What are Russian schools like? Here's an e-mail to the Spotlight on Russia website. Dear Spotlight on Russia Hi! I'm Andrew Jones. I'm 10 years old, from Liverpool in the UK. I've got some questions about Russian schools ... Read Andrew's questions, and the e-mail answers from

Hi Andrew! I'm glad to see you! My name is Arina, I study in a Russian school, in a Russian school there are 2 shifts, morning and lunch, in some schools different contests are held, such as: a beauty contest, a drawing contest, an Olympiad in physical education. But we must not come to school for more than 4 days without a certificate or explanation.