
• 14.30 p.m. : lunch at home .
• 16.00 – 18.00 p.m. :private lessons .
• 18.00 – 19.00 p.m. : "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY." ,
• as Jack Nicolson repeated at the Cubric’s ‘’ Shining’’, so , we can enjoy a cup of coffee
• or a refreshment with our friends , before going back home to continue studying .
• 19.00 – 21.00 p.m. : school lessons homework.
• 21.00 – 23.00 p.m. : watching TV
• 23.00 p.m. : Good night !! I am going to sleep now !!

6. SATURDAY !!
My dear diary
It’s hard to describe how anxious I am , waiting for Saturday and Sunday.
Thank God , there is Saturday afternoon to get some rest and relax , since on
Sunday schools and frontistirion ( private lessons ) are out for the week – end .
Actually on both Saturday and Sunday , many working hours will keep me sitting on
my chair , studying again and again texts of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers
and historians .
Who can abandon these ‘’friends ‘’ ? Plato , Aristotle , Cicero etc ?
The point is the more difficult the text , the more intrigue and interesting it is !!
The more we study , the most we realize the wealth of ancient classic spirit .
We feel so rich to have this spiritual wealth and this legacy in our books.
As a matter of fact , I feel curious to know more and more about their texts and
I keep on searching by myself , through libraries and the net .
On the other hand , it’s Saturday evening !! I have to get dressed and meet my friends
for our Saturday night fever !!!
I am kidding !! the way , we pass our free time on Saturday night is talking and
perhaps sometimes a little dance !!
• Wish you all your week – ends to be as pleasant as ours !!

7. Armenio high school