Jurkevičius evaluated the list of authors of the Lithuanian language test: we discouraged students of literature

We remind you that this year the graduates had to write about the following topics from the Lithuanian language and literature exam:

TASKS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE THESIS

1. What do we advertise and what do we reserve?

Recommended authors are recommended: Šatrijos Ragana, Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas

2. How does a person behave when faced with a threat?

Recommended authors are recommended: Balys Sruoga, Bronius Krivickas

LITERATURE TASKS

1. The image of the father in literature

Recommended authors are recommended: Kristijonas Donelaitis, Antanas Škėma

2. Representation of everyday life in literature

Recommended authors are recommended: Marius Katiliškis, Judita Vaičiūnaitė

Another 36 authors could also be trusted.

Lithuanian language teacher M. Grigaitis commented that he always evaluates topics in the context of the current program and exam.

“In terms of that, the themes are pretty easy to use. This year narrowness has been avoided, a wide field of reasoning has been opened, one can devote oneself to reflecting on the problems of human existence, the encounter with political systems, the moral attitude in the marginal situation.

Authors who are listed as recommended directly analyze the problems identified in their work topics. So it shouldn’t be difficult for those who studied to get good scores, “he said.

According to him, literary themes also capture the issues that are discussed in literary works, so there was no need to visit multiple episodes about a vacation or a city this year.

“Therefore, the topics are relevant to both the subject and the exam syllabus.”

Students get discouraged from literature.

Saulius Jurkevičius, director of the Vilnius Lyceum, had a different opinion and said that although he is a historian by specialty, he knows the literary program better than history.

“I think there is a big problem everywhere and in my opinion children are discouraged from reading literature, discouraged from reading at all with all those activities. There seem to be such components here, but all those components create a completely absurd feeling system. “

In the opinion of the director, in the first place, it is in this exam with an excessive number of works and it is completely inappropriate for 36 authors to be proposed.

“If students study for two years, he is well aware that it is impossible to get acquainted with everything properly and this shows absolute absurdity. Such a system is absurd, which in general cannot be carried out and fulfilled normally, and thus acquires a certain context of imitation.

Another thing I calculated was the relationship between prose and poetry. To my understanding, there is an inadequate amount of poetry. Poetry is yet another form of expression, which is more related to various metaphors, certain different literary contexts, and this requires a higher level of feeling ”, assured S. Jurkevičius.

In his opinion, poetry is not always easy to pass for the average Lithuanian student, therefore the exam often does not correspond to the general level of preparation of students, when they read works that do not fit their age and maturity.

“I can’t really understand and comprehend those works. Needless to say, a strange system of feelings is being re-created. I think literature is a wonderful thing like all things, but everything is done here to keep you away from it.” .

Too many dingy pieces

Another important aspect, according to S. Jurkevičius, is what literature is given to students to read and raised the question whether it is inspiring and forms a positive attitude towards life, or whether literary works that promote a depressive state are selected , gloomy and in some they even respect the suicidal atmosphere.

“It would be possible to cite three such classic and very favorite works that point in that direction. For example, Kamiu’s “Strange” work is actually very complex and everything is there in a literary context, but it is not a school work.

The following is an example of Škėma’s “White Sheet”. In fact, there is a very complex context about insanity, suicide and everything in between. I’d say that field is strange when a twelfth grader is at an age where he is really looking for the meaning of being. However, as I go into such a depressed environment, I don’t think that’s what it takes and in a sense it takes away that vital energy from them. “

S. Jurkevičius also criticized “Tula” by Jurgis Kunčinas, which also raised doubts about the way they are leading these young people.

“Much of it, let’s say, in that context is neither easy to read, nor to understand, nor to claim, in a good way, a point of resistance for a young man based on certain works of literature. It’s a big problem, but I think it’s insurmountable that our actors focus on those things. “

The headmaster of the Vilnius Lyceum joked that he is glad that not all students get stuck in these jobs, but choose some summaries and thus easily overcome this challenge.

“But the people who think this will bring students closer to literature are, in fact, going the other way.”

I don’t understand the main purpose of the exam.

Another thing that S. Jurkevičius does not like is that it is not clear what the main objective of this exam is.

How should students write this? Is the goal to extract some form of artistic expression from the students? Forgive me, but that is not a unifying ground and it would be like demanding during music lessons that everyone sing beautifully. We cannot demand this because there is some general level that can be demanded during the lessons of music, art and also literature.

I think this is a very important thought, because if we expect some special form of literary expression from ordinary students who only come into contact with literature temporarily, then I think it is a flawed approach and it takes all teaching in the wrong direction. Instead of bringing people closer to literature, we discourage them. It’s exactly the same if I suggested you sing great during music lessons when you’re not learning. “

The writing of the topics, S. Jurkevičius said, is once again an abstraction that creates an undefined field for twelfth graders and plunges them into an environment that is again not the response field for their age.

For example, a photo of a woman in Lithuanian literature. I think maybe a fifth-year philology student could try to philosophize in an abstract context, using a vast context of literature and its competence. (…)

Everything should work more easily, and if you have read a work, you should be asked to retell it and draw some conclusions, instead of striving to reach heights that do not correspond to reality.

Fewer students will take maturity tests

We remind you that the Lithuanian language and literature exam is mandatory, which is why it is taken by all those who are looking for a certificate of maturity. According to the National Education Agency (NSA), 17,207 candidates took the state maturity exam and 9,352 the school.

June 7 The state maturity test session began on July 2 and ended in July. state exam of maturity in physics. The results will be published no later than July 23 and as of July 5. until July 20. waiting for a new session.

This year, 27.7 thousand people signed up to take the exams. students in the final general education and vocational class, which is five hundred less than last year.

To receive a maturity certificate, a student and a former student must pass 2 maturity exams: a compulsory Lithuanian language and literature exam and another maturity exam on the subject or complete a maturity assignment. In total, candidates can choose and take a maximum of 7 maturity exams, and a total of 12 state maturity exams are organized during the exam period in the main and repeat sessions.

Only those whose annual grade in the subject is not less than four have the right to go to the examination centers.