3. Our Technical Secondary School

As we become older we realize that there are some essential things and places we always want to come back to. They are certainty our birthplace, our home, our school and our technical school. We shall always be indebted to our teachers for the rest of our lives.

I study at the technical secondary school of food industry in town Smila. This educational establishment is one of the oldest and best-known in our country. It is more than one hundred years old. It was founded in 1884 by Duke Bobrynsky, who was the owner of several sugar-refineries in those places. There was a need to have their own specialists in serving the facilities of these plants. They had to prepare these specialists or invite them from abroad. So the first mechanical classes appeared which prepared the specialists, the foremen for these plants.

After the revolution it was a technical school which prepared mechanics and technologists of sugar industry for the whole country. In 1928 it was reorganized into the sugar institute. In 1934 it became a technical school again. Many distinguished people of Ukraine studied at Smila.

The technical school provided fine teaching facilities in mechanics, technology, treatment of materials, automatization and computing.

There is a library with thousands of books.

The technical school occupies three buildings with classrooms and laboratories - one old and two new ones. Non-residential students live in a hostel. When you come into the administrative buildings #3 you will see a hall and a corridor with many doors of administrative services, book-keeping. There is a gymnasium where we have our Physical training and an assembling hall. There are many classrooms. And the students study various subjects there: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, Ukrainian and foreign languages. This building is connected with building #2 by the corridor. There are many laboratories, specialized rooms, many classrooms. They are equipped with modern teaching materials, necessary devices and facilities. Our students are working hard. They have a good practice in the laboratories and at the plants. That is why our school-leavers are well prepared for their future profession. There is also a canteen where students can have a fine lunch during the breaks.

Sport plays a very important part in the life of our technical school. Many competitions and tournaments are held in the gymnasium and on the stadium.

It is possible to study computer and English language in the clubs.

Meetings and parties are often held in the assembly hall. The students decorate it for special occasions to make it look more attractive.

The school year begins on the first of September, known as a Day of Knowledge. It is devided into two terms. At the end of every term the students have sessional examinations. They pass tests, credits and examinations in different subjects.

The students study the school subjects on the first year of studies, such as Mathematics, History, Ukrainian and Foreign Languages. Then they study special subjects on their specialty: technological processes, construction and exploitation of facilities of the plants, processes and apparatuses, basic hydraulics, technology of sugar and refine sugar, metrology, economy of enterprise, computers and microprocessing systems and so on.

The graduators become younger specialists. They are prepared for the professional activity at the enterprises of food industry, at the shops of agricultural enterprises and technological complexes manufacturing food production. The graduators of our school have the opportunity to continue studies at the institutes and universities entering the third course. I am proud to study at this technical school.