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There are as many opinions about the educational system in our country as people in Poland, maybe only the youngest inhabitants, who can't speak yet, haven't stated their opinions but soon they join the majority. Those opinions are different as different are people and their personalities. There are positive ones, which consider our educational system as good and effective. Finishing the education ordinary Polish people are properly prepared for the future life, possess general knowledge of different subjects, and their knowledge is more versatile than people from different western and eastern countries. There are also totally different opinions according to which the school system should be changed immediately, the subjects, syllabuses are overloaded with unimportant and unnecessary details. Because of such programmes students are overworked, they don't like school that does not prepare them for the future life, does not allow them do learn what they like and need for their jobs but forces them to remember uncountable number of details, dates, geographical names and chemical elements. Two different points of view however there is one common truth. Classes are too numerous, students have to study the material selected for them according to their age not the intellectual qualities, and individual studies can be found but mostly with students who have problems and need more lessons and repetitions. Could the situation be changed by introducing guided individual study instead of classes?