Ю́жный океа́н (устар. Южный ледовитый океан[1]) — наименование совокупности южных частей Тихого, Атлантического и Индийскогоокеанов, окружающих Антарктиду[2] и нередко выделяемых как «пятый океан», не имеющий, однако, чётко очерченной островами и континентами северной границы. Площадь Южного океана можно определять по океанологическому признаку: как линию схождения холодных антарктических течений с более тёплыми водами трёх океанов. Но такая граница постоянно меняет своё положение и зависит от сезона, поэтому неудобна для практических целей. В 2000 году государства — члены Международной гидрографической организации приняли решение выделять Южный океан как самостоятельный пятый океан, соединяющий в себе южные части Атлантического, Индийского и Тихого океанов, в пределах, ограниченных с севера 60-й параллелью южной широты, а также ограничиваемых Договором об Антарктике[3]. Принятая площадь Южного океана 20,327 млн км² (между побережьем Антарктиды и 60-й параллелью южной широты)[3].
Let’s try to imagine the world without education, without any schools, colleges and universities. What would that be like? No school means no knowledge and skills. No university means no doctors, no engineers and no scientists. Therefore, it means no development and no inventions. Would you like to live in the world that is deteriorating? The answer is quite obvious: it’s vitally important to study and get an education.
Nowadays there’re different kinds of education, but the most wide-spread is still the traditional one that includes the set of establishments providing education. For the vast majority of people, the first step is a primary school where students get the basic skills of reading, writing and counting. The next stage is secondary school which gives broad knowledge about various subjects and prepares students for future professional education. At the end of the last form school children take exams and after school graduation they have several options: to stop studying and get a job or get professional education in college or university. Students’ life is not easy because they have to take exams every term and study hard to succeed. Nevertheless, most people remember students’ years as the best time of their lives, full of fun and entertainment.
However, modern world is full of new opportunities to get education. More and more schools and universities provide on-line courses and trainings. It has some advantages for sure, because you study in a comfortable place at comfortable time. Also, some alternative ways are becoming more and more popular, e.g. home education or some approaches connected with developing the mind without books and strict systems.
As for me, I’m fully convinced that, no matter what kind of education you support, it’s necessary to study and develop your skills, to use the experience of others to create your own ideas in order to implement them to life.