The brit school in croydon, south london, is no ordinary school. you won’t see whole classes struggling to stay awake in french lessons. you won’t find the students at this school hanging around the park (7) you’re more likely to find students mixing tracks, practicing their dance routines or doing voice exercises. homework could be anything from writing an episode of a soap (8) to choreographing a dance. (9) this is a school which kids actually want to go. there are over 750 rising stars between the ages of 14 and 19 at the brit school. everyone under 16 studies normal gcses (10) after 16 you can do vocational courses and a-levels in media-related subjects (11) as it’s the uk’s non-fee paying entertainment school, competition for places is tough. the children have summer holidays like other kids, but, (12) the summer is busier than ever. each year, hundreds of teenagers, sponsored by sky television, follow a three-day residential course at the school, and some of these may join the school as full-time students (13) walk into the school on a typical day in the summer and you will find an astonishing range of activities going on. there may be the sound of bongos coming from the world music class, (14) or a group of students gathered in a recording studio. everywhere you look, (15) – why couldn’t school always be like this. a. a talk show going on in the tv studio b. after the holidays c. along with performing art qualifications d. you find fascination and concentration e. for the school f. hard as it may be to believe g. like film production h. making it in the pop world i. or editing a pop video j. told off by their teachers k. when they should be in class
