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1. Mars 2018Kl. 10.15 – 13.45.

SáF 2015

A

Quotes

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.Albert Einstein

I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it again later in life.

Clara Delevingne

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.Victor Hugo.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers –but never never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, bacuase if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

Katherine Hepburn

When I was 5 yeas old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school , they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand Life.

John Lennon

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Abraham Lincoln

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You must choose one of the following tasks for your essay.

A1 – Read the quotes on the previous pages, you might find other quotes on this link https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/school which you might like. Write an essay where you comment on the significance and importance of at least two the quotes. You may include some of the pictures if you like.Essay title: School

A2 –What makes a good day at school?Write an essay on that theme.Essay title: A good day at school

B

Five curious facts about vikings.

1. They did not have horns on their helmets!2. Viking women enjoyed some basic rights.3. Viking men spent most of their time farming.4. Vikings were active in the slave trade.5. Vikings enjoyed hygiene so much they even named one of the

weeksdays for it : ‘laugardagr’ means ‘washing day’-

Still from the History channels series “Vikings”

B

Vikings and other medieval cultures seem to be quite popular in our times. There are TV-series, feature films, comics and reenactment arrangements, and then there are the many films and series about myths, cults and legends like Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings etc.

You must choose one of the following tasks for your essay.

B1 –Write an essay about why you think people are so fascinated by vikings and such. Do we really need such stories in our moderns times?

Essay title: Vikings and such

B2 – Imagine you’re back in the Faroes a thousand years ago (at the times of Sigmund Brestison).

Write a story about living in the Faroes when those famous incidents ocurred as if you’re on the sideline.

Essay title: I know Sigmund

C

Task:

Write a story inspired by the picture.

Headline: (make your own)