The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge connecting the city of San Francisco with Marin County to its north. It was the bridge with longest span in the world from the time it was completed in 1937, until the completion of another bridge in New York in 1964. The Golden Gate Bridge is 1.7 miles long and, about 41 million trips are made across the bridge each year. Before the only mode of transportation was ferry.

Federica Pellegrini Biography

Federica Pellegrini is an italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she holds the women's 200m freestyle world record, and won a gold medal at the 2008 Bejiing Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Pellegrini became the first woman ever to break 4 minute barrier in the 400m freestyle with a time of 3 minutes. Pellegrini is the only swimmer, male or female, to have won seven medals in a row in the same event at the World Championships. She is also the first female Olympic champion in the history of Italian swimming and the only Italian swimmer to have set world records in more that one event. She loves a lot her family and she has a boyfriend: Filippo Magnini, he also is an Italian swimmer.

 

 IRISH SCHOOL SYSTEM

Education is compulsory for children in Ireland from the ages of six to sixteen. The Irish education system is made up of: primary, secondary and tertiary school. The school is open for all the children, unless you choose to send your child to a private institution. Children don't have to attend school until the age of six. To the primary school are 8 years, where you learn: languages,maths,enviroment and scientific education, physical integration ecc..

Education in Ireland is free at all levels. Students wear uniform. The secondary school is made up of: junior cycle, of 3 years, transition year, of 4 years where you learn work activities and senior cycle, of 2 years. After you must choose if go to tertiary school or not. Tertiary school is made up of:  universities,institutes of technology, colleges of education and Private Colleges.
The different between italian school system and irish school system are little. We start with the nursery school at the age of six, directly with primary school. We don't have to wear uniform and we do, in all, 16 years at school and they do 17 years.