Dear Tom, It was great to hear from you again. There are many things going on in our school. In fact things have got much better since we started a different way of learning. In the past our teachers stood in front of the class talking all the time while we students listened, busy taking notes. After a tiring day at school, we always had a lot of homework to do. Sometimes we even worked late into the night. Now we are active in class. We often have discussions in pairs or in groups. After class we enjoy all kinds of activities, such as going in for sports, doing experiments or surfing the Internet. We are extremely happy about the changes in our studies. All the best.