General course gives you a second chance!

Do you want to study at a university, college or university of applied sciences but do not have a high school qualification? No problem! You can complete your primary or secondary school at Färnebo Folkhögskola in Gävle.

But how do we support you to facilitate your studies and help you achieve your dreams?

We talked it over with our amazing teachers and here we share some insights so you can choose with peace of mind. We are there for you!

By clearly showing what the lessons will contain and which tools we will use as aids. The students also get to take part in the lesson planning the day before in order to mentally prepare.

By being sensitive to what works for each person. It can be about all sorts of things, such as finding out whether it is easier for one person to do math with different colored pencils or a different pad, or providing clear frameworks for how a group best cooperates in group work.

By listening to how an theme works for the group. It is also important to be clear, that they know what is to be done and what the expectations are. And to have fun!

Continuous and open communication! Individual conversations and feedback.

Perhaps you are wondering what the lessons look like on the General course? We asked our teachers that too!

During most of the lessons there is a community where all the participants help each other.

It was very valuable when they got to work with timelines and thus share their interests, areas of expertise or parts of their lives.

Now that we have been working on the EU theme, conversations in the classroom about why you vote or not have been very rewarding and developing. Here, participants really helped each other to develop their thoughts.

Oral presentations that are very interesting and inspiring to take part in.

But how can the General Course make a difference to the future of the participants?

I notice it when I meet old students who tell me how much their time at Färnebo meant to them and that they still hang out with the friends they made during their time here at the school.

We have seen many examples when a student comes to us with the thought that school is difficult, boring and nothing for them. After a while, we see how the participant grows, gains more self-confidence and realizes that he succeeds in the subjects. The fact that the participant then gets to leave with a good assessment to be able to study further at the university is fantastic to see.

There are so many. We see development in many participants every day, that is the very best thing about being a teacher here. One thing that I have seen with several participants is precisely that, when they start, the participant does not believe that they can handle anything that has to do with school, and then, after they have been here for a few years and have received their university entrance qualification, notice that a university education can be implement. It can also be about gaining the strength to get out of a locking performance anxiety by being confident and daring to make mistakes, in order to develop, or someone who takes the big step to start school despite social phobia, and struggles a lot with coming here, but do it!

A participant in a general course who told her class everything she learned and how she developed during her time at Färnebo!

Are you thinking about supplementing your studies? Our teachers have something to say:

Come to a school that gives you the opportunity to develop in a school format that inspires a positive future!

Take the opportunity to study while having a great time in community.

Try! A previous bad schooling says nothing about what you are actually capable of now as an adult.

Do it! It paves the way for your future. Take a second chance at life in an environment that is friendly, inspiring and human.

Bonus!

What activities do our teachers like the most?

I love the start-ups and school graduations and the outings we have together with everyone at General Course. It creates a community where we are given the opportunity to get to know many more people than just those in our own class.

I really like school activities and activities where we leave school and participate in society, for example district network meetings, EU debates, theater or those who want to go together and vote early in elections.

When we get good discussions!

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General course gives you a second chance!

But how do we support you to facilitate your studies and help you achieve your dreams?

Perhaps you are wondering what the lessons look like on the General course? We asked our teachers that too!

But how can the General Course make a difference to the future of the participants?

Are you thinking about supplementing your studies? Our teachers have something to say:

What activities do our teachers like the most?

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