Believe it or not, there is a high school in Bulgaria called The American College of Sofia. It is a 9th through 12th grade college prepartory school that takes in about 100 students are year. Like Stuyvesant many more students apply each year. The curriculum is taught in English, even though most of the students are Bulgarian. The day begins at 8:10am in the morning, and students typically take 14 courses at once. You see they must meet the Bulgarian government's standards and the International Baccalaureate standards. Don't be too shocked; some classes only meet twice a week. Unfortunately, students had just finished final exams; so they weren't around. However, we met with 14 of their teachers. From our discussions, it was clear that high school students in Bulgaria are very similar to U.S. high schools students.
Today, we also went to Sofia's Archeological Museum. Afterwards, we had a great lunch with trout and chocolate mousse.
Read more about The American College of Sofia at http://www.acs.bg/en/index.php and the International Baccalaureate program http://www.ibo.org/.
Bulgaria: land of Continuity and Change
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