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- Yes, it was. I highly recommend you to read this document. I’m sure
you will be proud of the fact that it was one of the first state
constitutions in Europe.

Dialogue 2.
- Where have you been?
- I helped Max prepare his home assignment. We discussed what rights
the citizens of Ukraine had according to the Constitution and how they
were fulfilled in our society.
- It’s so boring!
- Nothing of the kind. The discussion was so hot!
- I hope you didn’t quarrel about any statements.
- Oh, no. I think that everybody is equal before the law and has the right
to education. But Max stresses that this right is only declared
- In my opinion he is completely right. Does every person have the same
possibility to get education of high quality? All these courses, clubs
aren’t free. There are even private schools and universities. And it’s no
secret that not all parents can afford to pay for studying there or visiting
different clubs.
- I agree with you. But if you work hard and do your best you can enter
the university and study free. And even get a scholarship. Well, your
family lives in the country and mine in the city. Your parents are
farmers and mine are lawyers. But we both are trained at this university.
Both live in the dormitory and both pay for education.
- Well, but almost half of the students study free.
- I don’t think they are luckier than we are. Maybe they worked harder at
school and we didn’t.
- Are you sure? There are so many students who have privileges. And you
are speaking about equality!
- To be equal before the law doesn’t mean to be equal in real life.
- I think there’s no use to continue. We have different views of point.

Task 2. Topics for discussion.
a) Say what kind of document the Constitution of Ukraine is; what
principles of our country’s policy, rights and duties of the country’s
citizens it proclaims. You may use the following: a written document; to
consolidate the country’s position; to proclaim the principles of our home
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