Really Scared!!!!

[GoofysOnlyGirl]

thanks very much.

Do you do coursework?

whats that? like homework?

 

[england rocks]

its kind of like homework but a lot more work.

for us in year 10 and 11 its really important as it helps are marks with our gcse.

For example i had food coursework and that was worth 60% of my final mark and the other 40% was made up of a exam.

Also do most schools have lockers?

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Yep, 95% of schools have lockers! Your's should.

 

[england rocks]

good as i have always wanted a proper locker as you dont really get them over here u usually carry everything around with u.

What are school like on lateness to school and classes.

 

[GoofysOnlyGirl]

good as i have always wanted a proper locker as you dont really get them over here u usually carry everything around with u.

What are school like on lateness to school and classes.

At my school you can be late[tardy] three times and on the third time its IC[in school suspension. You go and sit in a classroom all day and your teachers send you the work you would have done in class. I had to do this for my cell phone once....not fun at all. Its like prison lol.]

 

[Axel]

good as i have always wanted a proper locker as you dont really get them over here u usually carry everything around with u.

What are school like on lateness to school and classes.

At my school it's supposed to be 3 tardies= 1 missed class, but that like...never happens. All my teachers took attendence at the end of class and many didn't care if we were a little late. My school's a little more strict on the late-to-school thing, though. All the doors but one lock at 7:25 except the front door and except on Thursdays. My school's weird and we have a late start thursdays (we start at 8 instead of 7:20). If you're late on a thursday here, you receive and automatic after school detention.

One of my friends grew up in Menorca (spelling?), Spain, but learned english at a british boarding school and speaks with an accent and she's insanely popular because of it.

For phones, it's the end of the day the first time, the second time and every time after that, your parents have to go pick it up. But most of my teachers just started humming to themselves if a phone went off in class. I had one really awesome teacher this year and if we were working on an assignment or whatever on the laptops/computers we were allowed to have our ipods out to listen to music because, in his words, "everyone has their own beat". But other than that, we're not allowed to have them.

My school breaks are: I get 3 days in November for Thanksgiving (a holiday that you'll get to experience for the first time! It's a great excuse to eat large amounts of food!), then about a week and a half for Christmas break, then a week in February, and a week in April. Then I get just about 8-10 weeks for summer break (it depends on when I get out because we get a lot of snowdays where I live! We got over 14 cumulative feet of snow this year!)

Other than that, my school is probably a lot more strict than others. We don't have a uniform, but there are restrictions on what you can wear (and most of it is sensible. ie: you can't wear a bikini to school).

 

[england rocks]

At my school you can be late[tardy] three times and on the third time its IC[in school suspension. You go and sit in a classroom all day and your teachers send you the work you would have done in class. I had to do this for my cell phone once....not fun at all. Its like prison lol.]

We have that at my school but it u didn't wear the right school uniform 3 times in a 2 weeks. Luckily i was never in it.

Is there any words that are different in american to here that i should know?

 

[AmandaSparks730]

I believe you call cookies 'biscuits'?

Here, a biscuit is like...a dinner roll. But flakier.

Football = "American" football.
Soccer = your 'football'.

 

[xox_Violet_xox]

Is there any words that are different in american to here that i should know?

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/words.htm
^ i found this amusing, esp, the guy - bloke/chap

i dont think iv ever said bloke or chap in my life

thia is really quite interesting tbh, hearing about schools in the USA

 

[ginnygirl102]

Ya accents are awesomely cool!! My school doesn't have cliques. I'm one of those people that hangs out with everybody so maybe that's why. But lateness at my school is kinda strict. It really depends on the teacher.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

it depends which chicago public school you go to

 

[england rocks]

I have started to pack some my stuff from my room as it going over by boat.

My friends have also given me a big collage of all our good times and i couldn't stop crying when i was packing it.

How big is halloween?

 

[AmandaSparks730]

I have started to pack some my stuff from my room as it going over by boat.

My friends have also given me a big collage of all our good times and i couldn't stop crying when i was packing it.

How big is halloween?

Halloween? Pretty big. And you don't have to worry about being "too old"! I saw some 16, 17 year olds out in costume last year