Thursday, December 8, 2011

How is a day in the life of a 15 year old in a public school? How does the grades work and the uniforms


How is a day in the life of a 15 year old in a public school? How does the grades work and the uniforms?
I believe the schools in the USA work different than here in South Africa or any other place. Please give details and explain how it works because it looks so nice in the movies. : )
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I'm not in school anymore but I do have four children in school. In middle school kids have 45 minute classess. There are different teachers for each subject. In some school kids travel from classroom to classroom for class and in other schools the teachers travel from classroom to classroom. The subjects are History, Math, Science, Language Arts, Gym and some elective courses like music. There are always clubs one can voluntarily join like the reading, chess, environmental, arts & crafts, news, and honor roll club just to name a few. School usually grade A(90-100), B(80's),C(70's- barely passing),D(69 or less failing), or F(Cero-failed). Private school use uniforms. Public school generally do not use uniforms but some schools voluntarily do. Usually kids wear what they please within school policy, like no shorts or shorts only in the summer, no open toe shoes or sandals ok, it depends on each school. If the child is wearing something too skimpy most likely parents will be called. Clicks usually form by categories. Usually kids separate themselfves into clicks by categories like the POPULAR CROWD who wear the brand name clothing and boys are usually atheletic and girls are usually very sociable, also the "GEEKS" who are in honor classes and dress more conservative, and the REBELLIOUS who are rude to authority, fail their classes, and don't do their homework. Kids also separate depending on the type of music they like. The music determines how they dress. Rap music equals large clothing. Hard rock equals a Gothic look. These are all G E N E R A L I Z A T I O N S ! !
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