Hello everyone

Hello everyone! My name is Samira and I am a student at the Universal School of Lebanon in Lebanon. I am the only student in eleventh grade. This is only the second year that my school has been in operation. There are only about 85 students from the preschool up to 11th grade. It is located in a small village in northern Lebanon called Bterram. This small village can be found on the globe at latitude: 34 21 North and longitude: 35 49 East.

The approach at education is very modern in that our lessons are facilitated through doing experiments, visiting places, and working on the computer and the Internet. For example, in science I studied about the weather and then I visited a weather station with my teacher to see how the weather is forecasted. I take 8 subjects in all which totals to 35 periods a week, 7 periods a day. Out of the 35 periods, 7 of them are Math. I am studying Algebra II, and right now I'm learning about conic sections. I am also preparing for the SAT test which I will take at the end of this year.

I enjoy my school very much and am enjoying working on various IEARN projects. Since math is my favorite subject, I look forward to starting to work on the math project, and to working with different people. I will soon be posting my observations on how math is used in everyday life, and what math skills are needed in different situations.