9th grade nearing completion, and for many young people waiting for a difficult decision for the final exam. The decision deals with the future. For what should happen when school is over? Should you directly into the business? Should we direct a higher education or to do as many other young people - to choose a stay in a boarding school?

Schools are a Danish phenomenon and can be described as a boarding school, where you live and study at one of the over 250 schools in Denmark. Continuation is by many described as an extremely important period, when you look back on life. The reason is that a continuation schooling is an incredibly intense experience, where for the first time to stand on its own feet and where you share the many ups and downs with fellow pupils. It can hardly fail to result in strong relationships and lasting friendships.

Types of schools
There are mentioned a lot of schools in Denmark, and each has something different to offer. The academic aspect is a high priority at most schools, but the creative and physical electives is often here that schools differ. Thus, there are schools that offer sports at elite level - via for example a handball or football line where one can develop his talent within the given sport. Are you more of a creative soul, there are schools that have a strong focus on music and art. Overall, one can find a boarding school, who, in one way or another meet your interests.

In addition to after school focal points, electives, size and location, there may also be differences in the schools' values. There is therefore a number of schools that have a strong focus on being a Christian boarding school . At a Christian boarding school takes everyday life based on the Christian view of human nature, and therefore are respect, responsibility, community and trust some of the keywords that are the focal point of a Christian school.

Gains on the continuation
Regardless of the boarding school, you ultimately choose, so there is almost a guarantee that you get a lot of value with the baggage on its onward journey - both professionally and in human terms. Professionally, a continuation schooling be an excellent transition to secondary education. It is thus better equipped to face the professional challenges that await in a secondary school or a business school. But professionalism is so far from the only thing that is strengthened when one spends one or more years in a boarding school. On the personal level, there are many who feel an enormous personal development. You learn to take responsibility for himself and his fellow men, you stand more or less on their own feet and many scrap shyness and develop their social skills.


How to choose the right boarding school?
It can be difficult to find the right boarding school in the crowd, so they should be thorough when examining its options. You can read through to a lot of knowledge on school websites, but the best decision making are created when visiting schools physically. It can either do an open house event - which the schools stand - or Efterskolernes day and evening, which is held once a year. Here you can get answers to his questions and not least the brand on whether the school meets the essential requirements.